International Book Award, USA Book News Award and IPPY Award Winner!From Memorial Day until the student workers and tourists leave in the fall, the island community of Put-In-Bay, Ohio, thrives on alcohol, drugs, sexual experimentation, and any other means of forgetting responsibilities. To Brad Shepherd—recently forced out of his job as a junior high math teacher after the overdose death of a student—it’s exactly the kind of place he’s looking for.Allured ...

Bob is just trying his best as a novice grim reaper when a routine soul collection goes disastrously awry, unleashing chaos and getting him put on probation. As his mistakes mount, Bob risks losing his job guiding spirits to the afterlife. But when a second chance arises to redeem himself under the tutelage of a stern mentor, Bob vows to do better.Just as Bob is regaining his confidence, he uncovers the existence of a mythical bridge between realms and becomes one of the few with t...

In this engaging collection of stories, 43 veterans of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting explain why throngs attend year after year. Beyond the famous Q&A with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, these experts reveal the Berkshire Meeting as a community gathering of fun, fellowship and learning.The contributors whisk readers through the exciting schedule of surrounding events – book signings, panel discussions and social gatherings – and share the pulse of this dist...

New York Times bestseller! Chosen as a best summer read by People, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and Good Morning America.Life's a bit of a beach these days for Ginger Walsh, who finds herself single at 41 and back home living in the family FROG (Finished Room Over Garage). She's hoping for a more fulfilling life as a sea glass artist, but mostly she's babysitting her sister's kids and sharing with Noah, her glassblower boyfriend with commi...

An "intimate, lovely novel . . . about the pain and joys of motherhood," from the New York Times –bestselling author of Practical Magic ( People ).Rae Perry has been in love with Jessup since high school. Two weeks before her eighteenth birthday, they ran away from Boston together and have been moving ever since—five states in seven ye...

“A gripping story of three sisters, of love lost and found and a family’s journey from grief to triumph**” from the New York Times bestselling author (Debbie Macomber).**Losing her father on the night she was born could have torn Beryl Graham’s family apart. Instead, it knitted them together. Under their mother’s steady guidance, Beryl and her older sisters, Isak and Rumer, shared a childhood filled with happiness. But now...

The "wise, wildly funny story" of a self-destructive writer's lost weekend by a Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times–bestselling author ( Chicago Tribune).A wildly successful first novel made Grady Tripp a young star, and seven years later he still hasn't grown up. He's now a writing professor in Pittsburgh, plummeting through middle age, stuck with an unfinishable manuscript, an estranged wife, a pregnant girlfriend, and a talented but deeply di...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career.A beloved star of stage, television, and film—“one of the most fun people in show business” (Time magazine)—Alan Cumming is a successful artist whose diversity and fearlessness is unp...

Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic—a seamless blend of fact and fiction. This moving historical novel explores the tragedy's impact and its lasting repercussions on survivors and their descendants.Ireland, 1912. Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic, hoping to find a better life in America. For seventeen-y...

AN AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION ADULT DEBUT HONOR BOOKWINNER OF THE AUDIE AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE NARRATORLOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERA sparkling talent makes her fiction debut with this infectious novel that combines the charming pluck of Eloise, the poignant psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the page-turning spirit of Where’d You Go, Bern...

A mysterious and suspenseful story that will move and disturb you to the very end.When she sees what looks like a child tumbling from a ferry into frigid Lake Champlain, Troy Chance dives in without thinking. When she gets the child to shore she discovers that his name is Paul, he speaks only French—and no one is looking for him.Her determination to protect Paul pulls Troy from her quiet life as a writer in a small Adirondack town into an unfamiliar world o...

A single mother with a secret past will do anything to save her son in this “genuine page-turner” by the New York Times bestselling author (Seattle Times).Megan Keeslar died years ago—or so everyone believes. In fact, she disappeared to escape her sadistic husband, Glenn. When dismembered body parts were found near their home, Glenn was convicted of his wife’s murder. And Megan, terrified for her unborn child’s safety, never came forward with the ...