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3121) New Grub Street
3122) The Hunting of the Snark
3123) All the King's men
"A classic for a reason. My mind was warped into a new shape by her prose and it will never be the same again." — Greta Gerwig
The authorized, original edition of one of the great literary masterpieces of the twentieth century: a miraculous novel of family, love, war, and mortality, with a foreword from Eudora Welty.
From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse,
...3125) The Keeper of the Bees
A wounded veteran discovers the healing power of nature in this classic American novel by the author of A Girl of the Limberlost.
Wounded in World War I, Jamie McFarlane is looking for a peaceful place to spend his final days. After escaping the grim confines of a California military hospital, he finds himself at the seaside home of the Bee Master. There, with the help of an impish eleven-year-old called Little Scout, Jamie
...Return to the magic of Burnett's classic tale as a brand new character finds her voice and uncovers the truth.
Lottie dreams of leaving the strict care of Miss Minchin's boarding school, just like her friend Sara Crewe did years ago. But Lottie's mother is gone, and her father has found reasons not to visit her for the past two years. When he rejects an invitation to come visit for her eleventh birthday, Lottie's sure he's
...3127) Murder Has a Motive
A classic Golden Age mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot
When Mordecai Tremaine emerges from the train station in the village of Dalmering, murder is the last thing on his mind. But he has never been able to resist anything in the way of a mystery—and a mystery is precisely what awaits him in the small hamlet.
Rehearsals for the local amateur dramatic production are in full swing, but as Mordecai
...3128) Behold a Fair Woman
Beware murder in paradise
Mordecai Tremaine's hobby of choice –crime detection– has left him in need of a holiday. A break away from that gruesome business of murder will be just the ticket, and the picturesque island of Moulin d'Or seems to be just the destination.
Amid the sunshine and the sea air, Mordecai falls in with a band of fellow holidaymakers and tries to forget that such a thing as foul play exists.
...3129) Shirley
3130) Good wives
Three years after the close ofLittle Women, the March girls, four of the most beloved young women in American literature, are young adults carving out their futures. John Brooke is home and planning a life with Meg, despite his modest financial situation. The other girls see promises of fulfillment ahead as well, as they grow and develop a certain amount of independence. Along the way, they all face painful trials, from Jo's struggle with her writing
...It's 1923 and in a decade that promises excitement and liberation, Pearl Glenham and her father are invited to a mysterious country house party on the Dorset coast, by a total stranger.
Her father claims not to have any prior association with Highcliffe House, but upon arrival, it is apparent that he has a shared history with several of the guests, although he won't admit it. Belatedly discovering
...3135) Snow Country
At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a...
3136) The Annotated Emma
From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Emma that makes her beloved tale of an endearingly inept matchmaker an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 2,200 annotations on facing pages, including:
- Explanations of historical context
- Citations from Austen’s life, letters, and other
3137) The Rainbow: A Novel
With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters—born to the same father but different mothers—struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has...
3139) The long winter
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