The Shore is a heartbreaking, ultimately uplifting debut novel about the particular pain of losing someone who becomes a stranger before he disappears, the grit and hustle of running a small business in a Jersey Shore tourist town, the ways ...
"--Choice "A book such as this rarely appear anymore. . . .Its size, its comprehensiveness, its involvement with the classical sources, its modesty, and its urbanity make this an unusual book.
Learned and deeply personal, The Human Shore is more than a history: it is the story of a space that has been central to the attitudes, plans, and existence of those who live and dream at land’s end.
As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder, in what is a truly remarkable journey. “As ...
A notebook without beginning, without and end, only a flowing towards being, a growing; contradictions and explanations.
From whales to plankton, scope out the marvels of deep sea creatures.
In extremely deep waters (two miles deep), the vast sea appears empty. But as naturalist and artist Sophie Webb shows us, it is full of fascinating—yet difficult to study—life.
" This is a powerful & moving work that will resonate for all Americans, who together make up a nation of immigrants from other shores.
Emily Shore's journal is the unique self-representation of a prodigious young Victorian woman.