The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim. Published on the eve of World War I, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment ... more »

PROLOGO: Amigo 1.º (Bebiendo coñac y soda, bajo los árboles de una terraza, a orillas del agua.) Camarada; durante estos calores que embotan la imaginación, descansemos del áspero estudio de las Realidades humanas.... Partamos hacia los campos del Ensueño, a vagar por esas azuladas colinas donde se levanta ... more »

Annabelle is tired of being the lone failure in a family of overachievers. She's endured dead-end jobs and a broken engagement. Even her hair's a mess! But that's going to change now that she's taken over her late grandmother's matchmaking business. All Annabelle has to do is land the Windy City's hottest ... more »

CONTENTS: Agriculture--The Corn Root Worm, Page 33; Biographical Sketch of Patrick Barry, 33; Compiled Correspondence, 33; Illinois Tile-Makers Convention Report, 34; Farmers Advice, 35; Cisterns on the farm, 35; Field and Furrow Items, 35. Live Stock--Iowa Wool-Men, Page 36; Polled Cattle-Breeders, ... more »

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James Lee Burke tells a story in a style all his own, in language that's alive, electric. He's a master at setting mood, laying in atmosphere, all with quirky dialogue that's a delight. -- Elmore Leonard In James Lee Burke's last novel featuring Billy Bob Holland, Bitterroot, the former Texas Ranger ... more »

It is December, early in the morning. Swedish Journalist Annika Bengtzon is asleep when the call comes in. Within minutes she is at the site of a nightmare. A bomb has destroyed Stockholm's Olympic arena. Annika has a hunch the blast isn't terrorism. But, if she closes in on that truth, she may well ... more »

The Investor's Guide to Active Asset Allocation offers you the background and analytical tools required to take full advantage of the opportunities found in asset allocation, sector rotation, ETFs, and the business cycle. Written by renowned technical analyst and best-selling author Martin Pring, the ... more »

When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him on the highway, he fears his precious Range Rover is about to be carjacked. But Twilly Spree, the man tailing Stoat, has vengeance, not sport-utility vehicles, on his mind. Idealistic, independently wealthy and pathologically short-tempered ... more »

A bestseller when it was published in 1970 at the height of the Mexican-American civil rights movement, Chicano unfolds the fates and fortunes of the Sandoval family, who flee the chaos and poverty of the Mexican Revolution and begin life anew in the United States. Patriarch Hector Sandoval works the ... more »

From the bestselling author of Prague comes a witty, inventive, brilliantly constructed novel about an Egyptologist obsessed with finding the tomb of an apocryphal king. This darkly comic labyrinth of a story opens on the desert plains of Egypt in 1922, then winds its way from the slums of Australia ... more »

E-book extras: No -isms: A Conversation with Gao Xingjian; Translating Gao: Mabel Lee on Gao Xingjian. One Man's Bible is the second novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Gao Xingjian to appear in English. Following on the heels of his highly praised Soul Mountain (also published by PerfectBound), this ... more »