Ultramarine
7 best books like Ultramarine (Malcolm Lowry): The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Tehanu, Of Mice and Men/Cannery Row, At the Villa Rose, The Lost Stradivarius, The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End, Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years
| Author | Thornton Wilder |
| ISBN | 0060088877 |
This beautiful new edition features unpublished notes for the novel and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder.
On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into...
| Author | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| ISBN | 1416509631 |
Years ago, they had escaped together from the sinister Tombs of Atuan—she, an isolated young priestess; he, a powerful wizard. Now she is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself the simple pleasures of an ordinary life. And he is a broken old man, mourning the powers lost to him through no choice...
Of Mice and Men/Cannery Row
Cannery Row was fun. It reminded me a lot of Winnie the Pooh, actually. Like Mack and the gang are all gung-ho about doing something really nice for Doc, like throwing him a party or whatever, and that's what the drama is all about: getting a party together and how it becomes a disaster. I loved how he made...
| Author | A.E.W. Mason |
| ISBN | 0881841110 |
At the Villa Rose is a detective novel by British writer A.E.W. Mason featuring his character Inspector Hanaud.
In Aix les Bains during the early 20th century, Celia Harland, a beautiful (of course) young English girl down on her luck is befriended by a rich widow, Madame Dauvray, an addict of "spiritualism",...
Chilling in the extreme, The Lost Stradivarius is a classic tale of the supernatural. While practicing in his rooms in Oxford, gifted violinist John Maltravers notices a strange phenomenon: whenever a certain air is played, a mysterious presence seems to enter. Unable to rationalize this away, Maltravers...
The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End
| Author | Gary M. Pomerantz |
| ISBN | 0735223610 |
Out of the greatest dynasty in American professional sports history, an intimate story of race, mortality, and regret
About to turn ninety, Bob Cousy, the Hall of Fame Boston Celtics captain who led the team to its first six championships on an unparalleled run, has much to look back on in contentment....
Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years
| Author | Sue Townsend |
| ISBN | 0413650103 |
Adrian Mole has at last reached physical maturity, but he can't help roaming the pages of his diary like an untamed adolescent. Finally given the heave-ho by Pandora, he seeks solace in the arms of Bianca, a qualified hydraulic engineer masquerading as a waitress. Between his dishwashing job and completing...
