A beautiful new presentation of Thoreau s classic work, enhanced with an illuminating essay and watercolors.

"A New Directions paperbook original, NDP1189"--P. [4] of cover.

The Island of Apples is a brilliant study of a pre-adolescent boy's romantic imagination and dangerous enthralment, set vividly in the south Wales of Methyr Tydfil and Carmarthen in the early twentieth century

In this racy, muscular, enlightening beauty of a novel" (James McManus), Peale writes with astonishing insight about a young woman who risks everything to fulfill her ambitions as an artist.

The shocking psycho-thriller behind the cult Japanese horror film

Every night, Kawashima Masayuki creeps from his bed and watches over his baby girl's crib while his wife sleeps. But this is no ordinary domestic scene. He has an ice pick in his hand, and a barely controllable desire to use it. Deciding to confront his demons, Kawashima sets into motion a chain of events seeming to lead inexorably to murder.

It's just before New Year, and Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour of Tokyo's nightlife. But, Frank's behaviour is so odd that Kenji begins to entertain a horrible suspicion: his client may in fact have murderous desires.