Putnam Adult

Apple Pie

by John T. Edge

What could be a more fun and delicious way to celebrate American culture than through the lore of our favorite foods? That's what John T. Edge does in his smart, witty, and compulsively readable new series on...

Dragon's Lair

Justin de Quincy #3

by Sharon Kay Penman

The long-awaited third novel in Sharon Kay Penman's much-loved medieval mystery series.

July 1193: Richard Lionheart, eldest and most favored son of Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitane, languishes in an Austrian...

Time and Chance

Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2

by Sharon Kay Penman

The long-awaited sequel to Sharon Kay Penman's acclaimed novel When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chance recounts the tempestuous marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II in a magnificent story...

Hamburgers and Fries

by John T. Edge

Acclaimed food writer and cultural historian John T. Edge continues his sumptuous feast of a series on iconic American foods-with recipes included.

With Fried Chicken and Apple Pie, John T. Edge launched a series...

Selected Writings (Dario, Ruben)

by Rubén Dario

Born in Nicaragua, Rubén Darío is known as the consummate leader of the Modernista movement, an esthetic trend that swept the Americas from Mexico to Argentina at the end of the nineteenth century. Seeking...

Once There Was a War

by John Steinbeck

"Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II-now with a new cover and introduction In 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from...

Between Worlds: The Making of an American Life

by Bill Richardson

Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, may be the most charismatic figure in the Democratic Party today and one of its best natural politicians whose name isn't Bill Clinton. He is the man Colin Powell...

The Happiness of this World

by Karl Kirchwey

It is this "shockability" that informs Karl Kirchwey's new work. Through four collections, he has explored the resonances between past and present, seeking a sense of home in a world of losses. Now, as the horrors...

Relativity

by Albert Einstein

The Nobel Prize-winning scientist's presentation of his landmark theory According to Einstein himself, this book is intended ""to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from...

Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics!': Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life

by III, James Baker

A revelatory memoir from one of the great political minds of our time. The real inside story of why Gerald Ford did not ask Ronald Reagan to be his running mate in 1976-and why Reagan did not pick Ford in 1980;...

The Orpheus Deception

by David Stone

CIA cleaner Micah Dalton returns for another go-round of international espionage, government cover-ups, and high-intensity pursuit that has cemented this series in the best of spy fiction. The Orpheus Deception...

The Disorder of Longing

by Natasha Bauman

When her husband arrives home carrying a crate of colorful orchids, Ada Caswell Pryce thinks he is bringing her a gift, a peace offering during an unhappy time in their marriage; little does she know how much...

Phantom Prey

by John Sandford

Lucas Davenport has had disturbing cases before- but never one quite like this, in the shocking new Prey novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.John Sandford's most recent Davenport novel, Invisible...

Hardheaded Weather

by Cornelius Eady

Cornelius Eady's new poems show him in full control of his considerable talents and displaying a rich maturity as he enters midlife. His poems are sly, unsentimental, and witty, full of truths that are intimate...

Homicide in Hardcover

Bibliophile Mysteries #1

by Kate Carlisle

"The streets of San Francisco would be lined with hardcovers if rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright had her way. And her mentor wouldn’t be lying in a pool of his own blood on the eve of a celebration for...

Loyalty Free Preview

by Ingrid Thoft

A free preview of Loyalty by Ingrid Thoft including a special essay by the author: 

The Ludlows are a hard-charging family, and patriarch Carl Ludlow treats his offspring like employees-which they are. But...

Take, Burn or Destroy

Adventures of Charles Hayden #4

by S.Thomas Russell

Master and Commander Charles Hayden returns in the riveting new seafaring adventure from the bestselling author.

1794, the height of the French Revolution—Charles Hayden sets off aboard the ill-fated HMS Themis...

Robert B. Parker's Wonderland

by Ace Atkins

Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A heavy-handed developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on Revere Beach...

Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1

by NealeDonald Walsch

Conversations with God Book 1 began a series that has been changing millions of lives for more than ten years. Finally, the bestselling series is now a movie, starring Henry Czerny (The Pink Panther and Clear...

The Other Typist

by Suzanne Rindell

"Take a dollop of Alfred Hitchcock, a dollop of Patricia Highsmith, throw in some Great Gatsby flourishes, and the result is Rindell's debut, a pitch-black comedy about a police stenographer accused of murder...