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Watership Down, Hardcover/Richard Adams
A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's…Catre Magazin -
My Name Is Leon, Paperback/Kit De Waal
``Taut, emotionally intense, and wholly believable, this beautiful and uplifting debut`` ( Kirkus Reviews ) about a young black boy's quest to reunite with his beloved white half-brother after they…Catre Magazin -
Fieldwork, Paperback/Mischa Berlinski
When his girlfriend takes a job in Thailand, Mischa Berlinski goes along for the ride, planning to enjoy himself and work as little as possible. But one evening a fellow…Catre Magazin -
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Hardcover/Victor Hugo
Hugo's grand medieval melodrama tells the story of the beautiful Esmeralda, a gypsy girl loved by three men: Archdeacon Frollo, his adoptive son Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame cathedral, and Captain…Catre Magazin -
Five Portraits, Paperback/Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony delivers another tale set in the bestselling world of Xanth, filled with magic, surprises, adventure, and a few puns. Here s what the author has to say about…Catre Magazin -
Jean de Florette and Manon of the Springs: Two Novels, Paperback/Marcel Pagnol
In Jean de Florette and Manon of the Springs , Marcel Pagnol (called by Andre Malraux ``one of the great writers of our generation`` and by Jean Renoir ``the leading…Catre Magazin -
Red Earth and Pouring Rain, Paperback/Vikram Chandra
Combining Indian myths, epic history, and the story of three college kids in search of America, a narrative includes the monkey's story of an Indian poet and warrior and an…Catre Magazin -
The End of Healing: A Journey Through the Underworld of American Medicine, Paperback/Jim Bailey
Jim Bailey's brilliant first novel narrates the journey of a young healer into the depths of a modern healthcare hell that parallels the path taken by Dante Alighieri through his…Catre Magazin -
A Feast for Crows, Hardcover/George R. R. Martin
Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even…Catre Magazin -
Saffron Dreams, Paperback/Shaila Abdullah
``Saffron Dreams`` is a tale of love, tragedy, and redemption from the award-winning author of ``Beyond the Cayenne Wall.``.. You don't know you're a misfit until you are marked as…Catre Magazin -
Unlanguage, Paperback/Michael Cisco
From Michael Cisco, one of the most innovative and subversive writers working today, comes the long-awaited, ground-breaking novel of a suicide survivor trying in vain to write himself back into…Catre Magazin -
Giovanni’s Room, Hardcover/James Baldwin
James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel about love and the fear of love is set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris. David is a young American expatriate who has…Catre Magazin -
The Noel Diary, Hardcover/Richard Paul Evans
In this new holiday-themed novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mistletoe Promise and The Walk , a man receives the best Christmas present he could…Catre Magazin -
The Deportation of Wopper Barraza, Paperback/Maceo Montoya
"A brilliant and innovative take on an issue close to the hearts and minds of families who have one foot planted firmly on both sides of the border. It is…Catre Magazin -
Hold the Dark, Paperback/William Giraldi
Written with force and precision and grace (John Wilwol, New York Times Book Review) Hold the Dark is a taut and unforgettable journey into the heart of darkness (Dennis Lehane).…Catre Magazin -
Gravity’s Rainbow, Paperback/Thomas Pynchon
Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce's Ulysses was…Catre Magazin -
The Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America, Paperback/Upton Sinclair
The Flivver King stands among the finest of modern American historical novels. It is history as it ought to be written - from the bottom up and the top down,…Catre Magazin -
One Mississippi, Paperback/Mark Childress
"There is nothing small about Childress's fine novel. It's big in all the ways that matter - big in daring, big in insight, and big-hearted. Really, really big-hearted." - New…Catre Magazin -
The Manor and the Estate, Paperback/Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Manor and The Estate combined in this one-volume edition bold tales of Polish Jews in the latter half of the nineteenth century, a time of rapid industrial growth and…Catre Magazin -
The Celebrant, Paperback/Eric Rolfe Greenberg
The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of promise and innocence in America. Hardworking immigrants could achieve the American dream; heroes were truly heroic. Eric Rolfe…Catre Magazin -
