For The Rose & the Briar, editors Sean Wilentz and Greil Marcus have invited a broad swath of writers to sing their own versions of the songs that changed their lives and the life of their country. The Rose & the Briar takes up the music of the ballad and the worlds from which it sprang as no other book has ever done, uncovering such classic songs as “Come Sunday,” “El Paso,” “Frankie and Albert,” and a score more - while calling out the demons that called the tune.

The bunnies are back, and they are still saying good-bye to this cruel world. Follow over one hundred bunnies as they find ever more bizarre ways to end their fuzzy little existences. From swimming with nibbly fishes, to hiding under an elephant's footstool, to getting on the sharp end of a Venetian gondola, no stone goes unturned (or undropped, or uncatapulted) in the twisted little creatures' next installment.

The holidays are over, and here's a little book that even those of us who hate diet guides can enjoy during this plump time of year. French women don't get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals. In her delightful tale, Mireille Guiliano unlocks the simple secrets of this “French paradox”-how to enjoy food and stay slim and healthy. Hers is a charming, sensible, and powerfully life-affirming view of health and eating for our times.