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Economics in Perspective: A Critical History

by John Kenneth Galbraith

Published: 2017-08-29

Paperback: 384 pages

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In Economics in Perspective, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith presents a compelling and accessible history of economic ideas, from Aristotle through the twentieth century. Examining theories of the past that have a continuing modern resonance, he shows that economics is not a time...

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Waiting for Butterflies

by Karen Sargent

Published: 2017-04-04

Paperback: 296 pages

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A mother's love never ends--not even when her life does.Longing for her family after her sudden death, Maggie becomes a lingering spirit and returns home where she helplessly witnesses her family's downward spiral in the aftermath of her passing. Her husband is haunted by past mistakes an...

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Team Rodent : How Disney Devours the World

by Carl Hiaasen

Published: 1998-05-05

Paperback: 96 pages

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"Disney is so good at being good that it manifests an evil; so uniformly efficient and courteous, so dependably clean and conscientious, so unfailingly entertaining that it's unreal, and therefore is an agent of pure wickedness. . . . Disney isn't in the business of exploiting Nature so mu...

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The Girl with the Red Balloon (The Balloonmakers)

by Katherine Locke

Published: 2017-09-01

Kindle Edition: 291 pages

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When sixteen-year-old Ellie Baum accidentally time-travels via red balloon to 1988 East Berlin, she's caught up in a conspiracy of history and magic. She meets members of an underground guild in East Berlin who use balloons and magic to help people escape over the Wall—but even to the balloon makers,...

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The Elementals

by Michael McDowell

Published: 2014-06-17

Paperback: 230 pages

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"The finest writer of paperback originals in America." - Stephen King "Surely one of the most terrifying novels ever written." - Poppy Z. Brite "Beyond any trace of doubt, one of the best writers of horror in this or any other country." - Peter Straub "Readers of weak constitution shoul...

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The Christmas Crimes at Puzzel Manor

by Simon Brett

Published: 1992-11-01

Hardcover: 186 pages

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Invited to the country hotel, Puzzel Manor, for Christmas weekend, Jack Tarrant and his lover, Maria, soon find themselves embroiled in a case of double murder in a work that encourages readers to follow the clues and solve the case

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Bird's Eye View

by Elinor Florence

Published: 2014-10-08

Kindle Edition: 385 pages

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Rose Jolliffe, an idealistic young Canadian in the British air force in World War II, joins an RAF intelligence unit to study aerial photographs of the war. But uncertainty over her commanding officer's growing attention, and her own disillusionment with war, make her yearn for the country and life she...

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The Leftovers: A Novel

by Tom Perrotta

Published: 2014-06-10

Paperback: 384 pages

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A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011A USA Today 10 Books We Loved Reading in 2011 TitleOne of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011 What if?whoosh, right now, with no explanation?a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would other...

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Dead Sleep: A Suspense Thriller (Mississippi Book 3)

by Greg Iles

Published: 2002-07-01

Kindle Edition: 396 pages

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A woman comes face-to-face with a serial killer who glorifies the art of death in this “ingenious”* thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series.They are called “The Sleeping Women.” A series of unsettling paintings in which the nude female subjec...

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The Pilgrim's Regress

by C. S. Lewis

Published: 2014-10-22

Paperback: 256 pages

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The first book written by C. S. Lewis after his conversion to Christianity, The Pilgrim's Regress is, in a sense, a record of Lewis's own search for meaning and spiritual satisfaction, a search that eventually led him to Christianity.Here is the story of the pilgrim John and his odyssey to...