Anna Karenina, Paperback/Leo Tolstoy
Considered by some to be the greatest novel ever written, Anna Karenina is Tolstoy's classic tale of love and adultery set against the backdrop of high society in Moscow and…Catre Magazin -
The Handmaid’s Tale, Hardcover/Margaret Atwood
First published in 1985, The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader is unable to forget its images and its forecast. With more than two million…Catre Magazin -
Lazarillo, Paperback/Annette Grant Cash
Lazarillo, Paperback/Annette Grant Cash Online Lazarillo, Paperback/Annette Grant Cash aici Plata produse Plata online cu cardul sau la destinație ramburs in funcție de produs. Plata cu cardul de credit Plata…Catre Magazin -
And the Mountains Echoed, Paperback/Khaled Hosseini
An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Kite Runner "and "A Thousand Splendid Suns,"…Catre Magazin -
Accidents of Nature, Hardcover/Harriet McBryde Johnson
I'm in the middle of a full-blown spaz-attack, and I don't care. I don't care at all. At home I always try to act normal, and spaz-attacks definitely aren't normal.…Catre Magazin -
The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition, Hardcover/Paulo Coelho
A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The…Catre Magazin -
Julia’s Chocolates, Paperback/Cathy Lamb
I left my wedding dress hanging in a tree somewhere in North Dakota. I don't know why that particular tree appealed to me. Perhaps it was because it looked as…Catre Magazin -
Whose Names Are Unknown, Paperback/Sanora Babb
Sanora Babb's long-hidden novel Whose Names Are Unknown tells an intimate story of the High Plains farmers who fled drought dust storms during the Great Depression. Written with empathy for…Catre Magazin -
The Time of Our Singing, Paperback/Richard Powers
A magnificent, multifaceted novel about a supremely gifted -- and divided -- family, set against the backdrop of postwar America On Easter day, 1939, at Marian Anderson's epochal concert on…Catre Magazin -
Little, Big, Paperback/John Crowley
John Crowley's masterful Little, Big is the epic story of Smoky Barnable, an anonymous young man who travels by foot from the City to a place called Edgewood--not found on…Catre Magazin -
The Sorrows of Young Alfonso, Hardcover/Rudolfo Anaya
``The world is full of sorrow,`` Agapita whispered to Alfonso. Did she stamp those words into his destiny? The story of Alfonso, a Nuevo Mexicano, begins with his birth, when…Catre Magazin -
Read, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island, Paperback/Sophie McCall
``Don't say in the years to come that you would have lived your life differently if only you had heard this story. You've heard it now.`` --Thomas King, in this…Catre Magazin -
Speak No Evil, Hardcover/Uzodinma Iweala
``A lovely slender volume that packs in entire worlds with complete mastery. Speak No Evil explains so much about our times and yet is never anything less than a scintillating,…Catre Magazin -
Cat’s Cradle, Hardcover/Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
One of Vonnegut's most highly praised novels. Filled with humor and unforgettable characters, this apocalyptic story tells of Earth's ultimate end, and presents a vision of the future that is…Catre Magazin -
Rites of Passage, Paperback/William Golding
Winner of the 1980 Booker Prize Sailing to Australia in the early years of the nineteenth century, Edmund Talbot keeps a journal to amuse his godfather back in England. Full…Catre Magazin -
The Phantom of the Opera, Hardcover/Gaston LeRoux
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Opera singer Christine triumphs at the gala on the night of the old managers' retirement. Her old childhood friend, Raoul, hears her…Catre Magazin -
The Dressage Chronicles, Paperback/Karen McGoldrick
You know what happens to all those girls who are just crazy about horses? Once they discover boys, the horses are history. Or maybe not. For Lizzy, and others like…Catre Magazin -
How to Be Safe, Hardcover/Tom McAllister
FORMER TEACHER HAD MOTIVE. Recently suspended for a so-called outburst, high school English teacher Anna Crawford is stewing over the injustice at home when she is shocked to see herself…Catre Magazin -
Cold as Ice (the Cartel Publications Presents), Paperback/T. Styles
T. Styles', Cold as Ice - Pepper Thomas is a straight A student living in a rough part of Southeast Washington DC, who manages to stay away from drugs, violence…Catre Magazin -
The Lost Country, Hardcover/William Gay
Ten years after it was first announced, Dzanc is proud to deliver the lost novel from a master of the Southern Gothic--the work William Gay fans have anticipated for a…Catre Magazin -
