Adult

Lucky runs a high-profile casino and hotel complex in Vegas. Her movie star husband is highly successful, and her children are gorgeous and thriving. Lucky has everything. And everything is exactly what billionaire businessman Armand Jordan is determined to take from her, one way or the other.

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In Seattle, 1962, Walter Cousins makes the biggest error of his life --- he sleeps with Diane, his children's au pair. Diane gets pregnant and leaves their baby on a doorstep, but not before turning the tables on Walter and setting in motion a tragedy of epic proportions.

Young Samuel Johnson is in trouble --- an angry demon is seeking revenge for his part in foiling the invasion of Earth by the forces of evil. It wants to get its claws on Samuel, and when Samuel and his faithful dachshund, Boswell, are pulled through a portal into the dark realm --- the home of the Infernals --- it may get its chance.

Nathaniel Philbrick skillfully navigates Herman Melville's world and illuminates MOBY-DICK's humor and unforgettable characters --- finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. 

THE MEMORY OF ALL THAT is an enthralling look at a tremendously influential --- and highly eccentric --- family, as well as a consideration of how their stories have both provoked and influenced one of our most prodigiously gifted writers.