
The Porcelain Thief
Book
In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu,...

Two Weeks in the Midday Sun: A Cannes Notebook
Book
A paragon of cinema criticism for decades, Roger Ebert--with his humor, sagacity, and no-nonsense...

Updike
Book
Updike is Adam Begley's masterful, much-anticipated biography of one of the most celebrated figures...

What Fresh Lunacy is This?: The Authorized Biography of Oliver Reed
Book
Oliver Reed may not have been Britain's biggest film star - for a period in the early 70s he came...

Putty: From Tel-El-Kebir to Cambrai: the Life and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney 1861-1941
Book
Once described by a subordinate as "the most completely ignorant general I served during the war",...

The Admiral Benbow: The Life and Times of a Naval Legend
Book
Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods but indomitable...

Beyond the Castle: A Guide to Discovering Your Happily Ever After
Jody Jean Dreyer and Stacy L. Windahl
Book
When the credits roll and you've left the park, when your Disney day is over, how do you take the...

Dreams of Exile: Robert Louis Stevenson : A Biography
Book
Variously seen as a writer of adventure stories for the young, a skilled essayist, a poet, a frail...

The Count Lucanor
Video Game Watch
Once upon a time, there was a poor boy named Hans who lived with his mother near the woods. On his...
adventure role-playing

Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
Book
In Pop Goes the Weasel, Albert Jack explores the strange and fascinating histories behind the...