Mike McCready, guitarist for Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, and Mad Season, has teamed up with Z2 to release the original graphic novel and "lost" rock opera, Mike McCready’s Farewell to Seasons Developed over the last 20 years, McCready’s story captures the drive and sense of community that forged the powerful backbone of the Seattle music scene of the 1980s, as their world changed forever with the explosion of grunge in the ‘90s Farewell to Seasons unflinchingly shows the brutal cost it h...

★ "Sharks, superpowers, and the comic-panel format will initially lure in readers, but the subtext of bullying, parental separation, and self-discovery will stay with them long afterward. The characters’ rounded black outlines convey strong energy and emotion, while the panels and spreads feature a lush, colorful Hawaiian setting."—The Horn Book, starred review"This graphic novel, which works either as a read-aloud or as a step toward chap...

**Hemingway’s classic novel of postwar disillusionment—the emblematic novel of the Lost Generation—now available for the first time from Penguin Classics, in a beautiful Graphic Deluxe Edition featuring flaps, deckled edges, and specially commissioned cover art by R. Kikuo Johnson and a new introduction by Amor Towles, the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of CivilityA Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edit...

Evelina is a compelling narrative that explores themes of identity, social class, and morality through the lens of a young woman's journey into society. Frances Burney offers a sharp critique of 18th-century social norms, particularly the constraints placed upon women and the intricacies of class distinctions. Through Evelina's experiences, the novel navigates the challenges of navigating societal expectations, love, and personal growth in a world governed by rigid decorum. Since its publi...

One of Hemingway's most famous novels, The Old Man and the Sea talls the tale of an old fisherman named Santiago, who has caught nothing for eighty-four days. Then things change. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for literature (1953). Includes an introduction by Eileen Hammond.

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. The Sound and The Fury is the story of a family of Southern aristocrats on the brink of personal and financial ruin.Set in Jefferson, Mississippi, in the first third of the 20th century, the novel centers on the Compson family, former Southern aristocrats who are struggling to deal with the dissolution of their family and its reputation. Over the course of the 30 years or so relayed ...

The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck's monumental 1939 novel of dispossession, migration, and moral endurance during the Great Depression. Following the Joad family from the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to the promised abundance of California, the book fuses naturalistic realism with biblical cadence, social reportage, and lyrical interchapters that broaden private suffering into collective history. Its style is both plainspoken and prophetic, placing it within the tradition of American protest ...

Tender Is the Night is an English language novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in Scribner's Magazine between January-April, 1934 in four issues. It is ranked #28 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century.

A special fiftieth anniversary edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time), featuring a new introduction by Kevin Powers, author of the National Book Award finalist The Yellow BirdsSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeSlaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s...

London 1923: Eine wohlhabende Dame bereitet eine Abendgesellschaft vor. Doch sie kann sich nicht auf das Notwendige konzentrieren. Immer wieder schweifen ihre Gedanken ab. Sie verliert sich in ihren Gedanken und Erinnerungen und wird sich voller Schmerz bewusst, wie vergänglich ihr Leben ist. In einer zweiten Handlungsschiene begeht ein Kriegsveteran Selbstmord. Virginia Woolf taucht tief in das Bewusstsein ihrer Protagonisten ein und - in ihr eigenes. Sie lässt den Leser auf eine beeindru...

On the Road is Jack Kerouac's ecstatic chronicle of movement, friendship, and spiritual hunger in postwar America. Following Sal Paradise and the magnetic Dean Moriarty across highways, jazz clubs, cities, and desert expanses, the novel transforms travel into a quest for authenticity beyond middle-class restraint. Its famously spontaneous prose—breathless, rhythmic, and indebted to bebop improvisation—helped define Beat literature, while its episodic structure captures the restless energy ...