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The Log from the Sea of Cortez

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

by John Steinbeck

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

The classic account of a collecting trip to the Sea of Cortez with marine biologist Ed Ricketts, first published in 1941. Subtitled "A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research," this much-loved book captures the wonders of the Gulf of California and the joys of discovery. (BJA02, $16.00)

In Patagonia

In Patagonia

by Bruce Chatwin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

A masterpiece of travel, history and adventure, this award-winning book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife and people of Patagonia. There's no travel writer as engaging, insightful and just plain wonderful as Bruce Chatwin. (PAT01, $15.00)

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

The classic story of a British vacuum cleaner salesman who gets accidentally drawn into cold war espionage with disastrous results. (CBA19, $15.00)

Malgudi Days

Malgudi Days

by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Wonderful tales about a fictional South Indian town, populated by quirky characters whose unique approaches to tradition and modernity are the stuff of great short stories. (IDA59, $15.00)

Arabian Sands

Arabian Sands

by Wilfred Thesiger

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

The last of the great British traveler-explorers, Thesiger (1910-2003) journeyed among the nomadic camel-breeding peoples of Southern Arabia in the late 1940s, falling in love with the desert and ways of life of the Bedouin. This eloquent book is his tribute to them. (ARB15, $16.00)

The Worst Journey in the World

The Worst Journey in the World

by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 573 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Cherry-Garrard's epic midwinter jaunt to an emperor penguin rookery is just a warm-up for the main event: Scott's doomed last expedition. (ANT23, $18.00)

The Snow Leopard

The Snow Leopard

by Peter Matthiessen

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

The most perceptive, acutely observed and personal of all his books, Matthiessen's account of a five-week journey through Nepal with naturalist George Schaller combines their quest for the elusive cat with a moving introduction to Buddhism and the people and culture of the Himalayas. (NPL03, $16.00)

D.H. Lawrence and Italy

D.H. Lawrence and Italy

by D.H. Lawrence

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 495 PAGES

This omnibus Penguin Classics edition includes Lawrence's three travel tales, each very different in tone and all wonderful: Sea and Sardinia is a nostalgic look at traditional ways of life; Twilight in Italy, an evocation of Lawrence's memorable stay on Lake Garda; and Etruscan Places his musings on ancient sites, including the painted tombs of Tarquinia. (ITL62, $18.00)

The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons

The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons

by John Wesley Powell

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 397 PAGES

The classic tale of adventure and exploration of the rivers and canyonlands of the Colorado Plateau, originally published in 1875 -- and still terrific reading for any traveler to the Grand Canyon. (USW80, $16.00)

In the South Seas

In the South Seas

by Robert Louis Stevenson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 283 PAGES

A set of Stevenson's personal sketches describing a year of travels in the Marquesas, Paumotus and the Gilberts, first written as magazine articles and then reworked to incorporate detail on local peoples and history, published posthumously. (PAC147, $16.00)

 
French Provincial Cooking

French Provincial Cooking


by Elizabeth David | Julia Child

  • FOOD
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 524 PAGES

More than just a cookbook. In this influential classic, David includes a long introduction on the origins of food traditions in France, and asides on history, food traditions, literature and the pleasures of rural France. (FRN174, $18.00)

Italian Food


by Julia Child | Elizabeth David

  • FOOD
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A literary, aromatic survey of Italy's many regions and regional cooking with recipes. (ITL298, $17.00)

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia


by Rebecca West | Christopher Hitchens

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 1181 PAGES

First published in 1941, this monumental work explores the complex history of Yugoslavia, its heroes, politics and culture. It's a big, challenging book -- some call it the best ever written on the Balkans. (BLK04, $25.00)

Buddhist Scriptures


by Donald S. Lopez

  • RELIGION
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

A Penguin classic, this anthology of teachings from the Buddhist cannon features never before published translations from Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese. Gathered by University of Michigan professor and scholar Donald S. Lopez. (REL20, $17.00)

Mont Saint Michel and Chartres

Mont Saint Michel and Chartres


by Henry Brooks Adams

  • HISTORY
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 398 PAGES

First published at the turn of the century, this classic work is a meditation on the Medieval world as reflected through its most famous religious structures. (FRN44, $17.00)

The Analects of Confucius

The Analects of Confucius


by D. C. Lao | Confucius

  • RELIGION
  • 1979
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

A popular and acclaimed modern translation of the writing of Confucius, an essential introduction to the man and his thoughts. Includes explanatory notes. (CHN123, $12.00)

The Aran Islands

The Aran Islands


by J.M. Synge | Tim Robinson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A much-loved turn-of-the-century account of the islands (as contrasted with mainland Ireland), drenched in the Celtic soul of the Irish. (IRE26, $15.00)

The Conquest of New Spain


by J. M. Cohen | Bernal Diaz

  • HISTORY
  • 1972
  • PAPER
  • 413 PAGES

The historically important contemporary account of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs. (MEX91, $17.00)

The Histories

The Histories


by Herodotus

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 656 PAGES

In what may be the first travel book, Herodotus records the heroic struggle between Europe and Asia that culminated in the invasion of Greece by Xerxes. (MED15, $11.00)

The History of the Peloponnesian War

The History of the Peloponnesian War


by Thucydides | Walter Blanco | Jennifer Tolbert

  • HISTORY
  • 1954
  • PAPER
  • 656 PAGES

The classic account of the debilitating war between the two chief city-states, Athens and Sparta, from 431 to 404 B.C. (GRE102, $17.00)

The Rig Veda


by Wendy Doniger

  • RELIGION
  • 2005
  • PAPER

Doniger's choice selection of 108 Sanskrit hymns (1200-900 B.C.E.), deftly translated and with notes. The earliest of the four surviving vedas, these hyms are a foundation of Hindu mythology and culture. (IDA355, $16.00)

