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The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known--and cautiously avoided--by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood. David Simon, an award-winning author and crime reporter, and Edward Burns, a...

Arethusa Clayton has always been formidable, used to getting her own way. On her death, she leaves unexpected instructions. Instead of being buried in America, on the wealthy East Coast where she and her late husband raised their two children, Arethusa has decreed that...

The Japanese secret to getting fit with just one tennis ball and 10 minutes a day. Do you need to activate the body and want to improve your health but feel that the day does not have enough hours? Do you suffer from muscle...

A short and shocking novel set in a small port deep in the Orinoco jungle... The tense calm of life at the Port is broken when the rumor spreads that there is a huge vein of gold in the local mine. And the protagonist...

What would David Bowie do? When life gets tough, who can we turn to for help? Who will help us find happiness, meaning and purpose? The Tao of Bowie suggests that we turn to David Bowie for guidance - and use his amazing journey through life...

Finalist for the Herralde Novel Prize 2021… In Cuernavaca, after years without seeing each other, three friends who met in adolescence intersect: Natalia, Erre, and Conejo. The trio's reunion brings out the past and confronts them with their present: friendship and desire, the distant...

The Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have...

All of us have experienced moments of "coming home"--feeling relaxed, grounded, free of the restlessness that characterizes our everyday lives. The meditations in Coming Home to Yourself are designed to transform our rare moments of "at-home-ness" into an undercurrent that permeates all aspects of our...

In this dazzling portrait of Rome’s first imperial dynasty, Tom Holland traces the astonishing century-long story of the rise and fall of the Julio-Claudians—Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. Capturing both the brilliant allure of their rule and the blood-steeped shadows cast by their...

Deville explores the history of his family and that of France and the world. Taba-Taba joins his cycle of "real novels" that he started with Pure Life.

The Japanese secret to getting a slim torso in just 5 minutes a day. Want to say goodbye to those hateful love handles, but don't have time? Mariko and Tomoya, creators of the main fitness channel in Japan, B-life, will show you that, thanks...

The story of two young people marked by the precariousness, the intolerance towards their desire and the family uprooting. This dystopian novel is set in an ambiguous geography and focuses on a couple of boys who have grown up in a militarized area. The...

Do you forget things often? Do you have difficulty studying or concentrating? Do you feel like you have a lot on your mind and are easily distracted? Yoshiya Hasegawa is a renowned Japanese physician specializing in degenerative diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer's who...

How can we help our children solve their problems? How to offer a safe but not intrusive parental presence? What can we do when we have already tried everything? This book is intended to help parents who are having difficulty raising their children. Karin...

Enjoy holistic wellness with just five minutes of exercise a day. Do you need to activate the body and calm the mind, but do not have time? Mariko and Tomoya, creators of the main fitness channel in Japan, B-life, offer a weekly Pilates program...

The struggle of two women for power in the crown of Castile. On the one hand, Isabel of Portugal, queen of Castile, mother of Isabel la Católica; on the other, her great enemy, Juana de Pimentel. Both will battle to possess the Lobera, the...

Activate your torso with the revolutionary program of the trainer of the Japanese elite athletes. Do you want to get in shape and don't know where to start? Do you suffer from back pain or digestion problems that you want to get rid of?...

Do you know why we eat? Do you understand how we feed ourselves? And what do we eat? Among other things, eating is also a way of making an offering to our soul. In this book full of wisdom, Master Swami Joythimayananda offers us...

The Japanese method to improve your eyesight in just 3 minutes a day. The modern lifestyle is full of screens and a large part of the population is visually impaired. We all know that to keep our bodies in shape, we must exercise frequently....

Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, first century AD. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, officers of the Roman Empire acquire intelligence of a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic to insurrectionists in Corinth. The content of this letter...