" Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I'm sitting now. "
From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War[...]
He really, really, REALLY wants one. He'll take really good care of it What's the matter--don't you want him to be happy?The latest book in the best-selling Pigeon series is the funniest one yet.[...]
The Pigeon really, really wants to finish this activity book But that pesky Duckling keeps getting in the way. Oh, and there's someone new on the scene causing all kinds of problems....
Follow the Bus Driver's lead as you write, color, draw, create--even build an airport --in this fun-fille[...]
Pigeon's back And he's found "un perro caliente" But a hungry (and very sly) duckling enters the scene and wants a bite of the hot dog. Who will be the more clever bird?
For the first time, Mo Willems's "New York Times "best-selling "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog "is available in Spanish for a n[...]
Finally, a book you can say "no" to
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place "una paloma" But you've never met one like this before. As the Pigeon pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being abl[...]
It's a busload of the Pigeon books Climb on board for three picture books starring the famous beleaguered bird-"Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus ," "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog ," and "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late "-by "New York Times "best-selling author/illustrator Mo Willems. Next stop: su[...]
The Pigeon really needs a bath Except, the Pigeon's not so sure about that. Besides, he took a bath last month Maybe. It's going to take some serious convincing to try and get the Pigeon to take the plunge.[...]
"Recounted with the storytelling elan of a master raconteur -- by turns dramatic and funny, charming, tart and melancholy." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
The New York Times bestselling memoir from John le Carre, the legendary author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Spy Who Came in fr[...]
Why did the First World War start? Who was fighting who? Did soldiers still fight with swords? Had aeroplanes been invented yet? What was it like to be inside the first tank sent to war? How could a shaving brush help you escape being captured? Did animals fight in the war? How can a pigeon be a war[...]
From television producer Jack Gray comes a generational account of finding one's way at work, at home, and even across the street.
There are a lot of unforgettable characters in these pages: a loveable if possibly alcoholic dog; a set of grandparents who crush on Alex Trebek and obsess about dea[...]
The Fijian Pigeon is a detective story in the Damon Runyonesque style. The actions take place largely in the Adirondacks, in the Gore Mountain, Lake George region, including skiing, a dangerous car chase on icy mountain roads, a crash through the ice at Lake George, and murders planned by the least [...]
Here is a book about a man, supposedly a writer, who tries to write a novel, because he promised his readers he would. But he doesn't have anything to say. He keeps erasing what he writes, and rewriting it, without having the slightest idea where he's going with it. Soon enough he realizes that look[...]
The New York Pigeon is a photography book that reveals the unexpected beauty of the omnipresent pigeon as if Vogue magazine devoted its pages to birds, rather than fashion models. In spite of pigeons' ubiquity in New York and other cities, we never really see them closely and know very little about [...]