The Secret History

The Secret History


by G. A. Williamson | Procopius

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

This is historical mudslinging only a Byzantine could devise, a withering expose of the scandals, intrigues and infidelities of the splendid empire and the court of Emperor Justinian by none other than its official historian. (TKY11, $15.00)

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

The Tibetan Book of the Dead


by Graham Coleman | Gyurme Dorje

  • RELIGION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

The first complete English translation of an indispensable work on Tibetan religious beliefs. (TBT88, $21.00)

Tristes Tropiques

Tristes Tropiques


by Claude Levi-Strauss | John Weightman | Doreen Weightman

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

The classic, insightful account of the peoples of the Amazon by the inventor of structural anthropology. A demanding read, yet humorous and worthwhile. (AMZ14, $20.00)

When China Rules the World


by Martin Jacques

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

Jacques's readable, up-to-date analysis of China's growing place on the world stage. (CHN608, $29.95)

On Painting


by Cecil Grayson | Leon Battista Alberti

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 112 PAGES

A major early book on the theory of art, written in 1435. In it, Alberti addresses how to create the illusion of space, the education of artists and how to compose a picture. It's a useful tool in understanding Quattrocento art, and Piero's paintings in particular. (ITL601, $14.00)

The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh


by Vincent Van Gogh | Ronald De Leeuw | Arnold Pomerans

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 560 PAGES

There are many versions of Van Gogh's letters, but this Penguin Classic edition is as good as any, a thorough selection of writing that highlights the artist's love for his art and family. (NTH52, $16.00)

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides


by Samuel Johnson | James Boswell

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 429 PAGES

Written when Johnson was 63 and Boswell 32 in 1773 (when they had been friends for ten years), these travel journals were the result of a three-month trip to Scotland. Johnson observed Scotland, and Boswell observed Johnson. (SCT07, $18.00)

A Russian Journal

A Russian Journal


by John Steinbeck | Robert Capa

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Steinbeck's moving account of the people and everyday life in Russia, Ukraine and Caucasus circa 1948, with striking photographs by the great Robert Capra. (RUS275, $15.00)

Flaubert in Egypt

Flaubert in Egypt


by Francis Steegmuller | Gustave Flaubert

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Among the romantic European travelers in Egypt, Flaubert, via his letters and journal entries, stands out. The place inspired him, and his observations are still delightful reading. (EGY12, $15.00)

Hashish, A Smuggler's Tale

Hashish, A Smuggler's Tale


by Henri De Monfreid

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Nobleman, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin, De Monfreid dodges blockades and pirates in this classic account of drug running from Aden to Suez in the early 20th century. (EGY315, $15.00)

Italian Hours

Italian Hours


by Henry James

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES

A classic series of travel essays written between 1872 and 1909 on the art, religion and people of Italy. James is an observant guide to Rome, Naples, Florence and other great destinations in the 19th century. (ITL07, $17.00)

Italian Journey, 1786-1788

Italian Journey, 1786-1788


by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | W.H. Auden | Elizabeth Meyer

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 498 PAGES

"Sicily is the key to everything" is only one of Goethe's many astute observations included in this Penguin Classics edition of his journals and letters from his grand tour of southern Italy. (ITL144, $18.00)

Journey Without Maps

Journey Without Maps


by Graham Greene

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

No one captures local personalities and complicated morality than Graham Greene, who had a particular interest in West Africa. This account traces his trek to the Liberian coast. (WAF15, $16.00)

Life of St. Columba


by Adomnan of Iona | Richard Sharpe

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 395 PAGES

An early account of the life of St. Columba (521-97), the 6th-century abbot who established the monastery on Iona. Written by Adomnan of Iona at the turn of the 8th century, it introduces the profoundly spiritual man as well as his famous abbey. (IRE103, $17.00)

North of South, An African Journey

North of South, An African Journey


by Shiva Naipaul

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1979
  • PAPER
  • 349 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

A sharp portrait of Africa, circa 1979. A brilliant and provocative observer, Naipaul meditates on the various peoples he encounters in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The best, most insightful thing we've read about race relations in Africa. (EAF28, $16.00)

Personal Memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant


by Ulysses S. Grant

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 674 PAGES

A remarkable (and big) account of a rich life, from a poor boy on the frontier to a great general and president, written by Grant on his deathbed -- and originally edited by none other than Mark Twain. (USS33, $17.00)

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent


by Alexander von Humboldt

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

This is the book that Darwin took on his voyage around the world -- a classic account of naturalist and explorer Humboldt's 18th-century discoveries in South America. (SAM08, $17.00)

Roughing It

Roughing It


by Mark Twain

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 592 PAGES

Twain's classic work on the American West, written as he was abandoning the peripatetic life and settling down in the 1870s. Funny, irreverent, acutely observed this is vintage Twain, covering his travels in California, Nevada and Hawaii. With all 304-first edition illustrations, specially prepared maps, facsimile manuscript pages and commentary. (HWI14, $16.00)

Sailing Alone Around the World

Sailing Alone Around the World


by Joshua Slocum

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

A born storyteller and American hero, Slocum recounts his many adventures aboard the 36-foot wooden sloop Spray on the first-ever solo circumnavigation of the globe. (EXP03, $14.00)

Sea and Sardinia

Sea and Sardinia


by D.H. Lawrence

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 211 PAGES

A marvelous account of a trip to Sardinia, evoking both the charms and travails of the then-remote island, and the personality of the author. It's a pleasingly exaggerated, accessible portrait of life on the island, circa 1921. (ITL349, $16.00)

