As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic, but now he wants the full story and asks his ex-boss, Stephanie Nelle, to secure the military files. What he learns stuns him: His father’s sub was a secret... Read More

#6 on the Barnes & Noble Hardcover Fiction bestseller list
#14 on the New York Times Fiction Hardcover bestseller list

2008 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER

Peter Matthiessen’s great American epic–Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man’s River, and Bone by Bone–was conceived as one vast mysterious novel, but because of its length it was originally broken up into three books. In this bold new rendering, Matthiessen has cut nearly a third of the overall... Read More

#27 on the New York Times Fiction Trade Paperback bestseller list

Displaying the form that made bestsellers of Obliviously On He Sails and A Heckuva Job, tales of the Bush Administration in rhyme, Calvin Trillin trains his verse on the 2008 race for the presidency.

Deciding the Next Decider is an ongoing campaign narrative in verse interrupted regularly by other poems, such as... Read More

#13 on the Book Sense Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list

“The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was... Read More

#12 on the Book Sense Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list
#15 on the New York Times Nonfiction Hardcover bestseller list

In 323 B.C.E, having conquered Persia, Alexander the Great set his sights on Arabia, then suddenly succumbed to a strange fever. Locating his final resting place–unknown to this day–remains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologists and treasure hunters. Now the quest for this coveted prize is about to heat up. And... Read More

#8 on the Barnes & Noble Mass Market Paperback bestseller list
#9 on the Book Sense Mass Market bestseller list
#7 on the Globe and Mail Fiction In Paper bestseller list
#10 on the New York Times Fiction Mass-Market Paperback bestseller list

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read More

#5 on the Barnes & Noble Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list
#3 on the Barnes & Noble College Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list
#3 on the Book Sense Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list
#3 on the New York Times Nonfiction Hardcover bestseller list
#19 on the USA Today Top 50 bestseller list

For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.

Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told... Read More

#9 on the Book Sense Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list
#17 on the New York Times Nonfiction Hardcover bestseller list

They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday New York Times, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time). Apple products, indie music, food co-ops, and vintage T-shirts make them weak in the knees.

They believe they’re unique, yet somehow they’re... Read More

#6 on the Barnes & Noble College Paperback Nonfiction bestseller list
#14 on the New York Times Nonfiction Paperback bestseller list

I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.

So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903... Read More

#7 on the Book Sense Trade Paperback Fiction bestseller list
#26 on the New York Times Fiction Trade Paperback bestseller list

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was... Read More

#28 on the New York Times Nonfiction Hardcover bestseller list

In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou inspires us to embrace the peace and promise of Christmas, so that hope and love can once again light up our holidays and the world. “Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward,” she writes, “and speak the word aloud. Peace.”

Read by the... Read More

#11 on the Book Sense Children's Picture bestseller list