To the Ends of the Earth
9 best books like To the Ends of the Earth (William Golding): The Jungle, They Called Us Enemy, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation, Village Evenings Near Dikanka and Mirgorod, A Most Wanted Man, The Unexpected Truth About Animals: A Menagerie of the Misunderstood, The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book, What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 1
| Author | Upton Sinclair |
| ISBN | 1884365302 |
For nearly a century, the original version of Upton Sinclair's classic novel has remained almost entirely unknown.
When it was published in serial form in 1905, it was a full third longer than the censored, commercial edition published in book form the following year. That expurgated commercial...
| Author | George Takei |
| ISBN | 1603094504 |
A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself.
Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke...
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
| Author | Randall Munroe |
| ISBN | 1473680336 |
How To is an instruction manual for taking everyday problems and using science and creative thinking to turn them into much bigger and more exciting problems. It teaches you how to cross a river by boiling it, outlines some of the many uses for lava around the home, and walks you through how to use experimental...
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0807012394 |
In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within...
| Author | Nikolai Gogol |
| ISBN | 0192828800 |
Hailed universally as Russia's finest comic writer, and by many as its greatest writer of prose, Nikolai creates a unique Ukranian world, from the darkest Gothic to folkloric levity. Here, this extraordinary countryside is revealed in all its variety in his first two collections of short stories....
| Author | John le Carré |
| ISBN | 1416594884 |
"A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse around his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa." "Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to...
The Unexpected Truth About Animals: A Menagerie of the Misunderstood
| Author | Lucy Cooke |
| ISBN | 0857524119 |
Librarian Note: Newer editions of this book have released with a different title: The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife. See ISBN 9780465094646
History is full of strange animal stories invented by the brightest and most influential,...
The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book
| Author | Neil Gaiman |
| ISBN | 1472261259 |
THE QUITE NICE AND FAIRLY ACCURATE GOOD OMENS SCRIPT BOOK contains much that is new and revelatory and even several scenes that are not actually in the final television series.
Neil Gaiman's glorious reinvention of the iconic bestseller GOOD OMENS is adapted from the internationally beloved...
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 1
| Author | Fumi Yoshinaga |
| ISBN | 1939130387 |
From award-winning author Fumi Yoshinaga comes a casual romance between two middle-aged men and the many meals they share together.
A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair...
