'It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go' Kerouac on THE TOWN AND THE CITY Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics.
Evelyn Waugh's masterful depiction of World War II, with an introduction by Martin StannardWaugh's own unhappy experience of being a soldier is superbly re-enacted in this story of Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman, commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45.
THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING NOVELADAPTED INTO A FEATURE FILM WITH ELIJAH WOODFrom the bestselling author of Here I Am, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and We are the Weather - a hilarious, life-affirming and utterly original novel about the search for truth'Gripping, hilariously funny and deeply serious.
Drawn from journals, this book is an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single momentous year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage.
'I think it A Work of genius, I think it The Work of a Genius' John CheeverFor many years, the great poet Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine, a young man inflamed with a love for literature, were the best of friends.
New York Timesbestselling author Shelley Noble wows with a gripping historical novel about the real-life Tiffany Girls, a fascinating and largely unknown group of women artists behind Tiffanys most legendary glassworks.
Die Geschichte wird in der ersten Person als autobiografische Memoiren des titelgebenden Pferdes namens Black Beauty erzählt - angefangen von seinen unbeschwerten Tagen als Fohlen auf einem englischen Bauernhof mit seiner Mutter über sein schwieriges Leben als Taxifahrer in London bis hin zu seinem glücklichen Ruhestand auf dem Land.
For everyone who has fallen through the wardrobe door, experienced the magic of Narnia, and longs to know more, New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan delivers a heartfelt story that is simultaneously a fascinating look into the bond between siblings, a peek behind the curtain of Lewis's personal life, and an homage to the life-changing magic of stories.
From the author ofCaroline,a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcotts belovedLittle Women,from the perspective of Margaret Marmee March, about the larger real-world challenges behind the cozy domestic concerns cherished by generations of readers.
A stunning and unexpected portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery, creator of one of literatures most prized heroines, whose personal demons were at odds with her most enduring legacythe irrepressible Anne of Green Gables.