Six Records of a Floating Life

Six Records of a Floating Life


by Shen Fu | Leonard Pratt | Chiang Su-Hui

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

First published in 1809, Shen Fu's recounting of his life during the Ching dynasty in China gives a candid look at the social customs and cultural traditions of that era, and doubles as a tender love story. (CHN275, $14.00)

South, The Endurance Expedition

South, The Endurance Expedition


by Ernest Shackleton

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

Shackleton's classic first-person account of the loss of the Endurance. With an introduction by Fergus Fleming and the remarkable photos by expedition photographer Frank Hurley. (ANT61, $19.95)

The Flame Trees of Thika

The Flame Trees of Thika


by Elsbeth Huxley

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

The classic account of a young woman's life as a pioneering settler in Thika, Kenya. Huxley looks back at her intrepid parents and the home they made together in Kenya's Highlands. (EAF24, $15.00)

The Four Voyages

The Four Voyages


by J. M. Cohen | Christopher Columbus

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Christopher Columbus's own accounts of his monumental discoveries (CRB129, $15.00)

The Journals of Captain Cook

The Journals of Captain Cook


by James Cook | Philip Edwards

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 650 PAGES

Cook's narrative of his expeditions between 1768 and 1779. Includes his explorations of Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, and a host of other previously unheard-of Pacific locales. (PAC98, $15.00)

The Lawless Roads

The Lawless Roads


by Graham Greene | David Rieff

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A riveting account of Graham's journeys through Tabasco and Chiapas in the 1930s, including his time in San Cristobal de Las Casas and Palenque. Greene was in Mexico investigating the impact of the anti-Church policies of President Calles. (MEX164, $15.00)

The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1

The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1


by Giorgio Vasari | Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 477 PAGES

Written in the mid-16th century, Vasari starts with Giotto as painting's prophet and ends with Michelangelo as its messiah in these short, influential biographies. (ITL17, $14.00)

The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life

The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life


by Francis Parkman | David Levin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 504 PAGES

The original, 19th-century account by the great American historian and romantic, based in part on the author's wanderings on the Oregon Trail through the plains of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas. (USW369, $16.00)

The Travels of Marco Polo

The Travels of Marco Polo


by Marco Polo | Ronald Lantham

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1975
  • PAPER
  • 380 PAGES

The memories of a 13th-century journey to China along the Silk Road, among the most famous travel accounts ever. Describing exotic plants, birds, precious gems, silks, and spices with a merchant's eye, this superb geographer recounts his 20 years of travel. (CAS05, $15.00)

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen


by Tadeusz Borowski | Barbara Vedder | Jan Kott

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES

A series of uninflected, austere stories, published in Polish after WWII -- and drawn from the author's experiences in Auschwitz and Dachau from 1943 to 1945. (GER95, $15.00)

Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel

Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel


by Jerome Jerome | Jeremy Lewis

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 361 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Written in 1889, "Three Men in a Boat" (to say nothing of the dog!) is a laugh-out-loud account of a man-powered voyage along the River Thames, full of detail on life and lore. A Longitude favorite. (GBR28, $11.95)

To Jerusalem and Back, a Personal Account

To Jerusalem and Back, a Personal Account


by Saul Bellow

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

The great novelist meditates on Israel in this brief memoir of a trip to Jerusalem. (ISR21, $15.00)

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes


by Robert Louis Stevenson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 269 PAGES

Stevenson's sprightly, humorous account of ten days with a stubborn donkey named Modestine in the French Cevennes. (FRN538, $16.95)

Travels with Charley

Travels with Charley


by John Steinbeck

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 214 PAGES

On the road in a van with a poodle, Steinbeck sets out to discover America on a jaunt from Maine to California. A classic. (USA32, $15.00)

Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast


by Richard H. Dana

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 572 PAGES

The visceral, gripping account of life at sea during an 1838 voyage from Boston to California that took seaman Richard H. Dana around Cape Horn. (PAT06, $16.00)

A Parisian Affair and Other Stories

A Parisian Affair and Other Stories


by Guy de Maupassant

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 322 PAGES

Set in in the nouveau riche Paris of society women, prostitutes and playboys, in Normandy at sea and in the South of France, the 34 gems in this Penguin Classics collection are vintage Maupassant: economical, darkly humorous and brilliant. (FRN757, $12.00)

A Tale of Four Dervishes


by Mir Amman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A King in seclusion encounters four wandering dervishes -- three princes and a rich merchant -- who share tales of lost love in 14th century Turkey. (TKY149, $13.00)

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities


by Charles Dickens

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 371 PAGES

Dickens' famous tale of love and intrigue, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. (GBR100, $8.00)

A Tiger for Malgudi and The Man-Eater of Malgudi

A Tiger for Malgudi and The Man-Eater of Malgudi


by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

Two comic gems from the father of modern Indian fiction, with an introduction by Pico Iyer. (IDA645, $16.00)

Angle of Repose

Angle of Repose


by Wallace Stegner

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 592 PAGES

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of one man's search for his grandparents' story. It beautifully weaves the history of the American West and a glimpse of their life in California, Colorado and Idaho. (USW301, $16.00)

Barchester Towers


by Anthony Trollope

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

Trollope's1857 sequel to The Warden. (GBR440, $12.00)

Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories

Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories


by Herman Melville

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 385 PAGES

This collection of short fiction includes Las Encantadas, set in a highly stylized Galapagos (which Melville visited during his whaling days). (GPS37, $10.00)

Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 270 PAGES

"Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him..." starts this chilliong tale of volience in pre-war England. J.M. Coetzee introduces this centennial edition. (GRB43, $16.00)

Captain Blood

Captain Blood


by Rafael Sabatini

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 331 PAGES

An original riveting tale of swashbuckling adventure on the Spanish Main. (CRB165, $16.00)

