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A groundbreaking novel of its time and a National Book Award winner: "[A] fine, honest, and moving a study of a young doctor" (The Atlantic Monthly).The Citadel follows the life of Andrew Manson, a young and idealistic Scottish doctor, as he navigates the challenges of practicing medicine across interwar Wales and England. Based on A.J. Cronin's own experiences as a physician, this book boldly confronts traditional medical ethics, and has been noted as one of the inspirations for the formation of the National Health Service.This story has been adapted into several successful film, radio, and television productions around the world, including the Oscar-nominated 1938 film starring Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, and Rex Harrison."One of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world." -The New York Times

Fourteen-year-old, neurodivergent Haylee thought her mother might as well be driving their Suburban to another world. Instead, Haylee stared and wept goodbye to her beloved Chicago and dreaded moving to Salem, Massachusetts. Divorce is tough enough, but leaving her father in Chicago issued waves of guilt, since Haylee was the only member of the family who knew the dark secret. Meeting new peers made her nauseated. How can she possibly handle her parents' divorce if her entire world has to change, too?

Welcome to the world of Mary Keating, a quick-witted, fun-loving paraplegic. (Note, however, that she cringes at being labeled.) Fifty years ago, Mary's wide-open world instantly contracted at age fifteen when a teenager drove her into an oak tree at maximum speed. With a wheelchair as a permanent accessory, she was no longer seen as "hot" or one of "in" crowd. She found herself transported into an alternate reality-- defined now by her disability. When life becomes overwhelming, Mary jokingly pretends she's trapped in a bad B movie waiting for a new director. Her poetry collection reminds us, no matter how hard life may seem-- grace, love, and humor will save us from despair and allow us to live our best life under any circumstances.

"A REMARKABLE PIECE OF WRITING...This novel is a SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY" --S.T. JOSHI, Bram Stoker winner A terrifying nightmare sets off a series of attacks on Deena Bartlett's five senses, and her eighty-year-old Aunt Agatha is responsible. But the old woman is not alone. She's made a monstrous bargain with the Sensu, a malevolent entity whose stock in trade is attacking a person's senses, one by one. It has promised Agatha health in return for one evil act--the killing of her niece. Deena has remained loyal to her bitter aunt for years--her self-imposed penance for having neglected her now-dead parents. But Agatha is dying and her insults will soon end... until a string of inexplicable incidents. A sound so piercing Deena's nose bleeds. A smell so vile her breathing suffocates. And against all reason, after each attack her aunt's health improves. With mounting dread, Deena discovers the bargain her aunt has made. When the Sensu thrusts her into its realm, she must battle not only the power of her aunt's long-held secrets but her own guilt as well.

What do Sylvia Plath, Mae West, Taylor Swift, Shirley Chisholm, Helen Keller, Sally Ride, Toni Morrison, Dolores Huerta, Lizzie Borden, Billie Jean King, and Eleanor of Aquitaine have in common? They're all stars in 2024's FAST FAMOUS WOMEN: 75 Essays of Flash NonFiction, the latest volume in Gina Barreca's FAST WOMEN series. As in previous titles, brilliant well-known writers and columnists with established voices are joined by a chorus of emerging writers from diverse backgrounds, some of whom had never before seen their work in a book with with an ISBN. New works by Jane Smiley, Caroline Leavitt, Mimi Pond, Molly Peacock, Phillis Levin, Darien Hsu Gee, Cheryl Della Pietra, and Ebony Root offer provocative and deeply personal reflections on the women in the public eye who shaped their own visions of a woman's life, talents, role, and possibilities. FAST FAMOUS WOMEN is, in effect, the most glamorous of great dinner parties, welcoming all readers to the world of women's lives lived in public view. Fast Famous Women is a literary event you won't want to miss.

The line between madness and greatness is as delicate as a golden silk thread. It's a tricky balancing act to dance upon this fragile line for those seeking greatness. An outsider may perceive the endeavor as wandering a road toward insanity and crumbling dreams. However, in the eyes of the beholder, they don't see themselves as walking a tightrope between genius and insanity but rather paving a road to success-- where no expense is spared. Madness and Greatness Can Share the Same Face is a collection of thirteen dark fiction tales that spiderweb across space and time to explore the line where, with a step, one can be pitched into the realm of greatness or depths of madness.

