This novel, like the author’s most famous book, Ordinary People, examines the sadness and loss that lurk just beneath the surface of family life. Sheriff Hugh DeWitt and his wife lost their infant son to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.... Read More

Judging from recent economic history, charity won’t soon be rendered obsolete. Too many people who’ve made the United States their home suffer from hunger, disease, loneliness, or neglect. Some are lucky enough to cross paths with... Read More

Beranbaum’s latest writing assignment was to inspire a love of cake baking in a new generation of young cooks. No small task, to be sure. But shes written 8 books already, including The Cake Bible, one of the most successful cookbooks... Read More

Nature photography is a unique art form; it needs to present real life through a clear yet creative lens. When high-quality photographs are joined with strong prose and a passion for the subject matter in the form of a thoroughly... Read More

The authors have transformed the catalog-of-climbs, accounts-of-accidents approach of Himalayan mountaineering history into one that captures history and change—from sixteenth-, seventeenth-, and eighteenth-century reports, through the... Read More

In this handsomely produced volume, Lindesay achieves a five-strike success. He provides a concise account of the when, whys, and wheres of wall building, dispatching the still-enduring myths of a single wall, built at a single time or... Read More

Bold entrepreneurs, big visions, daring engineering, great scenery, a huge new economy, and sweeping social change are among the elements that Carlos Schwantes and James Ronda masterfully describe in their exuberant and lavishly... Read More

“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home,” wrote Goethe. Most people are neither kings nor peasants, but living in a house designed just for us is one way to find peace. The prospect of designing and... Read More