It's August 1994, and Charlie Stewart begins his final year at St. Mark's Episcopal School, a prestigious all-boys school in Richmond, Virginia. Charlie, an undistinguished student by St. Mark's standards, faces tough odds as he seeks to rekindle his relationship with Katy Hendricks, a beautiful tennis star, and gain admission to a highly selective state university.Through it all, Charlie relies on Beau Miller, his best friend and the top student athlete in their class. Despite Bea...

Boxing is more than just a sport—it is a test of will, skill, and survival. From the bare-knuckle brawlers of the past to the global superstars of today, the sweet science has shaped cultures, defined eras, and produced some of the most legendary athletes in history.In this meticulously researched book, boxing historian and aficionado T. Cullen explores the sport’s rich and complex legacy. Covering the evolution of the fight game, the rise and fall of champions, and boxing’s impact...

Cullen Thomas was just like the thousands of other American kids who travel abroad after college. He was hungry for meaning and excitement beyond a nine-to-five routine, so he set off for Seoul, South Korea, to teach English and look for adventure. What he got was a three-and-a- half-year drug-crime sentence in South Korea's prisons, where the physical toll of life in a cell was coupled with the mental anguish of maintaining sanity in a world that couldn't have been more foreign. This is T...

"Skipped Parts is somewhere between The Catcher in the Rye and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."-Los Angeles Times Book ReviewThe novel that inspired the movie starring Mischa Barton and Drew BarrymoreBanished to the hinterlands of Wyoming, rebellious Lydia Callahan and her thirteen-year-old son Sam have no choice but to cope. But while Lydia drinks and talks to the moose hea...

**AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARDA hard-hitting and powerful look at hockey's moment of reckoning in Canada, and the ways in which a game that is so universally loved has been rocked in recent years by court cases involving sexual assault and startling incidents of hazing and abuse throughout junior hockey.**The allegations read like a scene out of a horror movie.Five National Hockey League players, all of them 18 to...

NOW A SERIES FROM APPLE TV!A New York Times BestsellerThe revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements ofclassic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter whopursues the murder of a forgotten young woman.

Love them or hate them, they’re the most successful team in professional hockey … just not on the scoresheet.The Toronto Maple Leafs are an exception to every law of the sporting jungle. They miss the playoffs and the sellouts keep coming. They haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 1967, but the earning power of that blue-and-white maple leaf, no matter the chronic woes of the blue-and-white’s power play, never ceases to increase. In this description of failure and prescription for hope,...

Jimmy Lee Hickam grew up along Red Dog Road, a dead-end strip of gravel and mud buried deep in the bowels of Appalachian Ohio. It is the poorest road, in the poorest county, in the poorest region of the state. To make things worse, the name Hickam is synonymous with trouble. Jimmy Lee hails from a heathen mix of thieves, moonshiners, drunkards, and general anti-socials that for decades have clung to both the hardscrabble hills and the iron bars of every jail cell in the region. This life, ...

Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan shares more insider stories from his more-than-forty-year career covering pro hockey.Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan is a permanent fixture in the illustrious world of professional ice hockey. His opinion, backed by an extensive knowledge of the game and his sharp sense of humour, is read and enjoyed by millions of fans internationally. He has established uniqu...

**National Bestseller · A CBC Best Nonfiction Book of the Year · Finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize · Finalist for the Hamilton Literary Awards"Bunny told me there were secrets about me that she would take to the grave, secrets that no one would ever hear, including me . . ."**Tom Wilson always felt something wasn't quite right. His parents, Bunny and George, were much older than other kids' parents. There were no baby photos of him in the house. At school, classma...

Much more than a book on boxing. Life in the Ring is equally historical, literary, and inspirational. Truly a one-of-a-kind book.There is no sport more unforgiving than boxing. Boxing represents the best of who we are as individuals. Those who have participated in the sport, at any level, can use the lessons they have learned in all aspects of their lives, from business, to politics, to personal relationships. People observing the sport can draw on the insight that...

Part of a Complete Series“Evanovich…with a dash of CSI.” – Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)Who would want to kill a clown?Lucky O’Toole, Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon Hotel, the primo property on the Las Vegas Strip, isn’t in any mood to find out.For one, it’s New Year’s Day and Lucky’s birthday.And she hasn’t caught her breath after a chase to the death in Hong Kong and Maca...