Captains Courageous


by Rudyard Kipling

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Kipling's classic adventure story of a spoiled boy who is washed overboard, rescued by fishermen, and becomes a sailor. (USE410, $13.00)

Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories

Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories


by Giovanni Verga

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A collection of short stories set in rural Sicily. (ITL202, $15.00)

Collected Short Stories, Vol. 1


by W. Somerset Maugham

  • LITERATURE
  • 1977
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Maugham's very human tales take place in the South Seas, America and Europe, including several stories set on the French Riviera, notably "The Three Fat Women of Antibes." (FRN653, $17.00)

Collected Short Stories, Volume 4

Collected Short Stories, Volume 4


by W. Somerset Maugham

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

Maugham can evoke turn-of-the-century colonial Asia like no other. This collection of stories features many set in Malaysia. Borneo and other southeast Asian locales, including the well-known tale "The Letter." (SEA01, $18.00)

Complete Short Stories

Complete Short Stories


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 594 PAGES

Pico Iyer introduces this Penguin Classics edition of forty-nine stories by the master. (GRB45, $18.00)

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | David McDuff

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 647 PAGES

Dostoevsky's thriller of murder and redemption is redolent of St. Petersburg's atmosphere. A cornerstone of Russian literature, and one of the greatest detective stories ever told. (RUS18, $15.00)

Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller


by Henry James

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 126 PAGES

A classic story of a young American woman's innocent flirtation and its misinterpretation by a sophisticated European man, set in Lac Leman and Chillon. This is James' first fictional work to gain mass popularity and one of his great American female portraits. (SWZ09, $7.00)

Death in Venice and Other Tales


by Thomas Mann

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Neugroschel's fresh translations of Mann's celebrated title tale and 11 other classic stories capture the sensuality of the German original. (ITL996, $12.00)

Don Quixote

Don Quixote


by Miguel de Cervantes | John Rutherford

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 1072 PAGES

The most famous work in Spanish literature, rendered in a lively, modern translation. It is the picaresque tale of a romantic, mad gentleman who imagines himself a knight errant. (SPN23, $14.00)

Dracula


by Bram Stoker

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 520 PAGES

The vampire novel that started it all, based on the legend of "Vlad the Impaler." The gothic shocker is set within the dank castles and misty forests of Transylvania, and the foggy streets and staid country houses of Victorian England. (EUR125, $11.00)

Drawing Conclusions

Drawing Conclusions


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 260 PAGES

Commissario di Polizia of the city of Venice, Guido Brunetti has lost none of his wry humor, love of food and family or impatience with police headquarters in this 20th novel in the series, in which he, the ever-resourceful Signorina Elttra and Inspector Vianello probe into what appears to be a simple case of an old woman who died quietly at home. (ITA241, $24.00)

Dubliners

Dubliners


by James Joyce

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 317 PAGES

James Joyce's unsurpassed collection of short stories depicting ordinary life in Dublin among the lower middle class -- a milestone in the history of prose fiction. (IRE15, $11.00)

East of Eden

East of Eden


by John Steinbeck

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 602 PAGES

Steinbeck's story of two families in rural California, and the violent fates that befall them. Covering the period from the Civil War to World War I, this story of connected families is a retelling of the early chapters of Genesis. (USW152, $17.00)

Egil's Saga

Egil's Saga


by Bernard Scudder | Svanhildur Oskarsdottir

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

This chronicle of war and rivaly between ruling clans, written in the 13th century, blends history and legend. It's a vivid portrait of the Viking world. The action is set in 10th-century southern Scandinavia, the Baltic, Iceland and the North Sea. (VIK06, $16.00)

Erewhon

Erewhon


by Samuel Butler | Peter Mudford

  • LITERATURE
  • 1970
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

Butler's classic Victorian novel inspired by his experiences in 1860s New Zealand. A satirical account of a journey to an upside-down country at the end of the world, where sick people are thrown in jail and murderers are taken to the hospital. (NZL65, $14.00)

Exemplary Stories


by Miguel de Cervantes | Cyril A. Jones

  • LITERATURE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A collection of short fiction by Cervantes, often known as the Exemplary Novels and including The Little Gypsy Girl, Rinconete and Cortadillo, The Glass Graduate, The Jealous Extremaduran, The Deceitful Marriage, and The Dog's Colloquy. (SPN268, $14.00)

Fairy Tales


by Hans Christian Andersen | Tina Nunnally | Jackie Wullschlager

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

This bicentennial publication by award-winning translator Nunnally includes 30 of Andersen's most popular tales. (DMK32, $17.00)

Fathers and Sons


by Ivan Turgenev

  • LITERATURE
  • 1975
  • PAPER
  • 295 PAGES

The classic novel by the most accessible of the great Russian novelists. (RUS19, $13.00)

Fifth Business

Fifth Business


by Robertson Davies

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 266 PAGES

The great man of Canadian letters wrote a slew of novels, many set in rural Ontario and Toronto. This is the gem that launched his career, laugh-out-loud funny and filled with memorable characters and dazzling prose. (USW42, $15.00)

Growth of the Soil

Growth of the Soil


by Knut Hamsun

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

The epic tale of a homesteader in the mountainous Norwegian interior, which helped win Hamsun a Nobel Prize in 1920. (NOR36, $14.00)

Hindu Myths

Hindu Myths


by Wendy Doniger

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

A sourcebook, translated from the Sanskrit, this anthology is drawn from editor and University of Chicago professor Doniger's courses on Hinduism and mythology. (IDA347, $16.00)

Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories

Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories


by Herman Palsson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1971
  • PAPER
  • 137 PAGES

