Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck, John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck's first major critical and commercial success, and perhaps his funniest novel, Tortilla Flat includes a critical introduction by Thomas Fensch in Penguin Modern Classics. Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before...

Rocket Dreams: How the Space Age Shaped Our Vision of a World Beyond...

Marina Benjamin

From the first landings on the moon to the implications of our cyber worlds, this unusual and intriguing book takes a provocative look at our fascination with space. "Rocket Dreams" is a fast-moving, fact-filled study of how all the dreams that went in to moonflight in the '60s have found new homes and ...