The Holocaust memoir of a Dutch family who evaded arrest and deportation by the Nazis. Told throu...

What Bowler manages to do in this omnium gatherum of over 1,000 words that all of us have (very) ...

Learn to read the Romans! This book is an exciting new way to discover the Latin language. Whethe...

A celebration of tennis, its cultural influence, the game and its players, for any fan. Discover ...

'Cultural upheavals have brought enormous change to the world of art. This sweeping history, cove...

'Change your perspective about aging. Here is a bracing view of the surprises that lie ahead, as ...

'The Socratic method is one of the timeless inventions of the ancient world. It is a path to wisd...

An anthology and tribute to a unique independent publisher, Clark City Press. In 1987, the painte...

All love stories are ghost stories waiting to happen...

A unforgettably elegant tale of obsession and the fragile line between reason and desire.

A sweeping, luminous saga of love, loss, caste, and resilience in colonial India.

'She killed him. Later that night, she kissed me.' So begins this haunting, lyrical tale that unf...

A story of shelter, generosity and welcome--and a courageous leap into a new life.

'A dark and glittering parable of ambition and ruin.'--The Guardian

Automation was supposed to free us. Instead, what if it is turning us into robots? An investigati...

The life of Charles Bukowski-laureate of lowlife Los Angeles-a novelist and poet who wrote as he ...

How do simple words and images make a children's picture book so magical that one reading can cre...

Probably no book designer of the twentieth century has had more written about him, his work, or h...

'From an armchair in England, Rosenblum hatches a complicated plot to return the world to the yea...

The biography of one of world's most popular typefaces. 'Whether one likes Palatino or not, Mr. B...

Set in a small, coastal town in Maine, this enduring sequence of intimate stories has assumed its...

Originally published: New York: Atheneum, 1969.

Two great poets thinking through life and literature in an unequalled correspondence: Charles Ols...

'Birds, Beasts, and Flowers! is the peak of Lawrence's achievement as a poet....The lucidity of h...

In this startling and illuminating book, Leo Rubinfien's 'map' is neither precise nor defined by ...

A large-scale biography of a major figure in American enterprise, the man who built General Elect...

An illustrated biography for children of Electra Havemeyer Webb, founder of Vermont¿s Shelburne M...

From the author of Life A User's Manual comes an equally mind-bending novel: an interpretive visi...

Both poets, opening this third year of their correspondence, are discovered in unsettled life-sta...

Covering the years of 1927 to 1936, the author describes how the example of his friend, Nathanael...

This volume is a collection of commemorative essays by some of the world's greatest literary tale...

Two great poets thinking through life and literature in an unequalled correspondence: Charles Ols...

'An intimate, autobiographical poetry collection from legendary artist and activist, Joan Baez. J...

The photography of Angus McBean encompasses more than three decades of the history of British the...

An illustrated history of the dictionary and the many obsessed compilers, charlatans, and geniuse...

The Secret Garden, a real children's classic, has been cherished by generations of readers since ...

'Considered by many to be Stig Dagerman's magnum opus, Wedding Worries spans the twenty-four hour...

Twelve iconoclastic and eye-opening essays on life and culture.

Rich food for thought-a philosopher's guide to losing weight, and keeping it off, by embracing a ...

Catie Copley is a black Labrador retriever who lives an unusual life as Canine Ambassador at the ...

An enchanting story about an adventurous girl and her day at sea with Bonefish Joe, one of the be...

This Is The First Anthology of fiction ever published that deals exclusively with the intoxicatin...

America's most popular 19th century poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow devoted himself to providing...

'Originally published in French in 1978 as La Vie mode d'emploi by Editions Hachette Litterature,...

It was going to be a great summer for the Amazons until their great aunt came to stay. She's deci...

Poetry grounded in Vermont¿s Northeast Kingdom and that speaks to us clearly and directly. Kinsey...

Exquisitely powerful short stories by the masterful Andre Dubus. Originally published in two volu...

Introduction by Octavio Paz -- front cover.