The Tale of the Heike, Paperback/Helen Craig McCullough
The Tale of the Heike is one of the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genji in quality and prestige. This new translation is not only far…Catre Magazin -
The Trial, Hardcover/Franz Kafka
The Trial (German: Der Process) is a novel by Franz Kafka about a character named Josef K., who awakens one morning and, for reasons never revealed, is arrested and prosecuted…Catre Magazin -
Skipping Christmas, Hardcover/John Grisham
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide…Catre Magazin -
My Mother’s House and Sido, Paperback/Colette
In My Mother's House and Sido , Colette plays fictional variations on the themes of childhood, family, and, above all, her mother. Vividly alive, fond of cities, music, theater, and…Catre Magazin -
The Jungle: Complete and Unabridged by Upton Sinclair, Hardcover/Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair's classic brings home the brutal plight of the working class, exposing the corruption and callousness of Corporate America. Just as relevant today as when it was first published.Catre Magazin -
The Sea, the Sea, Paperback/Iris Murdoch
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair…Catre Magazin -
Don’t Skip Out on Me, Hardcover/Willy Vlautin
From award-winning author Willy Vlautin, comes this moving novel about a young ranch hand who goes on a quest to become a champion boxer to prove his worth. Horace Hopper…Catre Magazin -
Auto-Da-Fe, Paperback/Elias Canetti
Auto-da-Fe , Elias Canetti's only work of fiction, is a staggering achievement that puts him squarely in the ranks of major European writers such as Robert Musil and Hermann Broch.…Catre Magazin -
The Thanatos Syndrome, Paperback/Walker Percy
Returning home to the small Louisiana parish where he had praticed psychiatry, Dr. Tom More quickly notices something strange occuring with the townfolk, a loss of inhibitions. Behind this mystery…Catre Magazin -
The Contract Surgeon: A Novel a Novel, Paperback/Dan O’Brien
Winner of the Western Heritage Award, this beautifully crafted historical novel from one of the West's most popular writers tells the true story of the friendship between Valentine McGillycuddy, a…Catre Magazin -
Sing, Unburied, Sing, Hardcover/Jesmyn Ward
A searing and profound Southern odyssey by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book Award-winning Salvage the Bones , this singular American…Catre Magazin -
Everything I Never Told You, Paperback/Celeste Ng
New York Times Bestseller - A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice - Winner of the Alex Award - Winner of the APALA Award for Fiction - NEA Big…Catre Magazin -
Amazing Journeys: Five Visionary Classics, Paperback/Jules Verne
"One of the best storytellers who ever lived."--Arthur C. Clarke In one dazzling decade, French novelist Jules Verne took readers places they'd never gone before. . .the age of dinosaurs.…Catre Magazin -
The Birds of Opulence, Paperback/Crystal Wilkinson
From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Blackberries, Blackberries and Water Street comes an astonishing new novel. A lyrical exploration of love and loss, The Birds of Opulence centers on…Catre Magazin -
The Citadel, Paperback/A. J. Cronin
This thrilling novel of a doctor's life has been the subject of a Mobil Masterpiece Theatre dramatic series on PBS. "Cronin's distinguished achievement. . . . No one could have…Catre Magazin -
Dark Princess, Paperback/W. E. B. Du Bois
The problem of ``the color line,`` W.E.B. Du Bois's ever-present polemical theme, is at the core of this novel of sensual love, radical politics, and the quest for racial justice.…Catre Magazin -
The Pagoda, Paperback/Patricia Powell
Mr. Lowe lives the simple and happy life of a shopkeeper. A Chinese immigrant to Jamaica in the 1890s, Lowe revels in the lush beauty of his adoptive land. But…Catre Magazin -
Land of Enchantment, Hardcover/Liza Wieland
New Mexico, 1985. Brigid Long Night, a young half-Navajo painter, goes to work as an assistant for the elderly Georgia O'Keeffe. Haunted by the decision to give up her newborn…Catre Magazin -
The Annotated Lolita, Paperback/Vladimir Nabokov
The annotated text of this modern classic. It assiduously illuminates the extravagant wordplay and the frequent literary allusions, parodies, and cross-references. Edited with a preface, introduction and notes by Alfred…Catre Magazin -
Generosity: An Enhancement, Paperback/Richard Powers
What will happen to life when science identifies the genetic basis of happiness? Who will own the patent? Do we dare revise our own temperaments? Funny, fast, and magical, Generosity…Catre Magazin -
