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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

by Tom Robbins

Switters is a contradiction for all seasons: an anarchist who works for the government; a pacifist who carries a gun; a vegetarian who sops up ham gravy; a cyberwhiz who hates computers; a man who, though obsessed with the preservation of innocence, is aching to deflower his high-school-age stepsister (only to become equally enamored of a nun ten years his senior). Yet there is nothing remotely wishy-washy about... (more)

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

by Tom Robbins

Starring Sissy Hanshaw--flawlessly beautiful, almost. A small-town girl with big-time dreams and a quirk to match--hitchhiking her way into your heart, your hopes, and your sleeping bags... Featuring Bonanza Jellybean and the smooth-riding cowgirls of Rubber Rose Ranch. Chink, lascivious guru of yams and yang. Julian, Mohawk by birth; asthmatic esthete and husband by disposition. Dr. Robbins, preventive... (more)

Jitterbug Perfume

by Tom Robbins

Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight <Paris time>. It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle is actually is the secret... (more)

Another Roadside Attraction

by Tom Robbins

What if the Second Coming didn't quite come off as advertised? What if "the Corpse" on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is--what does that portent for the future of western civilization? And what if a young clairvoyant named Amanda reestablishes the flea circus as popular entertainment and fertility worship as the principal religious form of our high-tech age? Another Roadside... (more)

Villa Incognito

by Tom Robbins

Imagine there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War. Imagine a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women share a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore. Imagine them part of a novel that only Tom Robbins could create—a magically crafted work as timeless as myth yet as topical as the latest international threat. But no matter how hard you... (more)

Still Life with Woodpecker

by Tom Robbins

Still Life with Woodpecker is sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the... (more)

Skinny Legs and All

by Tom Robbins

An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations.... It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it's the axis around which spins this gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative novel, in which a bean can philosophizes, a dessert spoon mystifies, a young waitress takes on the New York art world, and a rowdy redneck welder discovers the lost god of Palestine--while... (more)

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas

by Tom Robbins

When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, you -- an ambitious, although ineffectual and not entirely ethical young broker -- are convinced you're facing the Weekend from Hell. Before the market reopens on Monday, you're going to have to scramble and scheme to cover your butt, but there's no way you can anticipate the baffling disappearance of a 300-pound psychic, the fall from grace of a... (more)

Birds of North America: A Guide To Field Identification, Revised and Updated (Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press)

Birds of North America: A Guide To Field Identification, Revised and Updated (Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press)

by Herbert S. Zim, Chandler S. Robbins

Spot the silhouette of a Northern Goshawk in flight. Identify the raucous call of the Red-winged Blackbird. Discover the secret of picking out a Chipping Sparrow from its look-alike cousins. It's simple with this classic field guide, a treasured favorite among amateur bird lovers and exacting professionals. Recognized as the authority on bird identification, this invaluable resource provides: -All of North... (more)

A Stone for Danny Fisher

by Harold Robbins

As a teenager, Danny Fisher had all he ever wanted -- a dog, a grown-up summer job, flirtatious relationships with older women -- and a talent for ruthless boxing that quickly made him a star in the amateur sporting world. But when Danny's family falls on hard times, moving from their comfortable home in Brooklyn to Manhattan's squalid Lower East Side, he is forced to leave his carefree childhood behind. Facing... (more)

Pensamento Econômico do Século XX, O

This Is My Best : Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work

This Is My Best : Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work

by Kathy Kiernan

We all have our favorite pieces by our beloved writers. But what do they think is their own best work? Inspired by an acclaimed collection published in 1942, the editors at the Quality Paperback Book Club invited fiction writers, essayists, poets, playwrights, and cartoonists to choose and comment on their best work. The result is a veritable who's who of contemporary literature and popular culture, including... (more)

On Being a WriterBill Strickland

On Being a Writer

by Bill Strickland

This collection of 31 interviews, published originally in Writer's Digest magazine from 1958 through the present, explores the professional whys and wherefores of writers from William Faulkner to Ellen Goodman. Once past the condescending introduction by Will Blythe of Esquire , readers will find rewarding insights into the characters of Hemingway, Steinbeck, Capote and other novelists, playwrights, poets and... (more)

Contemporary Northwest Writing: A Collection of Poetry and Fiction

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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

by Tom Robbins

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

by Tom Robbins

Jitterbug Perfume

by Tom Robbins

Another Roadside Attraction

by Tom Robbins

Villa Incognito

by Tom Robbins

Still Life with Woodpecker

by Tom Robbins

Skinny Legs and All

by Tom Robbins

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas

by Tom Robbins

Birds of North America: A Guide To Field Identification, Revised and Updated (Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press)

by Herbert S. Zim, Chandler S. Robbins

A Stone for Danny Fisher

by Harold Robbins

Pensamento Econômico do Século XX, O

This Is My Best : Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work

by Kathy Kiernan

On Being a Writer

by Bill Strickland

Contemporary Northwest Writing: A Collection of Poetry and Fiction