THE UGLY AMERICAN
by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick · W.W. Norton and Company
The multi-million-copy bestseller that blends truth and fiction in a “devastating indictment of American policy” (New York Times Book Review). A piercing exposé of American incompetence and corruption in Southeast Asia, The Ugly American captivated the nation when it was first published in 1958. The book introduces readers to an unlikely hero in the titular “ugly American”—and to the ignorant politicians and arrogant ambassadors who ignore his empathetic and commonsense advice. In linked stories and vignettes set in the fictional nation of Sarkhan, William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick draw an incisive portrait of American foreign policy gone dangerously wrong—and how it might be fixed. Eerily relevant sixty years after its initial publication, The Ugly American reminds us that “today, as the battle for hearts and minds has shifted to the Middle East, we still can’t speak Sarkhanese” (New York Times).
MRS. ARRIS GOES TO PARIS
by Paul Gallico · Doubleday and Company, Inc
The story of a charwoman's visit to Paris.
THE DEVIL IN BUCKS COUNTY
by Edmund Schiddel · Simon & Schuster
A satirical novel about the monied class living along the Delaware River.
LADY CHATTERLY'S LOVER
by D.H. Lawrence · Random House
El amante de Lady Chatterley, publicada por primera vez en 1928, es una innovadora novela de D.H. Lawrence que profundiza en temas como el amor, la pasión y las limitaciones sociales. La historia sigue a Constance Reid, o Connie, casada con Sir Clifford Chatterley, un intelectual rico y paralítico. Viviendo en Wragby Hall, Connie se siente aislada e insatisfecha mientras su marido se centra en sus afanes intelectuales. La soledad de Connie la lleva a tener un romance con Oliver Mellors, el guardabosques de la finca, cuyo físico robusto y conexión con la naturaleza contrastan fuertemente con la actitud distante de su marido. Su relación es profundamente transformadora y ofrece a Connie una sensación de vitalidad y libertad. A través de este romance, Lawrence explora la sexualidad humana, las divisiones de clase y la búsqueda de la auténtica intimidad. Célebre por su cándida descripción de la sexualidad y su crítica al sistema de clases británico, El amante de Lady Chatterley se enfrentó a la censura y a batallas legales. Esta nueva edición retoma la provocadora y perspicaz narración de Lawrence, una historia que aborda con audacia la intersección del amor, la identidad y las expectativas sociales.
THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT
by Hugh MacLennan · Charles Scribner's Sons
George and Catherine Stewart share not only the burden of Catherine's heart disease, which could cause her death at any time, but the memory of Jerome Martell, her first husband and George's closest friend. Martell, a brilliant doctor passionately concerned with social justice, is presumed to have died in a Nazi prison camp. His sudden return to Montreal precipitates the central crisis of the novel. Hugh MacLennan takes the reader into the lives of his three characters and back into the world of Montreal in the thirties, when politics could send an idealist across the world to Spain, France, Auschwitz, Russia, and China before his return home.
THE CHINESE BOX
by Katherine Wigmore Eyre · Appleton-Century-crofts, Inc
Romantic story of a handsome San Francisco society couple in the 1880's and the strange reappearance of a cousin from the Orient.
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.