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One of the New York Times's Ten Best Books of 2017A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2017One of the Washington Post's Ten Best Books of 2017An NPR Best Book of 2017One of Entertainment Weekly's Ten...

In this stunning bestseller that inspired the Amazon Prime series, praised as "our era's Handmaid's Tale," a fierce new power has emerged--and only women have it (Washington Post). In The Power, the...

First published in 1967, Thomas Savage's western novel about two brothers and the competition between them when one marries now includes an afterword by Annie Proulx.Author: Thomas SavagePublisher:...

Critically acclaimed, "reads like a detective story," (Washington Post) "one of the most outlandish true crime capers of the season," (Daily Beast) and the basis for the podcast The Queen, Slate...

A BEST BOOK OF 2019: Library Journal, Christian Science Monitor, and Financial Times From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, "richly detailed" story of the women of Walt...

Author: Nancy GoldstonePublisher: Back Bay BooksPublication Date: Apr 19, 2016Number of Pages: 448 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0316409669ISBN-13: 9780316409667

A friendship is tested in this "thrilling" page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand (Us Weekly). Madeline King and Grace Pancik are best friends and the envy of Nantucket...

Deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to seasoned explorers. Craig Childs has spent years in the deserts of the American West, and his treks through arid lands in search of water...

Author: Steven GainesPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublication Date: Jun 03, 2006Number of Pages: 304 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0316154555ISBN-13: 9780316154550

The Soul of A New MachineAuthor: Tracy KidderPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublication Date: June 01, 2000Number of Pages: 320 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0316491977ISBN-13:...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK ONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021 Winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence Longlisted for the Man...

From the author of the bestsellers The Disappearing Spoon and The Violinist's Thumb, fascinating tales of the brain and the history of neuroscience. Early studies of the functions of the human brain...

A revealing and utterly engrossing account" (Joby Warrick) of the world of high-stakes foreign intelligence and her role within the campaign to stop top-tier targets inside Al-Qaida from former CIA...

Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence Finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award A Chinese American assassin sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact revenge on her abductors in this New...

Author: Malcolm GladwellPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublication Date: January 07, 2002Number of Pages: 301 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0316346624ISBN-13: 9780316346627

One of the most articulate rock memoirs ever. --San Francisco Chronicle In 1967 at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, a young guitarist played a blistering solo that announced a prodigious talent...

ONE OF AMAZON'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017 A look deep inside the new Silicon Valley, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store. Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's...

A "marvelous" (Wall Street Journal), "enthralling" (New York Times Book Review) debut novel about love, family, genius, and the madness of art, circling the life of eccentric composer Erik Satie and...

NAMED NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR by Washington Post, BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus Reviews, NPR, Men's Journal A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of The...

Author: Jeff GoodellPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublication Date: Aug 07, 2018Number of Pages: 352 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0316260207ISBN-13: 9780316260206

The Way Out: A True Story Of Ruin And SurvivalAuthor: Craig ChildsPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublication Date: Mar 08, 2006Number of Pages: 304 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

A jealous sister travels home to Connecticut to sabotage her sister's wedding in this delicious novel from the bestselling author of The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Café. The Harrington Sisters...

A ripping adventure [with] a show-stopping finale.--Wall Street Journal "The stuff of legends."--Attica Locke "Powerful, sly, and often charming."--Daniel Woodrell A New York Times Editors' Choice...

A Washington Post Best Book of 2018A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2018An NPR Great Read of 2018 National Bestseller "The Winter Soldier brims with improbable narrative pleasures...These pages...

Author: Stacy SchiffPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublication Date: Sep 20, 2016Number of Pages: 512 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 031620059XISBN-13: 9780316200592

A 2016 Shirley Jackson Awards Finalist *The latest masterpiece by Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room* In the latest masterpiece by Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room, an English nurse...

Including the story "Horse," as heard on This American Life. For fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell, an "amazing, wildly inventive" collection of stories that straddles the line between the...

Theatcakera NovelAuthor: Elin HilderbrandPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublication Date: Nov 23, 2021Number of Pages: 384 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0316316512ISBN-13: 9780316316514

One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiot An NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes...