Young Wizards SeriesNita is just looking for an escape from her bullies when she stumbles upon an odd book in the library: So You Want to Be a Wizard. Nita at first thinks its a joke. But once she reads the mysterious book, an alternate universe of Manhattan reveals itself to Nita and her friend Kit. The pair embark on a terrifying adventure where real life and magic intertwine and they find themselves entrenched in a battle between good and evil. Join Nita and Kit on

Although some corporate executives remain deaf to such calls

and many others appear as predecessors and peers—material through which Oates sifts in acting as literary detective

author of American Lion

It’s an opportunity too intriguing to refuse

and sometimes even a preacher

his arch-enemy

For eight harrowing months

so it was with some trepidation that he arrived at the celebrated Dr

from an intimate dinner for four to an open house buffet for the entire neighborhood

something about getting what you wish for and the crushing irony when that gift proves your undoing

Growing up in newly independent India

Noodles and Dumplings is a long-awaited revival of this underserved national cuisine