Now back in print -- Maritta Wolff's 1941 masterpiece about small-town Midwestern life in post-Depression America Whistle Stop, published to rave reviews and astonishing commercial success, is the story of the Veech family, an oversize, poverty-stricken tribe trying to make good in a cruel world. Through ... more »

Emmett has a wife and two children, a cat, and a duck, and he wants to know what life is about. Every day he gets up before dawn, makes a cup of coffee in the dark, lights a fire with one wooden match, and thinks. What Emmett thinks about is the subject of this wise and closely observed novel, which ... more »

What do you do when your oldest friend, Steve McQueen, pulls out his Smith & Wesson and blows your defenseless dining-room chair to smithereens? Or when your hottest client, sex goddess Romy Schneider, demands you leave your wife for her? Those are just a couple of the dilemmas faced by AJ Jastrow ... more »

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Zadie Smith's dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and deciding on everyone from Charles Dickens to Salman Rushdie to John Irving and Martin Amis. But the truth is that Zadie Smith's voice is remarkably, fluently, and altogether wonderfully her own. At the center of this invigorating ... more »

When carefree rake Ewan McLean inherits an earldom, his plans for his new fortune are entirely in keeping with his lifestyle: to expand his collection of erotic art and expensive mistresses. That is, until he becomes acquainted with his most intriguing new responsibility. . . Bride Cameron is beautiful ... more »

Als Florian Illies vor drei Jahren Generation Golf vorlegte, glaubte er, es werde künftig keine weitere Generalinspektion seiner Jahrgänge anstehen, denn »Veränderungen wird die Zukunft kaum bringen«. Doch weit gefehlt! Denn plötzlich ist sie da, die Krise: die kranke Weltwirtschaft, der 11. September ... more »

Sie sind jung, sie sind stark - und sie sind gelangweilt: Normale, berufstätige Männer und Familienväter auf der Suche nach einem Mittel gegen die Leere in ihrem Leben. Sie treffen sich auf Parkplätzen und in Kellern von Bars, um mit nackten Fäusten gegeneinander zu kämpfen. Der Anführer dieser »Fight ... more »

Wat doe je als je naaste collega beschuldigd wordt van seksuele intimidatie op de werkvloer? En je tegelijkertijd te horen krijgt dat je mogelijk een Indonesisch halfzusje hebt? Precies, dan begin je aan een dubbele zoektocht naar de waarheid. Maar wil je die wel weten? Henk Vermeulen, de hoofdpersoon ... more »

Anne Davis has returned to the house where she grew up, trading her glamorous Manhattan lifestyle for a harsh winter on a wind-whipped New England island. Her marriage has crumbled in the wake of a tragic accident. Now she has returned to the home on Salt Whistle Raod that has always meant shelter, security ... more »

What are you supposed to do with a restored spirit? Eventually, I got some answers. I just didn't expect to get so many. When Juanita Lewis arrived in Paper Moon, Montana, courtesy of a Greyhound bus, she was just looking for a brief respite. Instead, she found a home, friends, and a man to love. But ... more »

She's got thirty days and thirty thousand miles to find a husband. According to the women in Montana Moore's family, you're not a lady until you marry and not a woman until you have birthed at least two children. At age thirty-five, Montana is neither and her prospects are meager. Her mother is working ... more »