Books

Octavia E. Butler Paperback 320 pages -In 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave. When Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he's drowning. She saves ...

Shel Silverstein Hardback 192 pages If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer . . . Come in . . . for where the side...

Italo Calvino Hardback 192 pages Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the a...

Ryunosuke Akutagawa Hardback 224 pages Akutagawa was one of the towering figures of modern Japanese literature, and is considered the father of the Japanese short story. This paradigmatic select...

Hardback 128 pages Recently widowed, the unscrupulous and beautiful Lady Susan Vernon is determined to scheme her way through high society in the hope of a profitable new match - all while trying ...

Sylvia Townsend Warner Hardback 208 pages Lolly Willowes, so gentle and accommodating, has depths no one suspects. When she suddenly announces that she is leaving London and moving, alone, to the...

Edgar Allan Poe Hardback 128 pages Arguably America's most influential short story writer, Edgar Allan Poe's tales of suspense never fail to spook and amaze. Gathered in this selection are his v...

Claire Keegan Paperback 96 pages It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, not knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she fi...

Paperback 336 pages To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Eliza...

Kurt Vonnegut Paperback 224 pages With his trademark dry wit, Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle is an inventive science fiction satire that preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon - and, ...

Chinua Achebe Paperback 176 pages 'A worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebe's African Trilogy, Things Fall Apart is the compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community a...

Raven Kennedy Paperback 496 pages 'I hope you burn so bright that you scorch your Golden King down to ash'After ten years, I have left the grips of one king only to fall into the hands of another...

Rose Tremain Paperback 288 pages From Sunday Times bestselling novelist Rose Tremain comes a gripping novel of murder and revenge set in Victorian England Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer...

Rebecca Rukeyser Paperback 288 pages Tourists arrive all summer, by boat or seaplane, at Stu and Maureen Jenkins's Lavender Island Wilderness Lodge in the Kodiak Archipelago, expecting adventure....

Mark Cloostermans Paperback 256 pagina's NEW UPDATED ED. JUNE 2022 Where's the best place to go out on a Saturday night in Barcelona? What off-beat museums can be discovered after Sunday brun...

Margot Vanderstraeten Paperback 349 pagina's Een meeslepend en confronterend verhaal over opgroeiende kinderen in een modern-orthodox joods milieu, gezien door de ogen van de niet-Joodse auteur....

Epicurus Paperback 80 pages 'It is impossible to live the pleasant life without also living sensibly, nobly and justly'The ancient Greek philosopher and teacher Epicurus argued that pleasure - no...

Simone Weil Paperback 128 pages 'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'The philosopher and activist Sim...

Soren Kierkegaard Paperback 160 pages Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, w...

Paperback 128 pages A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay ...

Door Paul Wauters , Koen Brandt , Mark Borgions (Illustrator) Hardback 44 pagina's Leerling-ridder Kay, zoon van Sir Ector, bereidt zich voor op zijn praktisch ridderexamen. Hij wordt daarbij ge...

Dan Toombs Hardback 175 pagina's Dan Toombs, a.k.a. The Curry Guy, steekt het vuur aan en deelt Indiase gerechten die op de barbecue, grill of in een pan boven open vuur bereid kunnen worden. ...

James Baldwin Paperback When Another Country appeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character...

Albert Camus Hardback lbert Camus' existentialist masterpiece, now in a wonderful new Clothbound Classics editionIn The Outsider, his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation ...