-Titulo Original : First Casualty: The Untold Story Of The CIA Mission To Avenge 9/11-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: An award-winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIAs Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11. America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan-where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the CIA steps forward to spearhead the war. Eight CIA officers are dropped into the mountains of northern Afghanistan on October 17, 2001. They are Team Alpha, an eclectic band of linguists, tribal experts, and elite warriors: the first Americans to operate inside Taliban territory. Their covert mission is to track down Al- Qaeda and stop the terrorists from infiltrating the United States again. First Casualty places you with Team Alpha as the CIA rides into battle on horseback alongside the warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum. In Washington, DC, few trust that the CIA men, the Green Berets, and the Americans’ outnumbered Afghan allies can prevail before winter sets in. On the ground, Team Alpha is undeterred. The Taliban is routed but hatches a plot with Al-Qaeda to hit back. Hundreds of suicidal fighters, many hiding weapons, fake a surrender and are transported to Qala-i Jangi-the “Fort of War.” Team Alpha’s Mike Spann, an ex-Marine, and David Tyson, a polyglot former Central Asian studies academic, seize America’s initial opportunity to extract intelligence from men trained by bin Laden-among them a young Muslim convert from California. The prisoners revolt and one CIA officer falls-the first casualty in America’s longest war, which will last two decades. The other CIA man shoots dead the Al-Qaeda jihadists attacking his comrade. To survive, he must fight his way out against overwhelming odds. Award-winning author Toby Harnden gained unprecedented access to all living Team Alpha members and every level of the CIA. Superbly researched, First Casualty draws on extensive interviews, secret documents, and deep reporting inside Afghanistan. As gripping as any adventure novel, yet intimate and profoundly moving, it tells how America found a winning strategy only to abandon it. Harnden reveals that the lessons of early victory and the haunting foretelling it contained-unreliable allies, ethnic rivalries, suicide attacks, and errant US bombs-were ignored, tragically fueling a twenty-year conflict. Masterful, complex, and heartfelt, from the deeply personal to the critically strategic. Captures many lessons on many levels. -Ambassador Hank Crumpton, former senior CIA officer Review A Good Morning America September Buzz PickRun, don’t walk to pick this up. Toby Harnden has done a masterful job...What a powerful read. James A. GaglianoThis is Afghanistans Black Hawk Down...Harnden’s account is both well-informed and panoramic. Daily Telegraph (UK)The hard-to-imagine drama, in the hands of another narrator, could easily turn overwrought; in this book, it is not. First Casualty is rife with heroic moments. But it is the variety of the human reactions in those moments, and afterward, that separates this book from others. Fear, combat fatigue, and sadness appear often in the narrative...This book is compelling, sometimes disturbing, but in a necessary way. Philip Mudd, former senior CIA officer, The Cipher BriefHarnden...secured a coup by persuading the CIA to give him access...a terrific action narrative. Max Hastings, Sunday Times of London“First Casualty reads like a Tom Clancy thriller, yet every word is true, and painstakingly researched. This is modern warfare close-up and raw: the pity, the heroism, the cruelty, and very occasionally some moments of glory too, as human beings are pushed to their furthest limits of endurance, and beyond. Harnden tells the extraordinary story of the battle of Qala-i-Jangi with verve, intelligence, acute analysis and flashes of ironic wit. It would make a terrific m...

-Titulo Original : The Age Of Ai And Our Human Future-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society-and what this technology means for us all. An AI learned to win chess by making moves human grand masters had never conceived. Another AI discovered a new antibiotic by analyzing molecular properties human scientists did not understand. Now, AI-powered jets are defeating experienced human pilots in simulated dogfights. AI is coming online in searching, streaming, medicine, education, and many other fields and, in so doing, transforming how humans are experiencing reality.In The Age of AI, three leading thinkers have come together to consider how AI will change our relationships with knowledge, politics, and the societies in which we live. The Age of AI is an essential roadmap to our present and our future, an era unlike any that has come before.A Top Ten Tech Books Of 2021 (Forbes)Wall Street Journal bestsellerOne of Newsweeks Favorite Books of 2021 Review Absolutely masterful. Fareed Zakaria, CNN/GPS A salutary warning to handle this technology with care and build institutions to control it...With his co-authors Mr Kissinger has...used his vast experience and versatile mind to make a muscular contribution to one of the 21st century’s most pressing debates. The EconomistGood reading for those seeking to navigate the alt-reality world. Kirkus Reviews About the Author Henry A. Kissinger served as the 56th Secretary of State from September 1973 until January 1977. He also served as the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 1969 until November 1975. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977, and the Medal of Liberty in 1986. Presently, he is Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm. Eric Schmidt is an accomplished technologist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. As Google’s Chief Executive Officer, he pioneered Google’s transformation from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology. He served as Google’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman from 2001-2011, Executive Chairman from 2011-2018 and most recently as Technical Advisor from 2018-2020. Under his leadership Google dramatically scaled its infrastructure and diversified its product offerings while maintaining a strong culture of innovation. Prior to his career at Google, Eric held leadership roles at Novell and Sun Microsystems, Inc. Daniel Huttenlocher is the inaugural dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. Previously he served as founding Dean and Vice Provost of Cornell Tech, the digital technology oriented graduate school created by Cornell University in New York City. He has a mix of academic and industry experience, as a Computer Science faculty member at Cornell and MIT, researcher and manager at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and CTO of a fintech startup. He currently serves as chair of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation board and as a member of the Corning Inc. and boards...

