Things Fall Apart
Debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. It depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern part of Nigeria and the invasion by Europeans during the late 19th century
masterpiece
My Dog Tulip
2009 American independent animated feature film based on the 1956 memoir of the same name by J. R. Ackerley, BBC editor, novelist and memoirist
Hatchet
1986 Newbery Honor-winning young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen.
In the Night Kitchen
Children’s picture book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, first published in 1970. The book depicts a young boy’s dream journey through a surreal baker’s kitchen where he assists in the creation of a cake to be ready by the morning
The Collected Stories
Brought together in a collection that includes works from Going Places.
Leonard Michaels
American writer of short stories, novels, and essays.
Gold Coast
“Lean, mean, darkly funny.” —Boston Globe “A zingy thriller by the master of hard-boiled suspense.” —Dallas Morning News “Elmore Leonard may be the greatest crime novelist in the world,” declares the Seattle Times, and truer words have never been written. Just follow the Grand Master of mystery and suspense to Florida’s Gold Coast and you’ll …
The Likeness
2008 mystery novel by Tana French
Tana French
American-Irish writer and theatrical actress
The William Tyndale Old Testament
Before the King James Version of the Bible, there was William Tyndale’s ‘heretical’ text. It was the first direct translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into English and was thus a great threat to church power when it was published in the early 16th Century. As much as it was a triumph of personal …