From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural [...]

When the actress Linda Gray, a native Californian, was cast as Sue Ellen Ewing in the late ’70s, her character was a bit part on what was supposed to be a five-episode miniseries. But Dallas exploded, becoming one of the most popular and iconic shows in the world. Gray became famous, Sue Ellen—the well-coifed, long-suffering, [...]

Shantaram … A sanscript name meaning MAN OF GODS PEACE. I was visiting my cousin Christian Carlson Macdonald at the beach who is a fashion photographer and he was reading this book SHANTARAM. I was so excited that I kept asking him where he was in the book. Even the man in the bookstore was [...]

A real good friend of mine who used to own Lakewood Travel, Gaylan Lemmon, suggested her daughter-in-law’s new book. You may remember Gayle Tzemach Lemmon from our previous pick and New York Times Best Seller, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana. On Ashley’s War … Bringing this story to life has been a great privilege and an [...]

Written by a friend here in Dallas, the beautiful, intelligent and enlightened Jeannette Wright, a fun gift for your valentine this year. I was fascinated by the information and insights. And EVERYONE LOVES DOGS. Interesting… I’m a cross between a St. Bernard and a German Shepherd. What Are You? Don’t be misled by the title. [...]

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED! It was perhaps the greatest Adventure America had ever undertaken. In 1959 America’s Space Age was officially announced fulfilling JF Kennedy’s goal for America to land on the moon within the decade. Eight Astronauts had been lost along the way. This is the story of the greatest and most courageous ladies [...]

Salvador Dalí, Jerome Robbins, Jackie Onassis. Gregory Peck, Mick Jagger—S. J. Perelman—I. M. Pei. Philip Johnson, Josephine Baker, John Lennon: they, and so many more who made New York City the center of the universe in the 1970s, all had one thing in common besides their adopted hometown—they shopped at a legendary palace of books, [...]