"In the parched, post-apocalyptic Western U.S. of the 22nd Century, wolves float, bonfires sing, and devils gather to pray. Water and safety are elusive in this chaotic world of alchemical transformations, where history books bleed, dragons kiss, and gun-toting trees keep their own kind of peace. Among this menagerie of strange beasts, two sentient stone gargoyles, known only as "E" and "M," flee the rubble of their Southwestern church in search of water. Along the way, they meet climate refugees Rose Baker and her mother Dolores, who've escaped the ravaged West Coast in search of a safer home. This quartet forms an uneasy alliance when they hear of a new hope: a mysterious city of dancing gargoyles. Or is it something more sinister? In this strange, terrible new world, their arrival at this elusive city could spark the destruction of everything they know. Tara Campbell summons fantastical magic in this kaleidoscopic new speculative climate fiction"--

For centuries, Mages have been imprisoned by America. Now, America Needs Magic. When Topaz Tenkiller is finally released, the Cold War is escalating, Prince is singing "When Doves Cry," and addiction is destroying her brother. The gifted Mage is assigned to a UN security detail. Topaz flourishes with freedom, food, and friends. She enjoys security work and sends money home to help her brother. Topaz finds a secret lab with mutilated Mage corpses and discovers that scientists are harvesting magic. Will she stay silent and save her brother or expose America's brutality to save her people?

Ryan Shaw awakens in a strange hospital with no memory of where he is or how he got there. He soon learns that he has survived a fall of seventeen kilometers into the Earth's crust and is trapped underground in the Republic of Inner Earth, founded in 1898 by scientists seeking to create a perfect society and avoid war and unrest. Being the first 'Surfacer' to survive the long plunge into the darkness, Shaw must contend with his newfound celebrity as well as pain and grief at losing his family, friends, and everything he ever knew. Shaw learns the Republic is embroiled in a civil war with the Tricians, a ruthless faction which has taken control of and enslaved many caverns and cities to form their own nation. With his knowledge from the surface, Shaw joins a team of Republic agents: an escaped Trician slave, a brilliant scientist, a beautiful government agent, and a steam-powered robot, all seeking the means to recreate an artificial star in the underground. Success will mean limitless light and energy for the citizens of the Republic, while failure means oppression and slavery.

Grimwell is a hilarious adventure through a Tolkien-esque tale about the powerful ways books reflect and shape our lives. Derek Winnebaker is a down-on-his-luck barista who loves nothing more than a good book and a strong cup of coffee. Unfortunately for him-- but fortunately for this novel-- his next read takes him on an unexpected journey. Inexplicably drawn to a novel about a fantasy creature called a grimkin, known for their luxurious tails and excellent sense of smell, Derek begins using the book to shake up his life, marching from plot point to plot point with the surefootedness of a bona fide protagonist: asking out his crush, standing up to his boss, even leveling a giant-- or at least an extremely tall guy-- in a bar. But then Tolkien turns to Kafka and his grimkin fantasy takes a sinister detour. Will Derek end up turning the pages of his story or will he be doomed to live at the whims of an outside narrator? Part comedy, part love story, part twisted fairy tale, Grimwell will make you think twice about opening your next book.

The Mistake follows Marcus, born into privilege in Sardis, Asia Minor, where his unwed parents vie for his affection. He inherits a dual legacy--combat skills from his Roman centurion father, Julius, and a fascination with Jewish ethics from Miriame, his mother from a prosperous merchant family. Amidst rising tensions between Jews and Romans, Julius's cohort relocates to Caesarea, Israel's Roman Capitol. On this journey, Marcus's parents marry en route, and he becomes the linchpin holding the family together. Enter Yonatan, Miriame's charismatic brother, who takes Marcus on a trade expedition. Immersed in a society of familial warmth and mysticism, Marcus is drawn away from the military world. As Julius's control intensifies, a destructive cycle ensues, threatening the family structure. Can Marcus navigate his own anger and preserve family unity amidst the turmoil? The Mistake weaves a compelling tale of family dynamics and personal growth against the backdrop of a world on the cusp of change.

