"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon...

The story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year-old named Katey Kontent. Armed with little more than a formidable intellect, a bracing wit, and her own brand of cool nerve, Katey embarks on a journey from Wall Street secretarial pool through the upper echelons of 1938 New York City society in search of a brighter future.

"From the highly acclaimed author of Daughters of the Revolution and The Bostons (winner of the PEN/Bingham Award for fiction) comes a lyrical, visceral collection of short stories about sex and scars, waste and promise, with an eclectic cast of characters spanning generations and cultures. In "Francis Bacon," an aspiring writer crafts sexual fantasies for an Upper East Side mogul. In "The Snake," a restless psychologist sheds one existence after...

El pelo de Zuri le permite ser ella misma. Se enrolla o se riza para convertirse en una corona de princesa o una capa de superhéroe. ¡Pero un día súperespecial necesita un peinado súperespecial! Peine en mano, papá le ayuda a Zuri a encontrar el look perfecto. Amor de pelo celebra los rizos que son solo tuyos, el lazo entre padres e hijas y la alegría que te llena cuando puedes expresarte libremente. Zuri's hair lets her be herself. In rolls...

Uno de los más influyentes artistas latinas en la historia se abre sobre periíodo definitorio más de su vida, dos años durante el cual se llevó todo lo que tenía que elevarse por encima de los desafíos más grandes que jamás se había enfrentado.

"Tú haces que mi corazón palpite ... Este pequeño libro de La oruga muy hambrienta es la mejor manera de decir. Yo te amo."--Page 4 of cover.

A passionate and bold novella with a modern take on forbidden love. In the glamorous yet superficial world of fashion, an impossible love develops between Victoria, a woman of high society, and Jose Angel, her bodyguard. Married to others, their love is forbidden, but too strong to ignore.