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The Winter Palace
A Novel of Catherine the Great
Written by Eva Stachniak
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Wall Street Journal • The Washington Post
From award-winning author Eva Stachniak comes this passionate novel that illuminates, as only fiction can, the early life of one of history’s boldest women. The Winter Palace tells the epic story of... Read more >
A Novel of Catherine the Great
Written by Eva Stachniak
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Wall Street Journal • The Washington Post
From award-winning author Eva Stachniak comes this passionate novel that illuminates, as only fiction can, the early life of one of history’s boldest women. The Winter Palace tells the epic story of... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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A Dangerous Inheritance
A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower
Written by Alison Weir
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $27.00
In this engrossing novel of historical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir tells the dramatic intertwined stories of two women—Katherine Grey and Kate Plantagenet—separated by time but linked by twin destinies . . . . involving the mysterious tragic fate of the young Princes in the Tower.
When her... Read more >
A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower
Written by Alison Weir
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $27.00
In this engrossing novel of historical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir tells the dramatic intertwined stories of two women—Katherine Grey and Kate Plantagenet—separated by time but linked by twin destinies . . . . involving the mysterious tragic fate of the young Princes in the Tower.
When her... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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A Dangerous Inheritance
A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower
Written by Alison Weir
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $13.99
In this engrossing novel of historical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir tells the dramatic intertwined stories of two women—Katherine Grey and Kate Plantagenet—separated by time but linked by twin destinies . . . . involving the mysterious tragic fate of the young Princes in the Tower.
When her... Read more >
A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower
Written by Alison Weir
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $13.99
In this engrossing novel of historical suspense, New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir tells the dramatic intertwined stories of two women—Katherine Grey and Kate Plantagenet—separated by time but linked by twin destinies . . . . involving the mysterious tragic fate of the young Princes in the Tower.
When her... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?
A Novel
Written by Johan Harstad
Translated by Deborah Dawkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $17.95
In Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?, readers follow a man who wishes not to be followed, a man who, after a series of personal and professional disasters, finds himself lying on a rain-soaked road in the desolate, treeless Faroe Islands, population only a few thousand, a... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Johan Harstad
Translated by Deborah Dawkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $17.95
In Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?, readers follow a man who wishes not to be followed, a man who, after a series of personal and professional disasters, finds himself lying on a rain-soaked road in the desolate, treeless Faroe Islands, population only a few thousand, a... Read more >
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Young Man with a Horn
Written by Dorothy Baker
Afterword by Gary Giddins
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $14.95
Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn’t matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of... Read more >
Written by Dorothy Baker
Afterword by Gary Giddins
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $14.95
Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn’t matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Young Man with a Horn
Written by Dorothy Baker
Afterword by Gary Giddins
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $14.95
Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn’t matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of... Read more >
Written by Dorothy Baker
Afterword by Gary Giddins
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $14.95
Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn’t matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Snows of Yesteryear
Written by Gregor Von Rezzori
Translated by H. F. Broch De Rothermann
Introduction by John Banville
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: August 15, 2012
Price: $15.95
Gregor von Rezzori was born in Czernowitz, a onetime provincial capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that was later to be absorbed successively into Romania, the USSR, and the Ukraine—a town that was everywhere and nowhere, with a population of astonishing diversity. Growing up after World War I and the collapse of... Read more >
Written by Gregor Von Rezzori
Translated by H. F. Broch De Rothermann
Introduction by John Banville
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: August 15, 2012
Price: $15.95
Gregor von Rezzori was born in Czernowitz, a onetime provincial capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that was later to be absorbed successively into Romania, the USSR, and the Ukraine—a town that was everywhere and nowhere, with a population of astonishing diversity. Growing up after World War I and the collapse of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Second Empress
A Novel of Napoleon's Court
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $25.00
National bestselling author Michelle Moran returns to Paris, this time under the rule of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte as he casts aside his beautiful wife to marry a Hapsburg princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir
After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When Marie-Louise, the eighteen year... Read more >
A Novel of Napoleon's Court
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $25.00
National bestselling author Michelle Moran returns to Paris, this time under the rule of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte as he casts aside his beautiful wife to marry a Hapsburg princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir
After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When Marie-Louise, the eighteen year... Read more >
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The Second Empress
A Novel of Napoleon's Court
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
National bestselling author Michelle Moran returns to Paris, this time under the rule of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte as he casts aside his beautiful wife to marry a Hapsburg princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir
After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When Marie-Louise, the eighteen year... Read more >
A Novel of Napoleon's Court
Written by Michelle Moran
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
National bestselling author Michelle Moran returns to Paris, this time under the rule of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte as he casts aside his beautiful wife to marry a Hapsburg princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir
After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When Marie-Louise, the eighteen year... Read more >
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The Second Empress
A Novel of Napoleon's Court
Written by Michelle Moran
Read by Adam Alexi-Malle, Emma Bering and Tanya Franks
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $22.50
National bestselling author Michelle Moran returns to Paris, this time under the rule of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte as he casts aside his beautiful wife to marry a Hapsburg princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir
After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When Marie-Louise, the eighteen year... Read more >
A Novel of Napoleon's Court
Written by Michelle Moran
Read by Adam Alexi-Malle, Emma Bering and Tanya Franks
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $22.50
National bestselling author Michelle Moran returns to Paris, this time under the rule of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte as he casts aside his beautiful wife to marry a Hapsburg princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir
After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When Marie-Louise, the eighteen year... Read more >
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The Shadow Queen
A Novel of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
Written by Rebecca Dean
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $15.00
A king would abdicate his throne for her in one of the world’s great love stories – but who was Wallis Simpson?
