Marchetto tells the story of her 11-month, ultimately triumphant, bout with breast cancer--from diagnosis to cure and every challenging step in between. This graphic memoir is a portrait of one woman's supercharged life in Manhattan and a wonderful love story.

Jackson explores the erosion of deep, sustained attention--the building block of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress--and offers the cutting-edge solutions needed to cure, not just live with, an epidemic of inattention.

Cindy Pawlcyn's legions of fans have long made meals of her restaurants' sampler-size starters. Bringing home the biggest trend in eating out, Cindy Pawlcyn's Appetizers offers a tempting collection of recipes designed to satisfy big appetites as well as grazers--from Grilled Oysters to Gougères and Pepper Garlic Wings to Mustards' Famous Onion Rings. Mouthwatering photographs of finished dishes and sun-kissed wine country ingredients and a kitchen-friendly easel format make this portable Pawlcyn an appealing gift package.

A veteran copyeditor studies the practice of diagramming sentences in a charming and funny look back at its odd history, its elegant method, and its rich, ongoing possibilities.

With the compassion of Jodi Picoult and the medical realism of Atul Gawande, "Oxygen" combines an intimate story of relationships and family with a high-stakes medical drama.

Charles Darwin took 20 years to write his theory of natural selection: he produced On the Origin of Species only on learning that he was about to be scooped. Was he a chronic procrastinator? Or was he afraid of the reaction of his peers, who had scorned earlier books on the "transmutation" of species? A bit of both came into play, but as acclaimed science journalist Quammen ( Song of the Dodo ) shows, during those two decades, Darwin was busy conducting scientific research that would bolster his observations of the finches and mockingbirds of the Galápagos Islands. He raised pigeons and theorized that domestic varieties could be traced back to a species of wild dove. He floated asparagus seeds in saltwater to explain how plants moved from one continent to another. Quammen commences his portrait with Darwin's homecoming from his five-year trip on the Beagle and then focuses on how he gained enough confidence and evidence to publish a book that would displace humankind from its privileged position as a special creation. This often slyly witty book stands out among the flood of books being published for Darwin's bicentenary.

An absorbing profile on the Supreme Court.

A gem of a novel by beloved Irish storyteller Sebastian Barry.

One of the world's leading experts on reading and dyslexia delivers this comprehensive, up-to-date book to help readers understand, identify, and overcome reading problems. Dr. Shaywitz translates cutting-edge research into an easy-to-follow plan of action offering help and hope. High school & older.

Barack Obama has inspired millions of people around the world–and an unwavering chorus of those admirers are children. This delightfully charming collection includes more than two hundred letters that kids have written to President Obama. Some of these messages are humorous, some are heartwarming, all of them are sincere–making this volume the perfect gift for any occasion.