I loved Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck because it featured one of the greatest authors of the 20th century sharing a true story of his travels in the style of one of his award-winning novels. Steinbeck puts the reader in a time and place and allows them to experience mid-century America through his eyes and incomparable writing style. This book inspired me so much that I am currently writing a novel based on the experience of reading Travels of Charley in Search of America.
An 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, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.
With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the…
Percival Everett introduces us to Mark Twain's character, the slave Jim, in a new and revolutionary way. I believe James is the book that Mark Twain might have written if he had been born a century and a half later. James is engaging and entertaining but more, it will cause you to think in new ways.
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha
James by Percival Everett is a profound and ferociously funny meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From the author of The Trees, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Erasure, adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction.
The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new…
Louis L'Amour was among the greatest American novelists focusing mostly on the opening and development of the West here in America. In The Walking Drum, L'Amour uses his immense story-telling prowess to tell an epic tale set in the 12th century. Much of the world we live in today was shaped by the events and attitudes depicted in The Walking Drum.
As part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials!
Louis L’Amour has been best known for his ability to capture the spirit and drama of the authentic American West. Now he guides his readers to an even more distant frontier—the enthralling lands of the twelfth century.
Warrior, lover, and scholar, Kerbouchard is a daring seeker of knowledge and fortune bound on a journey of enormous challenge, danger, and revenge. Across Europe, over the Russian steppes, and through the Byzantine wonders of Constantinople, Kerbouchard is thrust into the treacheries, passions, violence, and dazzling wonders of…
The Ultimate Gift is a modern-day parable in which a grandfather passes along his wisdom and his wealth to his grandson. This novel spawned three sequel titles and a movie trilogy. It has become a mainstay in boardrooms and classrooms. You will laugh and you will cry, but you will never be the same.
