Nobel Laureate Lessing offers a moving meditation on parents and children, war and memory, and she explores the lives of her parents, two individuals irrevocably damaged by the Great War, in this work that combines fiction and memoir. Photos throughout.

<p> What makes a good explorer? Adaptability, ambition, stamina, self-belief, doggedness, curiosity, optimism, authority, hardiness -- and fund-raising ability. <p> A powerful punch of self-help, how-to, popular history, and humor. In this celebration of the glory days of exploration, Mick Conefrey takes a new look at the larger-than-life tales of many famous American and European adventurers. ...(view full description)

<p> "Quarrel with the King" tells the story of the first four earls of Pembroke, their wives, children, estates, tenants, and allies, following their high and glamorous trajectory from the 1520s through 1650--the most turbulent and dramatic years of English history--across three generations of change, ambition, resistance, and war. The Pembrokes were at the heart of it all: the richest family i...(view full description)

Michael Tonello's career started when, by happenstance, he stumbled onto the truth and walked out of Herm's stores around the world having bought millions of dollars in Birkins, and became one of eBay's most successful entrepreneurs. This memoir tells the story of how one man exposed the underbelly of the lucrative handbag industry.

Continuing the momentum of "The Dangerous Book for Boys" phenomenon, this pocket-sized reference guide is filled with endless hours of hands-on activities that boys will want to take everywhere.

Continuing the momentum of "The Dangerous Book for Boys" phenomenon, this pocket-sized reference guide is filled with endless hours of hands-on activities that boys will want to take everywhere. An ideal gift for Father's Day.

Exposing our misconceptions about our idols and about ourselves, this book delivers a tale about who we are and what we really want to be.

In a dingy apartment in Paris, Therese Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly shattered when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husband's earthy friend Laurent, but their animal passion for each other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt them forever.