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  | | Daughters of the Witching Hill(Reprint) by Mary Sharratt, Mariner Books Paperback, 350 Pages, Published 2011 by Mariner Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-547-42229-9, ISBN: 0-547-42229-6 "Daughters of theWitching Hill brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching account of a family sustained by love as they try to survive the hysteria of a witch-hunt. Bess Southerns, an impoverished widow living in Pendle Forest, is haunted by visions and gains a reputation as a cunning woman. Drawing on the Catholic folk magic of her youth, Bess heals the sick and foretells the future. As she ages, she instructs her granddaughter, Al ..." |
 | | The Best American Essays 2001 (The Best American Series) by Robert Atwan, Kathleen Norris, Adam Hochschild, Mary Oliver, Edward Hoagland, William T. Vollmann, And Others, Bob Atwan, Mariner Books Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2001 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-618-04931-8, ISBN: 0-618-04931-2 "This year’s Best American Essays is edited by the best-selling, award-winning writer Kathleen Norris, whose books include Dakota andThe Virgin of Bennington. The writers in this volume invite us into hidden places: a surgical pathologist’s laboratory, the boxing gym where a college professor and his student learn unexpected lessons about discipline, pain, and growing to adulthood. There are many discoveries to be made here, and I gladl ..." |
 | | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by John Joseph Adams, Carmen Maria Machado, Mariner Books Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2019 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-1-328-60437-8, ISBN: 1-328-60437-3 "The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2018, guest-edited by National Book Award finalist Carmen Maria Machado. Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the p ..." |
 | | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012(1st Edition) (The Best American Series ) by Dave Eggers, Scott Cohen, Em-J Staples, Ray Bradbury, George Saunders, Rick Moody, Adrian Tomine, Ayelet Waldman, Phil Klay, Anthony Marra, Et Al., Mariner Books Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2012 by Mariner Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-547-59596-2, ISBN: 0-547-59596-4 "The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the ..." |
 | | The Best American Travel Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by Jason Wilson, Alexandra Fuller, Mariner Books Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2019 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-358-09423-4, ISBN: 0-358-09423-2 "An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2018, collected by Alexandra Fuller. BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING gathers together a satisfyingly varied medley of perspectives, all exploring what it means to travel somewhere new. For the past two decades, readers have come to recognize this annual volume as the gold standard for excellence in travel writing." |
 | | The Best American Sports Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by Charles P. Pierce, Glenn Stout, Jackie Macmullan, Mariner Books Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2019 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-1-328-50785-3, ISBN: 1-328-50785-8 "The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year For over twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the previous year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Each year, the series editor and guest editor curates a truly exceptional collection. The only ..." |
 | | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by Edan Lepucki, 826 National, Mariner Books Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-358-09316-9, ISBN: 0-358-09316-3 "An eclectic collection of fiction, essays, poetry, and graphic work selected by high school students with the help of New York Times best-selling author Edan Lepucki. Over the past year, a group of high school students have held weekly discussions in the basement conference room of a publishing house in San Francisco. Tasked with finding the best, most revealing, honest, and astonishing writing of the last twelve months, they pored ove ..." |
 | | The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by Jonathan Lethem, Otto Penzler, Mariner Books Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2019 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-1-328-63609-6, ISBN: 1-328-63609-7 "New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction. For Jonathan Lethem, “crime stories are deep species gossip.” He writes in his introduction that “they’re fundamentally stories of power, of its exercise, both spontaneous and conspiratorial; stories of impulse and desire, and of the turning of tables.” The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 has ..." |
 | | The Best American Short Stories 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor, Mariner Books Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2019 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-1-328-48424-6, ISBN: 1-328-48424-6 "#1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr brings his“stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. “As soon as you complete a description of what a good story must be, a new example flutters through an open window, lands on your sleeve, and proves your description wrong,” writes Anthony Doerr about the task of selec ..." |
 | | The Best American Food Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by Samin Nosrat, Silvia Killingsworth, Mariner Books Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2019 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-1-328-66225-5, ISBN: 1-328-66225-X "A NATIONAL BESTSELLERNew York Times best-selling author and James Beard Award winner Samin Nosrat collects the year’s finest writing about food and drink. “Good food writing evokes the senses,” writes Samin Nosrat, best-selling author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and star of the Netflix adaptation of the book. “It makes us consider divergent viewpoints. It makes us hungry and motivates us to go out into the world in search of new experience ..." |