This collection of the most famous of Icelandic sagas includes stories with titles like Thorstein the Staff-Struck and Ale Hood. Dating from the 12th century, these tales vividly recreate the society of medieval Iceland. (ICL31, $14.00)

Kidnapped

Kidnapped


by Robert Louis Stevenson

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Set in 18th-century Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, this is a story of attempted murder, shipwreck, and kidnapping as told by a young Whig. (SCT02, $9.00)

Kim

Kim


by Rudyard Kipling

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

For the sheer pleasure of its prose, insight into the British in India and its extraordinary sense of place, you can't do better than Kipling's classic novel about a boy who travels the Grand Trunk Road with the Dalai Lama. (IDA65, $9.00)

King Harald's Saga


by Magnus Magnusson | Paulsson Herman | Snorri Sturlusson | Hermann Palsson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1976
  • PAPER
  • 178 PAGES

A classic biography of the last Viking warrior King Harald and an account of the 1066 conflict between Norway and England. (NOR19, $14.00)

Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath, The Wife, The Cross

Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath, The Wife, The Cross


by Sigrid Undset | Tina Nunnally

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 1184 PAGES

A masterful historical epic by the Nobel Prize-winning author, first published in 1927. This omnibus edition follows the life of one woman from birth to death in devoutly Catholic 14th-century Norway. A cornerstone of Scandinavian literature, the trilogy is a powerful introduction to the medieval society. (NOR40, $25.00)

Lady Chatterley's Lover


by D. H. Lawrence

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Constance Chatterley turns from a sterile marriage to a passionate relationship with a spiritually independent Derbyshire gamekeeper in Lawrence's classic tale of society and sex. (GBR816, $14.00)

Le Morte D'Arthur


by Thomas, Sir Malory

  • LITERATURE
  • 1970
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

A full retelling of the Arthurian legends, edited by William Caxton in 1485. (GBR828, $16.00)

Lord Jim


by Joseph Conrad

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 354 PAGES

First published in 1900, this novel has become a classic: the story of a young British sailor in Malaysia who aban-dons ship in a moment of cowardice, an act that marks his life forever. (SEA03, $8.00)

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary


by Gustave Flaubert

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

The landmark novel of a woman who suffers in search of relief from her humdrum life in a provincial village outside Rouen. (FRN301, $13.00)

Max Havelaar or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

Max Havelaar or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company


by Multatuli | Roy Edwards

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 337 PAGES

A powerful and satirical story of corruption in Dutch colonial Java first published in 1860 by a former civil servant. (INS75, $16.00)

Moby Dick


by Herman Melville

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 720 PAGES

The American classic about the legendary white whale, set in New England. (OCE111, $14.00)

Monsignor Quixote

Monsignor Quixote


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 194 PAGES

A village priest, elevated to the rank of monsignor through a clerical error, who travels to Madrid accompanied by his best friend, Sancho, the Communist ex-mayor of the village, in Greene's lighthearted variation on Cervantes. (SPN436, $16.00)

Moon and Sixpence

Moon and Sixpence


by Somerset Maugham

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES

Maugham's well-regarded 1919 novel, inspired by the life of Gauguin; it's the powerful story of a man who relinquishes his family to pursue his dream of becoming a painter, eventually moving to the South Pacific. (PAC16, $14.00)

My Brilliant Career


by Miles Franklin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

The well-known novel of a feisty girl in turn-of-the-century rural Australia.. (AUS02, $15.00)

Mysteries

Mysteries


by Knut Hamsun | Sverre Lyngstad

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

An odd character settles in a small Norwegian village and charms the locals. First published in 1890, this book is an insightful look at life in Norway and our favorite of Hamsun's many novels. (NOR08, $16.00)

Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches


by Nobuyuki Yuasa | Basho Matsuo

  • LITERATURE
  • 1967
  • PAPER
  • 178 PAGES

These marvelous prose-and-poetry sketches by the famous poet wanderer Basho (1644-94) invoke the mysteries of the cosmos manifest in the Japanese landscape. With some of the most perfect 17-syllable haiku ever composed. (JPN91, $14.00)

Njal's Saga

Njal's Saga


by Robert Cook

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

The tales of heroic (and handsome) Gunnar Hamundarson and his scheming friend Njal. Originally written in Icelandic sometime in the 13th century AD, it's an earthy tale with a strong sense of place, featuring murder, mayhem, a famous feud and noble deeds. (ICL16, $16.00)

Noli Me Tangere, A Novel

Noli Me Tangere, A Novel


by Jose Rizal | Harold Augenbraum

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

First published in Berlin in 1887 by the Filipino national hero, Noli me Tangere (Touch Me Not), a beloved cornerstone of Filipino literature, helped establish the Filipino national identity -- and inspire a revolution. (PLP32, $17.00)

Northland Stories


by Jonathan Auerbach | Jack London

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

London's turn-of-the-century tales of life in the remote wilderness, inspired by the Gold Rush of 1897. (ALA131, $16.00)

Nostromo, A Tale of the Seaboard


by Joseph Conrad

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER

In the harbor town of Sulaco in Conrad's fictional country between the Andes and Pacific, a vivid cast of characters play out scenes of corruption and greed. (SAM136, $16.00)

Omoo

Omoo


by Herman Melville

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

The second entry in Melville's triology set in the Marquesas and South Pacific. (PAC93, $16.00)

On the Road

On the Road


by Jack Kerouac

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

The original, unedited, rougher, wilder and more provocative 50th anniversary edition of the famed Beat poet's landmark work. (USA16, $17.00)

Orient Express

Orient Express


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Greene's 1932 spy thriller, in which a memorable cast of eccentrics speeds across Europe from Ostend to Constantinople aboard the Orient Express. (GBR501, $16.00)

