My husband likes to play with stories.He likes to talk me through some idea he’s had about me being with someone else.He tells the story. I play. He watches.His imagination takes me to places I never dreamed of before I met him.Only this year, we decided to move things up a little. To see what happens when someone else creates the stories. To experience how it feels when they’re not just stories any more.

“[A] mesmerizing alchemy of fairy-tale fantasy and Hollywood glitz. . . about an L.A. nanny who uses magic to land the hunk of her dreams.” —PeopleFrom the beloved author of Necklace of Kisses comes a modern-day fairy tale of a willful and intuitive heroine and a world of shocking realism and transcendent magicFrancesca Lia Block, with co-writer Carmen Staton, introduces readers to Ruby, a Midwestern girl named for the jewel that i...

With a new introduction“The most comprehensive, even-handed and best written account of Ruby Ridge currently in print.” — Washington TimesFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter, here is the story of what happened on Ruby Ridge: the tragic and unlikely series of events that destroyed a family, brought down the number-two man in the FBI, and left in its wake a nation increa...

“In The Ruined House a ‘small harmless modicum of vanity’ turns into an apocalyptic bonfire. Shot through with humor and mystery and insight, Ruby Namdar's wonderful first novel examines how the real and the unreal merge. It's a daring study of madness, masculinity, myth-making and the human fragility that emerges in the mix."—Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World SpinWinner of the Sapir Prize, Isr...

Blaze, Maverick, and Gwen have never seen a dragon before, and they're from the Ruby Dragon Kingdom. That changes one summer when they're whisked away to the Land of Sand and Sun-against their will.Their cousins, Hailey and Claire, happen to be visiting at the time, so yeah, they're kidnapped too.They discover dragons aren't the myths they thought they were, and the dragons have stolen the Sand Dwellers' parents. The five cousins must use their magical talents to get them b...

With a new introduction“The most comprehensive, even-handed and best written account of Ruby Ridge currently in print.” — Washington TimesFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter, here is the story of what happened on Ruby Ridge: the tragic and unlikely series of events that destroyed a family, brought down the number-two man in the FBI, and left in its wake a nation increa...

“In The Ruined House a ‘small harmless modicum of vanity’ turns into an apocalyptic bonfire. Shot through with humor and mystery and insight, Ruby Namdar's wonderful first novel examines how the real and the unreal merge. It's a daring study of madness, masculinity, myth-making and the human fragility that emerges in the mix.""—Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World SpinWinner of the Sapir Prize, Is...

From the internationally bestselling and beloved author of the critically acclaimed Boy Swallows Universe, a mesmerizing, uplifting novel of adventure and unlikely friendships in World War II Australia—calling to mind The Wizard of Oz as directed by Baz Luhrmann.Darwin, 1942. As Japanese bombs rain down on her hometown, newly orphaned Molly Hook looks to the skies and runs for her life. Inside a duffel bag, she carries a stone heart and a map that will lea...

Wir alle kennen es, dieses Gefühl, dass ein Taylor-Swift-Song alles besser machen kann. Ob Herzschmerzerinnerungen, Schmetterlinge-im-Bauch-Augenblicke oder die typischen Durchs-Schlafzimmer-Tanzen-und-in-die-Haarbürste-Singen-Momente - Taylors Songs sind der perfekte Begleiter für Romantiker:innenherzen und Datingrealist:innen.Unsere LOVE POETS SOCIETY hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, genau diese Gefühle in 13 romantischen Kurzgeschichten einzufangen. Jede einzelne widmet sich ein...