 | | The Best American Essays 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by Rebecca Solnit, Robert Atwan, Mariner Books Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2019 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-1-328-46580-1, ISBN: 1-328-46580-2 "A collection of the year’s best essays selected by Robert Atwan and guest editor Rebecca Solnit. “Essays are restless literature, trying to find out how things fit together, how we can think about two things at once, how the personal and the public can inform each other, how two overtly dissimilar things share a secret kinship,” contends Rebecca Solnit in her introduction. From lost languages and extinct species to life-affirming cosmol ..." |
 | | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®) by Sy Montgomery, Jaime Green, Mariner Books Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2019 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-1-328-51900-9, ISBN: 1-328-51900-7 "A NATIONAL BESTSELLER Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year’s volume of the finest science and nature writing. “Science is important because this is how we seek to discover the truth about the world. And this is what makes excellent science and nature writing essential,” observes New York Times best-selling author Sy Montgomery. “Science and nature writing are how we share th ..." |
 | | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ) by Sam Kean, Tim Folger, Sam Kean Folger, Mariner Books Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2018 by Best American Paper ISBN-13: 978-1-328-98780-8, ISBN: 1-328-98780-9 "“This is one of the most exciting times in the history of science,” New York Times-bestselling author Sam Kean proclaims in his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018. “Things aren’t perfect by any means. But there are more scientists making more discoveries in more places about more things than ever before.” The twenty-six pieces assembled here chart the full spectrum of those discoveries. From the outer reac ..." |
 | | The Best American Essays 2018 (The Best American Series ) by Hilton Als, Robert Atwan, Mariner Books Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2018 by Best American Paper ISBN-13: 978-0-544-81734-0, ISBN: 0-544-81734-6 "The Pulitzer–Prize winning and Guggenheim-honored Hilton Als curates the best essays from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites, bringing “the fierce style of street reading and the formal tradition of critical inquiry, reads culture, race, and gender” (New York Times) to the task. “The essay, like love, like life, is indefinable, but you know an essay when you see it, and you know a great one when you feel it, because it is con ..." |
 | | The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ) by Louise Penny, Otto Penzler, Penny/Penzler, Mariner Books Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2018 by Best American Paper ISBN-13: 978-0-544-94909-6, ISBN: 0-544-94909-9 "#1 New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Louise Penny brings her “nerve and skill—as well as heart” (Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post) to selecting the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year. Writing short stories takes “Skill. Discipline. Knowledge of the form while not being formulaic,” contends Louise Penny in her introduction. “In a short story there is nowhere to hide. Each must ..." |
 | | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (The Best American Series ) by N. K. Jemisin, John Joseph Adams, Mariner Books Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2018 by Best American Paper ISBN-13: 978-1-328-83456-0, ISBN: 1-328-83456-5 "Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about space ships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illumina ..." |
 | | The Best American Sports Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ) by Jeff Pearlman, Glenn Stout, Mariner Books Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2018 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-1-328-84628-0, ISBN: 1-328-84628-8 "For more than twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the previous year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Each year, the series editor and guest editor curate a truly exceptional collection. The only shared traits among all these diverse styles, voices, and stories are the extraordinarily high ..." |
 | | The Best American Travel Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ) by Cheryl Strayed, Jason Wilson, Mariner Books Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2018 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-1-328-49769-7, ISBN: 1-328-49769-0 "Everyone travels for different reasons, but whatever those reasons are, one thing is certain: they come back with stories. Each year, the best of those stories are collected in The Best American Travel Writing, curated by one of the top writers in the field, and each year they “open a window onto the strange, seedy, and beautiful world, offering readers glimpses into places that many will never see or experience except through the eyes ..." |
 | | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018 (The Best American Series ) by Sheila Heti, 826 National, Clara Sankey, Mariner Books Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2018 by Best American Paper ISBN-13: 978-1-328-46581-8, ISBN: 1-328-46581-0 "Sheila Heti, author of the acclaimed How a Person Should Be? and coeditor of the best-selling anthology Women in Clothes, along with the students of 826 Valencia writing lab will edit this year’s anthology. Their compilation includes new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and the category-defying gems that have become one of the hallmarks of this lively collection." |
 | | Best American Food Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ®) by Ruth Reichl, Silvia Killingsworth, Mariner Books Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2018 by Best American Paper ISBN-13: 978-1-328-66224-8, ISBN: 1-328-66224-1 "“Food writing is stepping out,” legendary food writer Ruth Reichl declares at the start of this, the inaugural edition of Best American Food Writing. “It’s about time…Food is, in a very real sense, redesigning the world.” Indeed, the twenty-eight pieces in this volume touch on every pillar of society: from the sense memories that connect a family through food, to the scientific tinkering that gives us new snacks to share, to the interse ..." |
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