DescriptionGreed, betrayal, lust, and big bucks are at stake in this new novel about the cosmetics industry from the author of Faces . Cosmetics mogul Louise Towers has been attacked and left for dead in a coma. Louise started out as Ludmilla in Prague, the daughter of an impoverished beautician. Wealthy entrepreneur Benedict Towers married her and established her in a thriving cosmetics business. She smuggled her younger sister, Natasha, out of Czechoslovakia - but not her sister's husband and child - and Natasha immersed herself in Louise's business. Now, someone must have it in for the ambitious, successful woman - but there's no one who doesn't have a lethal grudge against her!
DescriptionNew York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that…
DescriptionJoin four champion high-stakes poker players, Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Jr., Howard Lederer, and David Williams, for steak and conversation with Kevin Conley. Doyle Brunson won his tenth World Series of Poker bracelet this year, at the age of sevent…
DescriptionYamacraw Island is nearly deserted. No one has paid much attention to it, nor to the few poor black families that live there. But this beautiful, haunting slip of land across the water from South Carolina is home to them, and they've lived off the bounty from the sea for generations. But now their very existence is challenged. Industrial waste, pouring into the water from which they pull their catches, threatens the only vocation they've known. Unless they can learn a new way of life, they will surely perish. The Water is Wide is the true story of a young white schoolteacher - a man who gave a year of his life to give an island and a people renewed hope. He becomes the teacher of their children, and teaches the adults of Yamacraw Island extraordinary lessons they didn't even know they needed to learn.
DescriptionThis is the audiobook millions of Rick Steves fans have been waiting for! A journal of Rick's favorite European stories, his traveling life, and how he started his business, all told in that funny, down-to-earth style that makes Rick America's favorite travel writer. Rick Steves' Postcards from Europe takes you on a European vacation, complete with the sights, sounds, tastes, and people of Europe, without ever leaving that comfy sofa or the relative safety of your own car. He also provides an inside look into the life of a travel writer and the beginnings of his remarkable business. This is a candid and irreverent look behind the scenes of America's favorite European guidebook writer and television tour guide.
DescriptionBuilding on the astonishing success of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the e…
