In a new volume of journalistic essays, the eclectic author of A Drinking Life offers sharp commentary on diverse subjects, such as American immigration policy toward Mexico, Mike Tyson, television, crack, Northern Ireland and Octavio...
One of Nevil Shute’s most exciting novels, Pied Piper is the gripping story of one elderly man's daring attempt to rescue a group of children during the Nazi invasion of France. It is the spring of 1940 and John Sidney Howard wants nothing more...
Marek Hłasko pozostawił po sobie nie tylko spuściznę literacką, obejmującą opowiadania i powieści, ale również barwną legendę, intrygującą zarówno starszych czytelników, jak i młodsze pokolenie, dla których polska rzeczywistość...
Henry James’s admiration for “this masterly little novel” has been echoed throughout the twentieth century by readers of Pierre et Jean. It marked a turning point in the development of French fiction, situated as it is between traditional...
Ce roman de Guy de Maupassant a été publié en feuilleton dans la nouvelle Revue du 1er décembre 1887 au 1er janvier 1888 et en volume chez Ollendorff la même année.
Les Roland, anciens bijoutiers parisiens se sont...
A reconstruction of Melville's original text omits the "Pierre as author" subplot that was later assimilated and is accompanied by thirty full-color pictures by Maurice...
A reconstruction of Melville's original text omits the "Pierre as author" subplot that was later assimilated and is accompanied by thirty full-color pictures by Maurice...
"The story of Mireille, Astrid, and Hakima made me cheer, cry, and cartwheel across the floor... One of the loveliest reading experiences I've had in years." - Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places and Holding up the Universe
A wickedly...
A Blandings novel
Can the Empress of Blandings win the Fat Pigs class at the Shropshire Show for the third year running? Galahad Threepwood, Beach the butler and others have put their shirt on this, and for Lord Emsworth it will be paradise on...