Orkneyinga Saga, The History of the Earls of Orkney

Orkneyinga Saga, The History of the Earls of Orkney


by Hermann Palssom | Paul Edwards

  • LITERATURE
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 253 PAGES

A fusion of myth and legend, circa A.D. 1200, by an unnamed Icelandic author. The medieval chronicle has its center of action among the Orkney Islands, describing their conquest by Norwegian kings during the Viking expansion of the ninth century. (VIK07, $16.00)

Petals of Blood


by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

In this tale of political greed and hypocrisy, first published in 1977, the Kenyan novelist follows the fate of three men suspected of murder in a small village in the highlands. (EAF135, $16.00)

Portable Dorothy Parker

Portable Dorothy Parker


by Dorothy Parker

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 626 PAGES

An illustrated collection of the poems, stories, reviews, and articles of Dorothy Parker, one of New York City's most sharp-tongued writers. (NYC07, $20.00)

Rob Roy

Rob Roy


by Sir Walter Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 501 PAGES

Adventure in the highlands of 18th-century Scotland starring the dashing outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. Part of the "Penguin Classics" series, this book contains explanatory notes and an introduction that sets it in its historical context. (SCT20, $11.00)

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe


by Daniel Defoe

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

It's worth revisiting this classic before exploring Selkirk Island. (PAC30, $9.00)

Romola

Romola


by George Eliot

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 641 PAGES

George Eliot is best-known for novels of English country life, but in this book she recreates Renaissance Florence. (ITL318, $15.00)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam


by Omar Khayyam | Edward Fitzgerald

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 52 PAGES

Fitzgerald's well-known interpretation of Khayyam's classic Sufi poem. (IRN14, $11.00)

Russian Short Stories

Russian Short Stories


by Robert Chandler

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 396 PAGES

This fine collection of tales captures the sweep and soul of Russian literature, including works by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Tolstoy along with lesser-known greats. (RUS288, $18.00)

Salammbo


by Gustave Flaubert | A.J. Krailsheimer

  • LITERATURE
  • 1977
  • PAPER
  • 282 PAGES

A highly fanciful romance set in the ancient city of Carthage at the height of the Punic Wars. (TUN23, $15.00)

Selected Writings, Ruben Dario

Selected Writings, Ruben Dario


by Ruben Dario

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 667 PAGES

This anthology of the beloved Nicaraguan modernist poet includes his best-known work presented in English and Spanish, along with short stories, fables, profiles, travel writing, journalism and letters. (CAM123, $20.00)

Seven Viking Romances


by Hermann Palssom | Paul Edwards

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Entertaining sagas telling of Viking kings, adventurers and gods. (VIK04, $15.00)

Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays


by Luigi Pirandello

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 205 PAGES

The Sicilian Pirandello's groundbreaking 1921 play, a sensation, in which six people stumble into a rehearsal and demand to be included. (ITL815, $14.00)

Tales of Hoffmann


by E.T.A. Hoffman

  • LITERATURE
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

From the author of the Nutcracker, this series of stories creates a complex portrait of humanity, ranging from the macabre to the absurd, from innocent fairy tales to lurid crime stories. (GER199, $15.00)

Tales of the Pacific

Tales of the Pacific


by Jack London

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

Jack London spent the last year and a half of his life in and around the Hawaiian Islands. This collection of tales, skirting the line between fiction and non-fiction, is some of his last and best writing, richly evoking the islands. (PAC02, $12.00)

The Aeneid


by Virgil | Robert Fagles

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Robert Fagles tackles Virgil's epic poem of Aeneas and his Mediterranean wanderings with the same fluid verse and narrative flair as in his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. (ITL798, $16.00)

The Age of Alexander, Nine Greek Lives


by Plutarch

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 443 PAGES

Plutarch's classic history of Alexander the Great. (GRE139, $15.00)

The Betrothed

The Betrothed


by Alessandro Manzoni

  • LITERATURE
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 720 PAGES

By many accounts the first modern Italian novel, Manzoni's 1827 classic concerns star-crossed lovers in 17th-century Lombardy. Promoted during unification, Italy's best-known novel has been made into films and a musical. (ITL414, $18.00)

The Black Tulip


by Alexandre Dumas

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 246 PAGES

A gripping classic about love and adventure and tulips. In 17th-century Holland, Cornelius von Baerle is falsely accused and jailed. He fights for his freedom with the aid of his jailer's beautiful daughter. (NTH84, $13.00)

The Bostonians


by Henry James

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

Henry James' satirical novel of the battle of the sexes set in 1870s Boston. (BOS13, $20.00)

The Canterbury Tales (In Modern English)


by Geoffrey Chaucer | Nevill Coghill

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 504 PAGES

A Penguin Classics edition of the cornerstone of medieval English literature, Chaucer's unfinished tales of pilgrims en route to Canterbury. (GBR250, $10.00)

The Captain and the Enemy

The Captain and the Enemy


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Graham Greene returns to classic themes of mystery, deceit and espionage in this accomplished short novel, his 23rd and last book, set in Panama. (CAM53, $15.00)

The Comedies


by Terence | Betty Radice

  • LITERATURE
  • 1976
  • PAPER

Six comedies by the Roman dramatist portraying domestic problems and romantic escapades of an upper-middle-class society. (ITL801, $15.00)

The Cross


by Sigrid Undset | Tina Nunnally

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

This is the third volume in Undset's trilogy of historical novels recreating a woman's life during the Middle Ages in devoutly Catholic Norway. (NOR17, $16.00)

The Dean's December

The Dean's December


by Saul Bellow

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

Bellow's novel tells the story of a college dean who witnesses unrest and corruption at home and abroad, first within the political community of Chicago, then under the oppressive communist rule of Romania. (EUR126, $16.00)

