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Named as a Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2002, Ethical Ambition is now available in paperback.

"The writer who never talks about eating, about appetite, hunger, food, about cooks and meals, arouses my suspicion, as though some vital element were missing in him." Scholarly, playful,

Before he was a top chef, Tom Colicchio learned to love cooking when he was still slinging burgers at a poolside snack bar.

The first complete collection of Shakespeare's plays was almost never printed.

France is in a rut, and so is French cuisine. Twenty-five years ago it was hard to have a bad meal in France; now, in some cities and towns, it is a challenge to find a good one.

Dodging minefields in Cambodia, diving into the icy waters outside a Russian bath, Chef Bourdain travels the world over in search of the ultimate meal.

We don't just look at buildings: their facades, beautiful or ugly, conceal the spaces where we live. We are born, work, love, and die in architecture.

"Every human alive should read this book."--James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maze RunnerWhen their worlds collide, X and Zoe are pushed to the edge of everything

Looming war threatens all Feyre holds dear in the third volume of the #1 New York Times bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series.Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather i

Fifteen-year-old Jackie Stone's father is dying.When Jackie discovers that her father has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, her whole world starts to crumble.

In Inked, Caenum discovered his destiny.Now, in Branded, he must fight for it.As the final battle approaches, Caenum must choose his own path one last time ... or it will be decided for him.

Jane MacGuire, adopted daughter of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan from "Blind Alley" (DC26164), is the victim of an attempted kidnapping.

A superb new collection from the illustrious career of Gay Talese, "the most important nonfiction writer of his generation" (David Halberstam).