"Claude Wheeler, the sensitive, aspiring protagonist of this beautifully modulated novel, resembles the youngest son of a peculiarly American fairy tale. His fortune is ready-made for him, but he refuses to settle for it. Alienated from his crass father and pious mother, all but rejected by a wife who reserves her ardor for missionary work, and dissatisfied with farming, Claude is an idealist without an ideal to cling to. It is only when his country...

"Rebel Folklore gathers 50 of the darkest and most complicated folktale characters from around the world, showing readers why we should care about the rebels and misfits of ancient stories. Folktales were humble stories, passed down generations by those on the fringes of society: women, peasants, outcast groups. Across the world, these ancient stories are filled with strange characters, complicated figures who hold up a mirror to the world that dreamt...

An alien, on a mission to obtain water, becomes head of a large corporation. Ultimately, he is overwhelmed by American capitalism and a relationship with a women. Includes director Roeg's full uncut version.

"Welcome to Trace Italian, a game of strategy and survival! You may now make your first move. Isolated by a disfiguring injury since the age of seventeen, Sean Phillips crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to play in. From his small apartment in southern California, he orchestrates fantastic adventures where possibilities, both dark and bright, open in the boundaries between the real and the imagined. As the creator of "Trace Italian"--a text-based,...

With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus's masterpiece—gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. With an Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie; translated by Matthew Ward.
Behind the subterfuge, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd" and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual...

"Barton Suggs has it rough. He only has one friend, Lizzie Hellman. The school bullies are out to get him. And nobody believes him! After Barton gets pranked again, he’s had enough! So when Barton brings Slappy to life, he’s thrilled to find a new 'friend' who’s willing to help him get revenge on the bullies. But Slappy’s never met someone like Barton before. What’s up with this Barton kid? Will Slappy’s new best friend forever end up...

"Tori Spring is tired of everything. She used to be able to deal with people, mostly because she ahd to. Now she can barely function in the ridiculousness of a school environment. She's bord. She's frustrated. She's worried about her brother Charlie. And she's not sure what she should do about anything. She wants he world to leave her alone. But the world has other ideas. A random Post-It leads Tori on a trail by someone going by the name...

"A young Native American, Abel has come home to New Maxico from war to find himself caught between two worlds. the first is the world of his grandfather's wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of his people. But the other world--modern, industrial America--pulls at Abel, demanding his loyalty, claiming his sould, and goading him into a destructive, compulsive cycle of depravity...

"Hobbies You Enjoy is a heartbreaking yet comical character study highlighting a person’s yearlong emotional unraveling through the work they resent, the family trauma tey endure, the substances they abuse, the loneliness they embrace, and of course, the HOBBIES THEY ENJOY." --publisher's website

"is composed of five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War. In Part One, 'Low Men in Yellow Coats', eleven-year-old Bobby Garfield discovers a world of predatory malice in his own neighborhood. He also discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror. In the title story, a bunch of college kids get...