In celebration of his one-hundredth birthday, a charming, irresistibly readable, and handsomely packaged look back at the life and times of the greatest entertainer in American history, Frank Sinatra.Sinatra's Century is an irresistible collection of one-hundred short reflections on the man, his music, and his larger-than-life story, by a lifetime fan who also happens to be one of the poetry world's most prominent voices. David Lehman uses each of these sh...

The screenwriter behind North by Northwest and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? skewers show business in these fifteen tales.In Sweet Smell of Success, the main novelette of this collection, Lehman scathingly depicts the dark side of success through the twisted relationship of Sid Wallace, an ambitious publicist, and Harvey Hunsucker, a powerful and vindictive gossip columnist, fashioned after Walter Winchell. As scandals are manufactured a...

Guest edited by Terence Winch—NEA Fellow and editor of the “pick of the week” on the Best American Poetry blog—the 2025 edition marks a poignant farewell to series editor David Lehman, celebrating more than three decades of poetic excellence.For thirty-eight years, The Best American Poetry series has won widespread acclaim as the nation’s most influential and vital poetry anthology. BAP, which has inspired similar ventures abroad, has gar...

“Under and out from under the shadow of death Joanne Lehman writes ‘in the emptiness between one breath and the next.’ Her rural Ohio land-scape is animated with rough and mild weather, red wing blackbirds, hayfields, woodlands, and the sweet and sometimes too-tight lips and rhythms of sectarian life. These poems speak simply, and their mourning, memory, and healing are a balm for times when a little bit of quiet would do us all a world of good. This is a fine first book—as meditative, wis...

Are you interested in learning how to crochet, but didn't know where to start?Have you always wanted to crochet a blanket, but thought it would be difficult?Did you start to crochet, but only became frustrated instead? Are you interested in learning how to crochet or crocheting a gift for someone?If any of these questions sound like you, then this crochet book is what you need! In this crochet book you will learn about the basics of crocheting along with advanced st...

FBI Special Agent Regan Manning would rather take a bullet than return to her hometown as head of protective detail for the Alaska Energy Summit. If shielding VIPs with conflicting agendas isn't enough, she also must confront ghosts of relationships past. Regan uncovers a plot that reaches as high as the White House, as far as the Middle East—and someone wants to muzzle the feisty agent forever.

Digital change creates a whirlwind of ever-shifting markets and being directionless, even for a moment, will sabatoge a company's potential. To surge through the storm as a money-making business, you need to move quickly - but with intention.Most marketing management leaders lack a framework for successful decision making in a fast-paced digital marketing industry. Rigid long-term planning won't work when you must execute rapid results that build over time.In Ride the T...

FIVE STAR REVIEW by READERS' FAVORITEFirst, Last, and Always is the story of two best friends dealing with the complexities of being a teenager--it's about first loves, lasting friendships, and remembering that family will always be there, whether you realize it or not.CHARLOTTE Hubbard dreams about falling in love on a daily basis, but she's long rejected the idea that someone would ever be interested in an overweight, unappealing girl like her; an opinion...

This collection of poems from the series editor of The Best American Poetry and the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry seamlessly captures the romance, irony, and pathos of love.David Lehman movingly chronicles the days in post-9/11 New York and bring a fresh perspective to an array of subjects -- from the Brooklyn Bridge to Gertrude Stein to Buddhism.The work of a poet at the height of his lyrical and reflective powers, When...

Children,I hope that you will add to these letters what you have learned and pass them on to your children and their children to fulfil God's promise to my grandfather. He claimed this verse as God's promise to him."As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the Lord. "My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants-from this tim...

A rich compendium of twenty first-century monastic thought, providing a spiritual foundation for a loving world.This book compiles presentations shared at an annual symposium on contemplative awareness at the Fetzer Institute over several decades. The renowned monks and nuns in the Benedictine tradition featured in A Loving World explore shared understandings among the world’s great religions and offer monastic perspectives on life and love. The wide-rangi...

Berkeley, 1977. After the riots, after the Vietnam War, after the SLA, Berkeley is still a tough little town. Martin Luther Klein, a disillusioned ex-Jesus freak, finds his niche as a process server. Then he meets a newer member of his former fellowship and gets a chance at love and renewal.