In a society that deeply values productivity, speed, and external rewards, we often find ourselves with less of what we really long for: space, clarity, connection with others, and a sense of well-being.
2017 Nancy Pearl Book AwardAfter the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington's San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitutes traveling north to the Klondike in the spring of 1898.
Francois-Marie Arouet wrote under the nom de plume of Voltaire, and produced works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works.
Beautiful Joe was a dog from the town of Meaford, Ontario, whose story inspired the bestselling 1893 novel Beautiful Joe, which contributed to worldwide awareness of animal cruelty.
A girl comes of age in Paris with her expatriate family-and struggles with sibling rivalry-in a "e;delightful"e; novel that "e;captures the essence of childhood"e; (Library Journal).
This novel explores slavery's destructive effects on African-American families, the difficult lives of American mulattoes or mixed-race people, and the "e;degraded and immoral condition of the relation of master and slave in the United States of America.
Le livre explore la vie de trois amis d'enfance qui se retrouvent après la guerre dans un café, réfléchissant sur leurs chemins divergents et sur les effets persistants de leurs expériences communes.
In his novel based on the extraordinary life of the brother of Vladimir Nabokov, Paul Russell re-creates the rich and changing world in which Sergey, his family and friends lived; from wealth and position in pre-revolutionary Russia to the halls of Cambridge University and the Parisian salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B.
Twenty-three-year-old Elizabeth Sprague has recently graduated from her botany studies at Wellesley College and now wants to leave her secure life with her parents in Boston to go to the Florida Everglades to study the plants theresomething that in 1893 no woman has ever done.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 There is laughter and joy to be found in these pages, along with the kind of laughter that sets two women over 50 rolling in the snow with tears streaming down their frozen cheeks and the aurora borealis dancing above them.
Die Geschichte einer Friseurin, die die Modewelt in Paris aufmischen will – und am Ende in ihrem kleinen Laden in Berlin die Formel für Schönheit neu erfindet.
THE NEW FIRST WORLD WAR SPY THRILLER FROM THE MASTER OF THE GENRE A masterful storyteller with an intricate knowledge of his subject The Daily Telegraph Judd, a veteran spy novelist and former diplomat, knows his way around Britains world of shadows.
The new novel from the bestselling author of The Idiot follows one young woman's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood.
In his first novel, Werner Herzog tells a hypnotic tale inspired by the true story of a Japanese soldier who defended a small island for twenty-nine years after the end of WWII1944: Lubang Island, the Philippines.
Discover Michael Ondaatje's debut novel, 'a beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written' Sunday TimesBased on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New Orleans, Coming Through Slaughter is an extraordinary recreation of a remarkable musical life and a tragic conclusion.
Inspired by real life stories of the Windrush Generation and her mother's own experiences as a nurse coming to Britain from the Caribbean, Sarah Lee's debut novel An Ocean Apart is a must for fans of Call the Midwife.
James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is a powerful, trailblazing novel that exposes the intricate relationship between race and class in late nineteenth-century America.
From the bestselling author of The Librarian of Auschwitz, Antonio Iturbe, comes a captivating historical novel based on a true story - the extraordinary life and mysterious death of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of The Little Prince.
Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize'Wildly seductive' - Sarah Waters'Exquisite' - New York Times'Deeply enjoyable' - Daily TelegraphBriefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens is a story about breaking convention, and about love - secret, forbidden, unrequited.
'Literally out-Christies Agatha' - Janice Hallett, author of The AppealNina de Gramont's The Christie Affair reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world.
Two magnificent memoirs by Aleksandar Hemon, presented together in a glorious single edition: together they make a major work from one of our major writers.
In Burmese Days, George Orwell, one of the most famous writers in the English language, draws on his own experience of living and working in Burma to write an unflinching novel about the dark side of imperialism.
The New York Times Bestseller'A novel with the broad embrace of a 1990s Richard Curtis film' - The Sunday Times'Witty and affecting, Writers & Lovers explores where grit can get you, even when everything appears to be falling apart' - i newspaper 'Captivating' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe'Funny and immensely clever' - Tessa Hadley, author of Free LoveCasey is lost.
