The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short StoriesBy: Series: A Penguin Classics Hardcover A major new collection of Japanese short stories, many appearing in English for the first time, with an introduction by Haruki Murakami, author of Killing Commendatore A Penguin Classics Hardcover This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the art of the Japanese short story, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable practitioners writing today. Edited by acclaimed

A novel that is as affecting as it is entertaining

First published in 1963

discovered cryptic handwritten notations in a worn copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass

By: Karol Woytila  A collection of the poetry Pope John Paul II wrote throughout his life

Jules Verne   | Series: A Stepping Stone Book In this 1870 science-fiction classic

And Flora will be changed too as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart

The best thing about Mrs Roberts

By: Karen Cheung     A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today

From history’s earliest recorded cases of homicidal females to Irma Grese

the perfect food for a princess is

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With an introduction by National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez