World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career --and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same ...
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Skunk is an 11 year-old girl who lives a carefree life with her father, on a cul-de-sac in a very much middle-class neighborhood in Britain. At the beginning of the movie Skunk sees Rick, a young man living across the street, getting violently beaten up by yet another neighbor, M...
"Charlie Garner has a bad feeling. His ex-wife, Meg, has been missing for over a week and one quick peek into her home shows all her possessions packed up in boxes. Neighbors claim she's running from bill collectors, but Charlie suspects something more sinister is afoot. Meg was ...
Crawley's misgivings about the validity of his mission to a South Pacific island prove well founded as he fights to escape with his life.
"When Bill Bratton became a Boston street cop after returning from serving in Vietnam, he was dismayed by the corrupt old guard , and it is fair to say the old guard was dismayed by him too. But his success fighting crime could not be denied. Propelled by extraordinary results, B...
Sacked by the Federal Security Agency, Crawley plays dangerous games in the Melbourne underworld. Arms deals, drugs, cross and double-cross, and a radical punk girl are all woven together in this seamy and steamy novel.
A young girl and her brother are catapulted into a battle between good and evil for possession of a magical stone of great power that is contained in her bracelet.
"Charlie Garner has a bad feeling. His ex-wife, Meg, has been missing for over a week and one quick peek into her home shows all her possessions packed up in boxes. Neighbors claim she's running from bill collectors, but Charlie suspects something more sinister is afoot. Meg was ...
A collection of eleven essays exploring the many facets of the American justice system's impact on the lives of black men and boys. Particularly discusses the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and others at the hands of police officers. Some violence. 2017.
JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "One of the great culinary stories of our time."-Dwight Garner, The New York Times It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to co...