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Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the... Read Full Overview

Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher inThe Washington Post Book World,Crossing to Safetyhas, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century... Read Full Overview

From the internationally acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek comes this beautifully written and marvelously apt account of the trials and tribulations of the gardener's life. First published in Prague in 1929, The Gardener's Year combines a richly comic portrait of life in the... Read Full Overview

Here is an extraordinary collection of the world's best literary espionage, selected by Alan Furst, a contemporary master of the genre. The Book of Spies brings us the aristocratic intrigues of The Scarlet Pimpernel, in which French ?migr?s duel with Robespierre's secret service;... Read Full Overview

ESP Publicada originalmente en 1987, En lugar seguro se ha convertido por derecho propio en una de las novelas americanas m s apreciadas del siglo xx. Cuando durante la Gran Depresi n dos j venes parejas se conocen surge entre ellas una amistad que durar toda la vida. Son muchas... Read Full Overview

Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century... Read Full Overview

?Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins ?Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of... Read Full Overview