In SHOVEL READY (Broadway Books, October 14, 2014), Adam Sternbergh's propulsive, gripping, and wholly original debut, we meet Spademan, a one-of-a-kind antihero in this futuristic dystopian novel. Sternbergh, who previously worked for New York as editor-at-large and is the current culture editor
Catherine Warner and Simon Nelson are best friends: total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love. Cath is scatterbrained, messy, and–since she had her heart broken a few years back–emotionally closed off. Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy, and desperate for a man of his own. They live in
ABOUT CITY OF BLADES A triumphant return to the world of City of Stairs. A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birthplace of fearsome supernatural sentinels who killed and subjugated millions. Now, the city’s god is dead. The city itself
Od jednego z ulubionych i najpopularniejszych autorów piszących po angielsku, żywy, nostalgiczny i absolutnie zabawny pamiętnik dorastania w latach pięćdziesiątych. Bill Bryson urodził się w środku dwudziestego wieku, w środku Stanów Zjednoczonych w Des Moines (stan Iowa) i w środku największego
In the summer of 1998, Daniel Gordis and his family moved to Israel from Los Angeles. They planned to be there for a year, but a few months into their stay, Gordis and his wife decided to remain in Jerusalem permanently, confident that their children would be among the first generation of Israelis
Revenge. It’s something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing. So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do—and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering
