The first complete biography of Yeats since the 1950s, this volume emphasizes the ambitious, shrewd manipulator behind the dreamer and mystic. It also includes new material regarding Yeats's part in the movement to revive Irish literature and his role in the revolutionary activities of the Fenians.

R. F. Foster continues his biography of Yeats. In this second volume, Yeats is taken from age 50 to his death at 79. Included in those years were World War I, Ireland's Easter Uprising, and the establishment of the Irish Free State--during all of which Yeats maintained a controversial stance. He was also awarded the Nobel Prize (in 1923).

Eccentric characters, tangled romances, and down-home common sense abound in this novel about a radio station in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

After the death of the daughter, Deborah and Jeremy Cole find life together difficult and seek consolation with othes. The novel is set in a steel mill town in 1932.

Navajo cops Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee investigate two murders that are somehow connected to the legend of an ancient gold mine.

This multi-award-winning novel about a romance between Dr. Lin Kong, an unhappily married Chinese physician, and Manna Wu, the nurse he falls in love with, is a chronicle of Kong's attempt to get a divorce from his wife over the course of 17 years. The victim of an arranged marriage, Kong longs for an end--but each time they go to court, his very traditional wife, at the last minute, refuses. Kong is hoping to profit from a Chinese law that permits an automatic divorce after 18 years of separation--and his long, patient devotion and endless frustration can be seen as an allegory of life in a repressive society. In addition to being a passionate love story, WAITING is also an insightful and fascinating look at contemporary provincial China.

In this memoir, a single mother recalls her two decades of waiting on tables. In doing so, she renders amusing caricatures of her co-workers and regular customers. She also reveals how waitresses create and maintain the harmony of a restaurant and how they get revenge on rude diners.

This novel revolves around the stories of four African-American women, friends who support each other while waiting for the man who will take their breath away. This book concerns themes of friendship among women, family, and the pursuit of good, honest love.

This novel revolves around the stories of four African-American women, friends who support each other while waiting for the man who will take their breath away. This book concerns themes of friendship among women, family, and the pursuit of good, honest love.

Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, WALDEN vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature, and his understanding of the idea that nature is made up of crucially interrelated parts.

The absolutely delightful account of a man who quit his rat-race brokerage job to take off with his wife on a walk across France, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.

Bill Bryson, known in England as "the funniest travel writer alive," returns to the States and walks the Appalachian Trail, starting in Hanover, New Hampshire.