An entertaining look at the Nordic welfare state and economic model, showing how we can all benefit from a far more equal and just system. Very accessible and understandable for those not familiar with the technicalities of economics.
A classic tale of terror and grotesquerie by the original master of horrorH. P. Lovecraft proclaimed his Dunwich Horror "so fiendish" that his editor at Weird Tales "may not dare to print it." The editor, fortunately, knew a good thing when he saw it. One of the core Cthulhu stories, The Dunwich Horror introduces us to the grim village of Dunwich, where each member of the Whateley family is more grotesque than the other. There's the grandfathe...
A brilliant modernist classic--now available for the first time in a stand-alone editionThis dreamy, formally audacious story of a summer's day in the life of one family is a small masterpiece by Katherine Mansfield, hailed as "one of the great modernist writers. Virginia Woolf said of Mansfield, hers was "the only writing I have ever been jealous of."A modernist master of cool precision and extraordinary delicacy, Mansfield wrote about family...
Both witty and heartbreaking, this debut novel is a beautifully written and moving story of what we must leave behind, and what we manage to hold on to, as we navigate the treacherous terrain between youth and adulthood.
A lexicographer and editor, Dickson has long held the record for collecting the Most Synonyms for any term in the English language. In "Drunk, " he presents no fewer than 3, 000 terms for tipsy. 35 illustrations.
In 1969, Reiss made the trip to Holland to chronicle the two years, seven months, and one day she had spent hiding from the Nazis. Subtle and disturbing, the book is a powerful consideration of memory, violence, and loss, told in a stunning and sparse narrative style.
Ivan Petrovich Belkin left behind a great number of manuscripts.... Most of them, as Ivan Petrovich told me, were true stories heard from various people.
First published anonymously in 1830, Alexander Pushkin's Tales of Belkin contains his first prose works. It is comprised of an introductory note and five linked stories, ostensibly collected by the scholar Ivan Belkin. The stories center variously around military figures, the wealthy, and bus...
[A] fascinating account of trying to report on a war unprecedented in its danger for the media.... The reporters' accounts here are notable for their studied neutrality. Blood flows, bodies and limbs pile up. They hear the whistle of bullets and whoosh of mortars."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"A terrific new resource for understanding what really happened--and is happening--in Iraq. A gritty and gripping narrative history of the run-up to war to th...
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
"To read Every Man Dies Alone, Fallada's testament to the darkest years of the 20th century, is to be accompanied by a wise, somber ghost who grips your shoulder and whispers in your ear: 'This is how it was. This is what happened.'"
-The New York Times Book Review
"I very much enjoyed the rediscovery of Hans Fallada ... a wonderful novel. Compelling."
-Ian McEwanThis never-before-tra...