Most Popular Books by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Number One international bestseller, Eat, Pray Love is a journey around the world, a quest for spiritual enlightenment and a story for anyone who has battled with divorce, depression and heartbreak.

Explores attitudes, approaches, and habits needed to live a creative life.

A celebrated writer pens an irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life.

_______________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION _______________ ''Quite simply one of the best novels I have read in years'' - Elizabeth Day, Observer ''Charming . . . extensively researched, compellingly readable'' - Jane Shilling, Daily Telegraph ''Sumptuous . . . Gilbert''s prose is by turns flinty, funny, and incandescent'' - New Yorker _______________ A captivating story of botany, exploration and desire, by the multimillion copy bestselling author of Eat Pray Love Everything about life intrigues Alma Whittaker. Her passion for botany leads her far from home, from London to Peru to Tahiti, in pursuit of that rare specimen: knowledge. But as her careful studies draw her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she meets the man who she will come to love – whose perspective, radically different from her own, will transform the way she understands the world. Radiating with all the heart, soul and earthiness as its unforgettable heroine, The Signature of All Things is a captivating celebration of the workings of this world, and the mechanisms behind all life. _______________ ''My own 500-pager of choice? Elizabeth Gilbert''s The Signature of All Things . . . just read it . . . Hugely enjoyable'' - Viv Groskop, Observer Books of the Year ''The story of Alma Whittaker''s journey of discovery has irresistible momentum'' - Helen Dunmore, The Times ''Gilbert has written the novel of a lifetime'' - O, The Oprah Magazine ''Filled with dazzling storytelling'' - Susie Boyt, Financial Times _______________

The debut by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic and City of Girls; a PEN/Hemingway Award finalist and New York Times Notable Book When it appeared in 1997, Elizabeth Gilbert’s story collection, Pilgrims, immediately announced her compelling voice, her comic touch, and her amazing ear for dialogue. “The heroes of Pilgrims . . . are everyday seekers” (Harper’s Bazaar)—brave and unforgettable, they are sure to strike a chord with fans old and new.

The #1 New York Times bestselling follow-up to Eat Pray Love—an intimate and erudite celebration of love from the author of Big Magic and City of Girls. At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who''d been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous bad divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the United States government, which-after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing-gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. Told with Gilbert''s trademark wit, intelligence and compassion, Committed attempts to "turn on all the lights" when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Gilbert''s memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERSelected as a Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, Washington Post, Independent, Red and Good HousekeepingSelected as a summer read by the Independent, Grazia, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and ES Magazine ''Transcendent: art at its most carnal and healing. It is a love letter to love ... This book is, like its author, the most empathic and generous and wise and sensual and brave and stunning and luminous permissors of passion that has ever been created. The reason it was written doesn''t merely save on a reading level, but on the level of the soul. As a writer and as a citizen of the world, Gilbert shines on and on and on...'' Lisa Taddeo, author of Three WomenIt is the summer of 1940. Nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York with her suitcase and sewing machine, exiled by her despairing parents. Although her quicksilver talents with a needle and commitment to mastering the perfect hair roll have been deemed insufficient for her to pass into her sophomore year of Vassar, she soon finds gainful employment as the self-appointed seamstress at the Lily Playhouse, her unconventional Aunt Peg''s charmingly disreputable Manhattan revue theatre. There, Vivian quickly becomes the toast of the showgirls, transforming the trash and tinsel only fit for the cheap seats into creations for goddesses. Exile in New York is no exile at all: here in this strange wartime city of girls, Vivian and her girlfriends mean to drink the heady highball of life itself to the last drop. And when the legendary English actress Edna Watson comes to the Lily to star in the company''s most ambitious show ever, Vivian is entranced by the magic that follows in her wake. But there are hard lessons to be learned, and bitterly regrettable mistakes to be made. Vivian learns that to live the life she wants, she must live many lives, ceaselessly and ingeniously making them new.''At some point in a woman''s life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is,'' she confides. And so Vivian sets forth her story, and that of the women around her - women who have lived as they truly are, out of step with a century that could never quite keep up with them.

