Richard: 17762 books

Sam Cassady knew he’d hit bottom when he heard the cell door slam closed. There’s an air of finality to that clang of metal on metal, when the walls of a squalid cage close in around you and you know, for real, that you’re in there to stay. Minimum five year sentence, that’s what the judge...

Adapted for stage, Apples is set on a Middlesbrough council estate, this astonishing piece of writing by 23 year old Richard Milward, is an electrifying collision of Irvine Welsh and Virginia Woolf. Streams of poetic, impassioned and often hilarious words pour from five fifteen year olds as they negotiate...

In October 1943, Esther Terner and 300 other Jews escaped from Sobibor, a Nazi death camp in eastern Poland. It was the biggest escape of WWII and the subject of Richard Rashke's book, ESCAPE FROM SOBIBOR. The book, and movie based on it, brought Esther many invitations to speak in public schools....

This early work by Richard Dehan was originally published in 1917 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Great Beast of Kafue' is a short story about a the hunt for a mysterious creature in South-eastern Rhodesia. Clotilde...

A return to wartorn Afghanistan in search of a friend who saved the author's life. Against all the best advice from family and friends, writer Richard Loseby decides to return to Afghanistan at a time of turmoil in the Middle East to discover the fate of his friend Nebi, the young Hezbollah...

“A witty, roller-coaster ride of uncertain identity set against the gritty certainties of New York City. In compelling, unadorned prose, Richard Wiley gives us a bewitching and ultimately moving tale.” -Caryl Phillips, author of A Distant Shore and The Lost Child Dr. Ruby Okada meets a charming...

The chief translator and only American to speak with all Nazi defendants at Nuremberg shares his personal encounters with evil in this stirring memoir. At age twenty-two, Richard Sonnenfeldt was appointed the chief interpreter for the American prosecution of Nazi war criminals during the Nuremberg...

In this short and witty novella, Jake traverses a treacherous path between heaven and hell to reunite with his beloved Bernadette. A vacation celebrating their Silver Anniversary goes very wrong, and so the bizarre journey begins. Jake’s premature death is the catalyst for this comical, suspenseful,...

Abbey Kaplan always wanted to be a doctor. Little did she know, her first posting after medical school would be to a Civil War field hospital…working in a medical tent close to combat such that rifle and artillery rounds were always a threat. “In late August of 1862, and despite the Second...

Four short stories written by Richard S. Levine that relate to some form of time travel. "Fast Forward" explores a future where some people live for a thousand years. In "Myron's Debarkation" a couple cruise into the future. "Time Enough for Sarah" examines the relationship...

‘The Mentalists confirms Richard Bean as a writer of beguiling originality with a gift for both laugh-out-loud dialogue and a sympathetic understanding of the darker recesses of the human heart.’ Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph on The Mentalists ‘An instant modern classic.’ Kate...

An updated look for the classic YA thriller from genre heavyweight Richard Peck Sixteen-year-old Gail is living the upper-class suburban life when she begins receiving terrifying phone calls and notes in her locker. And the calls keep coming. When she's attacked by the town's golden boy everyone...

Richard Eyre's high-profile adaptation of Ibsen's famous 'problem play' about a headstrong woman's determination to control those around her. Arriving home after an extended honeymoon, Hedda struggles with an existence that is, for her, devoid of excitement and enchantment. Filled with a passion...

When Bullies Attack Self-Defense Book for Kids will Teach Your Child to Physically Defend Against The School Bully with Self-defense and Nonlethal KarateOn That Day When Nothing Else Worksby Dual Certified Teacher,Behavior Modification Expert andSelf-Defense InstructorSensei J. Richard Kirkham B.Sc.