-Titulo Original : Acts Of Desperation-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: Heralding the arrival of “a huge literary talent” (Karl Ove Knausgaard), Megan Nolan’s riveting debut is “a blistering anti-romance” (Catherine Lacey) about love addiction and what it does to us. Wouldn’t I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him? In the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel, our unnamed narrator meets a magnetic writer named Ciaran and falls, against her better judgment, completely in his power. After a brief, all-consuming romance he abruptly rejects her, sending her into a tailspin of jealous obsession and longing. If he ever comes back to her, she resolves to hang onto him and his love at all costs, even if it destroys her… Part breathless confession, part lucid critique, Acts of Desperation renders a consciousness split between rebellion and submission, between escaping degradation and eroticizing it, between loving and being lovable. With unsettling, electric precision, Nolan dissects one of life’s most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we want, and how do we want it? Heralding the arrival of a stunning new literary talent, Acts of Desperation interrogates the nature of fantasy, desire, and power, challenging us to reckon honestly with our own insatiability. Hot as viscera. - The New Republic Review Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize?Glamour’s Best Books of MarchEntertainment Weekly’s Must-Read Books of March TIME Best Books of the YearBustle’s Most Anticipated Debuts Goodreads Most Anticipated Debuts LitHub’s Most Anticipated Books of the Year The Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of the YearThe Observer’s Best Debut Novelists of 2021 Chicago Public Library Best Books of the Year ` “Megan Nolan is a huge literary talent, and her first novel, Acts of Desperation, is a love story like no other. The writing is intense and honest, with a rare access to real life, but it is also reflective and full of insights, and with this combination the novel manages to separate the idea of love and the experience of it, and take the reader to the place where it comes into being.” KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD “Megan Nolan writes with piercing vulnerability and precision. Her debut novel, Acts of Desperation is a blistering anti-romance about the seductive destruction of trying to find self-worth in the gaze of another.” CATHERINE LACEY, author of PEW and THE ANSWERS I devoured this book, my heart trilling with equal parts terror and exhilaration. It is an emotional thriller, a portrait of obsession-its pleasures and powerlessness, its inevitable corruption not only of integrity, but even selfhood. Nolans prose is cool and liquid, her content perfectly scorching. I loved this taut and torturous ode to the parts of us that persist, even as we are wrecked by love. MELISSA FEBOS, author of ABANDON ME and WHIP SMART “Nolan’s raw and uncannily insightful writing glimmers in a way that will shed new light onto wounds both healed and open - and possibly save some other nameless woman the suffering. She tells the truth about obsession and drains it of all allure.” NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW “Wrenching…a chronicle of a sinister, deeply imbalanced and unsettlingly familiar romantic relationship…Nolan’s writing gleams with dark precision. Her narrator’s piercing, almost perverse self-awareness makes the action both more sad and more urgent…The decision to hold in suspicion the very form she is enacting is what makes the book refreshing and complex. What Acts of Desperation illuminates best is the chasm, sadly still enormous, between feminist politics and personal predicaments of love, sex and romance. The novel is a powerful counterweight to the notion that young women today are free to define themselves apart from men…It is satisfying to see a young female narrator wrest control of the story of her debasement, to show both its specificity and its utter sameness, her victimhood and her complicity.” LOS ANGELES TIMES “Nolan spins roma...

-Titulo Original : Assembly-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: “The electrifying fiction debut that has been called ‘a modern Mrs. Dalloway.’”-THE ATLANTICMind-bending and utterly original.-Brandon Taylor“Slim in the hand, but its impact is massive.”-Ali SmithOne woman. One day. One decision. A blistering, fearless, and unforgettable literary debut from a stunning new writer. (Bernardine Evaristo) Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Go to college, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy an apartment. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going.The narrator of Assembly is a black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend’s family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can’t escape the question: is it time to take it all apart?Assembly is a story about the stories we live within - those of race and class, safety and freedom, winners and losers.And it is about one woman daring to take control of her own story, even at the cost of her life. With a steely, unfaltering gaze, Natasha Brown dismantles the mythology of whiteness, lining up the debris in a neat row and walking away. Review PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Top Ten Books of the Year LOS ANGELES TIMES Most Anticipated Books of the Fall One of THE ATLANTIC’s 20 Best Books of the Year THE WASHINGTON POST Best Books of September LIT HUB Most Anticipated Books of the Year POPSUGAR Best Books of September ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Best Books of September ESSENCE Best Books of Fall OPRAH QUARTERLY, Must Read Books of Fall THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Best Books of September THE MILLIONS Most Anticipated Books of September SHONDALAND, Best Fall Reads MS. MAGAZINE, Best September Reads TOWN & COUNTRY, Must Read Books of Fall One of GOOP’s 12 Best Books of the Year “Natasha Brown’s exquisite prose, daring structure and understated elegance are utterly captivating. She is a stunning new writer.” BERNARDINE EVARISTO, Booker Prize-winning author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER “Mind-bending and utterly original. Assembly is like Thomas Bernhard in the key of Rachel Cusk but about black subjectivity.” BRANDON TAYLOR, author of REAL LIFE and FILTHY ANIMALS “The narrator of this tightly conceived and distinctively written debut novel is perceptive, precise and unsparing with her words…an elegiac examination of a Black woman’s life and an acerbic analysis of Britain’s racial landscape. Brown’s rhythmic, economic prose renders the narrator’s experiences with breathless clarity, especially the steady, gnawing stream of racial and sexual harassment she faces. At only 100 pages, the book moves at an almost dizzying speed… Assembly is a smart novel that takes risks with the questions it raises. I look forward to Brown’s next work, in which she might try - with the same refreshing conviction - to answer them.” NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW “[A] crisp debut...As well as being a shrewd exploration of the psychological toll of generational trauma and colonial legacies, the book is also, thanks to its biting humor, a broad criticism of the absurdity of contemporary life.” THE NEW YORKER “Natasha Brown’s debut novel is propelled by elegant, elliptical, violent lines like that. Its story, on the surface, is sparse….There is a pointed plot twist I won’t spoil, but what makes Assembly singular, in the end, is less its story than the manner of its storytelling. The narrator’s assessments of her life, rendered primarily in the first person, are studies of evocative contrasts. She reveals, and she withholds. She observes, and she watches herself being observed. She documents the casual cruelties that shape her daily life-and she defies them.” THE ATLANTIC, the 20 Best Books of the Year “The falls biggest debut comes from a former banker in London...

