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English translations of four plays which dramatize the theme of man's responsibility for his own actions, by the leader of French existentialismAuthor: Jean-Paul SartrePublisher: VintagePublication...

Nobody Knows My NameAuthor: James BaldwinPublisher: VintagePublication Date: December 01, 1992Number of Pages: 256 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0679744738ISBN-13: 9780679744733

A funny, warm, original memoir in which a grandmother speaks to her granddaughter from beyond the grave, telling, with candor and humor, stories from both their lives--of kinship, loyalty, tenacity,...

An unlucky man in a deadbeat town in upstate New York, Sully must overcome numerous obstacles--a bum knee, terminal underemployment, and a not-too-helpful group of friends--as he copes with a new...

A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, with everything that readers love about her novels?the...

In this darkly comic story about how we value female labor?and don?t?a new mother becomes embroiled in a dangerous mystery when her friend, a controversial entrepreneur, goes missing. When her...

Kwame Onwuachi's story shines a light on food and culture not just in American restaurants or African American communities but around the world. --Questlove By the time he was twenty-seven years old,...

Written in 1864, this classic novel recounts the apology and confession of a minor nineteenth-century official, an almost comical account of the man's separation from society and his descent...

Originally published by National Geographic Society in March 2002--T.p. verso.Author: Oliver SacksPublisher: VintagePublication Date: March 06, 2012Number of Pages: 176 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Taking a hard look at a centuries-old German tradition, this in-depth analysis of the world's most famous passion play explores the history and controversy surrounding this re-inactment of the final...

Maugham?s 1915 masterpiece?hailed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time?is the coming-of-age story of a sensitive young man consumed by an unrequited passion. With a new...

Sierva Maria, the neglected child of a rich plantation family, is locked in a convent because she is believed to be possessed by demons, and there she falls in love with the priest sent to exorcise...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ? From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, a dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family...

On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines--And FutureAuthor: Karen Elliott HousePublisher: VintagePublication Date: Jun 04, 2013Number of Pages: 320 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Presents and analyzes two major works on ethics, dealing with morality, goodness, guilt, and ascetic idealsAuthor: Friedrich NietzschePublisher: VintagePublication Date: December 17, 1989Number of...

A provocative critique of Western attitudes about the Orient, this history examines the ways in which the West has discovered, invented, and sought to control the East from the 1700s to the present...

Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest For The Ultimate Nature Of RealityAuthor: Max TegmarkPublisher: VintagePublication Date: Feb 03, 2015Number of Pages: 432 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ò A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the...

Out of Place: A MemoirAuthor: Edward W. SaidPublisher: VintagePublication Date: September 12, 2000Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0679730672ISBN-13: 9780679730675

Draws on recent scientific breakthroughs to explain the mechanisms underlying dyslexia, offering parents age-specific, grade-by-grade instructions on how to help their children.Author: Sally E...

Nabokov's parody, half poem and half commentary on the poem, deals with the escapades of the deposed king of Zemala in a New England college townAuthor: Vladimir NabokovPublisher: VintagePublication...

?They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time.? So begins Toni Morrison's Paradise, which opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an...

Originally published in the United States by Rescue Press, LLC, in Iowa City, Iowa, in 2017.Author: Andrea LawlorPublisher: VintagePublication Date: April 23, 2019Number of Pages: 352 pagesLanguage:...

Perfume: The Story of a MurdererAuthor: Patrick SuskindPublisher: VintagePublication Date: February 13, 2001Number of Pages: 255 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0375725849ISBN-13:...

Plainwater: Essays and PoetryAuthor: Anne CarsonPublisher: VintagePublication Date: March 28, 2000Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0375708421ISBN-13: 9780375708428

Examines the effect of a racially divided society on nineteenth century American writings, and discusses works by Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and TwainAuthor: Toni MorrisonPublisher: VintagePublication...

An "engrossing, affecting, and singular" (Publishers Weekly) debut novel about love, family, queerness, and losing your mind in the modern world. While god is sending her signs through Instagram and...

Depicts the struggles of Timofey Pnin, a professor of Russian, who attempts to adapt himself to life at an institution.Author: Vladimir NabokovPublisher: VintagePublication Date: June 18, 1989Number...

William Blake is one of England? most fascinating writers; he was not only a groundbreaking poet, but also a painter, engraver, radical, and mystic. Although Blake was dismissed as an eccentric by...

Author: Gwyneth CravensPublisher: VintagePublication Date: October 14, 2008Number of Pages: 439 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0307385876ISBN-13: 9780307385871