Ballantine Books

Sex and the Seasoned Woman: Pursuing the Passionate Life

A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experience. . . . She can be alternately sweet, tart, bubbly, mellow. She can be maternal and playful. Bossy and submissive. Strong and soft. . . . The seasoned woman knows who she is. She could be any one of us, as long as she is committed …

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The Best and the Brightest

“A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.” — The New York Times”[The] most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. It is also the Iliad of the American empire and the Odyssey of this nation’s search for its idealistic soul. THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST is almost like watching an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.” — The Boston …

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought.” *Los Angeles Times”POWERFUL . . . A stirring defense of informed rationality. . . Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing.” *The Washington Post Book WorldHow can we make …

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Ride the Wind

In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians. This is the story of how she grew up with them, mastered their ways, married one of their leaders, and became, in every way, a Comanche woman. It is also the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with …

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The Girl from Summer Hill: A Summer Hill Novel

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Nantucket Brides trilogy comes the first book of a new contemporary romance series featuring the next generation of Montgomerys and Taggerts! Centered around a local stage production of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in an all-American mountain town full of romance, history, and tradition, The Girl from Summer Hill …

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The Fateful Lightning: A Novel of the Civil War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn.   November 1864: As the Civil War rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in favor of the Union. A …

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The Lost World: A Novel (Jurassic Park)

From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo comes the sequel to the smash-hit Jurassic Park, a thriller that’s been millions of years in the making.   #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   “Fast and gripping.”—The Washington Post Book World   It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary …

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A Christmas Escape: A Novel

For countless readers, Christmastime means a delicious new holiday mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. A Christmas Escape, her thirteenth noel to the season, transports us to the Mediterranean island of Stromboli for an unconventional Yuletide adventure—and an unforgettable volcanic encounter.   Lonely Charles Latterly arrives at his small hotel hoping that the island’s blue …

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Corridors of the Night: A William Monk Novel

Anne Perry, that incomparable novelist of life in Victorian England, has once again surpassed herself, with this twenty-first installment of her New York Times bestselling William Monk series. In Corridors of the Night, nurse Hester Monk and her husband, William, commander of the Thames River Police, do desperate battle with two obsessed scientists who in the name of …

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Inherit the Wind

The accused was a slight, frightened man who had  deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman  circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal  giants of the century. Like two bull elephants  locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared  imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily  in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts,  barely able to restrain themselves. At stake …

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