-Titulo Original : Left On Tenth A Second Chance At Life A Memoir-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: The beloved writer of romantic comedies like Youve Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story in her New York Times bestselling resplendent memoir, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution (Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Good Left Undone). Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. Several months after Jerry’s death, she decided to make one small change in her life-she shut down his landline, which crashed her internet. She ended up in Verizon hell. She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate. Recently widowed himself, he reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before, set up by Nora. Delia did not remember him, but after several weeks of exchanging emails and sixties folk songs, he flew east to see her. They were crazy, utterly, in love. But this was not a rom-com: four months later she was diagnosed with AML, a fierce leukemia. In Left on Tenth, Delia Ephron enchants as she seesaws us between tears and laughter, navigating the suicidal lows of enduring cutting-edge treatment and the giddy highs of a second chance at love. With Peter and her close girlfriends by her side, with startling clarity, warmth, and honesty about facing death, Ephron invites us to join her team of warriors and become believers ourselves.A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by TIME, Bustle, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Boston A Best Memoir of 2022 by Marie Claire A Best Memoir of April by Vanity Fair Review “[This] is less the story of a woman losing a husband than it is that of a woman falling in love again at age 72…Ephron’s story is inspiring for all of us out there whose romantic lives or longings will never be the stuff of a big-box-office romantic comedy…If there’s such a thing as a feel-good memoir, this is it.” Joyce Maynard, The New York Times Book ReviewDelia Ephron is the voice of our times and a master craftsman of the written word. If you are looking for a book that tells you the truth about love, marriage, friendship, family, creativity, loss, redemption and your internet provider, look no further. Ephron soars on the page, and takes us with her. A resplendent memoir, Delia style. Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Good Left Undone“The funny, poignant, and sometimes magical memoir is an open-eyed look at later life and what Ephron calls the left turns that can be perilous or wondrous.” Anita Snow, The Associated PressDelia Ephron’s stunning Left on Tenth will make you believe in love again, and also in miracles. And it’s so very, very funny. Sarah Dunn, author of The Arrangements“Delia masterfully and hilariously reminds us that there is always more life to be found just around the corner. A powerful, beautiful, life affirming testament to hope and meaning in the darkest hour. Somehow it felt like the answers to all of the big questions were immediately lurking in the text, and like any decent existentialist and searcher, I couldn’t put it down and finished it in one sitting.” Natasha Lyonne, writer, director, actor“Oh, huge-hearted Delia Ephron! I loved this book. It’s a memoir about grief and illness, but it’s also basically a love letter to her people, and it’s a gorgeous one. Because here is someone who chooses joy over and over again-who chooses friendship and love, like a fountain of gratitude that turns despair into a glittery, rainbow-scattering spray of light. Her lucky friends! Forgive yourself for wishing you were one of them.” Catherine Newman, author of Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhoods Messy Years“Ephron’s memoir is a heart-wrenching tale of second chances at life and love.” TIME Magazine“A fun and rewarding read.” Boston [A] straight-out-of-a-movie memoir....

-Titulo Original : The Goldfinch A Novel (pulitzer Prize For Fiction)-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: A young New Yorker grieving his mothers death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this extraordinary and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner from the author of The Secret History that connects with the heart as well as the mind (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review). Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who dont know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into a wealthy and insular art community. As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention. From the streets of New York to the dark corners of the art underworld, this soaring masterpiece examines the devastating impact of grief and the ruthless machinations of fate (Ron Charles, Washington Post). Review Dazzling....[A] glorious, Dickensian novel, a novel that pulls together all Ms. Tartts remarkable storytelling talents into a rapturous, symphonic whole and reminds the reader of the immersive, stay-up-all-night pleasures of reading. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction. Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review The Goldfinch is a book about art in all its forms, and right from the start we remember why we enjoy Donna Tartt so much: the humming plot and elegant prose; the living, breathing characters; the perfectly captured settings....Joy and sorrow exist in the same breath, and by the end The Goldfinch hangs in our stolen heart. Vanity Fair A long-awaited, elegant meditation on love, memory, and the haunting power of art....Eloquent and assured, with memorable characters....A standout-and well-worth the wait. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Its a classic...If you havent read it, read it. If you have, read it again. Andy Cohen, Today Show Where to begin? Simply put, Im indescribably jealous of any reader picking up this masterpiece for the first time. And once they do, they will long remember the heartrending character of Theo Decker and his unthinkable journey. Sarah Jessica Parker for Goop A soaring masterpiece. Ron Charles, Washington Post About the Author Donna Tartt is the author of The Goldfinch, which was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Her novels The Secret History and The Little Friend have been translated into 30 languages. She was born in Greenwood, Mississippi and is a graduate of Bennington College...

-Titulo Original : The House Of Broken Angels-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: In this raucous, moving, and necessary story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend. All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death. In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angels half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home. Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank. Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining. -- New York Times Book ReviewIntimate and touching . . . the stuff of legend. -- San Francisco ChronicleAn immensely charming and moving tale. -- Boston GlobeNational Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year from National Public Radio, American Library Association, San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Literary Hub Review Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining . . . Sorrowful and funny . . . Cheerfully profane . . .The quips and jokes come fast through a poignant novel that is very much about time itself . . . A powerful rendering of a Mexican-American family that is also an American family. Viet Thanh Nguyen, New York Times Book Review (cover review) A raucous, moving, and necessary book...Intimate and touching...The stuff of legend...Theres deep heart and tenderness in this novel.The House of Broken Angels is, at its most political, a border story...Chillingly accurate, theyre heartbreaking, and infuriating. Alexis Burling, San Francisco Chronicle An immensely charming and moving tale...Urrea deftly inhabits many points of view, dreaming up an internal voice for each...It is a testament to his swift and lucid characterizations that one does not want to leave this party...A novel like The House of Broken Angels is a radical act. It is a big, epic storyabout how hard it is to love with all of your heart, and all of your family--regardless of which side of the border they live on. John Freeman, Boston Globe The House of Broken Angels is a big, sprawling, messy, sexy, raucous house party of a book, a pan-generational family saga with an enormous, bounding heart, a poetic delivery, and plenty of swagger...More than once while reading the novel, I thought of James Joyces The Dead, another kaleidoscopic fable of family life that skillfully mixes perspectives...The House of Broken Angels isa book about celebration that is, itself, a celebration. Michael Lindgren, Washington Post Urreas gifts as a storyteller are prodigious...The books spirit is irrepressibly high. Even in its saddest moments, The House of Broken Angels hums with joy...The noveloverflows with the pleasure of family...And all that vulnerability, combined with humor and celebration and Urreas vivid prose, will crack you open. Lily Meyer, NPR The House of Broken Angels is a big, messy, warmhearted epic, over-flowing with color and ...

-Titulo Original : The Catcher In The Rye-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: The brilliant, funny, meaningful novel (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books. If you really want to hear about it, the first thing youll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I dont feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days...

-Titulo Original : The Lovely Bones-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy. Review Ms. Sebolds achievements: her ability to capture both the ordinary and the extraordinary, the banal and the horrific, in lyrical, unsentimental prose; her instinctive understanding of the mathematics of love between parents and children; her gift for making palpable the dreams, regrets and unstilled hopes of one girl and one family. Set in a heaven as real and possible as the earth is mysterious and shifting, THE LOVELY BONES explores, with clear-eyed affection and wit, the romance of family life, the shy, funny turbulence of adolescence and the painful tracks love and loss make through our world. What a wonderful writer Alice Sebold is. Out of darkness she makes light, out of despair and violence, beauty, out of deep loss a peculiar, hard-won gain. All her characters, for good or ill, travel to surprising places and so do we, her extremely fortunate readers. About the Author Alice Sebold is the bestselling author of The Lovely Bones, The Almost Moon, and Lucky a memoir. She lives in California with her husband, the novelist Glen David Gold...

