The Centaur, Paperback - John Updike

In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son f...

Reducere. THE HUMAN CHORD When Robert Spinrobin answers an ad in the paper from "a retired clergyman" looking for someone with "courage and imagination, " he...

Reducere. Incepand cu zilele scurte si inghetate din ianuarie, trecand prin zilele lungi, calduroase din iunie si pana la primii fulgi de nea din decembrie, ...

Reducere. Romanul Intoarcerea lui Rabbit continua povestea lui Harry Angstrom, unul dintre cele mai populare personaje din literatura americana, la zece ani ...

The third volume of Library of America's five-volume edition of Updike's novels features the continuation of the renowned Rabbit saga and two wicke...

DescriptionLibrary of America's definitive Updike edition continues with three masterful novels on the joys and the discontents of the sexual revol...

At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair. The elderly residents take pride in the s...

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The much anticipated new collection from essayist, poet and blues musician John Barnie.Publisher: Cinnamon PressAuthor(s): John BarniePublication d...

Taking its title from the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", this work traces one family's profound journey through four generations - and across the s...

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Reducere. IndieFab awardsOn September 28, 1960--a day that will live forever in the hearts of fans--Red Sox slugger Ted Williams stepped up to the plate for ...

Deals with one of America's issues - threat of Islamist terror from within. It also suggests ways in which we can counter it, in our words and our ...

Nothing in his previous life could have prepared Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou for his new role as the President of Kush. Neither the French army no...

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Incepand cu zilele scurte si inghetate din ianuarie, trecand prin zilele lungi, calduroase din iunie si pana la primii fulgi de nea din decembrie, ...

Sally is big and pampered. She's married to Richard. But she loves Jerry. Jerry loves Sally, but he's also still in love with his wife Ruth. Who's ...

Twenty-seven critics, as well as Updike himself, provide a kaleidoscopic view of the Rabbit Angstrom saga in 34 reviews and essays.

DescriptionNewly available in paperback, this 20th anniversary edition of a Caldecott Honor classic combines the star power of John Updike and Trin...

Henry Bech, the celebrated author of "Travel Light", has been scrutinized, canonized and vilified by critics and readers across the world. This wor...

When the three witches - now old, remarried and widowed - decide to go back to Eastwick to spend a summer together, many things have changed. Darry...

Concerns a month of seven days, a month of enforced rest and recreation as experienced by the Reverend Tom Marshfield, sent west from his Midwester...

The }Penguin Essentials{ series revisits examples of modern fiction that have come to be considered classics, reissued in new jackets featuring wor...

What Martin Amis has described as Updike's 'cat's-cradle of vigorous adultery' is new to }Modern Classics{.

In an interview, Updike once said, "If I had to give anybody one book of me, it would be the Olinger Stories." They follow the life of one characte...

In 1956 John Updike wrote a short story about newly-weds Joan and Richard Maple. Gathered here for the first time in hardcover - and with the addit...

Reducere. Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, be...

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University PressAuthor(s): Peter J. BaileyNumber of pages: 295Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 168 x 242 x 20Cover ...

Reducere. Gertrude and Claudius are the "villains" of Hamlet: he the killer of Hamlet's father and usurper of the Danish throne; she his lusty consort, who m...

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A collection of stories from the author's final years.

Reducere. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award The hero of John Updike's Rabbit, Run, ten years ...

Reducere. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Howells Medal, and the National Book Critics Circle Award In John Updike's fourth and final novel about Harry ``R...

It's 1969, and the times are changing. America is about to land a man on the moon, the Vietnamese war is in full swing, and racial tension is on th...

Reducere. When Sir Ray hears that the hero who raised him is dead and returns with Prince Martin to his homeland, he uncovers his shocking family history and...

It's 1979 and Rabbit is no longer running. He's walking, and beginning to get out of breath. That's ok, though - it gives him the chance to enjoy t...

This book explores thrilling legends about the centaur. Short paragraphs of easy-to-read text are paired with eye-catching images to make reading e...

Reducere. Turning 50 is bad enough without Mercury Retrograde. Nothing is working out as planned. Viviana, a struggling addict and former stripper finds out ...

Reducere. When Sir Ray hears that the hero who raised him is dead and returns with Prince Martin to his homeland, he uncovers his shocking family history and...

Reducere. Maurice de Guérin's "The Centaur" and "The Bacchante" represent two of the earliest examples of the prose poem. Both pieces are heavily centered in...

In the aftermath of Donald Trump's victory in 2016, Americans finally faced a perplexing political reality: Democrats, purported champions of worki...