New American category: 121 books

One more semester and Tasha James will be a college graduate. Tasha wants a much needed vacation and she planned to trek through Ireland with a girlfriend who made a promise she couldn’t keep—that they would have a great time and meet men. But instead, all Tasha got was a rainy dreary look...

Jesse Orison knew he was on borrowed time, but he had a plan. Savannah was set to marry another guy in a year. Experience had taught him that a man could make a lot of things happen in 12 months. His first priority starting next week, was to make her fall in love with him. He would begin...

Zachariah, a mulatto slave, doesn’t find much reason to be happy after being sold away from his mother and sister. However, he keeps having dreams of a beautiful woman with amber skin and this gives him some measure of joy. On a cold winter’s day, he is shocked to meet his fantasy woman in the...

誰的生活不是千瘡百孔？ 　　我們從來只是面對生活的新手。 **　　★ 名列《西方正典》、「二十世紀百大小說」——約翰．齊佛！ 　　★ 呼應現代人心，療癒生命失落的短篇集結。 　　★ 繁體中文首度正式授權出版。** **　　——生活中那些微不足道的事，終究成了無可抵禦的洪流——** 　　妻子問我：「離婚真有那麼可怕嗎？維持一個婚姻所做的一切有多少是好的？」她還說，那個愛慕者送的玫瑰花，讓她發覺自己漸漸在失去——失去自己，失去尊嚴。「你懂嗎？」她問我。 　　我不懂。她曾經是那個情願隨著我長途奔波的女人，也是那個接受我的微薄薪水、甘於平淡度日的女人……我不懂。 　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　面對妻子求去、渾然不覺婚姻出了狀況的男人。（〈離婚季節〉） 　　迎接一場久未重逢的家人團聚，最後卻面對徹底的決裂。（〈再見，我的兄弟〉） 　　帶著女兒前往度假、感情降至冰點的夫妻，正準備在度假後做個了斷，沒料到接下來將面臨的，竟是令人悲痛至極的了斷。（〈哈特利這一家〉） 　　圍繞著現代人關係破裂、夢想破碎、生活破敗的主題，構成了本書十九則短篇的基調，它們的人物不僅涵蓋市井小民，更觸及有頭有臉的上流階層……一群為追逐名利、財富費盡苦心，或是為眼前人際關係、婚姻生活苦惱的人物，永遠料想不到在生命接下來的轉角將遇到什麼…… 　　十九則短篇小說，選自美國偉大作家約翰．齊佛的《短篇小說自選集》，這部作品亦是他攀登創作顛峰，榮獲普立茲短篇小說獎，名列《西方正典》及「二十世紀百大小說」的重要傑作。 好評推薦 **　　〔各界名人一致推崇！〕** 　　楊澤（作家）／專文推薦 　　一本書店 　　王聰威（小說家） 　　石芳瑜...

Named as a Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2002, Ethical Ambition is now available in paperback. As one of America's most influential law professors, Derrick Bell has spent a lifetime helping students struggling to maintain a sense of integrity in the face of an overwhelming pressure to succeed...

I write to let others know they are not alone. Everyone experiences life differently. Just because life is good doesn’t mean you are immune. Life was great for me, and maybe that is why I was broken. These are my relief, my life, and my stories. Note: The $4.99 papeback version does not include photography. The $5.99 version does.

This #1 Amazon Best Seller from one of today’s top bloggers is a compassionate guide through the process of grieving for a lost loved one.   Ty Alexander has touched many lives with her popular lifestyle blog, Gorgeous in Gray. But in her early 20s, her own life was upended when her mother was...

She’s hiding from her past. He’s looking for his future. Will they take a chance on a love neither expected… Ella lives in constant fear. After seven years of concealing her whereabouts from an abusive ex, she gets an opportunity for a fresh start when one of the few men she trusts leaves...

A mind in solitude may soar. A mind in solitary may sink and stutter trying to connect with itself—and fail. So disjointed, thought rises, then alone, falls in on its self, compressing hope. Pumping desperately forward the mind sees itself reaching yet sweeping back to its lonely start. With each...

Inspired by lifes obstacles, poet Kimplachat Downs promotes the empowerment of women in her poetry collection, Protecting Your Innocence. She encourages women to tell their stories, resulting in the shedding of excess baggage, bitter pasts, and vague future views about love. The key mission is for...

Written to describe the attributes of females, Benefit Intelligence Confidence Happiness Evolve B.I.C.H.E. explains the abilities females possess and can become. Life is rough and having to battle an army alone is not easy. As females, we fall, but then we rise and move on to better. Remember, youre One Sexy B.I.C.H.E., go on ahead and release that sexiness.

I want to bend her over my desk and make her scream, but I shouldn’t. LINCOLN I want my secretary. Those tight skirts she wears leave little to the imagination. I can see every luscious curve. She has the face of an angel and curves that could tempt a choirboy into sinning. CAMILLA I...

Secrets have a way of snowballing... JIMMY I should never have done this. I just wanted to tease her to get her back for what she thought about me. I didn’t mean to fall in love. Now she’s pregnant, and I have to convince her to marry me. Not easy, considering that the first time that we...

Stay away from strangers. KAREN My heart is hammering when I raise my hand to knock on the door of this dark house. Everyone knows you're not supposed to go to a house in the middle of nowhere to meet a stranger off of the Internet. Yet here I am, wearing my varsity cheerleading uniform...