A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South (Barnes Cinelle)(Paperback)

A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South (Barnes Cinelle)(Paperback)

This fierce collection celebrates the incredible diversity in the contemporary South by featuring essays by twenty-one of the finest young writers of color living and working in the region today, who all address a central question: Who is welcome? Kiese Laymon navigates the racial politics of

Penguin Book of American Short Stories (Cochrane James)(Paperback / softback)

Includes twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over the last two hundred years that provide a multi-faceted portrait of a country, a people and the literature produced by this most exuberant of

Plague of Doves (Erdrich Louise)(Paperback / softback)

A beautiful, compelling, utterly original new novel from one of the most important American writers of our time, and winner of the National Book Award for Fiction,

World According To Garp (Irving John)(Paperback / softback)

A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author 'BRILLIANT' Cosmpolitan; 'ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY' L A

American Pastoral: American Trilogy (1) (Roth Philip)(Paperback)

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century--a compulsively readable elegy for America's promises of prosperity, civic order, and domestic bliss, and one of Roth's most powerful novels ever (The New York Times). Here is Philip Roth's

The Hell Bent Kid (Locke Charles O.)(Paperback)

Hailed by the Western Writers of America as one of the top twenty-five Westerns ever written: The harrowing story of an innocent young man pursued across west Texas by a relentless posse A crack shot more skilled with a rifle than are men twice his age, eighteen-year-old Tot Lohman has no

Brazil: The Troubled Rise of a Global Power (Reid Michael)(Paperback)

A knowledgeable appreciation of a complex, vital South American giant, destined to be one of the world's premier economic powers Experts believe that Brazil, the world's fifth largest country and its seventh largest economy, will be one of the most important global powers by the year 2030. Yet far

Made to Measure: New Materials for the 21st Century (Ball Philip)(Paperback)

Made to Measure introduces a general audience to one of today's most exciting areas of scientific research: materials science. Philip Ball describes how scientists are currently inventing thousands of new materials, ranging from synthetic skin, blood, and bone to substances that repair themselves

Go Tell It on the Mountain (Baldwin James)(Paperback)

One of the most brilliant and provocative American writers of the twentieth century chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention in this 'truly extraordinary' novel (Chicago Sun-Times).Baldwin's classic novel opened new possibilities in the American

Valis, 1 (Dick Philip K.)(Paperback)

'Dick is one of the ten best American writers of the twentieth century, which is saying a lot. Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage.'--Roberto Bolano What is VALIS? This question is at the heart of Philip K. Dick's ground-breaking novel, and the first book in his defining trilogy. When

Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson Sherwood)(Paperback / softback)

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SARA WHEELER'He was the father of my generation of American writers and the tradition of American writing' William FaulknerThis timeless cycle of short stories lays bare the life of a small town in the American

New Worlds, Year One: A Writer's Guide to the Art of Worldbuilding (Brennan Marie)(Paperback)

City State: New London Poetry (Phillipson Heather)(Paperback)

City State showcases the work of twenty-seven London writers between the ages of 16 and 36. From hyperlinked walks of Battersea bombsites and guerilla gardening projects to jagged urban lyrics and dark hymns to the East End, City State presents a confident, entertaining and truly diverse snapshot

House of Mist (Bombal Maria Luisa)(Paperback)

House of Mist stands as one of the first South American novels written in the style that was later called magical realism. Of this story of a young bride struggling with her marriage to an aloof landowner--and the mysteries surrounding their life together--in a house deep in the lush Chilean woods,

Brothers and Keepers (Wideman John Edgar)(Paperback / softback)

The seminal memoir from John Edgar Wideman, one of the standout black American writers of the modern age and winner of the 2017 Prix Femina

The Awakening: And Other Stories (Chopin Kate)(Paperback)

Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century American writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna

The Carter of La Providence (Simenon Georges)(Paperback)

'The matchless French crime novelist' -- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.' --The Guardian A tragic tale

Claiming Belonging (Cury Emily)(Paperback)

Claiming Belonging dives deep into the lives of Muslim American advocacy groups in the post-9/11 era, asking how they form and function within their broader community in a world marked by Islamophobia. Bias incidents against Muslim Americans reached unprecedented levels a few short years ago, and

Inspector Cadaver (Simenon Georges)(Paperback)

'The matchless French crime novelist' -- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.' --The GuardianA battle of

Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle (Hanson Thor)(Paperback)

As seen on PBS's American Spring Live, one of America's great nature-writers explores the magic and science of feathersFeathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never been fully told.In Feathers,

New Suns - Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color (Roanhorse Rebecca)(Paperback / softback)

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange. Between this book's covers burn tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their

The Flemish House (Simenon Georges)(Paperback)

'The matchless French crime novelist' -- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.' --The Guardian A chilling

The Blue Room (Simenon Georges)(Paperback)

'The matchless French crime novelist' -- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.' --The Guardian Master

The Rules (Barnes Kerry)(Paperback)

The second instalment of Kerry Barnes' explosive new series 'Page turner' New ********Do you live by the rules, or die by them?Holed up in prison, Mike Regan is offered a deal - his freedom in exchange for his firm taking down the gang that is supplying a new dangerous drug that has hit the