The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. L. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. A late-summer night finds him alone and shivering beside a railroad track in the Adirondack mountains when a private railcar passes.
Actor/model Victor Ward, a Manhattan "It" boy in the 1990s, is set to open his own nightclub when he is recruited by a mysterious group of model-terrorists to join them in their gruesome work
Action man Victor Ward, owner of a New York nightclub, is hired by a man to fly to London and find his missing daughter. The assignment leads Ward to an international terrorist ring, run by a fashion model.
A clairvoyant when it comes to the Starbucks orders of strangers, a quixotic renegade when it comes to the federal bureaucracy, and a devoted believer in the afternoon cocktail and the evening binge, Zeke Pappas has an irreverent voice that is a marvel of lacerating wit and hear…
A debut that took Great Britain by storm, "My Legendary Girlfriend" introduced the world to the lovable lovestruck Will Kelly. It's been three years since his heartthrob, Agnes, dumped him. Will anyone ever measure up to his legendary girlfriend?
Winter is Not Forever (c1988): As graduation nears, Josh Jones worries that he is the only member of his class not to know what he wants to do with his life. Spring's Gentle Promise (c1989): Grandpa and Uncle Charlie turn over the farm to young Josh, who is ready to begin a fam…
An illegal immigrant escaping the troubles in Belfast, young Michael Forsythe is strong and clever and fearless - just the man to be tapped by crime boss Darkey White to lead a gang of Irish thugs against the rising Dominican powers in Harlem and the Bronx. The time is pre-Giuli…
Finnikin was only a child during the five days of the unspeakable, when the royal family of Lumatere were brutally murdered, and an imposter seized the throne. Now a curse binds all who remain inside Lumatere's walls, and those who escaped roam the surrounding lands as exiles, p…
A hilarious and heartbreaking story of one man's coming-of-age in 1950s Manchester.
In 1950s Manchester, England, Oliver Walzer, a shy Jewish boy, comes of age in a household dominated by women. He finds that he has a natural talent for ping-pong, but things do not go as smoothly for him when it comes to women and sex.
In 1950s Manchester, England, Oliver Walzer, a shy Jewish boy, comes of age in a household dominated by women. He finds that he has a natural talent for ping-pong, but things do not go as smoothly for him when it comes to women and sex.
"The gripping story of a Victorian young man whose placid life in the English countryside is turned inside-out by an older woman. The young man is Philip Ashley, the novel's narrator. Orphaned at an early age, he's been raised by his bachelor uncle Ambrose, who falls in love and…
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from China Mi?ville?s Embassytown. What William Gibson did for science fiction, China Mi?ville has done for fantasy, shattering old paradigms with fiercely imaginative works of startling, often shocking, intensity. Now from this brilliant …
What William Gibson did for science fiction, China Miéville has done for fantasy, shattering old paradigms with fiercely imaginative works of startling, often shocking, intensity. Now from this brilliant young writer comes a groundbreaking collection of stories, many of them pre…