A boy in a small town discovers the adult world in this sensitive novel about a child becoming a man. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000.

After his heart attack, Milanese bookseller Yambo Battista's memory for the events of his life utterly deserts him: even his name is gone. All that's left is the culture, pop and otherwise, he has absorbed over his 60+ years--including every book he has ever read--and an elusive thread that ties him to Lila Saba, his first love, with whom he plans to reunite. Then he has another attack, which brings his memory back. Umberto Eco's fantastic tale is, as usual, richly embellished with his remarkable erudition, which extends beyond literary and intellectual concerns to such pop icons as Flash Gordon and Captain Kirk.

A veteran of the Thirty Years War, Roberto della Griva is shipwrecked in the South Seas on a secret mission to the Antipodes. Roberto is saved by the appearance of an abandoned ship, the Daphne, which has enough stores to sustain him. The time aboard the Daphne affords Roberto opportunity to reflect. As he looks back on his loves and education, he is haunted by his doppelganger, whom he has suspected of being on board the ship. The book features the philosophical and scientific digressions and musings which are familiar to the readers of Eco's other novels.

Baudolino is an 11th-century adventurer who is relating his story to a historian. The events of his extravagant life include his early precocity, his adoption by the emperor Frederick Barbarossa, his studies in Paris, his search for the Holy Grail, and his love for a woman who is half human and half unicorn. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

In this, the second book in the Tamuli trilogy, Sparhawk and friends find themselves forced to confront mythological beings from their past as they search for the Shining Ones, an ancient race whose very touch is rumored to destroy.

The lighthearted dialogue and high fantasy of the Malloreon continue in its fourth installment. King Belgarion of Riva (known as Garion to his friends) and his companions continue to travel deep into the heart of the vast empire of Mallorea, searching for clues that will indicate the location for their destined confrontation with Zandramas, the evil sorceress/dark priestess who kidnapped Garion's young son Prince Geran. One such clue provides Garion with some truly terrible news: he may have to kill his son in order to save the universe.

Their quest to save Queen Ehlana and her kingdom complete, Sparhawk and his warrior friends are called to the aid of the Tamuli Empire.

Brought together on a desperate quest, a group of warriors search for the antidote to a poison that threatens the life of the Queen, and, by extension, the security of her lands. This is the second book in the Elenium trilogy.

In this, the third book in the Elenium trilogy, Sparhawk finally comes into possession of the magic jewel of his quest, only to find that it brings with it more danger than ever before.

Dave Eggers gathers a second collection of what he considers to be the best writing of the year. Contributors include David Drury, Judy Budnitz, Daniel Voll, David Sedaris--and Lynda Barry with a story in comic-book form.

Undoubtedly one of the most inventive and unorthodox memoirs ever written, A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS became an instant bestseller, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and made Dave Eggers's name as a brilliant, risk-taking young writer. Orphaned in college when his parents both died of cancer in the span of 32 days, Eggers and his kid brother Toph moved to San Francisco and set up a delightfully unorthodox life together, a mix of carefree adolescence and the unexpected responsibilities of adulthood. In between enrolling Toph in school, finding a home, juggling various romances, and auditioning for THE REAL WORLD, Eggers founded MIGHT, an independent magazine featuring a potent blend of commentary, cynicism, and comedy—the same raucous style that would fuel his memoir. Though AHWOSG turns the memoir genre on its head and teems with self-mockery and postmodern trickery, beneath the cleverness it is a remarkable story of youthful hope and zeal, a story that became an instant classic for the youth generation at the dawn of the 21st century.

When their friend Jack is killed in a bizarre accident, Will and Hand--lifelong friends, both 20-somethings, both from Milwaukee--go off on a trip that takes them to Senegal, Morocco, and the Baltic states. They also have a great deal of money that they wish to give away (the profits from Will's odd little modeling gig) so Will can unload the guilt that goes with it. Strangers in strange lands, Will and Hand try to assuage their grief--and of course learn that their attempt is doomed to fail. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

When their friend Jack is killed in a bizarre accident, Will and Hand--lifelong friends, both 20-somethings, both from Milwaukee--go off on a trip that takes them to Senegal, Morocco, and the Baltic states. They also have a great deal of money that they wish to give away (the profits from Will's odd little modeling gig) so Will can unload the guilt that goes with it. Strangers in strange lands, Will and Hand try to assuage their grief--and of course learn that their attempt is doomed to fail. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

A history of the mythical, possibly nonexistent land of Atlantis. First described by Plato, Atlantis was a vast imperial city supposed by the ancients to have been submerged beneath the sea. Long assumed to be merely legendary, Atlantis has become the center of much debate among modern oceanographers, some of whom believe Atlantis to be an actual underwater site.

This book collects 14 comic adaptations of Harlan Ellison's short stories as well as several previously unpublished prose pieces.