"Meet Daniel Losman-an American in Copenhagen, translating books and living a solitary existence. His longtime girlfriend has left him, and the only highlights in his life are encounters with an offbeat artist he thinks he's in love with and weekends with his three-year-old son, whom he worries has inherited his Tourette syndrome. When Losman learns of a new drug designed to locate the root of his Tourette through childhood memories, he's lured by promises of a cure and visits the mysterious lab that developed the drug. Initially, what he discovers buried deep within his brain rejuvenates him. But the more Losman takes the drug, the more he needs it. Losman steals some of the pills and locks himself away in his apartment, only to quickly find himself trapped inside his own mind. There's a way out of his head, but it will come at a price... With intelligence and humor reminiscent of Matt Haig's The Midnight Library, The Book of Losman explores the depths one man will go to piece himself together"--

Ever since the development of the atomic bomb in 1945, the world has lived under the threat of nuclear war. The early years of the Cold War transposed the fear of atomic weapons onto the fear of Communism that was a threat to American ways. By the 1980s, the citizens of the world had enough of nuclear anxiety, and Communism no longer seemed to be an existential threat. Operation Panic revisits the fears and anxieties-- and the imagined future-- of a world changed by atomic weapons. Operation Panic: Cold War Stories of the Atomic Bomb is an anthology of short fiction originally published between 1946 and 1980, with stories focusing on the use of atomic weapons and images of Cold War propaganda and atomic bomb tests. This collection features stories from Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Judith Merril, Hugh Hood, Fritz Leiber, Philip Wylie, Roger Angell, Carol Amen, James Blish, along with many others.

Woodhall Press is proud once again to showcase incredible writers from all over the state of Connecticut. This collection features new writers, old pros, and writers that fir somewhere in between. Returning editor and prize-winning author Victoria Buitron has constellated together the best poetry, nonfiction and prose from Connecticut writers. This 2024 Connecticut Literary Anthology was made possible in part by a grant from an anonymous donor and the Hartford Foundation.

An American gangster brings his bloody business to 1930s Britain in this suspenseful thriller from an Edgar Award-winning author.Amateur boxer Martin Storm's visit to New York seemed like it was a success. That is, until his car was machine-gunned and the police had to smuggle him out of the country . . .But Storm finds no safety at home, either, and the search begins to find the man who is hunting him down.He soon discovers that he has become involved with an American underworld boss who is planning to expand his business to Britain. Will he be able to bob and weave his way out of the gangster's clutches, with some help from the detectives of Department Z--or will this be his final match?

The first in the series featuring British intelligence's elite detectives by the Edgar Award-winning author.Millions of lives are at stake if a sinister international conspiracy succeeds. It's up to England's elite detective agency, Department Z, to make sure that doesn't happen.They've got to keep things quiet, too. Discretion is something the Hon. James Quinion knows only too well--it's all part and parcel of being a member of the secret service. Now, as Department Z's agents prepare for this high-profile, high-risk assignment, Quinion will find himself right in the line of fire--and in personal danger . . .

The detectives of Britain's Department Z look into a murder at an exclusive club.Sir Basil Riordon is mysterious, frightening, and immensely wealthy. But is he also a killer? As head of England's elite secret service, Department Z, Gordon Craigie has to find out, but it won't be an easy investigation with so many important people involved.A member of an exclusive London club has been poisoned, and Riordon or his son, Marcus, may be involved. Craigie assigns his best agent, Devenish, to find the truth. But what Devenish finds isn't a clear-cut case of homicide, but a mad masquerade of murder, larceny, and deceit of the highest order. And he and Craigie may be in over their heads . . .