Born into a poor southern family but taken in by rich relatives, Wallis Simpson was raised as a socialite. Between family conflicts and debutante balls, she and her friends dream... Read more >
A Novel of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
Written by Rebecca Dean
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $15.00
A king would abdicate his throne for her in one of the world’s great love stories – but who was Wallis Simpson?
Born into a poor southern family but taken in by rich relatives, Wallis Simpson was raised as a socialite. Between family conflicts and debutante balls, she and her friends dream... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Shadow Queen
A Novel of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
Written by Rebecca Dean
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
A king would abdicate his throne for her in one of the world’s great love stories – but who was Wallis Simpson?
Born into a poor southern family but taken in by rich relatives, Wallis Simpson was raised as a socialite. Between family conflicts and debutante balls, she and her friends dream... Read more >
A Novel of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
Written by Rebecca Dean
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
A king would abdicate his throne for her in one of the world’s great love stories – but who was Wallis Simpson?
Born into a poor southern family but taken in by rich relatives, Wallis Simpson was raised as a socialite. Between family conflicts and debutante balls, she and her friends dream... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Summer Book
Written by Tove Jansson
Translated by Thomas Teal
Introduction by Kathryn Davis
Format: eBook, 184 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2012
Price: $14.00
In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia’s grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf... Read more >
Written by Tove Jansson
Translated by Thomas Teal
Introduction by Kathryn Davis
Format: eBook, 184 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2012
Price: $14.00
In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia’s grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Disaster Was My God
A Novel of the Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud
Written by Bruce Duffy
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $16.95
A Novel of the Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud
Written by Bruce Duffy
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $16.95
Arthur Rimbaud burst onto the literary scene in 1871 with a startling new voice, transforming himself from an anonymous country boy into the sensation of Paris. His explosive life included a passionate affair with the older (and married) poet Paul Verlaine, and a prosperous career as a trader and arms dealer...
Read more >
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The Queen's Vow
A Novel of Isabella of Castile
Written by C. W. Gortner
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $26.00
No one believed I was destined for greatness.
So begins Isabella’s story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history’s most famous and controversial queens—the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and the visionary who sent... Read more >
A Novel of Isabella of Castile
Written by C. W. Gortner
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $26.00
No one believed I was destined for greatness.
So begins Isabella’s story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history’s most famous and controversial queens—the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and the visionary who sent... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
The Queen's Vow
A Novel of Isabella of Castile
Written by C. W. Gortner
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $13.99
No one believed I was destined for greatness.
So begins Isabella’s story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history’s most famous and controversial queens—the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and the visionary who sent... Read more >
A Novel of Isabella of Castile
Written by C. W. Gortner
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $13.99
No one believed I was destined for greatness.
So begins Isabella’s story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history’s most famous and controversial queens—the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and the visionary who sent... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Drugs
A Novel
Written by J. R. Helton
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $15.95
A modern homage to William S. Burrough’s classic Junky, the new novel Drugs is the sparse, beautifully unassuming account of one man’s life of drug use.
As Robert Crumb, who illustrated the book jacket, says,
“J. R. Helton really speaks to me—starkly honest, darkly funny, acutely observant, and captures the... Read more >
A Novel
Written by J. R. Helton
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $15.95
A modern homage to William S. Burrough’s classic Junky, the new novel Drugs is the sparse, beautifully unassuming account of one man’s life of drug use.
