Harry Bosch is soon approaching a forced retirement from the LAPD when he finds himself investigating a rape case from 1989 and a possible murder case.

Two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks, now middle-aged, are called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, and they will be forced to confront the choices each has made.

A young archivist working in the National Archives and his childhood crush accidentally happen upon a priceless artifact--a 200-year-old dictionary that once belonged to George Washington--hidden inside a desk chair. Eager to discover why the President is hiding this important national treasure, the two soon find themselves entangled in a web of deception, conspiracy, and murder that will reveal the most well kept secret of the U.S. Presidency.

Defense attorney Mickey Haller agrees to work for the prosecution and teams up with Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch to convict Jason Jessup, who spent twenty-four years in jail for the murders of children and was recently exonerated by new DNA evidence and Mickey believes will kill again.

When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock and the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.

From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that...

Collects live recordings of David Sedaris reading from Denver, New York City, Durham, Los Angeles, and Atlanta; featuring essays entitled "Cat and Baboon," "Author, Author," "Innocence Abroad," "Laugh, Kookaaburra," and "Diary Entries."

A revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs...

After being trapped in an isolated car crash, the life of an elderly widower becomes entwined with that of a young college student and the cowboy she loves.

The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene, but someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark and meanwhile, a deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced.