In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. ...more

Zu all den herausragenden Merkmalen, die Patrick Süskinds Klassiker mit den Jahren auf sich vereint hat, kommt nun ein neues hinzu: Hans Korte lässt die Geschichte des Pariser Massenmörders Jean- Baptiste Grenouille in akustischer Brillanz aufleben. Markant spricht er, lässt mit seiner eindrucks- und ausdrucksvollen Stimme schnell Atmosphäre u...more

In 2000 Harcourt proudly reissued Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece, The Little Prince, in a sparkling new format. Newly translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard, this timeless classic was embraced by critics and readers across the country for its purity and beauty of expression. And Saint-Exupéry's beloved artwork was restor...more