We've chosen some of our bestselling Byliner Originals to put on sale from December 24th through December 31st—our first ever seasonal promotion, timed to coincide with that nifty new iPad or Kindle or Nook some of you received for the holidays. And we've chosen carefully, to ensure that there's a topic or a writer to interest everyone. Which means bestselling writers such as Jon Krakauer, Amy Tan, Mark Bittmann, Ann Patchett and more—each for under a buck!
Cooking Solves Everything by Mark Bittman
The author is one of the nation's most trusted and beloved food writers, but there was a time when he lived primarily on vanilla ice cream and McDonald's. Then he discovered cooking, and everything changed. Bittman argues that a simple meal prepared at home is a powerful tool: It's one small step toward improving your health and, by extension, the health of the planet. Our reliance on prepared food—in the form of snacks, soft drinks, frozen meals, and fast food—supports a system of agriculture that is playing havoc with our bodies, our economy, and the environment. How can we break the cycle? By cooking.
Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer
Greg Mortenson has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children's crusader, and he's been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is also not what he appears to be. As acclaimed author Jon Krakauer discovered, Mortenson has not only fabricated substantial parts of his bestselling books Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools, but has also misused millions of dollars donated by unsuspecting admirers like Krakauer himself. This is the tragic tale of good intentions gone very wrong.
The Fearless Mrs. Goodwin by Elizabeth Mitchell
Manhattan, 1912. A time of greed, corruption, scandal and distrust, when the police commissioner had this advice for the citizenry: "Don't take a criminal investigation into your own hands. Don't poke about a dead body. Don't investigate a robbery all on your own."
Then the most outrageous and brutal bank heist of the young century occurred, and the city combusted in fear and anger. Wall Street brokers were carrying guns. The police looked more ineffectual by the day. Not a single man could break the case. But perhaps a woman could. Mrs. Isabella Goodwin was a smart and resourceful police matron who had gone about as far as a woman in police work could go. The bank robbery presented a unique career opportunity. As Mitchell writes in a true story so astounding it reads like fiction, only a woman could penetrate New York's underworld without attracting suspicion. When Goodwin got the call from headquarters, she was ready. With glimmering eyes, the widow with four children to support disappeared into Manhattan's underbelly. Would she return with her man?
In her startlingly sensual new story, Rules for Virgins—the first fiction she has published in six years—beloved bestselling author Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter's Daughter) takes us deep into the illicit world of 1912 Shanghai, where beautiful courtesans mercilessly compete for the patronage of wealthy gentlemen. For the women, the contest is deadly serious, a perilous game of economic survival that, if played well, can set them up for life as mistresses of the rich and prominent. There is no room for error, however: erotic power is hard to achieve and harder to maintain, especially in the loftiest social circles..............
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