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The Huntress: The Adventures, Escapades, and Triumphs of Alicia Patterson: Aviatrix, Sportswoman, Journalist, Publisher

by Alice Arlen, Michael J. Arlen

Published: 2016-08-23

Hardcover: 368 pages

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From National Book Award–winner Michael J. Arlen and screenwriter Alice Arlen, here is the fascinating, adventurous life of Alicia Patterson, who became, at age thirty-four, one of the youngest and most successful newspaper publishers in America when she founded Newsday.With The Huntress...

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Little Sister: A Novel

by Barbara Gowdy

Published: 2017-05-23

Hardcover: 300 pages

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A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2017 "[A] supernatural domestic thriller and a crackling tour de force." ?The New York TimesThunderstorms are rolling across the summer sky. Every time one breaks, Rose Bowan loses consciousness and has vivi...

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American Hate: Survivors Speak Out

Published: 2018-08-07

Hardcover: 192 pages

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?The collection offers possible solutions for how people, on their own or working with others, can confront hate.”?San Francisco Chronicle?Amid the ugly realities of contemporary America, American Hate affirms our courage and inspiration, opening a roadmap to reconciliation by means of t...

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An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

by Annejet van der Zijl

Published: 2018-05-01

Hardcover: 221 pages

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A Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestseller.Two-time Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel names An American Princess as one of her favorite book of the year: “light and gracefully written, it dances through a century of history…” (The Guardian)Born to a pioneering family in U...

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When Breath Becomes Air (Chinese Edition)

by Paul Kalanithi

Published: 2016-11-01

Hardcover: 207 pages

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At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had...

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Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships

by Gail Greet Hannah

Published: 2002-08-01

Paperback: 144 pages

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A hands-on book design students and designers alike will welcome.Elements of Design is a tribute to an exceptional teacher and a study of the abstract visual relationships that were her lifelong pursuit. Rowena Reed Kiostellow taught industrial design at Pratt Institute for more than fifty years and...

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Viennese Silver: Modern Design 1780-1918

by Jr Godsey William D., Markus Brüderlin, William D. Godsey Jr., Michael Huey (Author and Editor), Diether Halama

Published: 2003-09

Hardcover: 376 pages

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The history of modern design is not only older but much more multifaceted than commonly assumed. This thesis is elegantly borne out through an exploration of the work and influence of the Vienna avant-garde of the Biedermeier period, an era that brought forth shapes and forms which have lo...

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Influx

by Daniel Suarez

Published: 2015-02-03

Paperback: 528 pages

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New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez imagines a chilling future where technological advances are held hostage by the government in this thriller that perfectly blends “nail-biting suspense with accessible science” (Publishers Weekly). Physicist Jon Grady and his team have di...

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The Demolished Man

by Alfred Bester

Published: 1996-07-02

Paperback: 256 pages

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In the year 2301, the wealthiest man in the universe is determined to commit murder in a world in which telepaths are used to detect possible crimes before they can happen. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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The Man I Never Met: A Memoir

by Adam Schefter, Michael Rosenberg

Published: 2018-09-04

Hardcover: 208 pages

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A powerful true story of loss and hope by one of the biggest names in sports media.On September 11, 2001, Joe Maio went to work in the north tower of the World Trade Center. He never returned, leaving behind a wife, Sharri, and 15-month old son, Devon. Five years later, Sharri remarried, a...