Признанный американской классикой роман «Пташка» Уильяма Уортона не оставит равнодушным ни одного читателя пронзительным психологизмом и верой в мечту, нарушающей представления о здравомыслии этого мира. Роман о дружбе, войне и душевных ранах, превращающих нашу жизнь в шедевр и трагедию одновременно....

Книга, которая знакомит с мудростью деревьев, наполняет истинным счастьем, воссоединяет человека с природным миром и с самим собой! Вы знали, что деревья умеют разговаривать? Это живые дышащие организмы, которые могут общаться с людьми посредством телепатической связи. Деревья обладают великой мудростью, которой готовы поделиться с людьми....

Эдит Уортон – автор более двадцати романов и десяти сборников рассказов – первая женщина-писательница, удостоенная Пулитцеровской премии в 1921 году. Такие произведения Уортон, как «Обитель радости», «Итан Фром», «Эпоха невинности», «Плод дерева», вошли в золотой фонд американской литературы....

Эдит Уортон – автор более двадцати романов и десяти сборников рассказов, первая женщина-писательница, удостоенная Пулитцеровской премии в 1921 году. Такие произведения Уортон, как «Обитель радости», «Итан Фром», «Эпоха невинности», «Плод дерева», вошли в «золотой фонд» американской литературы....

A joyous novel of art, love, and one man’s unquenchable thirst for life, from one of America’s best loved authors.Sixty-year-old American painter Scumbler (‘Scum’ to his friends) makes a living by creating rentable apartments out of the most unlikely Parisian spaces....

In Tidings, one of America’s best-loved authors paints a vivid scene of an unusual family Christmas.At an old mill in the French countryside, philosophy teacher Will and his wife Loretta await the return of their four adult children for the Christmas holidays. The house is swept, the fire is lit, and the scene is set....

A previously unpublished wartime memoir from the acclaimed author of Birdy and A Midnight Clear.One of the most acclaimed American writers of his generation, and author of classic novels such as Birdy, A Midnight Clear and Dad, William Wharton was a very private man....

When a 10-year-old boy befriends a carnival stuntman and his lion cub, he learns the true meaning of family, loyalty, love, and survival.For Dickie Kettleson, growing up during the Depression makes even the most ordinary aspects of life a struggle. His small street and family are his whole world, but hunger and collapse are never far away....

From one of America’s best loved authors comes this collection of WWII novels.Contains four of Wharton’s novels:• Birdy• A Midnight Clear• Franky Furbo• Shrapnel ...

The complete works of William Wharton, one of America’s most revered authors, published together for the first time in one ebook collection.Contains:• Birdy• Dad• A Midnight Clear• Scumbler• Pride• Tidings• Franky ...

A charming memoir from one of America’s best-loved novelists, William Wharton, author of war-time classic ‘Birdy’.Before even penning his first novel, William Wharton had left his home in Los Angeles to live with his family in Paris. On a romantic whim, he makes an offer for houseboat that is, in reality, barely more than a broken wooden hulk....

A welcome reissue of this wartime classic from the author of Birdy.During WW II, a dying American soldier, William Wiley, and his German captor, Wilhelm Klug, are miraculously rescued by a fox endowed with extraordinary powers, Franky Furbo....

A middle-aged man abandons his corporate life to follow his dream to become a painter. On the way, he develops an unlikely but beautiful relationship with an older woman.Jack is a middle-aged American living as a squatter in a Paris attic. He paints in a public square and sells his work to survive....

After being summoned home by the news of his mother\"s heart attack, John Tremont is forced to confront his own middle age.While John’s mother begins to make an astonishing recovery, his father deteriorates; having long ago handed over the running of his life to his domineering wife, he is unable to cope without her....

An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America’s most revered authors of the 20th CenturyTwo teenagers form an unlikely friendship in pre-War Philadelphia. Al is obsessed with lifting weights, looking good and chasing girls. Birdy is obsessed with flight.Birdy’s passion becomes all-encompassing. Birdy wants to fly....