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The Breaking Point

Past, present, and future collide to throw respected forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton's successful, secure life into devastating turmoil in the most recent novel in the New York Times bestselling Body Farm mystery series.

It's been ten years since Dr. Bill Brockton created the Body Farm—the world's first postmortem research facility dedicated to advancing the frontiers of forensic science—and the researcher is at the pinnacle of his career. But a storm is about to hit Brockton with cataclysmic force. Will Brockton be able to weather this deluge ... or has he finally reached the breaking point?

Download the e-book today, and read an exclusive excerpt from the next book, Without Mercy, before it goes on sale October 4th.

American Taboo

In 1975, a new group of Peace Corps volunteers landed on the island nation of Tonga. Among them was Deborah Gardner—a beautiful twenty-three-year-old who, in the following year, would be stabbed twenty-two times and left for dead inside her hut. Another volunteer turned himself in to the Tongan police, and many of the other Americans were sure he had committed the crime. But with the aid of the State Department, he returned home a free man. Although the story was kept quiet in the United States, Deb Gardner's death and the outlandish aftermath took on legendary proportions in Tonga.

With bravura reporting and vivid, novelistic prose, journalist Philip Weiss transforms a Polynesian legend into a singular artifact of American history and a profoundly moving human story.

The Secret Life of Lobsters

In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and aneccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents of the Gulf of Maine to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters.

What We Ache For

The creative process is essential to human nature. It is as essential as spirituality and sexuality, and in fact all three are deeply intertwined. What We Ache For is a practical book allowing readers to embrace the urgency and necessity of their creativity, whatever their medium—writing, painting, sculpture, dance, music, or film. As Oriah says, 'Doing creative work allows us to follow the thread of what we ache for into a deeper life, offering us a way to cultivate a life of making love to the world.'

The Cheese Chronicles

The Cheese Chronicles is an insider's look at the burgeoning world of American cheese from one lucky person who has seen more wedges and wheels, visited more cheesemakers, and tasted more delicious American cheese than anyone else. Liz Thorpe, second in command at New York's renowned Murray's Cheese, chronicles American cheesemaking from the brave foodie hobbyists of twenty years ago, to the carefully cultivated milkers and makers of today. Steve Jenkins, author of the celebrated Cheese Primer, calls this 'the best book about cheese you'll ever read.'

Memories of John Lennon

John Lennon ... as much a part of our world today as he ever was. He touched many lives in his brief forty years, and continues to move and inspire millions more to this day. Now, invited by Yoko Ono, friends, family, and fans from all walks of life—including some of the great artists of our day—reminisce about Lennon as a visionary and friend, musician and performer, husband and father, activist, and jokester.