The Adventures of El Cipitio: Las Aventuras del Cipitio, Paperback/Randy Jurado Ertll
El Cipitio leaves El Salvador, his home country. El Cipitio is a mythical, ten-year old kid who is three feet tall. He wears a big hat and has a small…Catre Magazin -
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Wisehouse Classics – Original 1865 Edition with the Complete Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel) (2016), Hardcover/Lewis Carroll
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a…Catre Magazin -
The Fall of Valor (Valancourt 20th Century Classics), Paperback/Charles Jackson
Charles Jackson (1903-1968) achieved international success with his first book, The Lost Weekend (1944), a groundbreaking novel about alcoholism that sold more than 600,000 copies and was adapted for an…Catre Magazin -
The Bear Went Over the Mountain, Paperback/William Kotzwinkle
William Kotzwinkle, the esteemed author of The Fan Man and E.T.: The Extraterrestrial , is in top comic form in this outrageous and uproarious parable featring Hal Jam--a big black…Catre Magazin -
Life and a Half, Paperback/Sony Labou Tansi
Listed as one of the 100 best books on Africa, Life and a Half was Sony Labou Tansi's response to the death of close friends during a bloody military and…Catre Magazin -
The Oppermanns, Paperback/Lionel Feuchtwanger
First published in 1934 but fully imagining the future of Germany over the ensuing years, The Oppermanns tells the compelling story of a remarkable German Jewish family confronted by Hitler's…Catre Magazin -
Whiskey & Ribbons, Hardcover/Leesa Cross-Smith
Set in contemporary Louisville, Leesa Cross-Smith's mesmerizing first novel surrounding the death of a police officer is a requiem for marriage, friendship and family, from an author Roxane Gay has…Catre Magazin -
The Guineveres, Paperback/Sarah Domet
``Deft and lovely...The perfect weight, in all ways. It's suitable for a vacation, and you can describe it in one inviting line, but then it keeps unfolding and deepening, taking…Catre Magazin -
Birds in the Air, Paperback/Frances O’Roark Dowell
"A truly enjoyable read" about "the power of quilts to connect, heal, and restore the soul." --Marianne Fons. From Frances O'Roark Dowell -- bestselling author of Dovey Coe , The…Catre Magazin -
A Separate Peace, Hardcover/John Knowles
An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its…Catre Magazin -
Another View, Paperback/Rosamunde Pilcher
In Another View , there were only two men in Emma's life--her father, a remote artist in Cornwall who left her in boarding school and saw her every few years,…Catre Magazin -
Sugar Creek Gang Set Books 1-6 (Shrinkwrapped Set), Paperback/Paul Hutchens
This set includes books 1-6 of the Sugar Creek Gang series: The Swamp Robber, The Killer Bear, The Winter Rescue, The Lost Campers, The Chicago Adventure, and The Secret Hideout…Catre Magazin -
Freshwater, Hardcover/Akwaeke Emezi
An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a…Catre Magazin -
Galatea 2.2, Paperback/Richard Powers
After four novels and several years living abroad, the fictional protagonist of Galatea 2.2 --Richard Powers--returns to the United States as Humanist-in-Residence at the enormous Center for the Study of…Catre Magazin -
Trabajos del Reino, Paperback/Yuri Herrera
Lobo, the protagonist of this engrossing novel about life on the border between Mexico and the United States, has no education to speak of but possesses an amazing talent for…Catre Magazin -
Let the Right One in, Paperback/John Ajvide Lindqvist
Let the Right One In Takes Top Honors at Tribeca Film Festival and is now an Award-winning movie in both the U.S. and Sweden It is autumn 1981 when inconceivable…Catre Magazin -
The Years, Paperback/Virginia Woolf
The principal theme of this ambitious book is Time, threading together three generations of an upper-class English family, the Pargiters. The characters come and go, meet, talk, think, dream, grow…Catre Magazin -
Time of the Hero, Paperback/Mario Vargas Llosa
The action of The Time of the Hero , Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa's first novel, takes place at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, Peru. There, four…Catre Magazin -
The Dining Car, Hardcover/Eric Peterson
In his second novel, author Eric Peterson dishes up a riotous spectacle of self-absorbed chefs, backstabbing politicians, and devious publishing magnates, set against a backdrop of haute cuisine, presidential politics,…Catre Magazin -
Let It Come Down, Paperback/Paul Bowles
In Let It Come Down , Paul Bowles plots the doomed trajectory of Nelson Dyar, a New York bank teller who comes to Tangier in search of a different life…Catre Magazin