When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he holes up in the mountain home of a famous artist. The days drift by, spent painting, listening to music and drinking whiskey in the evenings. But then he discovers a strange painting in the attic and unintentionally begins a strange ...
A special new edition in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\''s Stone, with a stunning new cover illustration by Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick. The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary ...
The Mark of Athena is the explosive third part in Rick Riordan''s number one series - Heroes of Olympus. ONE FATAL PROPHECYSEVEN BRAVE DEMIGODSA QUEST TO FIND - AND CLOSE - THE DOORS OF DEATH. Annabeth felt as if someone had draped a cold washcloth across her neck.She heard that whispering laughter again, ...
Haruki Murakami is arguably one of Japan´s finest, modern writers and is, increasingly, being seen as one of the top authors working today. The last novel of his to find its way to these shores, Norwegian Wood, was a delightful, if slightly one-dimensional coming-of-age tale. The pyrotechnics of his ...
After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet. Their strange and moving meeting illuminates for the aviator many of life\''s universal truths, as he comes to learn what it means to be human from a child who is not. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry\''s ...
This stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time. It is sure to be a literary event.§Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student ...
