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Ten essays on nature, ritual, and philosophy "that are so point-blank vital you nearly need to put the book down to settle yourself" (San Francisco Chronicle).

These transcendent, lyrical essays on the West announced Gretel Ehrlich as a major American writer-"Wyoming has found its Whitman" (Annie Dillard).

Pioneer heart surgeons and bitter rivals: The "thoroughly engrossing" true story of doctors Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley (The New York Times Book Review).

Edgar Award Winner: The "gripping" true story of a beautiful Texas socialite, her ambitious husband, and a string of mysterious deaths (Los Angeles Times).

New York Times Bestseller: The nightmare odyssey of a charismatic serial killer and a trail of terror stretching halfway around the world.

What is it like today for the woman with a drinking problem' How does she know when she has crossed the fine line between social drinking and addiction' What can she do to help herself, and what ca

With a new introduction by Adi Ophir: An early and fierce critique of Zionism from a Jewish child of Palestine who argued against nationalism and injustice.

From a three-time Edgar Award-winning author: Local rituals and a lost painting draw a New York businessman into intrigue on a remote Pacific island.

A young drug runner gets revenge on a crime syndicate in this novel of deception and international double crosses from an Edgar Award-winning author.

Edgar Award Finalist: A former Miami Beach tennis pro discovers the dangerous price of marrying for money in "one of the year's best chillers" (The New York Times Book Review).

In the wake of a tragic accident, a young college student haunted by guilt moves to New York City to shake the past and discover his destiny.

The award-winning account of a critical yet overlooked Civil War campaign from the author of Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, 1863.

A sorceress and a police detective track a reborn Jack the Ripper through historically recreated cities, from Victorian London to Montezuma's Mexico City.

A young man must fight-literally-for the opportunity to escape his backwater home planet and journey to the stars.

This "perceptive" and "satisfying" biography of George Washington by an award-winning historian "deserves a place on every American"s bookshelf" (The New York Tim