Posts Tagged ‘fiction’
Dragon Springs Road
Tortilla Flat
Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck created a ?Camelot” on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey, California, and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur’s castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure,…
Read MoreG-Man
“From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, the latest episode in his Swagger family saga–replete with Hunter’s wicked suspense, vivid gun fights, and historical truths. 1934 was a pivotal year in the ongoing battle between the FBI and America’s most famous outlaws–it was a year of giant personalities and huge shoot-outs, and it…
Read MoreMoby Dick
A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale.
Read MoreMoscow Rules
Investigating the suspicious death of a journalist in Moscow, Gabriel Allon learns of the machinations of a former KGB colonel whose covert arms dealing business is part of a larger plot to challenge the global dominance of the United States. Reprint.
Read MoreThe Pearl
A poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his family when he finds a priceless pearl
Read MoreJust Like Family
From the nationally bestselling author of The Hole in the Middle, a witty, insightful new novel about juggling the demands of three husbands—a work husband, an almost husband and an ex-husband—and figuring out the true meaning of family Avery Graham has built a life that anyone would admire. She has a brilliant career as chief…
Read MoreAlias Grace
InAlias Grace,bestselling author Margaret Atwood has written her most captivating, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying work sinceThe Handmaid’s Tale.She takes us back in time and into the life of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century. Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer,…
Read MoreBreakfast of Champions
The author questions the condition of modern man in this novel depicting a science fiction writer’s struggle to find peace and sanity in the world
Read MoreThe Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories
Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Phillips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the twentieth century, discarding ghosts and witches and envisioning instead mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. Love craft’s preeminent interpreter S. T. Joshi presents a selection of the master’s fiction, from the early tales…
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