Follow Michael Sutter and his girlfriend Tiffany as they embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery, love, and freedom across the stunning and rugged landscapes of California. Leaving behind the high-stress, high-stakes corporate worlds of Silicon Valley and the lingering emotional and financial fallout of past lives and bitter divorces, Michael embraces a new philosophy centered not on power or money, but on the healing power of love and the open road. Aboard a customized 1996 H...

An Eclectic Collage of an Early Oeuvre is a captivating collection of philosophies, poems, ballads, and imaginative fictional short stories that explore the depths of human memory, romance, and life's unexpected twists. Created entirely from the author's imagination, these tales delve into unique journeys-from thrilling sailing adventures and nostalgic childhood memories to reflective encounters and dreamlike escapes. Blending vivid imagery with emotional resonance, this eclectic volume of...

The "problem of the twentieth century" was one of the most important factors in the development of American modernism. W. E. B. Du Bois, of course, identified that problem as "the color line" a phrase for the broad array of laws and practices that promulgated legal segregation, cultural separation, and racial antagonism in the US from the end of Reconstruction through the Civil Rights era. A more familiar name, borrowed from the popular tradition of blackface minstrelsy, personified this e...

Challenging the standard portrayals of Black men in African American literatureFrom Frederick Douglass to the present, the preoccupation of black writers with manhood and masculinity is a constant. Black Manhood in James Baldwin, Ernest J. Gaines, and August Wilson explores how in their own work three major African American writers contest classic portrayals of black men in earlier literature, from slave narratives through the great novels of Richard Wrigh...

One of the South’s most revered writers, Ernest J. Gaines attracts both popular and academic audiences. Gaines’s unique literary style, depiction of the African American experience, and celebration of the rural South’s oral tradition have brought him critical praise and numerous accolades, including a MacArthur Fellowship, a National Humanities Medal, and a National Book Critics Circle Award for his novel A Lesson before Dying. In this welcome guide to Gaines’s fiction, Keith Clar...

In his in-depth analysis of the works of Ann Petry (1908--1997), Keith Clark moves beyond assessments of Petry as a major mid-twentieth-century African American author and the sole female member of the "Wright School of Social Protest." He focuses on her innovative approaches to gender performance, sexuality, and literary technique.Engaging a variety of disciplinary frameworks, including gothic criticism, masculinity and gender studies, queer theory, and psychoanalytic theory, Clark...

**A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • From the bestselling author of Heartwood comes a smart, sophisticated literary page-turner about a young family who escape suburbia for a yearlong sailing trip that upends all of their lives."Stunning. . . . with the graceful crawl of a poet and the motorboat intensity of a suspense author.”—New York Times Book Review“Brilliantly breathes life not only into the perils of living at sea, but also into th...

Richard's cousin is missing, and his best hope of finding her rests with the wily, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida. Carl Hiaasen introduces his iconic character Skink to a younger audience in this nail-biting adventure!A National Book Award Longlist SelectionClassic Malley: her parents are about to ship her off to boarding school, so she takes off with some guy she met online... Poor Richard: he's less of a rebel than Malley, and a lot less trusting. He kn...

Murder, sunken treasure, and pirates both ancient and modern send Doc Ford on a nightmare quest in this New York Times bestseller in Randy Wayne White's thrilling series.Marine biologist Doc Ford has been known to help his friends out of jams occasionally, but he's never faced a situation like this.His old pal Carl Fitzpatrick has been chasing sunken wrecks most of his life, but now he's run afoul of the Florida Division of Historical Resources. It...

A New York Times Bestseller · An Apple Best Book of the Month, February 2025An unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary life-one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood in 'slummy, one-horse towns'; obsessive desire; bursts of comedy; and indispensable friendships, reflecting on the way art, music, and a deep connection to nature helped her on a singular journey to become a beloved, Grammy-nominated artist.

“It was the best of dreams, it was the worst of dreams, it was an age of consulting the nautical experts, it was the age of landlubber foolishness, it was the epoch of determination, it was the epoch of despair, it was the season of hurricanes, it was a spring of beachcombing…”If you dream about chucking it all away and sailing toward an island life, read this firstRenee and Michael didn’t have any boating experience and when their...

As we've come to expect from John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - this thriller, with its vivid characterisation, masterful sense of suspense and sardonic take on life, is so gripping, you'll be hard pressed not to finish it in one sitting. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Michael Connelly and John Grisham.'MacDonald had a huge influence on me . . . Reacher is like a fully detached version o...