Say hello to Mike Lucifer, Spiritual Consultant. He's back in town to take care of business. Unfortunately, when business is good, things must be very, very bad. After two years trying to run away from his past, Mike Lucifer's back in his office less than ten minutes when a persistent young woman shows up asking for help: her boyfriend's been possessed by a demon. That's exactly the kind of mess that drove him from his hometown of Boston to a sunny beach-and the bottom of a bottle-in the first place. But there are some problems that even booze can't drown, and while Lucifer may be no hero, his dwindling bank account provides a thousand reasons to take the case. No sooner is he back in the game then the complications and corpses start to add up. The boyfriend's not possessed-he's dead. The tech company where he worked is looking shadier by the second. And Lucifer's client definitely knows more than she should...about everything. The deeper Lucifer digs, the more he wonders if whatever sinister entity lurks behind this case wants him to be the last to die... Praise for ALL SOULS LOST "Mike Lucifer is one hell of a private eye, and his story makes for a fun bump in the night ride that zigs and zags in delightfully unexpected ways." -Simon R. Green, New York Times bestselling author "ALL SOULS LOST is a delicious mashup of old-fashioned noir, skin-crawling necromancy, and modern espionage, with a fistful of Boston attitude for good measure. The result is a deeply entertaining mystery, and my favorite Moren novel to date. More Mike Lucifer, please!" -Helene Wecker, New York Times bestselling author of The Golem and the Jinni "ALL SOULS LOST is a crackling modern mystery infused with vintage noir vibes. It's the very best and coolest of old and new, but don't loan it out. You'll never get it back." -Cherie Priest, author of Grave Reservations and Flight Risk "In ALL SOULS LOST, Moren summons up a potent blend of wit, noir, and the supernatural for a devilish hardboiled read." -Eric Scott Fischl, author of Dr. Potter's Medicine Show

A woman who has sworn off men finds that fate--and her heart--have plans of their own in this dazzling romance from the New York Times-bestselling author. Divorced from her childhood sweetheart, Amber MacLaine is making a go of it as a single mom. But when her son flies to the West Coast to spend the summer with his father, Amber is at loose ends, even with a new job in the PR department at Massachusetts General Hospital. That is, until she meets a devastatingly handsome doctor--and keeps running into him. First, she encounters him on the baseball field of her son's game, coaching for the opposing team. Then, Amber crosses paths with him at the airport, while they're both dropping off their kids to visit their exes. Is that him she sees riding his bike while she's riding hers? Of course. And when Zachary Wilder finally takes her into his arms, her defenses drop. Amber finds herself fighting a desire that takes her breath away. And the only cure for that kind of passion is . . . surrender. Praise for Barbara Delinsky "Delinsky's writing is fluid and makes for a hard-to-put-down book." --Glamour "Delinsky is a first-rate storyteller who creates believable, sympathetic characters who seem as familiar as your neighbors." --The Boston Globe "Delinsky writes about the emotional crises of everyday people and how those trials shape relationships." --The Cincinnati Enquirer

From a National Jewish Book Award finalist: A Jewish man and a Black woman find love against all odds, in this novel set during the Leo Frank trial in the twentieth-century American South. Nine-year-olds Max Sassaport and Ruby Johnson are best friends who can't imagine a world where they aren't together. Unfortunately, no one--not their families, nor anyone else in rural Georgia in 1906--wants to see a White middle-class Jewish boy get too close to the Black daughter of a sharecropper. It's only a matter of time before fate will separate the two. And that day comes on the eve of Ruby's womanhood, when a violent act sends her running from her home to the life of a child laborer at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta. Max moves to Atlanta a few years later, still longing for the girl he has never forgotten. He is soon taken under the wing of Harold Ross, star reporter for the Atlanta Journal. But when Max is assigned to a controversial murder case that pits the Black and Jewish communities against each other, he's unexpectedly reunited with Ruby. The bond between them is still strong, but with the trial igniting racial tension throughout Atlanta and across the nation, do Max and Ruby dare dream of a future together? "Mary Glickman is a wonder." --Pat Conroy, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Prince of Tides and The Boo

One woman gets a second chance to make her first love last in a poignant romance from the New York Times-bestselling author of Threats and Promises. At just thirty-one years old, Marnie Lange has made a name for herself as the CEO of her family's corporation. So who better to appear on the first issue of the fashion magazine they're set to launch? And they've chosen New York City's hottest photographer for the job. Already overcome with doubts about putting her face front and center, Marnie is thrown into a tailspin when she's introduced to photographer Brian Webster. It never occurred to her that he could be the same "Web" who she fell head-over-heels in love with fourteen years ago during a summer in Maine--the same guy her parents blame for her brother's death in a tragic accident. Getting to know each other as adults reignites the spark between them. But can their resurrected love heal an entire family's broken hearts? Praise for Barbara Delinsky "Delinsky's writing is fluid and makes for a hard-to-put-down book." --Glamour "Delinsky is a first-rate storyteller who creates believable, sympathetic characters who seem as familiar as your neighbors." --The Boston Globe "Delinsky writes about the emotional crises of everyday people and how those trials shape relationships." --The Cincinnati Enquirer

