Many Marriages (Anderson Sherwood)(Paperback)

Many Marriages (Anderson Sherwood)(Paperback)

A time will come when love like a sheet of fire will run through the towns and cities. It will tear walls away. It will destroy ugly houses. It will tear ugly clothes off the bodies of men and women. They will build anew and build beautifully, declares John Webster, a quiet middle-aged businessman

Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson Sherwood)(Paperback)

Winesburg, Ohio (1919) is Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece, a cycle of short stories concerning life in a small town at the end of the nineteenth century. At the center is George Willard, a young reporter who becomes the confidant of the town's solitary figures. Anderson's stories influenced

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

Man and a Mouse (Anderson Caitlin)(Paperback / softback)

Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson Sherwood)(Paperback)

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Before Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and Richard Ford, there was Sherwood Anderson, who, with Winesburg, Ohio, charted a new direction in American fiction--evoking with lyrical simplicity quiet moments of epiphany in the lives

Death in the Woods and Other Stories (Anderson Sherwood)(Paperback)

Still fresh and strikingly contemporary, the stark realism of these stories carefully explores the dreams and emotions of Sherwood Anderson's unforgettable characters. In Death in the Woods, we travel deep into the heart of America as Anderson saw it, to find an introspective man, in a desolate

Stories of Motherhood (Various)(Pevná vazba)

Byatt, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Bowen, Sherwood Anderson, Edith Wharton, Anita Desai, Colm Toibin, Lorrie Moore and many others reflect upon all aspects of motherhood in stories lyrical and satirical, realistic and fantastic, hilarious and

My Life as a Man (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

A fiction-within-a-fiction, My Life as a Man centres on the fraught marriage of Peter, a gifted young writer and Maureen Tarnopol, the woman who wants to be his muse but who instead becomes his

Antidote to Venom (Crofts Freeman Wills)(Paperback / softback)

George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As debts and pressure increase will Surridge commit the most devious

Languages: A Very Short Introduction (Anderson Stephen)(Paperback)

How many languages are there? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? In this Very Short Introduction, eminent linguist Stephen Anderson addresses such questions as he illuminates the science behind languages. Considering a wide range of different languages

Hanged Man (Edwards K. D.)(Paperback)

The last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck. Rune

Pathfinder Sherwood Forest & the East Midlands(Paperback / softback)

Lady Chatterley's Lover (Lawrence D. H.)(Paperback / softback)

Lady Constance Chatterley is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who is impotent. Oppressed by her dreary life, she is drawn to Mellors the gamekeeper. Breaking out against the constraints of society she yields to her instinctive desire for him and discovers the transforming power of physical

Aeschylus: Suppliants (Sommerstein Alan H.)(Paperback)

Many of the themes of Aeschylus' Suppliants - the treatment of refugees, forced marriage, ethnic and cultural clashes, decisions on war and peace, political deception - resonate strongly in the world of today. The play was, however, for many years neglected in comparison to Aeschylus' other works,

The Honeyfield Bequest (Jacobs Anna)(Paperback)

1901, Wiltshire. Young Kathleen Keller is being forced into marriage with a man she despises by her cruel father. In an act of desperation, she runs away in a bid for a safer life, although one she might not have otherwise have chosen. But when tragedy strikes, Kathleen is left vulnerable and one

The Best Man (Peck Richard)(Paperback)

Newbery Medalist Richard Peck tells a story of small-town life, gay marriage, and everyday heroes in this novel for fans of Gary Schmidt and Jack Gantos. Archer Magill has spent a lively five years of grade school with one eye out in search of grown-up role models. Three of the best are his

The Ghosts of Sherwood (Vaughn Carrie)(Paperback)

Carrie Vaughn's The Ghosts of Sherwood revisits the Robin Hood legend with a story of the famed archer's children. Everything about Father is stories. Robin of Locksley and his one true love, Marian, are married. It has been close on two decades since they beat the Sheriff of Nottingham with the

Reforming Marriage (Wilson Douglas)(Paperback)

Reforming Marriage does what few books on marriage do today: it provides biblical advice. Douglas Wilson points to the need for obedient hearts on the part of both husbands and wives. Godly marriages proceed from obedient hearts, and the greatest desire of an obedient heart is the glory of God

Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing (Szymiczkowa Maryla)(Paperback)

'An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime.' --Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel laureate and author of Man Booker International Prize winner Flights A charming, witty, and deliciously spooky mystery, inspired by the work of Agatha Christie, following a bored socialite who becomes Cracow's most cunning

Che Guevara (Anderson Jon Lee)(Pevná vazba)

In Che: A Revolutionary Life, Jon Lee Anderson and Jose Hernandez reveal the man behind the myth, creating a complex portrait of this passionate idealist. Combining Anderson's unprecedented access and research with Hernandez's emotionally gripping artwork, Che resurrects the man for a new

The Ankh - An Egyptian Adventure (Anderson Albert W.)(Paperback)

An ancient Egyptian curse takes two friends on a journey through many Egyptian dynasties.The two friends are led by a royal scribe called Imhotep, a creature that has many powers beyond that of ordinary man. This is adventure at its very

Seven Climbs - Finding the finest climb on each continent (Sherwood Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Experienced climber Charles Sherwood is on a quest to find the best climb on each continent. The traditional Seven Summits were chosen by height alone, but Seven Climbs considers mountaineering challenge, natural beauty and historical context, capturing the diverse character of each continent and

Burned Alive (Souad)(Paperback / softback)

When Souad was seventeen she fell in love. In her village, as in so many others, sex before marriage was considered a grave dishonour to one's family and was punishable by death. This was her crime. Her brother-in-law was given the task of arranging her punishment. One morning while Souad was

Made in Japan: Awe-Inspiring Japanese Graphics (Victionary)(Paperback)

For many, Made in Japan is synonymous with quality the perfect marriage of aesthetic appeal and functionality. The intentions of the designer can be found in the slightest detail, but none are overworked, preferring spare elegance to busy excess. Mixing traditional art and philosophy with