-Titulo Original : The Bomber Mafia A Dream, A Temptation, And The Longest Night Of The Second World War-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: A “truly compelling” (Good Morning America) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war-from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History. In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war. Review “Gripping… Gladwell is a wonderful storyteller… in [his] deft hands, the Air Force generals of World War II come back to life… I enjoyed this short book thoroughly, and would have been happy if it had been twice as long.” Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times Book Review “A thought-provoking, accessible account of how people respond to difficult choices in difficult times... Gladwell’s easy conversational style works well… and his admiration for the Bomber Mafia shines through. His portraits of individuals are compelling. Diana Preston, Washington Post “Truly compelling… written in New York Times bestseller Malcolm Gladwells characteristic approachable, story-telling style.” Zibby Owens, Good Morning America A riveting tale of persistence, obsession, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war... The Bomber Mafia looks at one of the greatest moral challenges of the Second World War. Michael Lewis, Against the Rules “Malcolm Gladwell is a one-in-a-generation kind of writer… He has an uncanny way of finding the story within the story and pointing out the important lessons often hiding in plain sight.” Bryan Elliott, Inc “Excellent revisionist history… another Gladwell everything-you-thought-you-knew-was-wrong page-turner.” Kirkus (starred review) “[A] brilliantly told parable… As ever with Gladwell… the story boils down to people at moments of crisis… books and parables alike rely on their narrative as much as their message. And for a book that is not a war story, this one is brilliantly, brilliantly told.” James McConnachie, Sunday Times (UK) “A ruminative, anecdotal account of what led up to the deadliest air raid of WWII… Gladwell provides plenty of colorful details and poses intriguing questions about the morality of warfare… fans will savor the insights into ‘how technology slips away from its intended path.’” Publishers Weekly About the Author Malcom Gladwell is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath, Talking to Strangers, and The Bomber Mafia. He is also the cofounder of Pushkin Industries, an audiobook and podcast production company. He was born in England, grew up in rural Ontario, and now lives in New York...

-Titulo Original : Winter Street A Novel (winter Street, 1)-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: In bestseller Elin Hilderbrands first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantuckets Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience. Kevin, a bartender, is secretly sleeping with a French housekeeper named Isabelle. Ava, a school teacher, is finally dating the perfect guy but cant get him to commit. And Bart, the youngest and only child of Kelleys second marriage to Mitzi, has recently shocked everyone by joining the Marines. As Christmas approaches, Kelley is looking forward to getting the family together for some quality time at the inn. But when he walks in on Mitzi kissing Santa Claus (or the guy whos playing Santa at the inns annual party), utter chaos descends. With the three older children each reeling in their own dramas and Bart unreachable in Afghanistan, it might be up to Kelleys ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret Quinn, to save Christmas at the Winter Street Inn. Before the mulled cider is gone, the delightfully dysfunctional Quinn family will survive a love triangle, an unplanned pregnancy, a federal crime, a small house fire, many shots of whiskey, and endless rounds of Christmas caroling, in this heart-warming novel about coming home for the holidays. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series: Winter Street Winter Stroll Winter Storms Winter Solstice Review “Just as the Quinns are about to converge for the year’s most stressful holiday, Kelley walks into Room 10 and finds Mitzi in the arms of the man they’ve hired to play Santa Claus. From there, we’re off to the dysfunctional family derby, with bottomless eggnog and evergreen garlands galore.” Elisabeth Egan, New York Times Praise for BEAUTIFUL DAY: A page-turner....Shes the queen of the beach read. Coastal Living Hilderbrands surprisingly original take on the wedding disaster novel...A wedding readers wont be able to resist crashing. Kirkus Reviews Hilderbrands latest is the perfect beach read....[her] straightforward style pulls the reader into the minds of her characters, and all the secrets and sorrows that create the universal messiness of major family events. Publishers Weekly PRAISE FOR SUMMERLAND: Summerland is as readable as any beach book, but with a much bigger heart. Boston Globe The Queen of the Summer Novel...Hilderbrand blends real-life issues - depression, teen alcoholism, bullying - with her signature soapy twists and illicit romances. Joanna Powell, People Hilderbrand has once again written an engaging story wonderfully illustrating the often complex lives of young people struggling toward adulthood. Booklist A sensitive glimpse into the lives of damaged people groping their way toward healing. Kirkus Reviews About the Author Elin Hilderbrand made a paper angel ornament in third grade that is still in her familys custody. She celebrates the holidays by making batches of homemade mustard and chive pine nut dip and gifting them to her lucky friends. Her favorite carol is O Holy Night. Winter Street is her fourteenth novel...

-Titulo Original : Less (winner Of The Pulitzer Prize) A Novel (the Arthur Less Books, 1)-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of arresting lyricism and beauty (New York Times Book Review). WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE National Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 A Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2017 A San Francisco Chronicle Top Ten Book of 2017 Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the Lambda Award and the California Book Award I could not love LESS more.--Ron Charles, Washington Post Andrew Sean Greers Less is excellent company. Its no less than bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful.--Christopher Buckley, New York Times Book Review Who says you cant run away from your problems? You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You cant say yes--it would be too awkward--and you cant say no--it would look like defeat. On your desk are a series of invitations to half-baked literary events around the world. QUESTION: How do you arrange to skip town? ANSWER: You accept them all. What would possibly go wrong? Arthur Less will almost fall in love in Paris, almost fall to his death in Berlin, barely escape to a Moroccan ski chalet from a Saharan sandstorm, accidentally book himself as the (only) writer-in-residence at a Christian Retreat Center in Southern India, and encounter, on a desert island in the Arabian Sea, the last person on Earth he wants to face. Somewhere in there: he will turn fifty. Through it all, there is his first love. And there is his last. Because, despite all these mishaps, missteps, misunderstandings and mistakes, Less is, above all, a love story. A scintillating satire of the American abroad, a rumination on time and the human heart, a bittersweet romance of chances lost, by an author The New York Times has hailed as inspired, lyrical, elegiac, ingenious, as well as too sappy by half, Less shows a writer at the peak of his talents raising the curtain on our shared human comedy. Review Less is the funniest, smartest and most humane novel Ive read since Tom Rachmans 2010 debut, The Imperfectionists....Greer writes sentences of arresting lyricism and beauty. His metaphors come at you like fireflies....Like Arthur, Andrew Sean Greers Less is excellent company. Its no less than bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful. New York Times Book Review Greer is an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy.... Brilliantly funny.... Greers narration, so elegantly laced with wit, cradles the story of a man who loses everything: his lover, his suitcase, his beard, his dignity. Ron Charles, Washington Post Greers novel is philosophical, poignant, funny and wise, filled with unexpected turns....Although Greer is gifted and subtle in comic moments, hes just as adept at ruminating on the deeper stuff. His protagonist grapples with aging, loneliness, creativity, grief, self-pity and more. San Francisco Chronicle I recommend it with my whole heart. Ann Patchett A piquantly funny fifth novel. Entertainment Weekly Greer, the author of wonderful, heartfelt novels including The Confessions of Max Tivoli, The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells and The Story of a Marriage, shows he has another powerful weapon in his arsenal: comedy. And who doesnt need a laugh right about now? Miami Herald Greer elevates Less picaresque journey into a wise and witty novel. This is no Eat, Pray Love story of touristic uplift, but rather a grand travelogue of foibles, humiliations and self-deprecation, ending in joy, and a dollop of self-knowledge. National Book Review Dressed in his trademark blue suit, Less adorably butchers the German language, nearly falls in love in Paris, celebrates his birthday in the desert and, somewhere along the way, discovers something new and fragile about the passing of time, a...

