Biography, literature & literary studies

Fresh from Minnesota and hungry for all New York has to offer, 23-year-old S.H. embarks on a year that proves both exhilarating and frightening - from bruising encounters with men to the increasingly ominous monologues of the woman next door. Forty years on, those pivotal months come back to vibr...

This edition of Herman Melville's monumental novel includes a new introduction that is attentive both to the rich literary history of 'Moby-Dick', and to the book's sharp relevance to issues of environmentalism, disability, power, race, and sexuality today.

A Parisian editor is drawn into a murder investigation when an unknown thriller author is shortlisted for a prize.

At 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper reports him dead, but they are mistaken. Because Oskar Johansson is a born survivor. Though crippled, Oskar finds the strength to go on living and working. 'The Rock Blas...