Pnin is a professor of Russian at an American college who takes the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he cannot master. Pnin is a tireless lover who writes to his treacherous Liza: "A gen
The questions, author biography, and reading list that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses . We hope that they will provide yo
In mid-1990s Bombay, India, Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, lives in a crumbling apartment with his two middle-aged stepchildren--the mild-mannered Jal and his bitter, domi
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner AwardAmerican Booksellers Association Book of the Year AwardSan Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make en
Return to the magical world of Platform 13 in Sibéal Pounder’s new novel inspired by Eva Ibbotson’s classic, The Secret of Platform 13!“That’s the thing about magic—it’s only real if you believe in it
An African-American family is united in love and pride as they struggle to overcome poverty and harsh living conditions, in a new television adaptation of the award-winning 1959 play about an embattle
In Pale Fire Nabokov offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures: a 999-line poem by the reclusive genius John Shade; an adoring foreword and commentary by Shade's self-styled Boswell, Dr. Charles Kinb
In order to be strong, Stone needs kindness most of all.A little girl named Stone lives with her father during prehistoric times where mastodons and ferocious beasts abound. She longs to be as strong
In a beleaguered city where rats and roving gangs terrorize the streets, where government has broken down and meaningless violence holds sway, a woman -- middle-aged and middle-class -- is brought a t
Set in the bleak Fen Country of East Anglia, and spanning some 240 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, Waterland is a book that takes in eels and incest, ale-making and madne
In The Immoralist, Andre Gide presents the confessional account of a man seeking the truth of his own nature. The story's protagonist, Michel, knows nothing about love when he marries the gentle Marce
As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers
Llama Llama holidays. Jingle music. Lights ablaze. How long till that special date? Llama Llama has to wait. If there's one thing Llama Llama doesn't like, it's waiting. He and Mama Llama rush around,
Work harder than anyone.Be the most talented.Sacrifice everything.And if you’re lucky, maybe you will go to the Olympics. Grace lives and breathes gymnastics—but no matter how hard she pushes her
A companion book to I Like Me! follows a cheerful pig and his merry companions as they learn to feel good about themselves, and they introduce the alphabet with the help of some colorful illustrations
Text and detailed paintings record Frenchman Louis Bleriot's humorous and dangerous experiments with flying machines and his daring flight across the English Channel
