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Literary Fiction
In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become... See More
Literary Fiction
From the author of A Prayer for Owen Meany and The World According to Garp comes "his most daringly political, sexually transgressive, and moving novel in well over a decade" (Vanity Fair). A New York Times bestselling... See More
Literature & Fiction
"John Irving, it is abundantly clear, is a true artist." -- Los Angeles Times Fred "Bogus" Trumper has troubles. A divorced, broke graduate student of Old Norse in 1970s New York, Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the... See More
Literary Fiction
"Truly remarkable... encompasses the longings and agonies of youth... a complex and moving novel." -- Time "Astonishing... a writer of uncommon imaginative power. Whatever [John Irving] writes, it will be worth reading."... See More
Humor & Satire
A Hindi film star, an American missionary, a pair of twins separated at birth, a diminutive chauffeur, and a serial killer collide in a riotous novel by the author of The World According to Garp "His most entertaining novel... See More
Literature & Fiction
"Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications." -- The Washington Post The darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this sensual, ironic tale about a ménage... See More
Humor & Satire
"A Widow For One Year will appeal to readers who like old-fashioned storytelling mixed with modern sensitivities... Irving is among the few novelists who can write a novel about grief and fill it with ribald humor soaked in... See More
Literary Fiction
Now available in eBook for the first time in America -- the New York Times bestselling saga of a most unusual family from the award-winning author of The World According to Garp. "The first of my father's illusions was that... See More
Literature & Fiction
The Fourth Handasks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love." While reporting a story from India, a New York... See More
Literature & Fiction
Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns - his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents. When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to... See More
Literary Fiction
Now available as an ebook for the first time ever in America, the bestselling coming-of-age classic novel by John Irving -- the 40th anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author. "He is more than popular. He... See More
Biographies & Memoirs
John Irving's memoir begins with his account of the distinguished career and medical writings of the novelist's grandfather Dr. Frederick C. Irving, a renowned obstetrician and gynecologist, and includes Mr. Irving's... See More
Literary Fiction
"A remarkable novel... A Prayer for Owen Meany is a rare creation... An amazingly brave piece of work... so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching... Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave [this] richly... See More
Literature & Fiction
An American classic first published in 1985 by William Morrow and adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, The Cider House Rules is among John Irving's most beloved novels. Set in rural Maine in the first half of the... See More
Literature & Fiction
John Irving's fifteenth novel is "powerfully cinematic" (The Washington Post) and "eminently readable" (The Boston Globe). The Last Chairlift is part ghost story, part love story, spanning eight decades of sexual... See More
"The nearest thing to an autobiography Irving has written... worth saving and savoring." -- Seattle Times Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's... See More
Literature & Fiction
John Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory. In Avenue of Mysteries, Juan Diego -- a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born... See More
Literature & Fiction
A commemorative hardcover edition of the only collection ever published of the celebrated novelist's shorter works. Here is a treat for devoted fans of John Irving. First published twenty years ago, Trying to Save Piggy... See More
Literature & FictionÆBLEMOSTREGLEMENTET er historien om dr. Wilbur Larch, grundlægger og leder af et kombineret fødselshospital og børnehjem, der i begyndelsen af 1900-tallet hjælper unge kvinder, der er "kommet i vanskeligheder". Men det... See More
Sports & Outdoors
First published in March 2021, Issue Forty contains seven sections of articles including how the COVID-19 pandemic changed football, a look at a selection of infamous footballing individuals and an investigation of the... See More
PoetryThe Fall 1977 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by James Randall. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary... See More
Engineering & Transportation
TIA (This Is Africa) is more than an observation, it describes the insidious way local mores and culture draw you gently into acquiescence with the way things are. This book is a journey from the Bazaars of Iran, Turkey... See More
Travel
When I was struggling with the challenges of middle age I discovered the man I consider one of the greatest American teachers, mentors and philosophers of our generation, Dr. Stephen Covey. While Martin Luther King was my... See More
Biographies & Memoirs
I am a great fan of Dr. Stephen Covey's wonderful book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. In it, he teaches that the First Habit is to be Proactive. Dr. Covey explains that being proactive is about taking... See More
History
I am a great fan of Dr. Stephen Covey's wonderful book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. In it, he teaches that the First Habit is to be PROACTIVE. Dr. Covey explains that being proactive is about taking... See More
HistoryIn 1975 I had the second worst experience in my life and this experience included one of the strangest co-incidences I've ever come across. I was flying helicopters in Bolivia, working two weeks on and a week off. The oil... See More
HistoryThis is a book of poetry about the Viet Nam War, my 'dark night of the soul' and our wonderful country, a Great Work in Progress. I am a vet and like so many of us, I am still troubled by what happened to us during and... See More
Religion & Spirituality
In Dr. Steven Covey's wonderful book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, he says that we develop private power so that as adults we can effectively join into community and exercise public power to serve those around... See More