A Caldecott Honor Book Nothing frightens Madeline--not tigers, not mice, not even getting sick. To Madeline, a trip to the hospital is a grand adventure. A true classic, Madeline continues to enchant
"He didn't think, he didn't question-he just acted. What she wanted, she took-without regard. It was only one night, but it changed everything. After losing his fiancee, Ben Covington is unsure he'll
The true, behind-the-scenes history of the people who built Silicon Valley and shaped Big Tech in America Long before Margaret O'Mara became one of our most consequential historians of the American-led digital revolution, she worked in the White House of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in the earliest days of the commercial Internet. There she saw firsthand how deeply intertwined Silicon Valley was with the federal government--and always had been--and how shallow the common understanding of the secrets of the Valley's success actually was. Now, after almost five years of pioneering research, O'Mara has produced the definitive history of Silicon Valley for our time, the story of mavericks and visionaries, but also of powerful institutions creating the framework for innovation, from the Pentagon to Stanford University.It is also a story of a community that started off remarkably homogeneous and tight-knit and stayed that way, and whose belief in its own mythology has deepened into a collective
'If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural’Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and
WINNER OF THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK"An intelligent explanation of the mechanisms that produ
A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation’s most popular and sharpest comedic voicesAt some point, every one of us emb
Now that he's won the chocolate factory, what's next for Charlie?Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure.
The first new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica since the 1950s Now in a riveting new verse translation Jason and the Argonauts (also known as the Argonautica), is the only surviving ful
Seven superb stories, from the world's no. 1 storytellerMeet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A cl
If we know this story, we haven’t seen it yet in American fiction, not until now. . . . Deep, heartfelt.”The New York Times Book ReviewLydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exqu
The international bestselling novel originally published as Malavita?soon to be the major motion picture, The Family, starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Tommy Lee Jones, directed by Luc B
A New York Times bestseller Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionAn ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning
A taut new psychological thriller from the Edgar Award?nominated author of The Wicked GirlsAlex Marwood’s debut novel, The Wicked Girls, earned her lavish praise from the likes of Stephen King, Laura
Martin Harris returns home after a short absence to find that his wife doesn't know him and another man is living in his house under his name. The imposter shares all of Martin's memories, experienc
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.Will Smith’s transformation from a fearful child in a tense West Philadelphia home to one of the biggest rap stars of his era and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, with a string of box office successes that will likely never be broken, is an epic tale of inner transformation and outer triumph, and Will tells it astonishingly well. But it's only half the story. Will Smith thought, with good reason, that he had won at life: not only was his own success unparalleled, his whole family was at the pinnacle of the entertainment world. Only they didn't see it that way: they fe
The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design in time for the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s deathThe legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and m
Like many children, Henry loves books. But Henry doesn?t like to read books, he likes to eat them. Big books, picture books, reference books . . . if it has pages, Henry chews them up and swallows (bu
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