With the Trojan war finally over after many long years, Odysseus wants nothing more than a swift journey home where his throne and beloved wife, Penelope, await him. But Poseidon, the sea god, bears a grudge against him and plans to prevent his return across the wine-dark sea to Ithaca. Many tests of strength and character ensue as Odysseus's jo...more
It's time to rediscover the wonderful books we all cherish.First published in 1859, A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens's most famous and popular novels. This stirring tale, set in the late eighteenth century against the backdrop of the French Revolution, is a novel for all generations. Filled with adventure and love, revolution and terror, it t...more
A journalist arrives in the peaceful town of Point Pleasant to investigate a series of freakish events terrorizing the community, including sightings of a bizarre winged apparition, mysterious lights in the sky, the mutilation deaths of domestic animals, and other eerie and unexplained events. Reprint. (A Sony Pcitures film, releasing March 2002, s...more
The first volume of the Gonzo papers brings together a selection of the legendary American journalist's articles, cultural commentary, rants, and essays on subjects ranging from the Super Bowl and Watergate to napalm, Las Vegas, Hemingway, Brando, sharks and drugs.
The epic novel of human transformation that inspired the Stanley Kubrick film delves into the origin of the species, alien visitation, and the future of humankind. Reissue.
Robert Graysmith was a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle when the newspaper began receiving letters from the Zodiac, the mysterious serial killer who plagued the Bay Area for several years in the late 1960s and early 1970s and then disappeared. Police confirm at least seven victims of the Zodiac's attacks, but in his letters he claimed res...more
One of the most famous Batman stories of all time is offered for the first time in hardcover in this special twentieth-anniversary edition. This is the unforgettable that forever changed Batman's world, adding a new element of darkness with its unflinching portrayal of The Joker's twisted psyche. Writer Alan Moore, acclaimed author of WATC...more
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