Slaughterhouse Five (50th Anniversary Edition)

Kurt Vonnegut

50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION As a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 US fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful city to rubble and claimed the lives of thousands of its citizens.For many years, Kurt tried to write about Dresden but ...

Writely or Wrongly: An Unstuffy Guide to Language Stuff

Joanne Anderson

An essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourlessly preoccupied with rules (almost all of us). Author Joanne Anderson has expanded on the popular tips s...

Extraordinary Collections: French Interiors, Flea Markets, Ateliers

Marin Montagut

The art of collecting--from artist's palettes still freckled with oil paint, to sculpted picture frames, to a menagerie of wooden toy animals--associating an accumulation of kindred objects is at the core of timeless French style.   French artist, designer, and talented antique hunter Marin Montagut cel...