**Stefan Zweig’s tragic novel of guilt, yearning, and the danger of pity, which inspired Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel.“Original and powerful.” —The New York Times**The only novel Zweig—one of the most popular authors of the 20th century—completed and published during his lifetime, Beware of Pity is a heartrending tale of unequal affection, unintended consequences, and a world falling to pieces.In 1913, young second lieutenant Ho...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! • A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK • A heartbreaking, empowering, often hilarious debut memoir about a mother’s all-consuming love, a son’s perilous quest to discover the world beyond the front door and the unregulated homeschool system that impacts millions like him*A Top 10 Amazon Book of the Month Pick**A Washington Post Book to R...

"Stefan Zweig's brilliant novel, Beware of Pity, is an original and powerful work."-The New York TimesThe great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, and Beware of Pity, the only novel he published during his lifetime, uncovers the seed of selfishness within even the finest of feelings. Beware of Pity is an almost unbearably tense and powerful tale of unrequited love and the danger of pity.

Sleep then My Princess, a chilling fast-paced thriller, set in Arizona, where the desert becomes a place of fear.Losing her husband in a tragic accident seems to be the least of Stephani Robbins problems when she finds herself trapped in a series of unexpected events.A secret ‘admirer’ overwhelms her with creepy presents, recurrent visions of a child she can't recognize, and her struggle to save the life of a loved one puts her in the cross-hairs of a seria...

"It traces a woman through a single day, but that day is simultaneously the most vividly wonderful and ultimately terrible of her life. She is an English widow who becomes mesmerised by the almost suicidally reckless gambling of a failed Polish diplomat one evening in Monte Carlo. From this first spark of interest, she is drawn into his troubled, unstable life."

Tale of Tales is an epic fantasy saga based on myths, legends, and folk fairytales which have enthralled generations worldwide.To lose everything, and remain apart, darkness always round her, darkness in her heart!To wander the world, without peace or cheer, shadow ever pursuing, and escape nowhere!Deep in the forgotten past, a dark force awakens… The sole survivor of a mysterious attack is hounded by an unnatural p...

'... a human being, an intellectual human being who constantly bends the entire force of his mind on the ridiculous task of forcing a wooden king into the corner of a wooden board, and does it without going mad!'A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Ch...

"The dazzling clutch of scientific minds caught in mid-thought here makes for a read that provokes thought in its turn. Delights abound." —Nature"What distinguishes scientists, in your eyes?" —Stefan Klein"First and foremost, curiosity." —Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize–winning chemistWhen Stefan Klein, an acclaimed journalist, sits down to talk with 18 of the world's leading scientists, he finds they're driven by, above all, curiosity. When they talk abou...

Stefan Zweig was born on November 28, 1881, in Vienna, and is one of the most important European authors of the first half of the 20th century. A Jew, he was persecuted by the Nazis and forced into exile. His final home was in Brazil, where he met a tragic end. A versatile writer, Zweig dedicated himself to almost all literary activities and, in addition to novellas, also became famous as a historian and biographer. His biography of Maria Antonieta was an ...

The bestselling author of The Science of Happiness delivers a book "suffused with genuine wonder and affection for the beauty of particle physics" ( Foreword Reviews).A single rose suggests the sublime interdependence of all life. A sudden storm points to the world's unpredictability. A marble conjures the birth of the cosmos.How to Love the Universe shows us how everyday objects and events can reveal some of the deepest mysteries i...

This tale of missing children and mythic monsters is “a fantastic novel in every sense of the word” (Karl Ove Knausgård).Summer 1978. A young boy disappears without a trace from a summer cabin. His mother claims he was carried away by a giant. He is never found.Twenty-five years later, another child goes missing. This time there’s a lead, a single photograph taken by Susso Myrén. She’s devoted her life to the search for trolls, legendary giants known as sta...

“A rare and compassionate look into the lives of Americans who go unclaimed when they die and those who dedicate their lives to burying them with dignity.”—Matthew Desmond, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Poverty, by America“A work of grace . . . Both cleareyed and disturbing, yet pulsing with empathy.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE • ONE OF TH...