The short stories in "Beautiful Green Grass" rely on communication by the characters to bring the themes of the story forward. Dialogue is always different. Dialogue can be guarded, as in the opening of the cover story when a landlord comes by to collect delinquent rent. For the two principal characters in the "San Juan River Inn," one is desperate to recover her memory while the other will not leave until he helps her find what she lost. Dialogue is up and down, strong and weak, and not a...

Pivot points occur when circumstances change the course of a life. The direction changes arise in all forms, like an individual getting back on track, discovering a new love, or finding the strength to overcome a challenge. They sometimes show us a depth in ourselves we were unaware of; some insight that allows us to move in a direction we had not thought possible or to avoid significant pitfalls. These pivots turn on people we love or lost, people who presented a situation in a light we h...

Seven wealthy boys, all only children, become "brothers" for life as they grow from pre-school through the Brunswick School in Greenwich into successful adults. However, one of them may have committed murder when he was a teenager.CJ Strong, a young black man, is in prison for the murder he did not commit. Strong believes he knows who is guilty yet remains silent.It is the women these men love that determine their fate as lives unwind and virtues waver. Silvana DeLuna, the ...

Brasil! Ao mesmo tempo excitante e exótico; rico e pobre; ambicioso e lacônico. Convidando o mundo a vir. Sejam bem-vindos! Chegou a hora. O palco mundial aguarda e a mesa está posta. A Copa do Mundo! As Olimpíadas! Uma exibição para o mundo ver. Rio de Janeiro, Amazônia, Brasília e São Paulo. Comunidades, música e carnaval. Favelas de nível internacional; praias de primeira classe. O povo bonito.Há setecentos anos, índios nativos possuíam a terra, a selva e as praias. O Pão de Açú...

Juan DeLuna lives under a pier at Boa Viagem beach in Recife, Brazil. He is orphaned at 13. As DeLuna grows, he harbors a haunting secret. A strong young woman tries to help and curb his criminal instincts. Eventually, she must make a decision about her own self-worth. With the Olympics approaching, the orphan has grown his gang of thieves into a large criminal enterprise; he sees the perfect opportunity for expansion.

Life had not been easy for Sue, a large American woman. In fact, it had generally been painful. Hoping to change her circumstances, she grasps the opportunity to volunteer with a Non Governmental Organization in Central America. The reality she encounters is quite different from that which she had hoped for and expected.

Conrad and Margot, having driven the length of Mexico from the States with two small children, are crossing the border between Mexico and Guatemala at Christmas time. He has hunting weapons, and permits from all the interveneding countries to carry them into Costa Rica. An incident in Guatemala has caused all gun permits to be canceled, and something strange has happened to the colonel who signed the gun permit—he doesn't exist any more. What would have been a lengthy process at that time ...

The New York Times–bestselling author of Bad Feminist shares a collection of stories about hardscrabble lives, passionate loves and vexed human connection.The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children, and must negotiate the elder sister's marriage...

From New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane comes this epic, unflinching tale of the making and unmaking of a gangster in the Prohibition Era of the Roaring Twenties—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Zoe Saldana, and Sienna Miller.Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world.Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of undergr...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An idealistic lawyer makes dangerous enemies as he fights to free an innocent man sentenced to life in prison in this “suspenseful thriller mixed with powerful themes” (Associated Press).In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy...

O despertar da Leoa:Uma leoa que se levanta do seu sono representa uma imagem magnífica de força, paixão e beleza. Sua simples presença define a paisagem, protege os seus filhotes e confere poder ao leão. Em grupos, as leoas se tornam uma força criativa e estratégica que não deve ser ignorada, prestes a mudar o mundo que as cerca.VOCÊ TAMBÉM É UMA LEOA.Mulheres, é hora de...DESPERTAR...Deus não salvou vocês para domá-las.DESPERTEM...Para u...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIRWhat happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu?**In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer’s perilous path in search of the t...