For mysterious reasons, a man forsakes his American life and arrives in a strange country called Andorra. He settles into the grand--and only--hotel in its seaside capital, and gradually makes the aquaintance of this tiny city's most prominent residents: the ancient Mrs. Reinhardt, who has a lifetime lease on the penthouse in the hotel; Sophonsobia Quay, the kayaking matriarch of an Andorran dynasty; and the Ricky Dents, an Australian couple who share a first name, a gigantic dog,...

Oil, Gas, and Mining: A Sourcebook for Understanding the Extractive Industries provides developing countries with a technical understanding and practical options around oil, gas, and mining sector development issues. A central premise of the Sourcebook is that good technical knowledge can better inform political, economic, and social choices with respect to sector development and the related risks and opportunities. The guidance provided by the Sourcebook assumes a broad set of overarching...

**SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND JENNIFER LAWRENCE"Faultlessly elegant and quietly menacing." —Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness and Small RainA couple find themselves at a fading, grand European hotel full of eccentric and sometimes unsettling patrons in this allegorical story that examines the significance of shifting desires and the uncertainty of reality**An unnamed American coup...

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You is the story of James Sveck, a sophisticated, vulnerable young man with a deep appreciation for the world and no idea how to live in it. James is eighteen, the child of divorced parents living in Manhattan. Articulate, sensitive, and cynical, he rejects all of the assumptions that govern the adult world around him–including the expectation that he will go to college in the fall. He would prefer to move to an old house in a small town somewhe...

Discover the prayer practice of ministry leaders and feel inspired to transform your life based on their teachings.Even the most experienced leaders seek outside help–they pray. Looking for help in their own leadership, entrepreneur Ryan Skoog, CEO Peter Greer, and executive advisor Cameron Doolittle set out to investigate how established leaders pray.In Lead With Prayer, the authors share the spiritual habits, techniques, and practices of world-ch...

Discover the Gospel of Mark and encounter the Mercy of God! A clear-cut and effective way to meditate daily on Saint Mark's Gospel. Read the entire Gospel within one year! An entry for each day of the calendar year: - a short quotation from Saint Mark's Gospel - an original, down-to-earth reflection composed by one of the book's twenty-three gifted spiritual authors, including Anthony Esolen, Fr. Vincent Nagle, Fr. George Rutler, and Fr. Joseph Lienhard, S.J. - a thought-provoking final pr...

The tyranny of the gods is absolute, and they are capricious, malevolent and almost all-powerful, playing cruel games with the fates of mortals for their own ends . . .A vibrant and powerful epic set against an alternate Bronze Age, this tale of gods, men and monsters, conspiracy and war, is a rich, compelling and original read from a master of the historical and fantasy genres. The people caught up in toils of the gods are merely trying to survive. Victims of vicious whims, trappe...

On a midsummer weekend, in a country house in upstate New York, three friends, Lyle, Marian, and John, gather on the anniversary of the death of John's brother, who was also Lyle's lover. As Tony's absence haunts each of them in different ways, the reunion is complicated by the presence of Lyle's new lover, a much younger man named Robert, and a faux-Italian dinner guest with a penchant for truth telling. As the seemingly idyllic weekend proceeds, each character is stripped bare, and old m...

The City of Your Final Destination is a touching, clever and wonderfully comic novel from Peter Cameron, n ow a major motion picture starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.Omar Razaghi posts a letter on September 13, 1995 that will change the course of his life forever. A doctoral student at the University of Kansas, he writes to the estate of the Latin American author Jules Gund, requesting permission to write Gu...

This "tender biography of a sickly marmoset that was adopted by Leonard Woolf and became a fixture of Bloomsbury society" (The New York Times) is an intimate portrait of the life and marriage of Leonard and Virginia Woolf from a National Book Award-winning author.In 1934, a "sickly pathetic marmoset” named Mitz came into the care of Leonard Woolf. After he nursed her back to health, she became a ubiquitous presence in Bloomsbury society. Moving with Leonar...

Delve deeply into Matthew's Gospel and encounter the Mercy of God! A user-friendly way to meditate daily on Saint Matthew's Gospel. Read the entire Gospel within one year! An entry for each day of the calendar year: - a short quotation from Saint Matthew's Gospel - an original, down-to-earth reflection composed by one of the book's twenty-four gifted spiritual authors, including Fr. William M. Joensen, Anthony Esolen, Fr. Vincent Nagle, Fr. George Rutler, and Fr. Joseph Lienhard, S.J. - a ...

A spiritual reading of Paul's letters A entry for each day of the calendar year: - a short quotation from one of Paul's letters - an original reflection by one of the book's thirty-two gifted spiritual authors - a thought provoking prayer Praying with Saint Paul will guide you through the spiritual treasury of Saint Paul's corpus - from the Letter to the Romans to the Letter to Philemon