Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives
A Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth Through Meditation, Ayurveda, and Yoga Techniques
Written by Deepak Chopra, M.D. and David Simon, M.D.
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2005
Price: $14.95
A much-needed antidote to our modern, assembly-line approach to childbirth, this new book is designed as a guide for all who wish to participate in the wondrous process of bringing new life into the world. Its ideas derive from two sources: the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, with its emphasis on body...
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The Ruby Ring
A Novel
Written by Diane Haeger
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2005
Price: $13.95
From critically acclaimed historical novelist Diane Haeger comes
The Ruby Ring, an unforgettable story of love, loss, and immortal genius . . .
Rome, 1520. The Eternal City is in mourning. Raphael Sanzio, beloved painter and national hero, has died suddenly at the height of his fame. His body lies in state...
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Unimaginable Zero Summer
A Novel
Written by Leslie Stella
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2005
Price: $12.95
Perhaps you too have experienced the nausea brought on by the arrival of an invitation to a high school reunion.
Bookstore clerk and culture junker Verity Presti will soon attend her fifteenth reunion with her boyfriend, the unfortunately but aptly named Charlie Brown, who lives with his parents while training to...
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Leaving the Saints
How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
Written by Martha Beck
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $14.95
Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her existence was framed by their strict...
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The Madonna of Las Vegas
A Novel
Written by Gregory Blake Smith
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2005
Price: $13.00
It’s the hair-raising countdown to a new millennium, and Cosmo Dust watches in dismay as the wreckage of his life comes into garish focus in the glow of post-Sinatra Las Vegas. Surrounded by the simulacra of Western civilization, Cosmo finds himself strong-armed by the Golden Calf Casino into recreating the ceiling...
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The Bright Forever
A Novel
Written by Lee Martin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2005
Price: $14.00
On an evening like any other, nine-year-old Katie Mackey, daughter of the most affluent family in a small town on the plains of Indiana, sets out on her bicycle to return some library books.
This simple act is at the heart of
The Bright Forever, a suspenseful, deeply affecting novel about the...
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Fan-Tan
Written by Marlon Brando and Donald Cammell
Edited by David Thomson
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $13.95
A wholly unexpected, hugely entertaining work from one of the greatest actors of our time: the story of an eccentric early-twentieth-century pirate, on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai–a larger-than-life character that Brando could have easily inhabited himself.
Anatole “Annie” Doultry is in his early fifties, with an imposing...
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Warriors
Portraits from the Battle Field
Written by Max Hastings
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $15.95
What it means to be a warrior has become a pertinent issue of our time. What makes some men and women perform extraordinary deeds on the battlefield? What makes them risk their lives in the pursuit of victory? And do their successes or failures in combat bring them happiness, melancholy, or...
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