American Heroin

Albastru nemarginit, aproape transparent (1976), romanul de debut al lui Ryu Murakami, distins cu prestigioasele premii Gunzo si Akutagawa, prezint...

Un spion moare. Se naste o legenda. Asa a inceput totul. Agentul secret britanic 007 este gasit mort, plutind in apele Rivierei Franceze, ucis de o...

The much-anticipated sequel to }Lola{ depicts a woman's determination to protect her ever-more-extensive drug operation. The }Irish Times{ praised ...

Visul American a murit de ceva vreme. Dar fiecare are propriul drog care-l ajuta sa viseze mai departe: heroina, televiziunea, mancarea - modalitat...

Visul american a murit de ceva vreme. Dar fiecare are propriul drog care-l ajuta sa viseze mai departe: heroina, televiziunea, mancarea – modalitat...

Reducere. This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Virginia Roush fell in love with...

Contributor(s): Author: Kate SchatzIllustrator: Miriam Klein StahlCelebrate the radical heroines who shaped America's history with twenty-six portr...

A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, THE SCARLET LETTER exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced w...

Reducere. For the first time ever, this new book has allowed Harriet Tubman to speak for herself in her own unforgettable words of passion and faith. It is t...

Reducere. A piercing expos of American incompetence and corruption in Southeast Asia, The Ugly American captivated the nation when it was first published in ...

HarperCollins is pround to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will...

Reducere. In this probing and personal biography, Emory Thomas reveals more than the man himself did. Robert E. Lee has been, and continues to be, a symbol a...

Reducere. This beloved modern classic documents the lives and hardships of an African American family living in Depression-era Harlem. While 12-year-old Fran...

At the age of six he watched his cousin die in a lynching and in that moment of Southern brutality, Frank Lucas, notorious gangster, billion-dollar...

Reducere. A quintessential American heroine, Eliza Birdwell is a wonderful blend of would-be austerity, practicality, and gentle humor when it comes to keepi...

Reducere. Sergeant Smack chronicles the story of North Carolina's Leslie "Ike" Atkinson, an adventurer, gambler and one of U.S. history's most original gangs...

Reducere. Zeke and Ned is the story of Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie, the last Cherokee warriors -- two proud, passionate men whose remarkable quest to ca...

DescriptionIn a story of suspense and intrigue, Anna Strong and the Revolutionary War Culper Spy Ring explores a little-known chapter of American h...

Reducere. Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, "one of the great fictional heroines" (Parade), investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent i...

Reducere. Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's Citation for Ficti...

Reducere. This collection of ancient images of women as goddesses and heroines brings together legends, rituals, and prayers from China, Celtic Europe, South...

Reducere. For fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell comes this powerful novel with the most fearless heroine--self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson--fr...

Reducere. The fifth book in the smart, snarky, and action-packed Heroine series continues the adventures of Asian-American superheroines Evie Tanaka, Aveda J...

Reducere. This landmark novel about a small-town girl who runs away to the big city has been hailed as one of the greatest portraits of urban life in America...

Reducere. Casey Jones was the most famous railroad engineer there ever was. Casey had one hang up. He had to be on time. He expected his trains to be on time...

DescriptionBeloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, "one of the great fictional heroines" (Parade), investigates the mysterious murder of an American war corr...

Reducere. The history of Norwegian settlement in the United States has often been told through the eyes of prominent men, while the women are imagined in the...

Reducere. Although frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 tested a rising generation of American leaders; u...

For the first time in one volume, three modern masterworks from the National Book Award-winning writer who has been called the American Graham Gree...

Reducere. The definitive edition of the complete works of the grand dame of American science fiction begins with this volume gathering two novels and her col...

Reducere. Extraordinary characters spring from extraordinary minds. See the history that inspired comic book's first major female super-hero in this American...

Reducere. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and on-target perceptions of American life and politics to th...

Reducere. Little Wolf is an Indian boy who will not hunt. Instead he brings home injured animals and birds. He makes them well again, using the secrets of th...

Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's rema...

Reducere. "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." -- Babe Ruth Babe Ruth is without a doubt the mos...

Description" The] Ukrainian American heroine of this sweet-bitter debut is a wisecracking fatalist who can be counted on to say the inappropriate t...