-Titulo Original : Blink The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually arent as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work-in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of blink: the election of Warren Harding; New Coke; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers arent those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of thin-slicing-filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables. About the Author Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point,Blink, Outliers,What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He is also the co-founder of Pushkin Industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts Revisionist History, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood, and Broken Record, where he, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam interview musicians across a wide range of genres. Gladwell has been included in the Time 100 Most Influential People list and touted as one of Foreign PolicysTop Global Thinkers...

-Titulo Original : Dopesick Dealers, Doctors, And The Drug Company That Addicted America-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: A Hulu limited series inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy. Journalist Beth Macys definitive account of Americas opioid epidemic masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference (New York Times) -- from the boardroom to the courtroom and into the living rooms of Americans. In this extraordinary work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of a national drama that has unfolded over two decades. From the labs and marketing departments of big pharma to local doctors offices; wealthy suburbs to distressed small communities in Central Appalachia; from distant cities to once-idyllic farm towns; the spread of opioid addiction follows a tortuous trajectory that illustrates how this crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high school football stars into heroin overdose statistics, Macy sets out to answer a grieving mothers question-why her only son died-and comes away with a gripping, unputdownable story of greed and need. From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, Macy investigates the powerful forces that led Americas doctors and patients to embrace a medical culture where overtreatment with painkillers became the norm. In some of the same communities featured in her bestselling book Factory Man, the unemployed use painkillers both to numb the pain of joblessness and pay their bills, while privileged teens trade pills in cul-de-sacs, and even high school standouts fall prey to prostitution, jail, and death. Through unsparing, compelling, and unforgettably humane portraits of families and first responders determined to ameliorate this epidemic, each facet of the crisis comes into focus. In these politically fragmented times, Beth Macy shows that one thing uniting Americans across geographic, partisan, and class lines is opioid drug abuse. But even in the midst of twin crises in drug abuse and healthcare, Macy finds reason to hope and ample signs of the spirit and tenacity that are helping the countless ordinary people ensnared by addiction build a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. An impressive feat of journalism, monumental in scope and urgent in its implications. -- Jennifer Latson, The Boston Globe Review An Amazon Best Book of August 2018: I thought I understood the origins and impact of America’s opioid crisis. Then I read Dopesick. Beth Macy’s book revealed the greed that drove OxyContin to be America’s drug of choice, and it opened my eyes to the shame of addiction that kept this epidemic hidden until far too late. Opioid addiction has touched nearly all of us in the 20 years since OxyContin came to market, and it’s something that didn’t have to happen. Money--absurdly huge sums of it--encouraged doctors, politicians, and the pharmaceutical industry to accept claims about the safety of this painkiller even when it was in conflict with what they saw in their practices and communities. There were so many warning signs. And there were so many people-particularly in small middle American towns--who cried foul, but no one in power cared to act. Beth Macy is a brilliant investigative journalist and a compassionate human being, and she tells this story like no one else has so far. Dopesick offers just the right blend of personal stories and cold hard facts; it’s a powerful book that incites conversation. There’s so much I want to share from Dopesick, but I guess what I most want to say is this: read it. And then pass it on. --Seira Wilson, Amazon Book Review Review A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2019 Library of Virginia Peoples Choice Award in Nonfiction LA Times Book Prize for Science & Technology Winner American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Media Award Winner 2018 Kirkus Prize Finalist 2019 Library of Virginia Peoples...

-Titulo Original : Infinite Jest-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in America. Set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do. Review Uproarious...Infinite Jest shows off Wallace as one of the big talents of his generation, a writer of virtuosic talents who can seemingly do anything. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times A work of genius...grandly ambitious, wickedly comic, a wild, surprisingly readable tour de force. Seattle Times A virtuoso display of styles and themes...There is generous intelligence and authentic passion on every page. Time From the Back Cover Infinite Jest is the name of a movie said to be so entertaining that anyone who watches it loses all desire to do anything but watch it. People die happily, viewing it in endless repetition. The novel Infinite Jest is the story of this addictive entertainment, and in particular how it affects a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts and a nearby tennis academy, whose students have many budding addictions of their own. As the novel unfolds, various individuals, organizations, and governments vie to obtain the master copy of Infinite Jest for their own ends, and the denizens of the tennis school and the halfway house are caught up in increasingly desperate efforts to control the movie - as is a cast including burglars, transvestite muggers, scam artists, medical professionals, pro football stars, bookies, drug addicts both active and recovering, film students, political assassins, and one of the most endearingly messed-up families ever captured in a novel. On this outrageous frame hangs an exploration of essential questions about what entertainment is, and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment interacts with our need to connect with other humans; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. The huge cast and multilevel narrative serve a story that accelerates to a breathtaking, heartbreaking, unforgettable conclusion. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the very idea of what a novelcan do. About the Author David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1962 and raised in Illinois, where he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. He received bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy and English from Amherst College and wrote what would become his first novel, The Broom of the System, as his senior English thesis. He received a masters of fine arts from University of Arizona in 1987 and briefly pursued graduate work in philosophy at Harvard University. His second novel, Infinite Jest, was published in 1996. Wallace taught creative writing at Emerson College, Illinois State University, and Pomona College, and published the story collections Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Oblivion, the essay collections A Supposedly Fun Thing Ill Never Do Again, and Consider the Lobster. He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers Award, and was appointed to the Usage Panel for The American Heritage Dictionar...

