Set in the late 19th century, follows two lighthouse keepers stranded on an isolated island due to a storm and gradually going insane.

Three caretakers and a single remaining researcher, who keep the Northern Institute in working order in case research ever resumes, find their work upended by a mysterious object that appears in the snow that soon challenges their every notion of what isnormal.

After her twin brother dies, a woman approaching thirty lives in her mother's backyard shed, having trouble moving on, until she meets an awkward real estate agent and an eight-year-old boy who is obsessed with Westerns.

"Four Londoners--Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan--try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their London is a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end."--From publisher's information.

After a plane crash that kills the crew, a FedEx system engineer finds himself stranded on a desert island.

Catherine House is a school of higher learning like no other. Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment, has produced some of the world's best minds: prize-winning authors, artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. For those lucky few selected, tuition, room, and board are free. But acceptance...

Jake's seemingly idyllic life is in fact a refuge from pain and tragic loss. His serenity is shattered when a Hollywood movie crew descends on the vast Nevada ranch where he works. But the chaos produces and unlikely friendship with mega-star Robert Lange. A startling offer from Lange reawakens a dream Jake had buried with his past. But how much will he risk to embrace life again? This gently powerful novel is filled with characters who face sweeping...

"Fifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe. 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Four percent suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. And one percent find themselves "locked in"--fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. One per cent doesn't seem like a lot. But in the United States, that's 1.7 million people "locked in"...including the President's...

A documentary about five homeless individuals and their lives on the margins of American society.