Product Description: The Garden of Lost and Found tells the story of James Ramsay, a 21-yearold man who discovers upon the death of his estranged mother that he’s inherited a building in New York City. James takes up residence at No. 1 Dutch Street, a five-story brownstone near the World Trade Center, whose only other tenant is an elderly black woman named Nellydean...read more

Product Description: A debut novel by a brilliant young woman about the coming-of-age of a brilliant young literary man “Nate is so convincingly drawn you’ll want to hug him, lecture him and shake some sense into him simultaneously. Waldman has deftly written a laugh-out-loud treatise on why he didn’t call...read more

In the tradition of David Nicholls and Nick Hornby comes a hilarious, bittersweet, heartwarming debut novel about love of all kinds: first, unrequited, delusional, obsessive, and, ultimately, the kind that lasts.At 26, Maxwell Lerner thinks he has his whole life figured out. He's got the girl--his high-school sweetheart Samantha. He's got the job--low-level reporter for a prestigious national magazine. He even lives with aforementioned girl in a walk-up studio apartment in the West Village. Life is sweet. Until his aspiring actress girlfriend leaves him for his childhood hero, Johnny Mars, who, as action adventurer "Jack Montana," features in some of Max's favorite movies. Getting dumped for one of his idols sets Max off on a dual mission: to get inside the glamorous world Samantha left him for, and to win her back. But when Samantha's perfect life takes an unexpected turn, Max gets more of an education, in life and in love, than he bargained for.

Product Description: The Deep Whatsis follows a brilliant antihero staggering into madness as he navigates among Brooklyn hipsters, advertising tyrants, corporate hypocrisy, and the ghosts of his past.   Meet Eric Nye: player, philosopher, drunk, sociopath...read more

Product Description: A debut novel by a brilliant young woman about the coming-of-age of a brilliant young literary man “Nate is so convincingly drawn you’ll want to hug him, lecture him and shake some sense into him simultaneously. Waldman has deftly written a laugh-out-loud treatise on why he didn’t call...read more

Product Description: Growing up in one of the most notorious neighborhoods in Brooklyn isnâ?TMt easy, but for a long time it seemed as if Prince Poet Washington might defy those odds. Sixteen years ago, his father abandoned the family, so Poet has always felt a sense of responsibility...read more

Product Description:  The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats (Publishers Weekly 10/26/09)Hesh Kestin. Dzanc (Consortium, dist.), $16.95 paper (334p) ISBN 9780976717782"From the author of the short fiction collection Based on a True Story comes a vibrant, hilarious addition to the genre of mob tragicomedy...read more

Recently fired from his teaching job and on the verge of eviction, Tad Leary embarks on an all-day, seven-party spree across Manhattan, exploring the city's social hierarchies along the way. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Encountering Sarah in a bar called the Bitter End, William, a spoiled young actor, falls deeply in love for the first time and embarks on an affair that takes him from a Lower East Side tenement to Paris and to a love and loss that transforms his life. A first novel. Reissue. (A ThinkFilm/IFC Films movie, written & directed by Ethan Hawke, releasing August 2007, starring Mark Webber, Jesse Harris, Laura Linney, Ethan Hawke, & Michelle Williams) (General Fiction)

Writing for those who want more than the average how-to financial advice, the author of The Instant Millionaire cites a series of parables and questions to teach readers the lessons of setting goals, listening to the heart, and recognizing the power of thinking big. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

While looking into the disappearance of a missing freelance book reviewer, McIlvaine, a reporter, finds himself roaming around the underground world of 1890s New York City, where he discovers a strange doctor who can keep the rich alive through macabre methods. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

A debut novel from an acclaimed young actor follows the story of young William Harding, who unexpectedly finds himself falling for Sarah and, in three short months, feels the joy of first love and the heartache left behind when it ends. 100,000 first printing. Tour.

Featuring intriguing plot twists and a surprise ending, a debut novel offers the hilarious story of a young Jewish lawyer who has his life mapped out--until he encounters the avaricious 1980s and suffers a morality crisis. 15,000 first printing.

Growing up in Queens in the 1960s, Gregory makes the transition from recreational drug user to hard-core junkie

Living in the strange world of New York City, young Bertolt Rosenbaum struggles to cope with the legacy of his brother's psychotic breakdown, troubled family relations, growing up, sexual identity, and his fears about his own sanity. A first novel.

During the period that stretches from the days of Hitler's first assaults to the near present, two young boys--Bronx-born Saul Klein and Eugene Strauss, the child of elegant German Jewish refugees--seek their elusive destinies