Year House

India, 1951. After wilfully ignoring orders, Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective, is exiled from Bombay to the wild and mountainous Naga Hills District. As India's first post-Independence election looms, and tensions rise across the country, Persis finds herself banished to the...

The trusted, no-nonsense guide for successfully tackling the toddler years, written by a nationally renowned pediatrician and author of Baby 411 Congratulations! You’ve survived the first year of parenting. After countless diaper changes, late-night feedings, and record amounts of spit-up, you...

The good news is, even without outdoor space, you can still create a successful indoor garden. Beginner’s Guide to Hydroponics and Aeroponics is the perfect starting point for anyone who wants to grow their own fruits, vegetables, and herbs at home.

Amor Turns One! is a lyrical picture book that captures a baby’s first year of life through tender, imaginative poems told from the baby’s point of view. From the warmth of the womb to the glow of a first birthday candle, each milestone shines with honesty, humor, and wonder.

Blue House: Ten Years on the Way Home tells the struggles, traumas and tragedies of a family in the former USSR during Stalin's reign, pre-WWII. Dispossessed of the happy home and wealth they built through their own sweat and labor, they were forced to withstand horrors and hardships as their daily bread...when there was any bread.

If you've ever wondered what it's like working at a hospital Level 1 trauma center, this book offers unfiltered, true stories that occurred during a surgeon's first year of training. The book offers insight into 21st-century modern health care and the state of society. You will laugh, cry, and question your beliefs about the health-care system and patients. Listen to this before you go to the doctor the next time, and share this information with your family.

A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg “A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told through the...

MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD The essential real-world guide for navigating your baby’s first year with confidence, written by a nationally renowned pediatrician and organized by topic for easy reference Welcome to parenthood! Having a baby is both exciting...and terrifying. Let's...

Born in Virginia in 1818, Elizabeth Keckley grew up enslaved until she was able to purchase her and her son's freedom with money made from working as a seamstress. As she continued to perfect her craft, her styles caught the attention of the elite in Washington, DC. It wasn't until the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration that she crossed paths with Mary Todd Lincoln, who took Elizabeth on as her personal confidante and seamstress. Behind the Scenes offers an intimate look into the enslaved and free life of Elizabeth Keckley and the lives of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.

“An utterly romantic story about second chances and the power of love.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood A woman must woo her lover’s soul back into his body to wake him from a coma—or risk losing him forever—in this moving novel from the author of The Hundred...

Bestselling author Deborah Challinor returns with a spellbinding novel about a woman living in Sydney's notorious King's Cross in 1964. Polly Manaia is living in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross, working as an exotic dancer. She's desperate to bring her young daughter to live with her, but beneath...

Every day you meet your child’s spiritual and emotional needs—you just don’t know it. In this short, accessible, and comforting book, expert J.L. Shattuck provides insight into your child’s earliest rituals.

Un año con Dios presenta un devocional para cada día del año. Cada uno de estos devocionales busca que el lector profundice en su relación con Dios y aplique el conocimiento, los valores y la sabiduría que se encuentran en el Nuevo Testamento a la vida diaria.

The award-winning memoir of one tumultuous year of boyhood in Fort Worth, Texas, opening with a handshake with JFK, and recalling the changes and revelations of the months that followed. Winner of the LA Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, and a New York...

A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book.… Without a doubt, not only the very best film book [but] also one of the best books of the year in any genre. An...

Published to coincide with Pope Francis's Year of Mercy and the Vatican's canonization of Mother Teresa, this new book of unpublished material by a humble yet remarkable woman of faith whose influence is felt as deeply today as it was when she was alive, offers Mother Teresa’s profound yet...

A touching memoir filled with food, friendships, and scenes of Italy, Pinch Me is ultimately a celebration of love, of learning to see the world, as well as oneself, through a different window, and of the powerful joy that comes from building a dream.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A New York Times Notable Book As Leo Tolstoy’s life draws to a tumultuous close, his tempestuous wife and most cunning disciple are locked in a whirlwind battle for the great man’s soul. Torn between his professed doctrine of poverty and chastity and the...

“Newton's contribution is as cogent an inventory of Eisenhower's White House years as I've ever read. He blends masterful writing with historic detail and provides the value-added of Ike as the man and the leader.” —Chuck Hagel, Distinguished Professor, Georgetown University; U.S. Senator...

During their eight years in the White House, Bill and Hillary Clinton worked together more closely than the public ever knew. FOR LOVE OF POLITICS is the first book to explain the dynamics of their relationship, showing that it is impossible to understand one Clinton without factoring in the...