A professional troubleshooter gets a dose of her own medicine when a client saves her from a traumatic past in this novel from the New York Times-bestselling author. Working for a New York City public relations firm is a dream come true for Elizabeth Jerome. And her new client is the icing on the cake. Donovan Grant is a modern renaissance man whose list of successful business ventures goes on and on. But when his health food company is sabotaged, leading to poisoned food, he turns to the best PR firm in town for some damage control. But for some reason, Liz and Donovan start out on the wrong foot. Impressed by his morals, his drive, and, yes, his looks, Liz doesn't understand Donovan's obvious attraction to her. She's good at her job but not someone worth a second glance. Or so she thinks. And it will take every ounce of Donovan's compassion to get to the bottom of Liz's most intimate fears--and get her to see the incredible woman who has stolen his heart. Praise for Barbara Delinsky "Delinsky's writing is fluid and makes for a hard-to-put-down book." --Glamour "Delinsky is a first-rate storyteller who creates believable, sympathetic characters who seem as familiar as your neighbors." --The Boston Globe "Delinsky writes about the emotional crises of everyday people and how those trials shape relationships." --The Cincinnati Enquirer

A romantic suspense writer finds herself trapped in the plots of her own books in this sexy thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author. A failed marriage has shown Sasha Blake exactly what she doesn't want in life: a man; and what she does want: a fulfilling career, good friends, and independence. The introverted author has found a sanctuary on Martha's Vineyard, where she can pen her bestselling romance thrillers in peace and quiet. Until Doug Donohue comes to town . . . A world-renowned men's fashion designer, Doug is ready to put his hard-charging New York City days behind him. He's longing for something--and someone--more. Enter Sasha Blake, though skidding on her motorcycle into his Maserati one rainy night is no one's idea of a meet-cute. The accident is just the latest in a series of strange occurrences that seem to be plaguing Sasha. Being around a man like Doug, who can enflame her desire with just a touch, throws Sasha off-kilter. But they can both agree that the freak accidents taken from the pages of her books are not coincidences. Sasha is used to creating heroines who find themselves in danger, but this time the woman in peril is her . . . Praise for Barbara Delinsky "Delinsky's writing is fluid and makes for a hard-to-put-down book." --Glamour "Delinsky is a first-rate storyteller who creates believable, sympathetic characters who seem as familiar as your neighbors." --The Boston Globe "Delinsky writes about the emotional crises of everyday people and how those trials shape relationships." --The Cincinnati Enquirer

When Michele Turk's 11-year-old son Michael was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, she made it her mission to show him, and later others, that he was so much more than the boy who shouted obscenities hundreds of times a day. What Makes Him Tic? A Memoir of Parenting a Child with Tourette Syndrome, describes Michele's leave-no-stone-unturned strategy to figure out what Michael needed to succeed academically, socially, and emotionally in a world where Tourette is the punchline of jokes on late-night TV and sitcoms. The memoir also provides ample reporting on Tourette, often referred to as "the most misunderstood well-known condition," and is meant to be a roadmap and inspiration for parents, caregivers, and educators of children with Tourette and other special needs. More than a medical story, What Makes Him Tic? is a moving portrait of a family, a marriage, and a mother coping with day-to-day life amidst the stresses of caring for a boy with a stigmatizing condition. The book is also a surprising testament to the healing power of music: the memoir takes readers to Carnegie Hall (where Turk was certain she was the only parent ever to sit in the audience and wonder whether her child would curse while singing with a youth chorus onstage). It also takes readers inside bars and music venues where Michael sang, and played drums and guitar, and ultimately, found himself, as part of the School of Rock. Finally, it takes readers inside a relationship in turmoil, as the author honestly explores the toll Michael's struggle took on her marriage to a doctor who didn't make time to help his son, leaving her, a woman who had doubted her abilities as a mother, to find reserves of strength she didn't know she had.