Hard Times is the name of a town in the barren hills of the Dakota Territory. To this town there comes one day one of the reckless sociopaths who wander the West to kill and rape and pillage. By the time he is through and has ridden off, Hard...
**Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!** is the funny, serious, and compelling new novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved **Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe** (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie).
Once again, Flagg's...
The author of Wonder Boys returns with a powerful and wonderfully written collection of stories. Caught at moments of change, Chabon's men and women, children and husbands and wives, all face small but momentous decisions. They are caught in...
Weronika postanawia umrzeć. Chcąc popełnić samobójstwo zażywa tabletki, jednak zostaje uratowana i rozpoczyna się nowe życie – nowe życie Weroniki. Dowiaduje się ona, że z powodu uszkodzenia...
Thanks to Hollywood and writers like Christopher Buckley, America has given the world a brand-new literary form: the revenge comedy. In the movies, maverick cops roam the world, taking names, kicking butts, and making wisecracks. For all the...
What a Carve Up! — a hilarious 1980s political satire by Jonathan Coe
It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and crueller by the year:
Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands for telling it like it isn't; Henry's...