Reducere. Praise for the previous edition (The Keeper of Lime Rock) Filled with fascinating stories of Lewis's rescues, this] book . . . will appeal to reade...

DescriptionAn evocative poem and stunning watercolors come together to honor an American heroine in a Coretta Scott King Honor and Christopher Awar...

Reducere. Marti MacAlister, Eleanor Taylor Bland's popular African-American heroine, is forced to confront some extremely personal demons from long ago-her h...

Reducere. An addictive and groundbreaking debut thriller set on a Native American reservationVirgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian...

Reducere. Blackbeard: The Birth of America is the true story of Edward Thache--former British Navy seaman and notorious privateer-turned-pirate, who lorded o...

Reducere. From the multi-million copy master of vernacular black literature and pioneeer of hip hop culture, a masterpiece of crime fiction set in Los Angele...

Working in an American primitive style animated by the humor and storytelling genius for which he is renowned, Caldecott Winner artist Paul O. Zeli...

Reducere. From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers comes a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small Af...

Reducere. A novel that blends politics, history and romance with unfailing gentleness, unforeseeable, explosive events determine the actions of the character...

Reducere. From National Book Award-nominated writer Andrea Lee comes a gorgeously evocative epic about love, clashing cultures, and identity, set in the trop...

Reducere. Hailed by reviewers and readers for its originality, vitality, and truth, this novel secured Willa Cather a place in the first rank of American wri...

Reducere. Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience...

DescriptionThe unforgettable protagonist of Lola returns in a gritty, high-octane thriller about a brilliant woman who will stop at nothing to prot...

Reducere. Initially published in 1912 and the first of Zane Grey's many bestsellers, this stirring tale of adventure in the high country established the prot...

In this beautifully written novel of historical fiction, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott tells the story of Alexander Hamilton's wife, Eliz...

Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos o...

Reducere. A plucky "titian-haired" sleuth solved her first mystery in 1930. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II,...

Reducere. DescriptionMatthew has grown up in hell. His father is gone, and his mother drinks and hooks up with men who abuse Matthew and his sister. He final...

The Coquette tells the much-publicized story of the seduction and death of Elizabeth Whitman, a poet from Hartford, Connecticut. Written as a serie...

Reducere. "Betty Zane" is a historical novel about Elizabeth "Betty" Zane McLaughlin Clark (1765-1823), a heroine of the Revolutionary War on the American fr...

Reducere. A "marvelous" (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star ...

Kate Riley is not the sort of heroine we meet in most American novels. Self-centered, shape-shifting, driven from one man to another and one city t...

Reducere. "Top notch crime fiction."--Boston Globe American readers first met Icelandic lawyer and investigator Thora Gudmundsdottir in Last Rituals. In My S...

Reducere. The forty-year love affair between Rachel and Andrew Jackson parallels a tumultuous period in American history. Andrew Jackson was at the forefront...

Arabella Trefoil, the beautiful anti-heroine of this novel, inspired Trollope to write of her, "I wished to express the depth of my scorn for women...

Reducere. DescriptionNew York City . . . if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. In the slums of New York, young DOWOP believed in the American Dr...

Reducere. My name is Brett. I'm a college educated man who once was a husband of 26 years with two children, three businesses, and a large home with an actua...

Reducere. "Wheatle has delivered a definitive narrative steeped in cultural philosophy and human sensibilities. Despite the foibles of his tragic characters,...

Reducere. This publication reissues a much sought-after photobook. Taryn Simon is an American artist whose works combine photography, text and graphic design...

Reducere. THE FIRST NOVEL IN ACE ATKINS' NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING QUINN COLSON SERIES. "In Quinn Colson, bestselling author Ace Atkins has created an Ameri...

This is a historical novel, beginning in 1497 and taking us, in a series of vignettes, through five centuries of interconnections between the Mi'km...

Originally published by UNC Press in 1952, The Railroads of the Confederacy tells the story of the first use of railroads on a major scale in a maj...

Reducere. SHOSHANA HOLDS NOTHING BACK in this harrowing account of an ordinary woman caught in extraordinary circumstances. She reveals decisions made by cha...

Reducere. Many know Rocky Hill as the home of the oldest operating ferry in the country and its renowned Dinosaur State Park. However, there is a lot more hi...