Bøger udgivet af ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL

"Whimsically entertaining and dramatically compelling."--The Boston Globe Kate Burns has heard of the magic of Ferris Beach all her life. Kate needs to believe in a little wonder. Shy and self-conscious, she lives with her distant, demanding mother and eccentric father. Then Misty moves to town, from Ferris Beach, no less. She is everything Kate wants to be: daring, outrageous, and fun. The two girls grow up together, sharing secrets about everything--until one fateful Fourth of July when their lives change forever. . . . "One of the best in the new generation of Southern writers . . . McCorkle hits all the right notes."--Atlanta Journal & Constitution

A travel guide with character, this fact-filled keepsake offers all the history, beauty, charm, and culture of the nation's capital city. Full-color illustrations throughout.

Compelling and critically acclaimed by educators, policymakers, and the media, "The Children in Room E4" tells the story of one student, one classroom, and one resolute teacher who must overcome tremendous challenges.

Meg Parker's life is thrown off course when she travels on assignment with the imperious photographer Jean-Jacques Chabrol. As the dueling pair search for France's past, what they find is the colorful festive present. As they devour the mouthwatering delicacies of each region along the way, their passion for food unexpectedly stirs up other desires. But, all feasting aside, Meg must reconcile her own past—the family she's left behind—with the relationship that has finally awakened all her senses.

Smartbomb takes you into the epicenter of the gaming explosion, where bleeding-edge computer sciene and wild creativity have fused to produce a new medium that is changing not only how we play but also how we communicate and learn, all of it propelled by a mega-billion-dollar industry that is revolutionizing the way we live.

A man miraculously survives a fall from the eighth floor of a drilling rig but is ever after plagued by an unwillingness to live. A preacher loses his ability to speak in tongues and begins to fake it. A young man is intent on suppressing his sinful love for his best friend even though he can think of nothing else. A teenage boy struggles with the temptation of a young girl. A grandmother will stop at nothing to make her grandson famous. These are some of the good citizens of Perser, Oklahoma. And in Aaron Gwyn's debut collection, the people of Perser are unpredictable and unforgettable as they struggle with lapses into sin during the week a young faith healer comes to town. In his careful articulation of faith and doubt, sin and self-delusion, allegiance to the church and self-glorification, Gwyn reveals himself as a writer of great heart and complexity, creating a world that burns with pain, love, and an odd kind of devotion.

Originally published in England and cowritten with her father, "In Code" is "a wonderfully moving story about the thrill of the mathematical chase" ("Nature") and "a paean to intellectual adventure" ("Times Educational Supplement"). A memoir in mathematics, it is all about how a girl next door became an award-winning mathematician. photo insert.

Part black comedy, part love story, this novel of lust, greed, family ties, and the music business, introduces Shapiro as a fresh, new master of what "The New York Times" called "screwball comedy".

Al Stump has redefined America's perception of one of its most famous sports heroes with this gripping look at Ty Cobb, a man who walked the line between greatness and psychosis. Based on Stump's interviews with Cobb while ghostwriting the Hall-of-Famer's 1961 autobiography, this account of Cobb's life and times reveals both the darkness and the brilliance of the "Georgia Peach". Photos.

Both remote, rural New Brunswick and the strife and struggle of poverty are laid open by a child's clear unjudgemental account of one year's worth of tribulation on a tiny stretch of two-lane road. Published last year to great critical acclaim in both the U.S. and Canada, this award-winning novel is now available in paperback.

Claire Louise and Macy Rose Richards are sisters and best enemies--fierce adversaries in a lifelong rivalry by turns bitter and hilarious. But their rivalry hides a terrible secret buried somewhere in the past. As each sister tells her story, pieces of the puzzle begin falling into place and a shocking picture begins to emerge.

In this useful illustrated guidebook, John Leland identifies and retraces for modern-day readers and visitors the legendary city that Hemingway knew. Includes maps and photographs to the cafes, hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gardens and other landmarks immortalized by Hemingway in his fiction and nonfiction. Most of the places Hemingway knew can still be seen today. 31 illustrations.