Manguel, Alberto

Contains over 1,200 alphabetically arranged essays that provide information about the history and inhabitants of make-believe realms invented by storytellers from ancient times through the late twentieth century, including Shangri-La, Xanadu, Jurassic Park, and Neverwhere.

Traces the lineage of the epic poems "The Illiad" and "The Odyssey," considers the original purpose of the works, and follows their spread throughout the world.

Explores the 6,000-year-old connection between words and readers, providing a history of the act of reading through tales of thieves and anarchists, books burners and censors, slaves and the enslaved, whose lives were changed by books.

An anthology of twenty-three Christmas stories from around the world, including many works that have never before been translated into English.

Contains twenty short stories that explore the emotional connections between fathers and sons.

A collection of twenty fiction stories in which a variety of authors explore the relationship between mothers and daughters.