Popular Authors
Discover books by popular authors and explore the most popular books right now! From romance to fantasy, mystery, and young adult, find the best books to read at our online bookstore.
-
Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)A collectible 50th anniversary deluxe edition featuring an updated introduction by Jay Parini and first edition cover art and illustrated maps of Steinbeck's route by Don Freeman A Penguin Classic In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that...
- $18.00 USD
- $18.00 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth* TOLKIEN * Now a major motion picture *Acclaimed as "the best book about J.R.R. Tolkien" (A. N. Wilson), this award-winning biography explores J.R.R. Tolkien's wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Hobbit and The Lord of The...
- $34.08 USD
- $34.08 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Out of AfricaSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the...
- $27.00 USD
- $27.00 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
1q84: 3 Volume Boxed SetA deluxe boxed set edition of Haruki Murakami's bestselling masterpiece, featuring the full novel split across three gorgeously designed paperback editions in a see-through case, with a removeable sticker on the shrink wrap packaging "Brilliant . . . an irresistibly engaging literary fantasy."--The Washington...
- $35.00 USD
- $35.00 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Travels with Charley: In Search of AmericaAn intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light--these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out,...
- $14.00 USD
- $14.00 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Beach Read: Deluxe EditionEmily Henry's beloved New York Times bestselling novel now in this stunning hardcover collector's edition featuring: - A shimmering revamped cover - Sunset sky art endpapers and sprayed edges - Gold foil stamped case, and... - A new introduction from the author and a...
- $35.00 USD
- $35.00 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
On WritingSharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters.Charles Bukowski's stories, poems, and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of correspondence--letters to publishers, editors,...
- $21.32 USD
- $21.32 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Born Naked: The Early Adventures of the Author of Never Cry WolfFarley Mowat's youth was charmed and hilarious, and unbelievably free in its access to unspoiled nature through bird-banding expeditions and overnight outings in the dead of winter. The author writes of sleeping in haystacks for survival, and other adventures, with equal shares of Booth...
- $18.12 USD
- $18.12 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
William Shakespeare & the GlobeWith her characteristically sprightly words and pictures, Aliki brings Shakespeare's life, times, and legacy to life in this highly acclaimed information-packed treasury that is truly for readers of all ages. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular...
- $11.99 USD
- $11.99 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel"This immigration story is universal." --School Library Journal, Starred Dan Yaccarino's great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents' good advice: "Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family." With simple text and warm, colorful illustrations,...
- $8.99 USD
- $8.99 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Unspeakable SkiptonFrom the prolifically gifted Pamela Hansford Johnson, neglected peer of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark, comes "a maliciously witty account of literary skulduggery and lofty pretensions, set in Johnson's beloved Bruges." (The Telegraph) It's not easy being a genius. Just ask Daniel Skipton, the...
- $19.00 USD
- $19.00 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Somewhere Towards the End: A MemoirHailed as "a virtuoso exercise" (Sunday Telegraph), this book reflects candidly, sometimes with great humor, on the condition of being old. Charming readers, writers, and critics alike, the memoir won the Costa Award for Biography and made Athill, then ninety-one, a surprising literary star.Diana...
- $15.95 USD
- $15.95 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Chosen ForeverIn the heartwarming sequel to Chosen by a Horse, Susan Richards tells of the continuing gifts brought to her life by her beloved horse, Lay Me Down.Readers cried with Susan Richards when, at the end of Chosen by a Horse, her beloved mare was...
- $19.18 USD
- $19.18 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan SontagFrom the author of The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award."The masterpiece of the 'I knew Susan' minigenre" - A.O. Scott, The New York TimesA poignant, intimate memoir of one of America's most esteemed and fascinating cultural figures, and a deeply felt...
- $25.60 USD
- $25.60 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Kitchen Readings: Untold Stories of Hunter S. ThompsonWarning!* This book contains the following: Unsafe use of powerful firearms in combination with explosivesCultivation of illegal crops Impressionable minors being exposed to illicit activitiesPiloting of automobiles under impaired conditionsTransporting large sums of cash across national borders*Stunts performed in this book were undertaken by...
- $17.99 USD
- $17.99 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
I Tell You Now (Second Edition): Autobiographical Essays by Native American WritersI Tell You Now is an anthology of autobiographical accounts by eighteen notable Native writers of different ages, tribes, and areas. This second edition features a new introduction by the editors and updated biographical sketches for each writer. Brian Swann is a professor of...
- $19.95 USD
- $19.95 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Intellectual Memoirs: New York, 1936-1938Mary McCarthy vividly recalls her early years in New York before she began writing novels and stories. At that time, she wrote reviews for the Nation and the New Republic, was active in the American Communist Party, and was married to activist actor/playwright Harold...
- $17.05 USD
- $17.05 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on WritingWhen the New York Times referred to Ursula K. Le Guin as America's greatest writer of science fiction, they just might have undersold her legacy. It's hard to look at her vast body of work?novels and stories across multiple genres, poems, translations, essays, speeches,...
- $14.95 USD
- $14.95 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Complete NotebooksThe first complete translation of Albert Camus's personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, published for the first time in one comprehensive volume. Throughout his career, French writer and philosopher Albert Camus kept a series of notebooks that offers an unrivaled glimpse into the...
- $45.00 USD
- $45.00 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Palestine as MetaphorPalestine as Metaphor consists of a series of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, which have never appeared in English before. The interviews are a wealth of information on the poet's personal life, his relationships, his numerous works, and his tragedy. They illuminate Darwish's conception of...
- $20.00 USD
- $20.00 USD
- Unit price
- per
