Daniel Halpern's Air seeks to confront, understand, and intermingle with the world, exploring solitude, memory, and the pleasures of being human.Cinematic, nostalgic, and unabashedly raw, Daniel Halpern's tenth collection, Air, hungers for the entirety of human experience. A mythic quotidian is recounted through rich and often confessional exposition: the love of a father for his daughter, of dear people and places, of curious insects and birds. M...

An enduringly popular collection of almost 200 beloved dishes from around the world featuring classic and easy-to-cook recipes.What is as satisfying on a cold winter's night as a hearty stew? Or as refreshing on a hot summer's day as a cold soup? And who can ever resist a bowl of pasta? When it was first published in 1985, The Good Food was one of the first collections of recipes devoted to the celebration of the best-loved and most satisfying essentials of...

Twenty-two acclaimed writers celebrate the art of eatingWendell Berry • Colette • William Corbett • Michael Dorris • Alexandre Dumas • M. F .K. Fisher • Michael Frank • Betty Fussell • Evan Jones • Judith B. Jones • Barbara Kafka • Madeline Kamman • Charles Lamb • Rose Macaulay • Henry Matthews • Joyce Carol Oates • Francine Prose • Paul Schmidt • James Seay • Charles Simic • Edward Steinberg • Alice WatersThere is more to be gained from our daily bread than mere sustenance...

This book aims to gather a selection that represents the diversity and richness of American poetry written by poets who share a sophistication that promises to evolve, with continued effort and risk, a new and powerful poetic idiom.

Widely praised for his earlier collections, Daniel Halpern has grown steadily in stature and attainment. Now, with Something Shining, his first collection of new poems in seven years, he gives us an ambitious, wide-ranging meditation on birth, love, and maturity, marking a turning point in both his life and his work.These beautifully crafted poems explore relations between lovers, between friends, between fathers and children. Written by the light of a young daught...

In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan reveals herself in a way she never has before, delving into her childhood, adolescence, family history, beginnings as a writer and professional life to explore the answers to questions of purpose and meaning that we all ask ourselves as we get older.Moving from her childhood in Oakland and growing up with her Chinese parents through her success as a novel...

Named a Best Cookbook for Spring 2019 by The New York Times and Bon Appetit100+ delicious easy-to-follow recipes and strategies to make weeknight cooking a breeze: From beloved cookbook author and recipe developer Sarah Copeland, Every Day Is Saturday brims with inspiration. With more than 100 beautiful recipes that make weeknight cooking simple, gorgeous food and lifestyle photography, and easy-to-follow tips for cooking ...

An enthralling and enchanting collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Chocolat and The Strawberry Thief***... Perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson and Kate Mosse as well as readers of Eve Chase and Stacey Halls.***'A vibrant tombola of stories...' -- Time Out'Strongly plotted and written in registers that are variously comical, sad and surreal...' -

**THE NEW YORK TIMES ?BESTSELLER**The captivating new novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover. Now the New York Times bestseller.New York Times bestseller Isabel Allende returns with a beautifully crafted, multi-generational novel of struggle, endurance and friendship against the odds.Amid the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, an unexpec...

Reese Witherspoon’s March Book Club Pick!‘Big-hearted, earthy and funny… A rattlingly good story’ Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold HotelEvery woman has a secret life…When Nikki takes a creative writing job at her local temple, with visions of emancipating the women of the community she left behind as a self-important teenager, she’s shocked to discover a group of barely literate women who have no i...

"A beautiful, next-level, parent-friendly cookbook that will have a prime position on my counter for a long time to come." —Jennifer GarnerJulia Turshen has always been cooking. As a kid, she skipped the Easy-Bake Oven and went straight to the real thing. Throughout her life, cooking has remained a constant, and as fans of her popular books know, Julia's approach to food is about so much more than putting dinner on the table—it is about love, community, connection, ...

Brought to you by Penguin.From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling and Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy BartonRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants ...