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PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler: the essential stories across three decades that showcase his indomitable imagination. • "A book of astonishin……続きを見る

The story of a friendship between two children, one whose parents employ the other's parents, who are of different religious faiths, different cultures, and different races,set in a time during Amer……続きを見る

Sometimes the people closest to you are complete strangers. Diane ‘Dee’ Young thought she knew all there was to know about her fiancé Stewart Donaldson. When Stu dies suddenly, and in mysterious cir……続きを見る

Ex-Navy SEAL Brandon Kennedy thought opening up a high-tech-extreme training center in Los Angeles would be a new beginning. He and his buddies pooled their finances and built a workout facility whi……続きを見る

Dr. Jason Phillips had always resented living in the isolated town of Carlisle, England with its cold rainy long winters and small town mentality. Working as an orthopedic surgeon in Carlisle Genera……続きを見る

Seventeen year old Ryan Davis had a dream. Hitchhiking from Alliance, Nebraska to Los Angeles, California, Ryan dreamed of being a star. His high school drama teacher had told Ryan he had what it to……続きを見る

When twenty-two year old Jeremy West decided to take a few art classes in addition to his computer engineering degree, he had no idea that one of his professors would knock him off his feet. Profess……続きを見る

All Wade Reed wanted to do was make it to his brother, Cole’s parole hearing at Corcoran State Prison. But the forty year old environmental planner from LA, never made it. With a bad navigation syst……続きを見る

From one of our most universally admired poets: a generous selection from his five acclaimed books of poetry, and an outstanding group of new poems. From the outset, Brad Leithauser has displayed a ……続きを見る

In Praise of Folly is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511. The essay was inspired by De Triumpho Stultitiae, written by the Italian humanis……続きを見る

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler delivers an inventive collection of three novellas that are a magical companion to his acclaimed longer fictions. • "Millhauser makes our world t……続きを見る

Meet Darius Creed, a Gypsy Prince kept alive for over 1,000 years by Gypsy witches to protect mankind from vampires, werewolves, and other undead creatures.  Armed with charmed knives and silv……続きを見る

The Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus was a hugely influential author of the Renaissance. His prolific and diverse writings made him a contentious figure, often inciting controversy for his criticis……続きを見る

“Get whitey!” they chanted marching toward their Redwoods campsite in the dimming light of dusk, wielding clubs and rocks. They were Troop 1135, mostly African-American inner city Boy Scouts. Whitey……続きを見る

Thirty-one year old Ted Mack, the high-school 'geek', was on the cusp of developing the next mega social-network-for-one. His group of techno-philes worked day and night to create a unique computer ……続きを見る

FROM THE PREFACE: It’s like reaching into a teeming sea of language, scooping up a handful and seeing what’s there. Always there are surprises. We have ideas of our own about each search phrase, our……続きを見る

After the longe despayred fruitfulnes of thy wyfe, I hearsay thou art made a father, and that wyth a man chylde, whyche sheweth in it selfe a meruelous towardnes, and euen to be lyke the parentes: a……続きを見る

“Forget the laundry, forget the dishes, escape into the world of Super Mom for a few hours . . . You’ll be glad you did.”ーMeg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries and Queen of Babble Astro Park’s ……続きを見る

Dale Evan Howard felt stuck. Living with his family, sharing a room with his grandfather, Dale yearned to leave the small town on the outskirts of Spokane and make something of himself. But what? No……続きを見る

Pierrot Fernand Hauser, journaliste et poète français (1869-1941) Ce livre numérique présente «Pierrot», de Fernand Hauser, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder……続きを見る

Les Balkaniques Fernand Hauser, journaliste et poète français (1869-1941) Ce livre numérique présente «Les Balkaniques», de Fernand Hauser, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique ……続きを見る

Ein Dorf in der Provence: Rives. Marie war alsMädchen oft dort, in den Ferien bei ihrer Mutter."Der Bus hat mich am Anfang des Wegesabgesetzt. ...Oft bin ich so angekommen.Débarquée.... Es war sehr ……続きを見る

Ein junger Mann wird nachts in Genf aufgefunden, scheinbar vergiftet. Er stirbt im Krankenhaus. Nur wenige Tage danach erleidet ein Apotheker ein ähnlich tödliches Schicksal. Ein bekannter, morphium……続きを見る

Friedrich Glauser gilt als erster deutschsprachiger Autor, der den Kriminalroman hof- und salonfähig gemacht hat. Seine Kriminalerzählungen besitzen eine stilistische und sprachliche Geschmeidigkeit……続きを見る

A magnificent collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author: stories from across three decades that showcase his indomitable imagination. Steven Millhauser's fiction has consistently, and to daz……続きを見る

NOTE: This is a previously published work. The publisher has changed G. A. Hauser writing as Amanda Winters In this romantic comedy, thirty-one year old Kirsty Kennedy works as a psychologist in a s……続きを見る

Wie würde sich Ihr persönlicher Begräbnissoundtrack anhören? Soll man die Gestaltung seines eigenen Begräbnisses wirklich den Verwandten und Nachkommen überlassen? Was, wenn dann auf der Trauerfeier……続きを見る

Thomas Hauser is well known to readers as Muhammad Ali's biographer and for his recording of the contemporary boxing scene. But Hauser began his writing career in the political arena as the author o……続きを見る

**From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dresslerーa collection of stories in the tradition of Nabokov, Calvino, and Borges that explores the magnificent obsessions of the unfettered imagi……続きを見る

This wasn’t the first time Russ Jones had tried to kill himself. Depression ran in his family. For the second time, Russ was sent to a ‘behavioral center’ to get control over his self-destructive ur……続きを見る