A Novel

BA dazzling novel of Frank Lloyd Wright, told from the point of view of the women in his life/BBRBRHaving brought to life eccentric cereal king John Harvey Kellogg in IThe Road to Wellville/Iand sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in IThe Inner Circle/I, T.C. Boyle now turns his fictional sights on an even more colorful and outlandish character: Frank Lloyd Wright. Boyle}s account of Wright}s life, as told through the experiences of the four women who loved him, blazes with his trademark wit and invention. Wright}s life was one long howling struggle against the bonds of convention, whether aesthetic, social, moral, or romantic. He never did what was expected and despite the overblown scandals surrounding his amours and very public divorces and the financial disarray that dogged him throughout his career, he never let anything get in the way of his larger-than-life appetites and visions. Wright}s triumphs and defeats were always tied to the women he loved: the Montenegrin beauty Olgivanna Milanoff; the passionate Southern belle Maud Miriam Noel; the spirited Mamah Cheney, tragically killed; and his young first wife, Kitty Tobin. In IThe Women/I, T.C. Boyle}s protean voice captures these very different women and, in doing so, creates a masterful ode to the creative life in all its complexity and grandeur.}Boyle at his best}love, not architecture, is the focus here}a mesmerizing story of women who invest everything, at great risk, in that mysterious }bank of feeling} named Frank Lloyd Wright.}BR}IThe New York Times Book Review/iBRBR}Boyle doesn}t just fiddle around with familiar autobiographical material. He inhabits the space of Wright}s life and times with particular boldness}Boyle isn}t just a restorer. After gathering the information he}ll use to get the motor of invention running, he goes on to create an array of indelible characters } eccentrics so absorbed in the expression of their passions that they fail to notice or care when their ac

Mary Barton (Book)

Mary Barton is a novel with an author, genre, plot and conclusion marked by tension, opposition and conflict.

North & South

The clash of cultures can make for uncomfortable situations and delightful viewing. This new BBC America hit series makes its DVD debut, “ ... packed with passion, tension, class warfare and smoldering sexual energy” ( Hollywood Reporter .)

The Cranford Chronicles (Book)

Based on three Elizabeth Gaskell novels, The Cranford Chronicles follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire market town, during one extraordinary year.

The Elizabeth Gaskell Book Collection

Long admired as a gifted writer, Mrs. Gaskell entertains you in five of her popular novels.

The Host

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.

Handle With CARE

A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Frontline techniques and strategies for making employees feel appreciated and improving their performance at every level Internationally known motivational author and speaker Barbara Glanz provides managers and supervisors with innovative techniques for engaging, developing, and motivating employees. Glanz outlines a framework based on the CARE model­­Creative Communication, Atmosphere and Appreciation for all, Respect and Reason for being, Empathy and Enthusiasm­­ for understanding what employees really want from managers. The book is based on research with 1,200 employees at dozens of organizations and includes hundreds of practical ways managers can motivate employees to peak performance while creating an organizational culture that is supportive instead of cutthroat, enjoyable instead of intimidating, and profitable on every level.

Corsair

This is the remarkable story of an airplane that became a legend--with a sleek silhouette and bent wings, it doubled as a day and night fighter, could fly off carriers or from land, and served both as a dive bomber and reconnaissance plane. Filled with facts and figures, this fast-paced history begins with the nerve-wracking test flights of the 1940s and concludes with the F4Us that were active thirty-eight years later. Placed skillfully in between are the stories that gave birth to the legend: the exploits of the aces, including the Medal of Honor recipient who shot down twenty-five enemy planes, and the details of the combat missions of Charles A. Lindbergh. During thirty months of combat in World War II with the U.S. Navy and Marines, the Corsair shot down more than two thousand Japanese planes. In Korea the U-bird, as it was called, was credited with ten aerial victories. A trip down memory lane for anyone who has followed the career of this Cadillac of the props, this new paperback edition of a book first published in hardcover in 1979 offers fine historical aviation reading that presents a riveting picture of the men and machine that helped win two wars.

The Story and Its Writer

During her many years of teaching introduction to fiction courses, Ann Charters developed an acute sense of which stories work most effectively in the classroom. She also discovered that writers, not editors, have the most interesting and useful things to say about the making and the meaning of fiction. Accordingly, her choice of fiction in the first edition of her The Story and Its Writer was as notable for its student appeal as it was for its quality and range. And to complement these stories, she introduced a lasting innovation: an array of the writers' own commentaries on the craft and traditions of the short story. In subsequent editions her sense of what works was confirmed as the book evolved into the most comprehensive, diverse -- and bestselling -- introduction to fiction anthology. Instructors rely on Ann Charters' ability to assemble an authoritative and teachable anthology, and anticipate each edition's selection of new writers and stories.

Literature and Its Writers: A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

Literature is a conversation -- between writers and other writers, and writers and readers. In their introduction to literature anthology, Ann Charters, editor of the bestselling The Story and Its Writer, and Samuel Charters, a much-published poet and novelist, bring students into this conversation through a distinctive set of features, including an abundance of writer commentaries that model how to read and write about literature (and a minimum of intrusive editorial apparatus that may constrain how to think about it). In the fourth edition of Literature and Its Writers, Ann and Samuel Charters open the conversation even further, by expanding the range of writers they include and presenting innovative new kinds of conversations about literature for students to enter.

The Associate

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The Sun Also Rises

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