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories


by David McDuff | Anthony Briggs | Ronald Wilks | Leo Tolstoy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This collection of stories explores Tolstoy's persistent themes of life and death. More experimental than his novels, Tolstoy's stories are essential reading for anyone interested in his development as one of the major writers and thinkers of his time. (RUS377, $11.00)

The End of The Affair

The End of The Affair


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Michael Gorra introduces this centennial edition. (GRB42, $15.00)

The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War

The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War


by Jaroslav Hasek | Cecil Parrott

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 752 PAGES

The deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army, dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I, then captured by his own troops. (CZH11, $16.00)

The Honorary Consul

The Honorary Consul


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Greene swirls passion, ruin, politics and absurd hope in this tale, he called it his favorite, of a bungled kidnapping in Corrientes, a dusty Provincial city on the border with Paraguay. Not even a real diplomat, the whiskey-drinking, broken down Charley Fortnum, a yerba farmer, is one of Greene's great creations. (ARG85, $16.00)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles


by Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle

  • MYSTERY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 250 PAGES

Conan Doyle's only full-length novel featuring the beloved Sherlock Holmes, this intrigue is set on in eerie Dartmoor. (GBR772, $12.00)

The House of Mirth


by Edith Wharton

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

The classic turn-of-the-century novel of one beautiful New Yorker's demise. It's also a marvelous portrait of the city circa 1900, its surrounding country estates and Byzantine formalities. (NYC43, $11.00)

The Human Factor

The Human Factor


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 268 PAGES

Colm Toibin introduces this centennnial edition of The Human Factor, the morally complex tale of a high-level operative of the British Secret Service who acts as a double agent to benefit his family. (GRB41, $16.00)

The Iliad/The Odyssey

The Iliad/The Odyssey


by Robert Fagles

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER

A combined edition of the celebrated Fagles translation of Homer. (GRE197, $34.00)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories


by Washington Irving

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 638 PAGES

Traveling to the Hudson River Valley? Stay awake at night with this great, suspenseful yarn -- or rest easy and read some of the American master's gentler short works. (NYC23, $10.00)

The Marsh Arabs

The Marsh Arabs


by Wilfred Thesiger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Thesiger's masterful account of the distinctive customs, traditions and way of life of the Ma'dan, a once isolated, ancient people of the watery marsh and reeds of Southern Iraq. (IRQ19, $16.00)

The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita


by Larissa Volokhonsky | Richa Pevear | Mikhail Bulgakov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 402 PAGES

Pevear and Volokhonsky's incisive new translation of Bulgakov's satiric masterpiece -- part fairytale, part fable and part slapstick -- set in someplace like Moscow and written in the 1930s during the height of Stalin's reign. (RUS44, $14.00)

The Merry Wives of Windsor


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Shakespeare's farce that finds Henry IV's Falstaff transplanted to the genre of comedy. (GBR458, $8.00)

The Ministry of Fear

The Ministry of Fear


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A thriller set in London during the Blitz by the master of atmosphere and ambiguity. (GBR571, $15.00)

The Odyssey

The Odyssey


by Homer | Robert Fagles

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 541 PAGES

Translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of The Odyssey in this translation, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness. (GRE45, $17.00)

The Painter of Signs


by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Narayan's tale about Raman, a simple, pious sign painter who is deeply set in his work and routine -- until a spirited young free-thinker named Daisy arrives to bring birth control to the village. (IDA341, $14.00)

The Pearl

The Pearl


by John Steinbeck

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 90 PAGES

A poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his family when he finds a priceless pearl. (MEX243, $12.00)

The Penguin Classics Library, Complete Collection

The Penguin Classics Library, Complete Collection


by Penguin Classics

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER

Or get the whole library from Abbot to Zola, 1,082 books in all, priced at 41% off. (WLD150, $7900.00)

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon


by Shonagon Sei | Ivan Morris

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Exquisite short essays and vignettes of Japanese court life in the Heian period. (JPN76, $17.00)

The Professor


by Charlotte Bronte

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 316 PAGES

Bronte's first novel, published posthumously, based on her experiences with Emily as a language student in Brussels in 1842. (BLG27, $11.00)

The Prose Edda


by Snorri Sturluson | Jesse Byock

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A new translation of one of the most influential and entertaining medieval Icelandic sagas, the source for much of what we know of Norse mythology. (ICL26, $17.65)

The Quiet American

The Quiet American


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

A classic, this is the most famous Western work of fiction on Vietnam. Greene writes of a love triangle between a war correspondent, his Vietnamese consort and an optimistic young American during the last days of French rule. (VNM08, $16.00)

The Ramayana, A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic


by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 157 PAGES

Novelist Narayan's translation of the ancient Hindu epic of heroism, love and fate. (IDA311, $15.00)

The Saga of Gosta Berling


by Selma Lagerlof

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 399 PAGES

Set at a country estate in 1820s wintry rural Sweden, this epic novel by the Swedish Nobel Prize-winner (the first woman to win the prize) follows the fate of a defrocked minister and the women who fall under his spell. (SWE59, $16.00)

The Saga of the People of Laxardal and Bolli Bollason's Tale

The Saga of the People of Laxardal and Bolli Bollason's Tale


by Keneva Kunz

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This beloved Icelandic saga from the 13th century, possibly written by a woman, recounts years of betrayal, battle and romance: the stories of headstrong heroines in a changing world. In a new translation. (VIK31, $16.00)

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden


by Frances Hodgson Burnett | Tasha Tudor

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 358 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Sullen orphan Mary's life changes when she discovers an abandoned garden hidden on her uncle's staid Yorkshire estate. As she nurses the garden and her sickly cousin back to health, she herself begins to blossom. (GBR391, $16.00)

