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"From the bestselling novelist, travel writer, and "master of the short story" (NPR) comes a brilliant new collection"-- Provided by publisher.

"From legendary writer Paul Theroux comes an atmospheric novel following a big-wave surfer as he confronts aging, privilege, mortality, and whose lives we choose to remember"-- Provided by publisher.

"A dark and bitingly humorous collection of short stories from the "brilliantly evocative" (Time) Paul Theroux. A family watches in horror as their patriarch transforms into the singing, wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. A renowned art collector relishes publicly...

"An Eton graduate is conscripted as a servant of the British Empire to oversea local policemen in Burma, forcing him to navigate social, racial and class politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Allie Fox is fed up with an America that "buys junk, sells junk, eats junk." So with a mocking "Good bye, America! Have a nice day," the brilliant inventor (nine patents, six pending) leads his trusting wife and four children into the remote jungles of Central America to carve o...

In this modern Grand Tour, Theroux sets off from Gibraltar on a journey around the Mediterranean Sea. It is a long, lively, and occasionally dangerous trip, up the coast of Spain, along the Riviera, by ferry to the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and beyond. By foot, train,...

"Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux fearlessly drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines."--Provided by publisher.

The young Master Builder Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, are all secret ninja warriors. Led by Master Wu, who is as wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon, who also happens to be Lloyd's dad. Pitting mech against mech and father ag...

While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, fr...

"A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose"-- Provided by publisher.