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The Sportswriter
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: June 13, 1995
Price: $14.95
As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the heart, and the not-too-distant losses of a career, a son, and a marriage. In the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: June 13, 1995
Price: $14.95
As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the heart, and the not-too-distant losses of a career, a son, and a marriage. In the... Read more >
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Independence Day
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: May 7, 1996
Price: $14.95
The Pulitzer-Prize Winning novel for 1996.
In this visionary sequel to The Sportswriter, Richard Ford deepens his portrait of one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction, and in so doing gives us an indelible portrait of America.
Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: May 7, 1996
Price: $14.95
The Pulitzer-Prize Winning novel for 1996.
In this visionary sequel to The Sportswriter, Richard Ford deepens his portrait of one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction, and in so doing gives us an indelible portrait of America.
Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career... Read more >
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The Lay of the Land
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2007
Price: $14.95
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A New York Times Best Book of the Year
A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father –Frank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during the autumn of 2000, when his... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2007
Price: $14.95
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A New York Times Best Book of the Year
A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father –Frank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during the autumn of 2000, when his... Read more >
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Women with Men
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 28, 1998
Price: $13.00
Richard Ford's Independence Day--his sequel to The Sportswriter, and an international bestseller--is the only novel ever to have received both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Now, with Women With Men, he reaffirms his mastery of shorter fiction with his first collection since the widely acclaimed Rock Springs, published a... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 28, 1998
Price: $13.00
Richard Ford's Independence Day--his sequel to The Sportswriter, and an international bestseller--is the only novel ever to have received both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Now, with Women With Men, he reaffirms his mastery of shorter fiction with his first collection since the widely acclaimed Rock Springs, published a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Lay of the Land
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $59.95
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author.
With The Sportswriter, in 1985, Richard Ford began a cycle of novels that ten years later – after Independence Day won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award – was hailed by The Times of London as “an extraordinary epic [that] is nothing less... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $59.95
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author.
With The Sportswriter, in 1985, Richard Ford began a cycle of novels that ten years later – after Independence Day won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award – was hailed by The Times of London as “an extraordinary epic [that] is nothing less... Read more >
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A Multitude of Sins
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $14.00
One of the most celebrated and unflinching chroniclers of modern life now explores, in this masterful collection of short stories, the grand theme of intimacy, love, and their failures.
With remarkable insight and candor, Richard Ford examines liaisons in and out and to the sides of marriage. An illicit visit to the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $14.00
One of the most celebrated and unflinching chroniclers of modern life now explores, in this masterful collection of short stories, the grand theme of intimacy, love, and their failures.
With remarkable insight and candor, Richard Ford examines liaisons in and out and to the sides of marriage. An illicit visit to the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Bascombe Novels
Format: Hardcover, 1352 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $35.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
A trilogy of brilliant novels—The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land—that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved and enduring characters in modern fiction.
When we meet Frank Bascombe in The Sportswriter, his unguarded voice instantly wins us over and pulls us... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 1352 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Price: $35.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
A trilogy of brilliant novels—The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land—that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved and enduring characters in modern fiction.
When we meet Frank Bascombe in The Sportswriter, his unguarded voice instantly wins us over and pulls us... Read more >
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A Piece of My Heart
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1985
Price: $13.95
Ford's mesmerizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he's looking... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1985
Price: $13.95
Ford's mesmerizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he's looking... Read more >
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The Ultimate Good Luck
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1987
Price: $13.00
In this novel of menace and eroticism, Richard Ford updates the tradition of Conrad for the age of cocaine smuggling. The setting is Oaxaca, Mexico, where Harry Quinn has come to free his girlfriend's brother, Sonny, from Jail and, ideally, to get him away form the suavely sadistic drug dealer who... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1987
Price: $13.00
In this novel of menace and eroticism, Richard Ford updates the tradition of Conrad for the age of cocaine smuggling. The setting is Oaxaca, Mexico, where Harry Quinn has come to free his girlfriend's brother, Sonny, from Jail and, ideally, to get him away form the suavely sadistic drug dealer who... Read more >
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Vintage Ford
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $9.95
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
“One of the country’s best writers. . . . No one looks harder at contemporary American life, sees more, or expresses it with such hushed, deliberate care.” —San Francisco Chronicle
An accomplished practitioner... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $9.95
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
“One of the country’s best writers. . . . No one looks harder at contemporary American life, sees more, or expresses it with such hushed, deliberate care.” —San Francisco Chronicle
An accomplished practitioner... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Lay of the Land
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $14.95
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A New York Times Best Book of the Year
A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father –Frank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during the autumn of 2000, when his... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $14.95
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A New York Times Best Book of the Year
A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father –Frank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during the autumn of 2000, when his... Read more >
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The Lay of the Land
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $30.00
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author.
With The Sportswriter, in 1985, Richard Ford began a cycle of novels that ten years later – after Independence Day won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award – was hailed by The Times of London as “an extraordinary epic [that] is nothing less... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $30.00
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author.
With The Sportswriter, in 1985, Richard Ford began a cycle of novels that ten years later – after Independence Day won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award – was hailed by The Times of London as “an extraordinary epic [that] is nothing less... Read more >
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A Multitude of Sins
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00
One of the most celebrated and unflinching chroniclers of modern life now explores, in this masterful collection of short stories, the grand theme of intimacy, love, and their failures.
With remarkable insight and candor, Richard Ford examines liaisons in and out and to the sides of marriage. An illicit visit to the... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00
One of the most celebrated and unflinching chroniclers of modern life now explores, in this masterful collection of short stories, the grand theme of intimacy, love, and their failures.
With remarkable insight and candor, Richard Ford examines liaisons in and out and to the sides of marriage. An illicit visit to the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Vintage Ford
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.95
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
“One of the country’s best writers. . . . No one looks harder at contemporary American life, sees more, or expresses it with such hushed, deliberate care.” —San Francisco Chronicle
An accomplished practitioner... Read more >
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.95
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
“One of the country’s best writers. . . . No one looks harder at contemporary American life, sees more, or expresses it with such hushed, deliberate care.” —San Francisco Chronicle
An accomplished practitioner... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Women with Men
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $13.00
Richard Ford's Independence Day--his sequel to The Sportswriter, and an international bestseller--is the only novel ever to have received both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Now, two years later, he reaffirms his mastery of shorter fiction with his first collection since the widely acclaimed Rock Springs, published a decade... Read more >
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $13.00
Richard Ford's Independence Day--his sequel to The Sportswriter, and an international bestseller--is the only novel ever to have received both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Now, two years later, he reaffirms his mastery of shorter fiction with his first collection since the widely acclaimed Rock Springs, published a decade... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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