Finalist for the National Book Award From the New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic and City of Girls comes a riveting exploration of manhood and all its complicated meanings through the portrait of an American Mountain Man. In this rousing examination of contemporary American male identity, acclaimed author and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert explores the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway. In 1977, at the age of seventeen, Conway left his family''s comfortable suburban home to move to the Appalachian Mountains. For more than two decades he has lived there, making fire with sticks, wearing skins from animals he has trapped, and trying to convince Americans to give up their materialistic lifestyles and return with him back to nature. To Gilbert, Conway''s mythical character challenges all our assumptions about what it is to be a modern man in America; he is a symbol of much we feel how our men should be, but rarely are.

For the first time the complete works of the award-winning author Elizabeth Gilbert are collected together, highlighting her talents as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. In the international best-seller Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert narrates her struggles after a bitter divorce and turbulent love affair, beginning her quest to rediscover how to be happy. In Rome, she indulges herself and gains nearly two stone. In India, she finds enlightenment through scrubbing temple floors. Finally, in Bali a toothless medicine man reveals a new path to peace, leaving her ready to find love again. In Committed, Gilbert is about to wed the man she fell in love with at the end of Eat, Pray, Love and with wit and intelligence contemplates marriage, trying with all her might to discover what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. In The Last American Man, Gilbert presents a fascinating, intimate portrait of the American naturalist and brilliant modern hero Eustace Conway, who at the age of seventeen ditched the comforts of his suburban existence to escape into the wild. Attempting to instil in people a deeper appreciation of nature, Conway stops at nothing in pursuit of bigger, bolder adventures. In Gilbert''s first novel Stern Men, the eighteen-year-old irredeemably unromantic Ruth Thomas returns home from boarding school determined to join the ''stern-men''. Throwing her education overboard, this feisty and unforgettable American heroine helps work the lobster boats and brushes up on her profanity, eventually falling for a handsome young lobsterman. In Pilgrims, Gilbert''s sharply drawn and tenderly observed collection of twelve short stories, tough heroes and heroines, hardened by their experiences, struggle for their epiphanies and seek companionship as fiercely as they can.

In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gilbert''s Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible, in search of their own best selves. Here, in this candid and captivating collection, nearly fifty of those readers share their inspiring stories.

Elizabeth Gilbert "offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the "strange jewels" that are hidden within each of us.

_______________ ''Ideal for those who like their recipes to come with a back story ... The book is tremendously funny, and her cooking was way ahead of her time'' - Sally Hughes, BBC Good Food Magazine ''Hilarious'' - English Home _______________ Recently, Elizabeth Gilbert unpacked some boxes of family books that had been sitting in her mother''s attic for decades. Among the old, dusty hardbacks was a book called At Home on the Range, written by her great-grandmother, Margaret Yardley Potter. As Gilbert writes in her Foreword: ''I jumped up and dashed through the house to find my husband, so I could read parts of it to him: Listen to this! The humor! The insight! The sophistication! Then I followed him around the kitchen while he was making our dinner (lamb shanks), and I continued reading aloud as we ate... By the end of the night there were three of us sitting at that table. Gima had come to join us, and she was wonderful, and I was in love.'' The cookbook was far ahead of its time. In it, Potter espouses the importance of farmer''s markets and ethnic food (Italian, Jewish and German), derides preservatives and culinary shortcuts and generally celebrates a devotion to epicurean adventures. Potter takes car trips out to Pennsylvania Dutch country to eat pickled pork products, and to the eastern shore of Maryland, where she learns to catch and prepare eels so delicious, she says, they must be ''devoured in a silence almost devout''. Part scholar and part crusader for a more open food conversation than currently existed, it''s not hard to see where Elizabeth Gilbert inherited both her love of food and her warm, infectious prose. At Home on the Range is a fascinating, humorous and useful cookbook from the past that is essential for the present day.

