Jerome Jerome: 1081 books

"A rollicking tale."—Stacy Schiff, New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice Johnny One-Eye is bringing about the rediscovery of one of the most "singular and remarkable [careers] in American literature" (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World). In this picaresque...

Called "stunning and suspenseful" (Andrea Barrett, Outside), and "exquisitely detailed" (Alan Cheuse, NPR), The Forty Fathom Bank is a gripping novella of adventure and desperation in the tradition of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. This acclaimed cult classic tells the story of two men seeking...

There was a time when circumstances of parenthood required me to fully discover and then fully display my tender side, my vulnerabilities. It was uncharted territory for a man with a somewhat simplistic male ego. So as not to lose myself, I held onto a vision that I feel defines me, the vision of entering a lion's cave. The Lion's Cave was born of that vision.

A play in three acts. (Excerpt): "SCENE: Kitchen at Woodbarrow Farm. An ideal old farmhouse kitchen. From the smoke-blackened ceiling beams hang huge sides of bacon, strings of onions, and herbs, and poultry. Over the great fireplace are the guns, and in profusion everywhere are the homely furnishings...

Unfathomably merciless and powerful, the atomic bomb has left its indelible mark on film. In Atomic Bomb Cinema, Jerome F. Shapiro unearths the unspoken legacy of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and its complex aftermath in American and Japanese cinema. According to Shapiro, a "Bomb...

Literary history generally locates the primary movement toward poetic innovation in twentieth-century modernism, an impulse carried out against a supposedly enervated “late-Romantic” poetry of the nineteenth century. The original essays in Active Romanticism challenge this interpretation by tracing...

A preeminent critic maps the frontier of contemporary poetry. In this book, Jerome McGann argues that contemporary language-oriented writing implies a marked change in the way we think about our poetic tradition on one hand and in the future of criticism on the other. He focuses on Walter Benjamin...

The historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history, reading, and writing. In this comprehensive, focused guide, Jerome de Groot offers an accessible introduction to the genre and critical debates that surround...

Imagine what it's like to be the Chef Down at the Zoo! This delightful rhyming children's book introduces kids to the interesting feeding habits of favorite zoo animals. Humorous and colorful illustrations make the book fun to read. Activities at the end of the story are perfect for sharing as they encourage imagination and inspire conversation.

"All projects have been pretested for school use and are suitable for youngsters." — Bulletin of National Association of Secondary School Principals. What better way to learn than by doing? This thoughtfully conceived woodworking primer by educator Jerome E. Leavitt makes learning basic...

Solve an unsolvable crime. Break an unbreakable code… A decade ago, Emily Stuart was America’s sweetheart until the world class gymnast is murdered in her prime. But that’s not all. Emily fell to a serial murderer known as the Code Killer. Her murder was one of six, and the killer left...

Thomas et Alice, jeunes mariés, partent en voyage de noces au Québec. Dès le lendemain de leur arrivée, Alice disparaît. En quelques minutes, ce qui s’annonçait comme le point de départ d’une nouvelle vie tourne au cauchemar. Sans la moindre certitude sur la raison de cette...

Nearly two thousand years ago a physician named Galen of Pergamon suggested that much of the variation in human behavior could be explained by an individual's temperament. Since that time, inborn dispositions have fallen in and out of favor. Based on fifteen years of research, Galen's Prophecy now...

Find God’s Unique Shape for Your Marriage It’s not just the two of you and God. The truth is, you bring your family into your relationship in more ways than you realize. Yet God has plans for your marriage that differ from the expectations of your parents’ generation. Looking at the past,...