An American Childhood"An American Childhood more than takes the reader's breath away. It consumes you as you consume it, so that, when you have put down this book, you're a different person, one who has virtually experienced another childhood." Chicago Tribune A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s and

and recuperating alone in a stranger's house won't help that

But finding his future-predicting device means solving a puzzle he left behind centuries ago

and taste the difference every time you stop for lunch

he disapproved of antislavery activists

—Douglas Brinkley

And hasn't taken his brooding gaze off Eli since he's arrived

and steeped in supernatural suspense

Wild Game is a brilliant

Mark Fisher has returned home to Hart County

and he tells the story of the greats: Lisa Fonssagrives

His lavish lifestyle is fraught with dangers for Cam—and a far too intimate link to her past

We can choose the mark we wish to make and the legacy we leave behind