Alison R Anderson

In 1912, six months after Robert Falcon Scott and four of his men came to grief in Antarctica, a thirty-two-year-old Russian navigator named Valerian Albanov embarked on an expedition that would prove even more disastrous. In search of new Arctic hunting grounds, Albanov's ship, the Saint Anna, was ...

In his new collection of stories, Eric-Emanuel Schmitt, author of The Most Beautiful Book in the world, probes the paradox that the events that shape out lives and are often the stuff of dreams, yet nonetheless true. Humor, tenderness, irony and exquisite writing have always been the hallmarks of Sc...

Onitsha tells the story of Fintan, a youth who travels to Africa in 1948 with his Italian mother to join the English father he has never met. Fintan is initially enchanted by the exotic world he discovers in Onitsha, a bustling city prominently situated on the eastern bank of the Niger River. But gr...

From the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Elegance of the Hedgehog. In the heart of Paris, in the posh building made famous in The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Pierre Athens, the greatest food critic in the world, is dying. Revered by some and reviled by many, Monsieur Arthens has been lord...

A fictional account of the life of legendary aviator Amelia Earhart after her 1937 disappearance follows the experiences of two castaways whose lives are changed by a mysterious woman. Reprint. NYT.

1933372826|9781933372822. A Novel Bookstore published in the year 2010 was published by Europa Editions. Incorporated. View 178 more books by Scuola Normale Superiore. The author of this book is Laurence Cosse. ed page displaying collection of Laurence Cosse books here. This is the Paperback version...

One of Europe's most popular and best-loved authors, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt captivates the reader with his spirited, buoyant style and enchanting stories that move effortlessly from the everyday to the fantastical. The eight stories in this collection, his first to be published in English, represent ...