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"100 Best-Loved Poems" is a cherished anthology that brings together some of the most timeless and evocative works of poetry in the English language. This collection features a diverse array of poems from celebrated poets such as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, and many others.

Winner of an Obie and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman, Yellow Face is as timely as ever, wrestling with issues of cultural appropriation, complicity, and artistic freedom. It’s brought to life in this audio-only revival by a stunning all-star cast (many playing themselves) led by Daniel Dae Kim.

Faites la connaissance de l'anticonformiste et intransigeante Elizabeth Zott. Votre capacité à tout changer commence ici et maintenant. Elizabeth Zott n'est pas une femme ordinaire. Elle serait d'ailleurs la première à faire remarquer qu'il n'en existe pas. Nous sommes au début des années 1960 et, à l'Institut de recherche Hastings où elle est chimiste, les hommes ont une vision très peu scientifique de l'égalité.

Born from Bukowski's columns, the LA underground press of the 1960s, Bukowski defined his early alter ego, Hank Chinaski, as a self-described dirty old man who eyes his defeatist attitude about himself with his clarity to see humor and holiness in others. Addictive and instructive listening, Bukowski delivers the humanity and intelligence of all the unseen. Filled with his usual obsessions - sex, booze, gambling - Notes features Bukowski's offbeat insights into politics and literature, and his tortured, violent relationships.

This collection of Buk's grimmest diaries gives an insight into the noir and brutal Los Angeles that Bukowski observed and lived so well. He was a legend in his time: a madman, a recluse, a lover...tender, vicious...never the same. These are exceptional stories that came pounding out of his violent and depraved life - horrible and holy. You cannot listen to them and come away the same again.

Hernán Cortés y Motecuzoma protagonizaron el choque de culturas más trascendente de la historia de la humanidad. Todo en la historia del mundo moderno es producto de ese encuentro y esa conquista.

Starring Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton and Missy Yager, the original cast was reunited for this exclusive L.A. Theatre Works performance of This is Our Youth. In 1982, on Manhattan's Upper West Side, three pot-smoking teenagers are resoundingly rejecting the 1960s ideals of their affluent parents. In hilarious and bittersweet detail, This is Our Youth follows 48 turbulent hours in the lives of three very lost souls at the dawn of the Reagan Era.

"Choo narrates this richly complex novel herself, her gorgeous writing delivered in a voice that is deep and precise and lovely, both British and not quite. Her tone and words transport us..." — San Francisco Chronicle This program is read by the author. A sweeping historical audiobook about a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE A young man journeys into Sri Lanka’s war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and the legacy of war from the author of The Story of a Brief Marriage. “A novel of tragic power and uncommon beauty.”—Anthony Marra “One of the most...

NOW A LILLY'S LIBRARY PICK! ""The most heartfelt read...a surprising delight of a novel.""--Shondaland An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb...

Gabaón es un pueblo al borde de un cortado, frente al mar, pero también un colegio, un orfelinato, un monasterio. Allí conviven sesenta y una monjas atareadas y llenas de propósito. Y tres curas indolentes con el enjuto y vertical padre Alén al frente, con su voz de rallador de pan, a un suspiro de la madre Adriana y sus enormes gafas. Y una niña acaso endemoniada en una habitación sin ventanas. Y el Hombre Guapo dentro de ella. Y un enjambre de personajes extraviados para enturbiarlo todo.

Esta es la historia de Roy, un niño que se abre paso por la vida entre la melancolía y la ternura de una madre forzada a desplazarse a la ciudad por culpa de la violencia. A medida que crece entre las calles de los barrios populares, la sombra de la muerte se va haciendo más grande, hasta convertirse en una compañía silenciosa, pero constante, que él debe enfrentar con una voluntad que se vuelve su única certeza.

The Garden France, 1944. Jessica Freeman carries her father's Winchester and a simple philosophy: gardens need weeding. Fifty rounds of ammunition. Fifty chances to balance the scales. Recruited by the OSS for skills the Army didn't want to name, Jessica parachutes into occupied France with a scope, a list, and Papa's ghost whispering warnings she's learning to ignore. Nazis. Collaborators. Rapists hiding behind uniforms and laws. She pulls them like weeds from the garden of the innocent.

An unforgettable novel about sisterhood, familial duties and love The Betrayed tells the story of two sisters who love the same man. As dictatorship and political upheaval ravage the Philippines, the sister's conflicting passions threaten to lead them to betray not only each other, but all that...

Turks and Caicos, 1993. Critter Stillwell, a man who knows how to keep secrets, wakes up in a holding cell, jolted from a dream of shipwrecks and perfidy. Federal agents drag him down the hall for a combative interrogation that takes him back to Athens, Georgia, 1989: the year Critter’s father...

Two women of different generations—one scarred by an abusive teen marriage and the other by an alcoholic husband—come together to grapple with their inner demons and confront their untold stories. When author Shannon Irwin meets Grace Ferrall and agrees to interview the younger woman and...

A suffocating Southern thriller from an award-winning author. The next unputdownable read for fans of Stacy Willingham and Noelle W. Ihli. She left Chokoloskee Island behind years ago. The Everglades isn’t done with her yet. Cameron St. Rose was five when her mother disappeared into the...

Welcome to the world of the Mason family—where success runs in the blood, trouble is never far behind, and falling in love is the one thing no one sees coming. The Masons have built an empire from the ground up. From boardrooms and blueprints to sold-out arenas and small-town streets, they're...

Theodore Huebner Roethke (May 25, 1908 to August 1, 1963), born in Saginaw, Michigan, is regarded as one of America's most accomplished and influential poets, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and the annual National Book Award for Poetry on two occasions. His work is characterized by a willingness to engage deeply with multifaceted introspection, and his style was overtly rhythmic, with skillful use of natural imagery.

Moon's Love is a dark poetic journey through hunger, power, and the quiet moments. When something finally lets go, and finds peace in the void.