-Titulo Original : Lone Survivor The Eyewitness Account Of Operation Redwing And The Lost Heroes Of Seal Team 10-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: Follow along a Navy SEALs firsthand account of American heroism during a secret military operation in Afghanistan in this true story of survival and difficult choices. On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive. This is the story of fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the mountains that led, ultimately, to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history. But it is also, more than anything, the story of his teammates, who fought ferociously beside him until he was the last one left-blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but still armed and still breathing. Over the next four days, badly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell fought off six al Qaeda assassins who were sent to finish him, then crawled for seven miles through the mountains before he was taken in by a Pashtun tribe, who risked everything to protect him from the encircling Taliban killers. A six-foot-five-inch Texan, Leading Petty Officer Luttrell takes us, blow by blow, through the brutal training of Americas warrior elite and the relentless rites of passage required by the Navy SEALs. He transports us to a monstrous battle fought in the desolate peaks of Afghanistan, where the beleaguered American team plummeted headlong a thousand feet down a mountain as they fought back through flying shale and rocks. In this rich, moving chronicle of courage, honor, and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell delivers one of the most powerful narratives ever written about modern warfare -- and a tribute to his teammates, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. About the Author Marcus Luttrell became a combat-trained Navy SEAL in 2002 and served in many dangerous Special Operations assignments around the world. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Lone Survivor and is a popular corporate and organizational speaker. He lives near Houston, Texas. Patrick Robinson is known for his best-selling US Navy-based novels and his autobiography of Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward, One Hundred Days, was an international bestseller. He lives in England and spends his summers in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he and Luttrell wrote Lone Survivor...

-Titulo Original : Holidays On Ice-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: David Sedariss beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macys elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedariss tales of tardy trick-or-treaters (Us and Them); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French (Jesus Shaves); what to do when youve been locked out in a snowstorm (Let It Snow); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations (Six to Eight Black Men); what Halloween at the medical examiners looks like (The Monster Mash); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry (Cow and Turkey). No matter what your favorite holiday, you wont want to miss celebrating it with the author who has been called one of the funniest writers alive (Economist). Review A joy to read....Sedaris is a connoisseur of human nature at its worst. Christopher Muther, Boston Globe A writer comparable to Mark Twain or James Thurber. You have to go back a ways to find someone to compare David Sedaris with; his talent is so huge it just doesnt come around that often. Melissa King, Raleigh News & Observer Hes the best there is. Judith Newman, People Sedaris is certainly worthy of hero worship....He is a master pathfinder. Mark Washburn, Charlotte Observer Hes the best there is.-- People Judith Newman About the Author David Sedaris is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and Public Radio Internationals This American Life. He is the author of the books When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, and Barrel Fever...

-Titulo Original : Winter Stroll (winter Street, 2)-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: Happy Holidays 2015! It has been a rough year for the Quinns, but I would like to start by saying thank you for all of the well wishes and positive missives sent our way. A second Christmas on Nantucket finds Winter Street Inn owner Kelley Quinn reflecting on the past year as he writes a holiday letter to friends and family. Though the year has had its share of misfortune and worry, the Quinns have much to celebrate. Kelley, now single, at least is on better terms with his first wife Margaret, who is using her celebrity to lure customers to the inn in record numbers. Their son Kevin has a beautiful new baby, Genevieve, with the Inns French housekeeper, Isabelle; and their daughter, Ava, is finally dating a nice guy--her devoted colleague, Scott. Now the Quinns are looking forward to celebrating Genevieves baptism, welcoming Isabelle to the family, and enjoying the cheer of Nantuckets traditional Christmas Stroll. But just when a peaceful family gathering seems within reach, Kelleys estranged second wife, Mitzi, shows up on the island after souring on her relationship with the inns former Santa Claus. Soon Kelley isnt the only Quinn entertaining a surprise guest from Christmases past as lovers old and new gather beneath the mistletoe. With jealousy, passion, and eggnog consumption at an all-time high, its going to take a whole lot more than a Christmas miracle to get the Quinns--and the inn--through the holidays intact. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series: Winter Street Winter Stroll Winter Storms Winter Solstice Review PRAISE FOR WINTER STREET: A holiday package filled with humor, romance, and realism. Jocelyn McClurg Winter Street...[will] get you in the holiday mood. Kirkus Reviews PRAISE FOR THE RUMOR: Weve said it before and well say it again: Hilderbrand is the queen of the summer. Rich people behaving badly--perfect poolside. Susannah Cahalan, The New York Post It wouldnt be summer without a breezy, sensual Nantucket tale from Hilderbrand, and her latest...doesnt disappoint. Intricately plotted and filled with fast-paced dialogue, its as sweetly satisfying as a glass of Sancerre. Kim Hubbard, People Queen of the beach read, and her latest [The Rumor]...is nothing short of a gift. Lynsey Eidell, Glamour About the Author Elin Hilderbrand has spent Christmas Stroll weekend on Nantucket since 1998. She enjoys attending the annual Festival of Trees preview party at the Nantucket Whaling Museum and the Friends of Nantucket Public Schools Holiday House Tour. Her other favorite holiday traditions include making cheese fondue and decorating the tree with the help of her three children. WINTER STROLL is her sixteenth novel and the second book in the Winter Street Trilogy...