As Robert Crumb, who illustrated the book jacket, says,
“J. R. Helton really speaks to me—starkly honest, darkly funny, acutely observant, and captures the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow
A Novel of Marie Antoinette
Written by Juliet Grey
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $11.99
A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France’s most legendary and notorious queen.
Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne alongside her husband, Louis XVI. But... Read more >
A Novel of Marie Antoinette
Written by Juliet Grey
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $11.99
A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France’s most legendary and notorious queen.
Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne alongside her husband, Louis XVI. But... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow
A Novel of Marie Antoinette
Written by Juliet Grey
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $15.00
A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France’s most legendary and notorious queen.
Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne alongside her husband, Louis XVI. But... Read more >
A Novel of Marie Antoinette
Written by Juliet Grey
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $15.00
A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France’s most legendary and notorious queen.
Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne alongside her husband, Louis XVI. But... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Drugs
A Novel
Written by J. R. Helton
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $15.95
Drugs is a story about Jake Stewart, a middle-class American from Texas who uses drugs and likes them. More importantly, he lives with them.
In author J. R. Helton's hilarious prose, Jake inimitably narrates the ups and downs of being a functional user of marijuana, cocaine, MDMA, alcohol, nicotine, brand name hydrocodone... Read more >
A Novel
Written by J. R. Helton
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $15.95
Drugs is a story about Jake Stewart, a middle-class American from Texas who uses drugs and likes them. More importantly, he lives with them.
In author J. R. Helton's hilarious prose, Jake inimitably narrates the ups and downs of being a functional user of marijuana, cocaine, MDMA, alcohol, nicotine, brand name hydrocodone... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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History's Great Queens 2-Book Bundle
The Last Queen and The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
Written by C. W. Gortner
Format: eBook, 832 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2012
Price: $14.99
In two stunning novels, C. W. Gortner brings to life two of history’s most intriguing and courageous women: Catherine de Medici, the last legitimate descendant of the illustrious Medici family of Italy, and Juana of Castile, daughter of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, who would be the last queen... Read more >
The Last Queen and The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
Written by C. W. Gortner
Format: eBook, 832 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2012
Price: $14.99
In two stunning novels, C. W. Gortner brings to life two of history’s most intriguing and courageous women: Catherine de Medici, the last legitimate descendant of the illustrious Medici family of Italy, and Juana of Castile, daughter of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, who would be the last queen... Read more >
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Clara and Mr. Tiffany
A Novel
Written by Susan Vreeland
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $15.00
A Novel
Written by Susan Vreeland
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $15.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
It’s 1893, and at the Chicago World’s Fair, Louis Comfort Tiffany makes his debut with a luminous exhibition of innovative stained-glass windows that he hopes will earn him a place on the international artistic stage. But behind the scenes in his New York studio is the freethinking Clara Driscoll, head...
The Book of Ebenezer le Page
Written by G.B. Edwards
Introduction by John Fowles
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: March 7, 2012
Price: $16.95
Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated, and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late twentieth century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place caught between the coasts of England and France yet a... Read more >
Written by G.B. Edwards
Introduction by John Fowles
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: March 7, 2012
Price: $16.95
Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated, and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late twentieth century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place caught between the coasts of England and France yet a... Read more >
The Borgias
Two Novels in One Volume
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: March 7, 2012
Price: $12.99
For the first time in one volume, Jean Plaidy’s duet of Borgia novels brings to life the infamous, reckless, and passionate family in an unforgettable historical saga.
Madonna of the Seven Hills:
Fifteenth-century Rome: the Borgia family is on the rise. Lucrezia’s father is named Pope Alexander VI, and he places... Read more >
Two Novels in One Volume
Written by Jean Plaidy
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: March 7, 2012
Price: $12.99
For the first time in one volume, Jean Plaidy’s duet of Borgia novels brings to life the infamous, reckless, and passionate family in an unforgettable historical saga.
Madonna of the Seven Hills:
Fifteenth-century Rome: the Borgia family is on the rise. Lucrezia’s father is named Pope Alexander VI, and he places... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
Written by Irving Stone
Read by Arthur Morey
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $35.00
This is Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. His loves: the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici; the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi; and his last... Read more >
A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
Written by Irving Stone
Read by Arthur Morey
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $35.00
This is Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. His loves: the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici; the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi; and his last... Read more >