The Street of Crocodiles

The Street of Crocodiles


by Bruno Schulz

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

These remarkable stories draw on Schulz's childhood and the people, places and events of provincial Poland in the early 20th century. (PLD24, $16.00)

The Third Man and the Fallen Idol

The Third Man and the Fallen Idol


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 157 PAGES

A haunting tale and penetrating portrait of Vienna after World War II, "The Third Man" is the result of Greene's collaboration with Carol Reed on the classic movie. "The Fallen Idol" is a separate tale of intrigue set in Britain. (AST30, $14.00)

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers


by Alexandre Dumas

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 736 PAGES

Never mind the movie (opening October 21).This French standard is rip-roaring fare for young adults, who'll stay up 'til the wee hours to find out what became of D'Artagnan, Aramis, Athos, Porthos and the nefarious Lady DeWinter. Richard Pevear's major new translation of Dumas' enduring tale captures the wit, romance and rollicking pace of the original. (FRN674, $16.00)

The Tunnel

The Tunnel


by Margaret Sayers Peden | Ernesto Sabato

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES
  • COMING IN MARCH

Penguin Classics marks the 100th anniversary of Sabato's birth with new translation of his best-known novel -- a tale of obsessive love that captures the existential soul of Buenos Aires. (ARG119, $15.00)

The Vinland Sagas

The Vinland Sagas


by Keneva Kunz

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

The classic chronicle of the adventures of Eirik the Red and his son, Leif Eirikson, who explored North America 500 years before Columbus, in a vibrant new translation. (VIK30, $16.00)

The Warden


by Anthony Trollope

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Trollope's 1855 tale set in a Victorian English Bishopric. (GBR439, $12.00)

The Wife


by Sigrid Undset | Tina Nunnally

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This is the second volume in Undset's trilogy of historical novels recreating a woman's life during the Middle Ages in devoutly Catholic Norway. (NOR16, $16.00)

The Wreath

The Wreath


by Sigrid Undset | Tina Nunnally

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 305 PAGES

A romantic masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author, first published in 1927. The first volume in Undset's trilogy of historical novels recreating a woman's life during the Middle Ages in devoutly Catholic Norway. Also available are the other two parts of the trilogy, "The Mistress of Husaby" (NOR16) and "The Cross" (NOR17). (NOR10, $15.00)

Tom Jones


by Henry Fielding

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 975 PAGES

This great comic adventure novel, whose hero is thought to be illegitimate, was so shocking in its time that it was held responsible by some for two earthquakes that hit London soon after its publication in the 18th century. Even Dr. Johnson warned against its ribaldry! (GBR84, $16.50)

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat


by John Steinbeck

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

First of his Monterey novels, Steinbeck peoples his tales of life in run-down Tortilla Flat with a colorful cast of memorable characters. (USW149, $14.00)

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

Greene's wickedely funny odyssey of a retired bank teller and his anything but conventional "Aunt." You may have seen the movie. (GBR500, $16.00)

Typee, A Peep at Polynesian Life

Typee, A Peep at Polynesian Life


by Herman Melville

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

The most popular of Melville's books during his lifetime, this partly autobiographical work first published in 1846 tells the story of Tommo, a Yankee sailor who jumps ship and enters the flawed Pacific paradise of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas. (PAC14, $14.00)

Untouchable

Untouchable


by Mulk Raj Anand | E. M. Forster

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Referred to by some as his nation's answer to Charles Dickens, the author tackles India's caste system with urgency and conviction. (IDA180, $13.00)

Vis & Ramin


by Fakhr al-Din Gurgani

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 519 PAGES

This Penguin Classics edition of the epic tale of war and forbidden love, set in 11th-century Persia, is in a new translation by Dick Davis. (IRN83, $17.00)

Voss

Voss


by Patrick White

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

White's 1957 epic, based upon the extravagant life and exploits of the 19th-century Prussian explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt, who disappeared on an expedition into the Australian outback. (AUS210, $17.00)

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights


by Emily Bronte

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

The Yorkshire moors have never been wilder or more conducive to tragedy than in this great romantic novel by Emily Bronte, which concerns an illicit and ill-fated love affair. (GBR307, $7.00)

Zazie in the Metro

Zazie in the Metro


by Raymond Queneau

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 151 PAGES

Queneau's delirious short novel of a country girl, her loony uncle and some disapproving gendarmes on a madcap tour of Paris. Louis Malle made it into a film in 1960. (FRN434, $16.00)

Moby-Duck

Moby-Duck


by Donovan Hohn

  • SCIENCE
  • 2012
  • HARD COVER
  • 416 PAGES
  • NEW

Hohn's accidental odyssey into the fate of many thousand rubber ducks takes him into the world of oceanography, tides and currents, Arctic research and the shadowy realms of manufacture in China. It's a high adventure, harebrained perhaps, but compelling, especially for those of us who have spent time at sea; Hohn experiences some truly terrible weather. (OCE176, $27.95)

Principles of Geology


by Charles Lyell | James A. Secord

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

A groundbreaking treatise on how the world works. (NAT26, $18.00)

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex


by Charles Darwin

  • SCIENCE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 864 PAGES

Darwin's great work on human evolution, published to much controversy in 1871. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Adrian Desmond. (NAT87, $18.00)

Under the Sea-Wind

Under the Sea-Wind


by Rachel Carson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

Carson's luminous portrait of sea and shore creatures, a classic of nature writing and the first of her many books. Centennial edition. (OCE109, $16.00)

Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage


by Zane Grey

  • 1912
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

A best-selling dime novel of the mythic West, a classic hymn to the land and the rough-and-ready Western code of honor among the cowboys and frontiersmen. (USW15, $14.00)

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