-Titulo Original : Winter Storms (winter Street, 3)-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: Instant National Bestseller Gather under the mistletoe for another round of caroling with the Quinn family in this heartwarming third addition to Elin Hilderbrands bestselling Winter Street series. Some of the stormy weather of the past few seasons seems to have finally lifted for the Quinns. After a year apart, and an ill-fated affair with the Winter Street Inns old Santa Claus, Mitzi has returned to rule the roost; Patrick is about to be released from prison; Kevin has a successful new business and is finally ready to tie the knot with Isabelle; and best of all, theres hopeful news about Bart, who has been captured by enemy forces in Afghanistan. That doesnt mean there arent a few dark clouds on the horizon. Kelley has recently survived a health scare; Jennifer cant quite shake her addiction to the drugs she used as a crutch while Patrick was in jail; and Ava still cant decide between the two lovers that shes been juggling with limited success. However, if theres one holiday that brings the Quinn family together to give thanks for the good times, its Christmas. And this year promises to be a celebration unlike any other as the Quinns prepare to host Kevin and Isabelles wedding at the inn. But as the special day approaches, a historic once-in-a-century blizzard bears down on Nantucket, threatening to keep the Quinns away from the place--and the people--they love most. Before the snow clears, the Quinns will have to survive enough upheavals to send anyone running for the spiked eggnog, in this touching novel that proves that when the holidays roll around, you can always go home again. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series: Winter Street Winter Stroll Winter Storms Winter Solstice Review PRAISE FOR WINTER STORMS: [Hilderbrand] expertly meshes everything together so that peace exists within each character and within the family dynamic...The queen of the romance novel is on top of her game, and she wont let you down. Vivian Payton, Book Reporter [A] dishy and readable conclusion to the Winter Street trilogy, with some luxurious details adding a touch of glamour to the drama. Booklist A series only works when the characters are worth following over the long haul, and Hilderbrand is a master, making for a satisfying conclusion to her Christmas at the Inn story. Kirkus PRAISE FOR WINTER STROLL: Hilderbrand juggles an ensemble cast and successfully weaves together many bittersweet story threads, tying up just enough of them to keep readers anticipating another sequel. Kathleen Gerard, Shelf Awareness PRAISE FOR WINTER STREET: A holiday package filled with humor, romance, and realism. Jocelyn McClurg The holidays wouldnt be complete without a little family dysfunction, and About the Author Elin Hilderbrands favorite things about winter on Nantucket are the first snowfall of the year on Main Street, watching her three children play basketball and getting good seats for Christmas Eve mass at St. Marys. She wishes the most joyous of holidays to all her readers and gratitude to those who followed her into a different time of the year. Winter Storms is her eighteenth novel and the third book in the Winter Street series...

-Titulo Original : The Wonder-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: Now a Netflix film starring Florence Pugh: In this “old-school page turner” (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review) by the bestselling author of Room, an English nurse is brought to a small Irish village to observe what appears to be a miracle-a girl said to have survived without food for months-and soon finds herself fighting to save the childs life. Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna ODonnell, who believes herself to be living off manna from heaven, and a journalist is sent to cover the sensation. Lib Wright, a veteran of Florence Nightingales Crimean campaign, is hired to keep watch over the girl. Written with all the propulsive tension that made Room a huge bestseller, The Wonder works beautifully on many levels -- a tale of two strangers who transform each others lives, a powerful psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil. Acclaim for The Wonder: Deliciously gothic.... Dark and vivid, with complicated characters, this is a novel that lodges itself deep (USA Today, 3/4 stars) Heartbreaking and transcendent(New York Times) A fable as lean and discomfiting as Annas dwindling body.... Donoghue keeps us riveted (Chicago Tribune) Donoghue poses powerful questions about faith and belief (Newsday) Review Fascinating.... Like The Turn of the Screw, the novel opens irresistibly, when a young woman with a troubled past gets an enigmatic posting in a remote place.... Heartbreaking and transcendent and almost religious in itself. Sarah Lyall, New York Times A fine, fact-based historical novel, an old-school page turner...Donoghue has written, with crackling intensity, about [spiritualitys] power to destroy. Stephen King, New York Times Book Review [Donoghues] contemporary thriller Room made [her] an international bestseller, but this gripping tale offers a welcome reminder that her historical fiction is equally fine. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Outstanding.... Exploring the nature of faith and trust with heartrending intensity, Donoghues superb novel will leave few unaffected. Sarah Johnson, Booklist (starred review) Donoghue demonstrates her versatility by dabbling in a wide range of literary styles in this latest novel.... The closely imagined, intricately drawn story possesses many of the same alluring qualities as her bestseller, Room. .... Donoghues engrossing novel is loaded with descriptions of period customs and 19th-century Catholic devotional objects and prayers...[and] asks daring questions about just how far some might go to prove their faith. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Donoghue is known for her bestselling novel, Room.... [But] she is also well versed in historical fiction. THE WONDER brings together the best of all, combining a gracefully tense, young voice with a richly detailed historical setting. The Millions Readers of historical fiction will gravitate to this tale. Mary Ann Gwinn, Seattle Times A riveting allegory about the trickle-down effect of trauma. Megan OGrady, Vogue Donoghue poses powerful questions about faith and belief all the while crafting a compelling story and an evocative portrait of 19th-century Irish provincial society. Tom Beer, Newsday Donoghues superb thriller will keep readers hanging on to every word, pondering how far one will go to prove her faith. Liz Loerke, Real Simple Gripping. Claire Stern, InStyle What at first seems a simple matter becomes far more-stick with it, the payoff is there. Steph Opitz, Marie Claire Fresh and unusually lively historical fiction. [Donoghues] latest novel brings together both her preoccupation with child peril and her gift for history. Boris Kachka, Vulture A haunting novel about good vs. evil. Brenda Janowitz, PopSugar Like [Room], THE WONDERexplores a dark, insular, and rigidly controlled environment.... Donoghues clever use of an outsider as narrator lets her explain anomalies to us-what a creepie is (a log...

-Titulo Original : Winter Solstice (winter Street, 4)-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: *The USA Today Bestseller* Raise one last glass with the Quinn Family at the Winter Street Inn. Its been too long since the entire Quinn family has been able to celebrate the holidays under the same roof, but thats about to change. With Bart back safe and sound from Afghanistan, the Quinns are preparing for a holiday more joyous than any theyve experienced in years. And Barts safe return isnt the familys only good news: Kevin is enjoying married life with Isabelle; Patrick is getting back on his feet after paying his debt to society; Ava thinks shes finally found the love of her life; and Kelly is thrilled to see his family reunited at last. But it just wouldnt be a Quinn family gathering if things went smoothly. A celebration of everything we love--and some of the things we endure--about the holidays, WINTER SOLSTICE is Elin Hilderbrand at her festive best. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series: Winter Street Winter Stroll Winter Storms Winter Solstice Review PRAISE FOR WINTER STORMS: Hilderbrand has quickly put her witty and at times profound stamp on the Christmas genre. Kirkus [Hilderbrand] expertly meshes everything together so that peace exists within each character and within the family dynamic...The queen of the romance novel is on top of her game, and she wont let you down. Vivian Payton, Book Reporter [A] dishy and readable conclusion to the Winter Street trilogy, with some luxurious details adding a touch of glamour to the drama. Booklist A series only works when the characters are worth following over the long haul, and Hilderbrand is a master, making for a satisfying conclusion to her Christmas at the Inn story. Kirkus PRAISE FOR WINTER STROLL: Hilderbrand juggles an ensemble cast and successfully weaves together many bittersweet story threads, tying up just enough of them to keep readers anticipating another sequel. Kathleen Gerard, Shelf Awareness PRAISE FOR WINTER STREET: A holiday package filled with humor, romance, and realism. Jocelyn McClurg The holidays wouldnt be complete without a little family dysfunction, and About the Author Elin Hilderbrand is: the mother of three three-sport athletes, an aspiring fashionista, a dedicated jogger, a world explorer, an enthusiastic foodie, and a grateful three-year breast cancer survivor. She has called Nantucket Island her home since 1994. WINTER SOLSTICE is her twentieth novel...

