The third installment of a fascinating decade-by-decade series, this anthology collects historic New Yorker pieces from the most tumultuous years of the twentieth century—including work by James Baldw
Including contributions by Elizabeth Bishop ‧ Truman Capote ‧ John Cheever ‧ Roald Dahl ‧ Janet Flanner ‧ Nadine Gordimer ‧ A. J. Liebling ‧ Dwight Macdonald ‧ Joseph Mitchell ‧ Marianne Moore ‧ Vladi
A Place in the Country is W. G. Sebald’s meditation on the six artists and writers who shaped his creative mind—and the last of this great writer’s major works to be translated into English.This beaut
Including contributions by W. H. Auden ‧ Elizabeth Bishop ‧ John Cheever ‧ Janet Flanner ‧ John Hersey ‧ Langston Hughes ‧ Shirley Jackson ‧ A. J. Liebling ‧ William Maxwell ‧ Carson McCullers ‧ Josep
In this definitive volume, respected historian Christine Stansell tells the story of one of the great democratic movements of our times. She paints richly detailed portraits of well-known leaders&
Thought to be lost for over 50 years, here is the first novel by one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Set in New York during the summer of 1945, this is the story of a young caref
The foil to Jesus, the defiant antihero of the Easter story, mocking, skeptical Pilate is a historical figure who haunts our imagination. For some he is a saint, for others the embodiment of human wea
