NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The first in the Kopps Sisters Novel Series, Girl Waits with Gun is an enthralling work of historical fiction based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation’s first female deputy sheriffs.Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful s...

**“A colorful and inventive adventure tale.”—Washington Post“It’s True Grit, New York style.”—New York Post“One of the best mystery novels of the year: wonderful and very entertaining.”—New York Journal of Books“Stewart deftly combines the rough-and-tumble atmosphere of early twentieth-century New York City with the story of three women who want to live life on their own terms.”**—Library Journal, st...

Bestselling author and bookstore owner Amy Stewart takes an offbeat and lighthearted look at the future of the book.After the ebook renders bookstores obsolete, a young couple finds themselves in the unlikely position of owning one of the last bookstores in America. But if it isn't keeping itself afloat selling books, what is it selling? A hilarious glimpse at a future that is almost here.Nothing is what it seems in the offbeat and out-of-the-way town of Eureka, California....

Fifty vignettes of remarkable people whose lives have been transformed by their obsessive passion for trees—written and charmingly illustrated by the New York Times bestselling author of The Drunken Botanist“I love everything Amy Stewart has ever created, but this book is my favorite yet. I’m giving this book to everyone I know. Because it, like its subject, is a gift.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray LoveWh...

Life after the war takes an unexpected turn for the Kopp sisters, but soon enough, they are putting their unique detective skills to use in new and daring ways.Winter 1919: Norma is summoned home from France, Constance is called back from Washington, and Fleurette puts her own plans on hold as the sisters rally around their recently widowed sister-in-law and her children. How are four women going to support themselves?A chance encounter offers Fleurette a s...

Trailblazing Constance’s hard-won job as deputy sheriff is on the line in Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit, the fourth installment of Amy Stewart’s Kopp Sisters series.After a year on the job, New Jersey’s first female deputy sheriff has collared criminals, demanded justice for wronged women, and gained notoriety nationwide for her exploits. But on one stormy night, everything falls apart.While transporting a woman to an insane asylum, Deputy Kopp discove...

Tras Una chica con pistola y Mujer policía busca problemas,LA NUEVA AVENTURA DE LAS HERMANAS KOPP.«Amy Stewart da una patada a la novela policiaca clásica y acerca al lector la vida de la primera mujer ayudante del sheriff: una novela como excusa para subrayar el discurso reivindicativo femenino y un ejemplo encuadernado de lo que aún queda por hacer».EDURNE PUJOL, El EspañolTras conseguir por fin la placa que la acredita como ayudante del ...

In a year when famine devoured the land, survival became a luxury—and hope a forgotten word. While warlords hoarded grain and officials closed their gates, one ordinary man made a simple choice: feed the people.A single bowl of plain rice porridge was nothing to the powerful.To the starving, it was life itself.Villages gathered. Refugees followed. One pot became ten, ten became a lifeline stretching across broken provinces. He did not preach rebellion, nor claim des...

The bestselling author of Girl Waits with Gun brings the real-life escapades of the famous crime-fighting Kopp sisters to life in this extraordinary novel that is "perfect for book groups" (Booklist). Deputy sheriff Constance Kopp stands up to the “morality” laws of 1916, defending the independent young women in her prison against dubious charges when no one else will. From the patriotic Edna Heustis, who left home to work in a munitions factory, to the s...

Based on the Kopp sisters’ real-life adventures, the first three novels in best-selling author Amy Stewart’s sparkling series tell the riveting story of a woman who defied expectations, forged her own path, and tackled crime along the way.In Girl Waits with Gun, we meet Constance Kopp. Constance doesn’t quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since ...

¿SABES QUÉ CONTIENE LO QUE TE ESTÁS BEBIENDO?«Una fabulosa guía de conocimientos botánicos para los amantes de los cócteles.»Kirkus ReviewsEl sake nació del grano del arroz, el whisky escocés surgió de la cebada, el tequila del agave, el ron de la caña de azúcar, el bourbon del maíz... Amy Stewart explora aquí la vertiginosa variedad de hierbas, flores, árboles, frutas y hongos que los seres humanos, gracias al ingenio, la i...

Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even a few fungi).Some of the most extraordinary and obscure plants have been fermented and distilled, and th...