While taking a class on infinity at Stanford in the late 1980s, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had fac
A 12-year-old boy discovers the wonders of science and the natural world from motorized bicycles, to airplanes, to x-ray technology and genetics in this collection of five stories by the National Book
How much power does a single man, let alone a single leaf, have in the industrial world? In this wordless, all-ages graphic novel, our protagonist discovers a leaf that radiates a vibrant light. He re
A grieving lawyer returns to Oxford in an attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding his wife's murder and discovers her involvement in a tangled web of blackmail, sex, jealousy, and the poems of Robe
A 12-year-old boy discovers the wonders of science and the natural world from motorized bicycles, to airplanes, to x-ray technology and genetics in this collection of five stories by the National Book
In this hilarious novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet, a honeymooning couple makes friends with a marine biologist who discovers genuine mermaids in a coral reef—and who, the next night, a
In this deeply learned work, Toshihiko Izutsu compares the metaphysical and mystical thought-systems of Sufism and Taoism and discovers that, although historically unrelated, the two share features an
Paris, 1950s. Nestor Burma’s past comes knocking when Belita, a young gypsy woman, leads him to the Salpetriere hospital where he discovers the recently deceased Abel Benoit, an old buddy from his ana
In this deeply learned work, Toshihiko Izutsu compares the metaphysical and mystical thought-systems of Sufism and Taoism and discovers that, although historically unrelated, the two share features an
While taking a class on infinity at Stanford in the late 1980s, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had fac
This book offers a radically new reading of Don Quijote, understanding it as a whole much greater than the sum of its famous parts. David Quint discovers a unified narrative and deliberate thematic de
One of the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies and a masterpiece of dramatic construction. Catastrophe ensues when King Oedipus discovers he has inadvertently killed his father and married his mot
Small masterpiece set the pattern for the treatment of war in modern fiction. Amid the nightmarish chaos of a Civil War battle, a young soldier discovers courage, humility, and, perhaps, wisdom. Widel
When Sparky's light doesn't come on like all the other fireflies' lights, he feels sad and different. But Sparky has his very own special light, as everyone soon discovers.當螢火蟲Sparky發現牠不像其他的螢火蟲一樣會發光，他
A stunning debut novel that follows a young woman who discovers that her family’s origins reach all the way back to literature’s greatest star-crossed lovers.'Of all the great love stories ever told,
