Camino Real

Author	Horace Walpole
ISBN	0192834401

First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In it Walpole attempted, as he declared in the Preface to the Second Edition, "to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern." Crammed with invention,...

Author	Dan Yaccarino
ISBN	0694011770

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.The first one said, "Oh my, it's getting late."Get ready for some wicked fun as these five pumpkins run and roll! Toddlers will want to chant along with this popular rhyme again and again. Dan Yaccarino's vibrant and bold illustrations bring these pumpkins to life...

Author	Tony Judt
ISBN	1594202893

The Memory Chalet is a memoir unlike any you have ever read before. Each essay charts some experience or remembrance of the past through the sieve of Tony Judt s prodigious mind. His youthful love of a particular London bus route evolves into a reflection on public civility and interwar urban planning....

Author	Dave Eggers
ISBN	0547241631

I have love, love, loved this series, but this is the first one that felt like a bit of a slog. I bought it in December, read the opening essay and the short bits (Part I) in January, and then read a piece or two a month for the entire first half of the year. Normally I read the whole thing the day I buy it. I love the...

Author	Dave Eggers
ISBN	0547577435

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The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by a leading writer in the field, making the Best American series the...

Author	John Hodgman
ISBN	1594482225

Hot on the heels of the #1 bestsellers The Onion's Our Dumb Century and Jon Stewart's America comes The Areas of My Expertise, the brilliant and uproarious #15 bestseller (i.e., a runaway phenomenon in its own right-no, seriously) - a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia,...