Lectures On LiteratureThe acclaimed author of Lolita offers unique insight into works by James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Jane Austen, and otherswith an introduction by John Updike. In the 1940s, when Vladimir Nabokov first embarked on his academic career in the United States, he brought with him hundreds of original lectures on the authors he most admired. For two decades those lectures served as the basis for Nabokovs teaching, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, as he

a victim of serial killer Robert Pickton and the subject of Maggie de Vries’s Governor General’s Literary Award–nominated memoir for adults

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modern edition of The Night Before Christmas will delight readers old and new and is a must-have for every family library

In this extraordinary never-before-told eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack—the only memoir ever written by a survivor of the USS Arizona—ninety-four-year-old veteran Donald Stratton finally shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on December 7

A Raw Psychological Thriller: Perfect for fans of dark contemporary YA who love gripping mysteries

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the magical night is nearly ruined

VATS OF ACID

Carine has wrestled for more than twenty years with the legacy of her brother's journey to self-discovery