SUMMARY: Every year, NPR asks a writer to compose an original story with a Christmas theme. In 2008, Gregory Maguire reinvented the Hans Christian Andersen classic "The Little Matc...
'Aubrey-Maturin - book 1' Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O'Brian's now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever...
SUMMARY: Martin Eden, written by legendary author Jack London is widely considered to be one of the greatest books of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new g...
A portrait of New York City, drawn by describing the interconnected lives of dozens of people - bankers, chefs, bums, cabdrivers and others. Written in an impressionistic style, wi...
From Publishers WeeklyA pleasing variety of Manhattan neighborhoods come to life in Block's solid anthology, the latest entry in Akashic's city-themed noir series (_Brooklyn Noir_,...
Product Description"Man and Superman" is George Bernard Shaw's response to the request of his fans to write a Don Juan themed play. This four-act drama often preformed without or w...
SUMMARY: Nothing good comes of the closest ties in Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales, the new collection from Fran Friel and Apex Publications. Things can go especially awry when the...
From Publishers WeeklyStrieber, author of Communion and Transformation , continues to write on the implications of UFO sightings in this novel, a blend of fact and fiction. Working...
Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguably the most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing in hyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack K...