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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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Graham Greene

READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

The Heart of The Matter

The Heart of The Matter

by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 255 PAGES

In Greene's masterpiece set in Sierra Leone, a good man is enmeshed in love, intrigue and evil. (WAF166, $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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

 
Chasing the Devil, A Journey Through Sub-Saharan Africa in the Footsteps of Graham Greene

Chasing the Devil, A Journey Through Sub-Saharan Africa in the Footsteps of Graham Greene


by Tim Butcher

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 336 PAGES

Using Graham Greene's 1936 Journey Without Maps as a guide, journalist Tim Butcher returns to war-torn Sierra Leone and Liberia in this engaging tale, mixing the author's own adventures with history and anecdote. (WAF156, $26.95)

Greene on Capri, A Memoir

Greene on Capri, A Memoir


by Shirley Hazzard

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES
  • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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This book is ultimately a memoir about the author's friendship with Graham Greene, but there's plenty of commentary of Capri's history and culture for those seeking a flavor of the place. (ITL440, $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 Man Within My Head

The Man Within My Head


by Pico Iyer

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES

In these sharp, autobiographical essays, Iyer reveals his fascination with Graham Greene, Greene's observations on what it means to be an outsider and, most surprisingly how Greene measured up to his own elusive father. (GRB44, $25.95)

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)

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)

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)

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 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 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 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 Power and the Glory

The Power and the Glory


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 221 PAGES

Redolent with vultures, the blazing sun, corruption and other Mexican cliches, this classic novel is set in Villahermosa -- and based on Greene's own travels by mule throughout the state of Tabasco. (MEX05, $15.00)

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)

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