The Fortunate Ones (Tarkington Ed)(Paperback)

The Fortunate Ones (Tarkington Ed)(Paperback)

'The Fortunate Ones feels like a fresh and remarkably sure-footed take on The Great Gatsby, examining the complex costs of attempting to transcend or exchange your given class for a more gilded one. Tarkington's understanding of the human heart and mind is deep, wise, and uncommonly empathetic. As

Old Fortunatus: By Thomas Dekker (Dutton Richard)(Paperback)

With its fantasy of magical travel and inexhaustible riches, Thomas Dekker's Old Fortunatus is the quintessential early modern journeying play. The adventures of Fortunatus and his sons, aided by a magical purse and wishing-hat, offers the period's most overt celebration of the pleasures of travel,

The Corsican Caper (Mayle Peter)(Paperback)

When billionaire Francis Reboul finds himself on the wrong side of a Russian tycoon, he's fortunate to have vacationing friends Sam Levitt and Elena Morales on hand to help him out. Now it's up to Sam--who's saved Reboul's neck before--to negotiate with an underworld of mercenaries, hit men, and

Java Concurrency in Practice (Goetz Brian)(Paperback)

'I was fortunate indeed to have worked with a fantastic team on the design and implementation of the concurrency features added to the Java platform in Java 5.0 and Java 6. Now this same team provides the best explanation yet of these new features, and of concurrency in general. Concurrency is no

Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music (Fogerty John)(Paperback)

The long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival. Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and beloved bands in the history of rock, and John Fogerty wrote, sang, and produced their instantly

Fortunate Pilgrim (Puzo Mario)(Paperback / softback)

From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, Lucia Santa - wife, widow and mother of two families - steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. She cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor

The Strange Ones (Jusay Jeremy)(Paperback)

Horseman, Pass By! (Don Michel)(Paperback)

These reflective essays about D on's life and experiences in the west of Ireland describe the colourful and varied personalities that the French novelist has come across since he and his family moved there in the mid 1970s. From his friendship with John McGahern and Ulick O'Connor to Tim, the

Fortunate Man - The Story of a Country Doctor (Berger John)(Paperback / softback)

Berger's exploration of what it means to heal, now inducted into the Canons series nearly fifty years after its first

Racing Classic Motorcycles: First You Have to Finish (Reynolds Andy)(Paperback)

Racing Classic Motorcycles is the story of a classic motorcycle racer who was fortunate enough to be able to ride many of the best machines from the period, at the highest level, and on many of the most famous road racing courses in the world. There are tales of success, friendships, and the loss

Primary-Secondary Pumping Made Easy! (Holohan Dan)(Paperback)

I was fortunate to have had the late, great Gil Carlson as one of my teachers. He invented primary-secondary pumping in the early '50s and went on to do many other things. Over the years, I've watched a lot of trial and error with primary-secondary heating systems. That's a shame because guesswork

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen Ones (Magruder Nilah)(Paperback)

INTO EVERY GENERATION A SLAYER IS BORN Before Buffy, the world has been protected by Chosen Ones with the strength and spirit to fight evil in every form it takes. For the first time ever, discover the untold origin stories of some of the most important Slayers in history from all around the

Thaumiel; The Dark Divided Ones (Qayin S. Ben)(Paperback)

'These fallen angels, these 'Divided Ones' will gladly work with the black magician to help pull them away from the Godhead and the singularity of true death that is to be experienced by accepting the self-annihilating path of cosmic unity and absorption. Rather, the Thaumiel seek to scour the

A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos (Lewis Geraint F.)(Paperback)

A discussion, defence and critique of the various arguments around what fine-tuning might mean for the search for the ultimate laws of nature. The authors' engaging and witty style addresses conflicting notions from science and religion to discuss the origins of the Universe, and our place in

Sure Of You - Tales of the City 6 (Maupin Armistead)(Paperback / softback)

____________________ Now a Netflix series starring Elliot Page and Laura Linney . . .'San Francisco is fortunate in having a chronicler as witty and likeable as Armistead Maupin' Independent__________________ In this, the sixth and final self-contained volume of Armistead Maupin's epic chronicle of

Chosen Ones (Roth Veronica)(Paperback / softback)

They were the Chosen Ones. Saving the world made them heroes. Saving it again might destroy them. The mesmerising adult debut from Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent. When Sloane Andrews and her friends defeated the Dark One, and saved the world, it nearly cost them

Eddie Waring - the Great Ones and Other Writings (Waring Tony)(Paperback / softback)

The Alchemist (Coelho Paulo)(Paperback)

'To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.'--from The AlchemistThe Alchemist tells the story of Santiago, the young Andalusian shepherd who dreams of buried treasure in Egypt and embarks upon a challenging journey to find it. With all the simplicity and symbolic richness of a fable,

Thy Hidden Ones (Penn-Lewis Jessie)(Paperback)

Informative, honest, and motivational, Thy Hidden Ones is one of the few books available which is based on the Song of Songs (otherwise known as the Song of Solomon or Canticles). (Indeed, Penn-Lewis admits that the Song of Songs 'is the very last portion of the sacred Scriptures that I would

No One's Home (Pulley D. M.)(Paperback)

For fans of The Haunting of Hill House comes a dark tale of a mansion haunted by a legacy of tragedy and a family trapped by lies.Margot and Myron Spielman move to a new town, looking for a fresh start and an escape from the long shadow of their past. But soon after they buy Rawlingswood, a

The New Order (Weitz Chris)(Paperback)

They thought they were the only ones left. They were wrong.After the unexpected revelation at the end of the first book, Donna and Jefferson are separated. Jefferson returns to NYC and tries to bring a cure to the Sickness back to the Washington Square tribe, while Donna finds herself in England,

No One's Witness: A Monstrous Poetics (Zolf Rachel)(Paperback)

In No One's Witness Rachel Zolf activates the last three lines of a poem by Jewish Nazi holocaust survivor Paul Celan--'No one / bears witness for the / witness'--to theorize the poetics and im/possibility of witnessing. Drawing on black studies, continental philosophy, queer theory, experimental

Gotham City Monsters (Orlando Steve)(Paperback)

Sometimes the monsters aren't the ones you should be scared of...sometimes the monsters are the heroes. After S.H.A.D.E. is dismantled--Frankensteinis a free agent and sets his sights on his former mentor, Melmoth, the evil that got away. Frankenstein recruits Killer Croc, Lady Clayface, Orca, and

A Van of One's Own: A Winter Sojourn (Wells Biddy)(Paperback)

A Van of One's Own is a journey through the breath-taking scenery of France, Spain, and finally Portugal, populated by colourful characters and the roar of the ocean, the taste of fresh fish and the grind of the asphalt; but more importantly, it is a journey through past memories and present