The Sunday Times Bestseller'A full-spectrum triumph' GuardianA sensational new novel from the bestselling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city. His first novel in 13 years, The Shards is Bret Easton Ellis at his inimitable best.LA, 1981. Buckley Co...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other.**"A seminal book.” —**The Washington PostOne of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsPatrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, an...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

Saddle up for nine voices who defined the American frontier: James Fenimore Cooper's frontier legend, Bret Harte's mining-camp wit, Washington Irving's early wilderness tales, and rising talents like Andy Adams, B.M. Bower, and Dane Coolidge, gathered here from A to Z. Cattle drives, outlaws, homesteaders, and the vast open range come alive across ten stories that helped shape an entire genre of American storytelling. This Chronicle Vault edition presents the complete, unabridged texts in ...

NOW AN FX DRAMA SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A novel of sensational literary and psychological suspense from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged high school friends in a vibrantly fictionalized 1980s Los Angeles as a serial killer strikes across the city“A thrilling page turner from Ellis, who revisits the world that made him a literary star with a stylish scary ...

A bold, provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes – and what we can do about itWe are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet we are listless, divided and miserable. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, but our political landscape is unmoored, and rates of suicide, loneliness and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do we explain the gap between these truths? And how should we respo...

Leap, soar, and dance into the joyous life of a little boy whose dads are dazzling Broadway performers in this lyrical, rhyming picture book from one of Instagram and TikTok's Broadway Husbands.Where do parents go when they walk out the door for work?In this charming, vibrant picture book, a little boy's dads have a very special job—they're Broadway performers!By day, these two are like any other parents. They do the dishes, help with chores, and gi...

Ride into the untamed frontier where courage, danger, and justice meet. The Western in 10 Classics Vol. 1 brings together a selection of classic Western literature featuring the rugged landscapes, unforgettable characters, and adventurous spirit of the American frontier. From cowboys and outlaws to lawmen, pioneers, ranchers, and frontier wanderers, these stories transport readers to a world of dusty trails, isolated settlements, dangerous encounters, and the constant struggle between just...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The New York Times bestselling author of American Psycho delivers a riveting, tour-de-force sequel to Less Than Zero, set on the seedy side of Los Angeles. • "A haunting vision of disillusionment, twenty-first-century style" (People).Returning to Los Angeles from New York, Clay, now a successful screenwriter, is casting his new movie. Soon he is running with his old circle of friends through L.A.’s seed...

A bold, provocative history of our species finds the roots of civilization’s success and failure in our evolutionary biology.We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable than ever. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, and yet our political landscape grows ever more toxic, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do we explain the gap between these t...

#1 New York Times BestsellerBret Baier makes the case for America—an inspiring defense of our history, values, and national character by Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor“An eloquently written and splendidly reasoned homage to the founding principles of the Declaration of Independence.” —Douglas BrinkleyCan the Founders’ ideals still inspire and unite the nation 250th years after the Dec...

In his own words, Bret Hart’s honest, perceptive, startling account of his life in and out of the pro wrestling ring.The sixth-born son of the pro wrestling dynasty founded by Stu Hart and his elegant wife, Helen, Bret Hart is a Canadian icon. As a teenager, he could have been an amateur wrestling Olympic contender, but instead he turned to the family business, climbing into the ring for his dad’s western circuit, Stampede Wrestling. From his early twenties until he retired at 43, ...