On two remote islands off the coast of Maine, the local lobstermen have fought savagely for generations over the fishing rights to the ocean waters between them. Young Ruth Thomas is born into this feud, the daughter of one of the greediest lobstermen in Maine. Eighteen years old, as smart as a whip, and irredeemably unromantic, Ruth returns home from boarding school determined to throw her education overboard and join the "stern men." As the feud escalates, she helps work the lobster boats, brushes up on her profanity, and eventually falls for Owney Wishnell, a handsome young lobsterman. "Funny, clever and wise" (Seattle Times), STERN MEN captures a feisty American spirit through this unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness despite herself.

THE MAGNIFICENT NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR In a remote, high-altitude corner of Siberia, a lone family of religious Russian fundamentalists have lived isolated and undetected for forty-four years. Since retreating in the 1930s from the dangers and comforts of the world, the parents and children have scrounged off the cold and unforgiving land, having no contact with any humans except each other. Untethered from human progress, unaware even of the events of WWII, their knowledge and beliefs have remained frozen in time, their lives devoted wholly to their faith and the hard work of survival. But their discovery in 1980 by a team of Soviet geologists will change all of that. One unlikely woman - a scholar and linguist who has spent her life in a different kind of hiding - is sent to the family''s mountaintop to bridge the chasm between modern existence and their ancient, snow forest life. What she uncovers in that dangerous and beautiful wilderness will be stranger and more miraculous than anything she had ever expected, and will upturn her own quiet life forever. Emerging from a place of beauty, awe and danger, The Snow Forest is the dramatic and inspiring story of a family who escapes the threats of early-twentieth-century Russia for a life of extreme, untouched wilderness. Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert brings her formidable storytelling talents to the magnificent, magical extremes of the Siberian taiga and considers: how permeable, really, is the line between mankind and nature?

A series of picture books that teach children about dinosaurs through a narrative story, plus additional facts, and information about what they just learned. These picture books will teach children about dinosaurs through a story! Marie Bollmann’s beautiful illustrations are friendly, and fun (but still technically correct!) and each story will end with a working spread on dinosaurs doing what DK does best—using photography and illustrations to teach children incredible facts that deepen their knowledge of a well-loved subject. In this installment, follow a day in the life of a young Stegosaurus, as it wanders through its Jurassic home, gets lost, and munches its way back to the herd.

A series of picture books in ebook format that teach children about dinosaurs with a narrative story and a working spread at the end of the book with more facts and information about what they just learned. This picture ebook will teach children about dinosaurs through a story! Marie Bollman''s beautiful illustrations are friendly and fun (but still technically correct!) and each story will end with a working spread on dinosaurs doing what DK does best-using photography and illustrations to teach children incredible facts that deepen their knowledge of a well-loved subject. In this ebook, find out all about Deinonychus''s big day-from going out with her hunting pack in the morning, to weathering a big rainstorm, and escaping from a muddy ravine.

Beautifully illustrated narrative stories about dinosaurs that teach children brilliant dinosaur facts through a fun story! A series of picture books that teach children about dinosaurs through a narrative story, plus additional facts and information about what they just learned. These picture books will teach children about dinosaurs through a story! Marie Bollmann''s beautiful illustrations are friendly and fun (but still technically correct!) and each story will end with a working spread on dinosaurs doing what DK does best-using photography and illustrations to teach children incredible facts that deepen their knowledge of a well-loved subject. In this installment, follow a day in the life of a Triceratops as its herd has a close encounter with the mighty T. rex!

A series of picture books that teach children about dinosaurs through a narrative story, plus additional facts, and information about what they just learned. These picture books will teach children about dinosaurs through a story! Marie Bollmann''s beautiful illustrations are friendly and fun (but still technically correct!), and each story will end with a working spread on dinosaurs doing what DK does best—using photography and illustrations to teach children incredible facts that deepen their knowledge of a well-loved subject. In this installment, follow a day in the life of a hungry Spinosaurus as it heads underwater in search of its next tasty snack.

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