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Yotam Ottolenghi owns four eponymous restaurants–each a patisserie, deli, restaurant, and bakery rolled into one–that are among London’s most popular culinary destinations. Now readers can recreate Ottolenghi’s famous dishes at home. Ottolenghi: The Cookbook features 140 recipes inspired by the diverse culinary traditions of the Mediterranean–recipes like Harissa-Marinated Chicken with Red Grapefruit Salad and Cauliflower…

1867, Philadelphia. Amateur naturalist Walter Ash is on the brink of setting off to travel up his beloved Amazon when fate intervenes, obliging his only son to take his place. More at ease among his books than in the field, Paul Ash takes a reluctant leave of absence from Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology to…

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Born to Run comes a book that inspires us to unleash the extraordinary potential of the human body and climb, swim, skip, throw, and jump our way to heroic feats. “Redefines the heroic ideal, establishing heroism as a skill set rather than a virtue.”—NPR Books Christopher McDougall’s…

Two people make a wager on who can find love first, not realizing what they should be betting on is each other, in this new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Wrong Number. Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello,…

This spellbinding memoir details the extraordinary life of Monty Roberts: a man whose gentle, compassionate training methods – transforming the once brutal practice of horse-breaking throughout the world – are redefining the way we think about communication, not only between other species but between ourselves. Over the past year, more than a million people have…

The highly anticipated sixth book of Jean Auel’s Earth’s Children® series, The Land of Painted Caves, is the culmination fans have been waiting for. Continuing the story of Ayla and Jondalar, Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills and appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life was lived more than 25,000 years ago.…

One woman learns that the price of belonging is often steeper than expected in this heart-wrenching yet hopeful romantic novel and first in the Seoul duology by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick. As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn’t need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time…

A young orphan, Pip, receives a fortune from a mysterious benefactor and travels to London in order to become a gentleman

The delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s already hugely popular new detective series, The Sunday Philosophy Club, starring the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie — editor of the Journal of Applied Ethics — and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace. When Isabel’s niece, Cat, asks Isabel to run her delicatessen while she attends a wedding in Italy,…

The novel that sparked the hugely popular Murdoch Mysteries television series celebrates its 25th anniversary. Includes a new introduction and a previously unpublished short story featuring the young Detective Murdoch. In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the unclad body of a young woman is found naked and frozen in a quiet laneway. Acting Detective…