-Titulo Original : Last Train To Memphis The Rise Of Elvis Presley-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: Written with grace, humor, and affection, Last Train to Memphis has been hailed as the definitive biography of Elvis Presley. It is the first to set aside the myths and focus on Elvis humanity in a way that has yet to be duplicated. A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe. This book cancels out all others. --Bob Dylan From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the first biography to go past that myth and present an Elvis beyond the legend. Based on hundreds of interviews and nearly a decade of research, it traces the evolution not just of the man but of the music and of the culture he left utterly transformed, creating a completely fresh portrait of Elvis and his world. This volume tracks the first twenty-four years of Elvis life, covering his childhood, the stunning first recordings at Sun Records (Thats All Right, Mystery Train), and the early RCA hits (Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Dont Be Cruel). These were the years of his improbable self-invention and unprecedented triumphs, when it seemed that everything that Elvis tried succeeded wildly. There was scarcely a cloud in sight through this period until, in 1958, he was drafted into the army and his mother died shortly thereafter. The book closes on that somber and poignant note. Last Train to Memphis takes us deep inside Elvis life, exploring his lifelong passion for music of every sort (from blues and gospel to Bing Crosby and Mario Lanza), his compelling affection for his family, and his intimate relationships with girlfriends, mentors, band members, professional associates, and friends. It shows us the loneliness, the trustfulness, the voracious appetite for experience, and above all the unshakable, almost mystical faith that Elvis had in himself and his music. Drawing frequently on Elvis own words and on the recollections of those closest to him, the book offers an emotional, complex portrait of young Elvis Presley with a depth and dimension that for the first time allow his extraordinary accomplishments to ring true. Peter Guralnick has given us a previously unseen world, a rich panoply of people and events that illuminate an achievement, a place, and a time as never revealed before. Review Theres no mention of sequins, drugs, or peanut butter in this understated biography of the teenaged Elvis, a serious and worthy attempt to answer the question, Who was this guy before he was an icon, the voice of a generation, the King? The essential clarity and honesty of Guralnicks prose clearly limns the eager, malleable boy whose immense talent changed the course of American music. From Publishers Weekly Vol. one of Guralnicks exhaustive, two-volume biography details the Kings first 24 years, leaving off when his rise is interrupted by his being drafted into the army. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review A triumph of biographical art...Profound and moving. Stephen Wright, New York Times Book Review Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe. This book cancels out all others. Bob Dylan Altogether splendid...It is the particular and spectacular achievement of Last Train to Memphis that it holds both the making of the history and the beginning of the myth in firm, simple, and compassionate focus. Jay Cocks, Time About the Author Peter Guralnicks books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love. He is a recent inductee in the Blues Hall of Fame. Other books include an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, Sweet Soul Music, Lost Highway, and Feel Like Going Home; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson; the novel, Nighthawk Blues; and Dream Boogie: T...

-Titulo Original : The Snow Child A Novel-Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: In this magical debut, a couples lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep. Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart -- he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the seasons first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone -- but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees. This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods. She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness. As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter. But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them. Review If Willa Cather and Gabriel Garcia Marquez had collaborated on a book, THE SNOW CHILD would be it. It is a remarkable accomplishment -- a combination of the most delicate, ethereal, fairytale magic and the harsh realities of homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness in 1918. Stunningly conceived, beautifully told, this story has the intricate fragility of a snowflake and the natural honesty of the dirt beneath your feet, the unnerving reality of a dream in the night. It fascinates, it touches the heart. It gallops along even as it takes time to pause at the wonder of life and the world in which we live. And it will stir you up and stay with you for a long, long time. Robert Goolrick, New York Times bestselling author of A Reliable Wife THE SNOW CHILD is enchanting from beginning to end. Ivey breathes life into an old tale and makes it as fresh as the season s first snow. Simply lovely. Keith Donohue, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Child A transporting tale . . . an amazing achievement. Sena Jeter Naslund, New York Times bestselling author of Ahabs Wife THE SNOW CHILD is a vivid story of isolation and hope on the Alaska frontier, a narrative of struggle with the elements and the elemental conflict between ones inner demons and dreams, and the miracle of human connection and community in a spectacular, dangerous world. You will not soon forget this story of learning to accept the gifts that fate and love can bring. Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek Eowyn Iveys exquisite debut transports the reader away to a world almost out of time, into a fairytale destined to both chill and delight. Her portrayal of an untamed Alaska is so detailed you can feel the snowflakes on your own eyelashes, even as her characters desperate quest for, and ultimate redemption by, love will warm your heart. Melanie Benjamin, author of Alice I Have Been Magical, yes, but THE SNOW CHILD is also satisfyingly realistic in its depiction of 1920s homestead-era Alaska and the people who settled there, including an older couple bound together by resilient love. Eowyn Iveys poignant debut novel grabbed me from the very first pages and made me wish we had more genre-defying Alaska novels like this one. Inspired by a fairy tale, it nonetheless contains more depth and truth than so many books set in this land of extremes. Andromeda Romano-Lax, author of The Spanish Bow This book is real magic, shot through from cover to cover with the cold, wild beauty of the Alaskan frontier. Eowyn Ivey writes with all the captivating delicacy of the snowfalls she so beautifully describes. Ali Shaw, author of The Girl with Glass Feet Long winters come alive in Iveys novel about 1920s-era homesteaders in Alaska. Tina Jordan, New York Times About the Author Eowyn LeMay Ivey was raised in Alaska and continues to live there with her husband and two daughter...

-Titulo Original : Rumbo Al Hermoso Norte -Fabricante : Back Bay Books-Descripcion Original: Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isnt the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- theyve all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own Siete Magnv?ficos -- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young womans quest to find herself on both sides of the fence. About the Author A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of nonficiton The Devils Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea is also the bestselling author of the novels The Hummingbirds Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, and Queen of America, as well as the story collection The Water Museum, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist. He has won the Lannan Literary Award, an Edgar Award, and a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, among many other honors. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, he lives outside of Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois-Chicago...