According to The Waiter, eighty percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining twenty percent, however, are socially maladjusted psychopaths. Waiter Rant offers the server`s unique point of view, replete with... Zobraziť viac
A People Book of the Week a Kirkus Best Nonfiction of the YearAn exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mothers unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to... Zobraziť viac
A damn good read.Alan FurstA brilliant debut novel, at once teasing literary thriller and a darkly comic blend of history and invention, The Torqued Man is set in wartime Berlin and propelled by two very different but equally mesmerizing voices: a... Zobraziť viac
For readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nothing to See Here, a first novel as suspenseful and funny as it is moving, the unforgettable story of a fiercely resilient young man living with a physical disability... Zobraziť viac
Others Were Emeraldskept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. With lyrical and moving prose, Lang tells a stunning tale of love, loss, and the true power of friendship. A deep, beautiful novel." Etaf Rum,New York Timesbestselling author ofA... Zobraziť viac
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"[A] scorching treatise on toxic masculinity. Josephs critiques of the patriarchy... both overt and ingrained are razor-sharp, but its the clear-eyed reckoning of his own place within it that tethers the soul of his book."... Zobraziť viac
Tubati Alexander is a writer to watch! Emily GiffinOne of Good Morning America's 15 books to read heading into spring and a SheReads and Zibby Mag Most Anticipated Book of the YearThe author of Love Buzz follows her acclaimed first novel with a... Zobraziť viac
Reading Scratched gave me the feeling of standing very close to a blazing fire. It is that brilliant, that intense, and one of the finest explorations I know of what it means to be a woman and an artist.Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend and Winner of... Zobraziť viac
Imagine if Patricia Highsmith had written The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and instead of heroic daydreams she gave her protagonist murderous onesthat would be Bookworm. Robin Yeatmans story is subversive, surprising, and satisfying in a way that only... Zobraziť viac
Poignant and hilarious . . . . Irresistible.Washington PostOne of the most beloved novels from the critically acclaimed novelist Laurie Colwin, Goodbye Without Leaving explores a womans attempts to reconcile her rock-and-roll past with her... Zobraziť viac
How deeply can you love when your heart is full of secrets? A sweeping, propulsive family story about a woman learning to love, from the bustle of New York's fashion scene to a remote, windswept Swedish island, by the acclaimed author of The Red... Zobraziť viac
In this enchanting first novel, an irrepressibly optimistic oddball orphan is thrust into the wilds of postwar New York City after an extraordinary childhood in a theaterCandide by way of John Irving, with a hint of Charles Dickens.Abandoned as an... Zobraziť viac
One of [Le Guin's] most radical novels. . . .A study in what a complete and utter rejection of capitalism and patriarchy might look likefor society and for the art of storytelling."The MillionsReissued for a new generation of readers, Always Coming... Zobraziť viac
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist |O MagazineBest Book of the YearA compelling take on the eternal question of how good people morph into criminals. Terrific.People, Book of the WeekFrom the author ofThe Destroyerscomes an "intricately plotted and... Zobraziť viac
A sweeping saga in the vein of Ask Again, Yes following a foster family through almost a decade of dazzling triumph and wrenching heartbreakfrom the author of The Orphans at Race Point.Set in the late 1950s through 1960s in a small town in... Zobraziť viac
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions comes a stunning collection about those moments when everything changesfor the better, for the worse, for the outrageousas a diverse cast of characters bounces from... Zobraziť viac
Maeve Binchy fans will adore itshe just gets better and better.Patricia ScanlanOn Irelands Finfarran Peninsula, summer means glorious weather and a life-changing choice for locallibrarian Hanna Casey in this delightful installment in the USA Today... Zobraziť viac
Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations... Zobraziť viac
With each new book by Tessa Hadley, I grow more convinced that shes one of the greatest stylists alive.Ron Charles, Washington PostNew York Times Book Review Editors' Choice |A Parnassus First Editions Club Pick | Powells Indispensable Book Club Pick |... Zobraziť viac
To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans—some famous, some little known—across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable... Zobraziť viac
