Swan Song

Swan SongBy: Lisa Alther A new novel, funny, wise, moving, true, as only Lisa Alther can write ("she had me laughing at 4 in the morning" Doris Lessing), set on a cruise ship, about a woman, a doctor in charge of the ship's clinic, recovering from the loss of her longtime female lover, a much admired writer, and coping with the high wire madcappery of cruise ship life as she reckons with her past and feels her way into the future. Dr. Jessie Drake, in her mid

lively story that sensitively explores family life

But in a chaotic universe

If she wants to score a celebrity interview

arranged in order of publication from 1941 to 1967

Becoming FDR traces the riveting story of the struggle that forged Roosevelt’s character and political ascent

captain of the Boer War and with a background far from silver spoons or gilded cages

Suresh and Lata's daughter

readers will feel like they're part of the Last Kids world by taking part in creative exercises that are based on the characters and settings that they've come to know so well

and another in Wyoming—to know once and for all if the decisions she made long ago were the right ones

It's time to take matters into our own hands

learn who's who at the Oscar-winning studio and explore the impact that Ghibli World has left on our planet

The first seven Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels in a collectable boxset