A postwar tragicomedy of manners, an Edwardian romance, and a historical drama are collected in this volume of works by the award-winning novelist. Ribbon marker.
The only one-volume hardcover edition of the two uncommonly powerful novels written by the youngest of the famous Bront sisters. Anne Bront wrote these two fantastically successful novels just...
Comment Aurel Timescu peut-il être Consul de France? Avec sa dégaine des années trente et son accent roumain, il n'a pourtant rien à faire au Quai d'Orsay. D'ailleurs, lui qui déteste...
The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz has long been considered to be among the best of musical autobiographies. Like his massive compositions, Berlioz (1803-69) was colorful, eloquent, larger than life....
Leo Tolstoy's earliest published work, the trilogy Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth, was written when he was in his twenties, offering a tantalizing first glimpse of the literary talents that...
Capture meals, memories, and more in this list-making journal The third book in Noterie's 99 Things guided journal series, 99 Things I Love to Eat is a food-lover's adventure catalog....
Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel is in many ways his most intriguing. A highly atmospheric tale of murder, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" foreshadows both the detective stories...
Anton Chekhov's short novels are here brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation żeby the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky....
"Elle a toujours pensé que, si l'humanité est à ce point agressive et belliqueuse, ce n'est pas tant par haine des autres que par peur de sa propre fragilité. Si chaque personne au...
The unfettered exuberance of 'Gargantua and Pantagruel, ' the storms of phenomenal life it offers for our inspection, the honor it gives to the deformed, the cloacal, and the profane...
"S'il y a quelque personne, quelque bonne compagnie, aux champs, en la ville, en France, ou ailleurs, resséante ou voyagère, à qui mes humeurs soient bonnes, de qui les humeurs me soient...
Un groupe d'élite, formé dès l'enfance à faire face, part des confins d'une terre féroce, saignée de rafales, pour aller chercher l'origine du vent. Ils sont vingt-trois, un bloc,...
"Je me souviens qu'elle fut la première personne vivante, intacte, que j'aie vue apparaître, la première qui m'ait fait sentir à quel point ceux qui approchaient de moi, désormais,...
The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Donne contains Songs and Sonnets, Letters to...
Equal parts design inspiration and travelogue, this book highlights the rapidly growing adaptive reuse movement Cool Is Everywhere is a photographic survey of the adaptive reuse design movement in...
The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-98), is now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in his memoirs. But Casanova was not just an...
Joseph Kessel voit plus de choses en une page que d'autres en un volume. En publiant Hong-Kong et Macao en 1957, il nous offre l'histoire d'un mythe. Celui du plus grand centre de...
Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time. The Nobel Prize--winning writer's masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim...
Throughout history, poets have felt the ancient pull of the sea, exploring the full range of mankind's nautical fears, dreams, and longings. The colorful legends of the sea-pirates and...
- Toi, tu as une maison, Cochonnet, et moi, j'ai une maison, et Hibou et Kangou et Lapin ont chacun leur maison, mais le pauvre Hi-han n'a rien. Aussi, voici à quoi j'étais en train de...
Bloom Wild is for rebellious maximalists seeking savvy advice for decorating their homes with bold floral fabrics Designer Bari J. Ackerman's signature Style--modern florals bursting with...