Like an elegantly chilling postscript to The Metamorphosis, this classic of postwar Japanese literature describes a bizarre physical transformation that exposes the duplicities of ...
SUMMARY:Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer PrizeIn what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer followsthe short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore,...
Amazon.com ReviewThis surprising book may appear to be about the simple things of life--forks, paper clips, zippers--but in fact it is a far-flung historical adventure on the evolu...
Pressure cookers will boost flavor and cut cooking time a whopping 70 percent-but only if you know how to use them. In this cookbook, author Pamela Rice Hahn teaches you about the ...
Product DescriptionTranslated with an Introduction by Andrew George. About the AuthorAndrew George is Reader in Assyriology at SOAS (the School of Oriential and Africa...
SUMMARY:The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining ward. Rescued by Be...
Amazon.com ReviewThe Enchantress of Florence is about the power of story--whether it is the imagined life of a Mughal queen, or the devastating secret held by a silver-tongued Flo....