In 1863 Jules Verne, famed author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, wrote a novel that his literary agent deemed too far fetched to be published. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson found the handwritten, never-before published manuscript in a safe. That manuscript was Paris in the Twentieth Century, and astonishingly prophetic view into the future by one of the most renowned science fiction writers of our time. . . . Praise for Paris in the Twentieth Century “Jules Verne was the Michael Crichton of the 19th century.”—The New York Times “For anyone interested in the history of speculative fiction . . . this book is an absolute necessity.”—Ray Bradbury “Verne's Paris is a bustling, overcrowded metropolis teeming with starving homeless and ‘vehicles that passed on paved roads and moved without horses.’ Years before they would be invented, Verne has imagined elevators and faxmachines. It was a vision Verne's editor flatly rejected. Contemporary readers know better.”—People “An excellent extrapolation, founded on 19th-century technical novelties, of a future culture.”—The Washington Post Book World “Verne published nearly seventy books, many of them now considered classics. But this little jewel catches him just reaching stride as a writer of science fiction, a genre that he, of course, helped put on the literary map.”—The Denver Post

Paris in the Twentieth Century: The Lost Novel

Literature & Fiction

Richard Howard

JULES, VERNE

United States

Del Rey

Traces the events leading to the execution of Charles I and briefly discusses the impact of that execution of English history.

Black Cargo

G.P.Putnam's Sons

In New York, between 1946 and 1948, the scholar and poet Alan Ansen made rapid notes of Auden's inimitable conversation. This book is a record of Auden's private, offhand and sometimes wayward remarks and opinions about art, literature, music, politics, religion and sexuality.

The Table Talk of W.H. Auden

Alan Ansen

Biographies & Memoirs

Faber and Faber Ltd.

Critical essays on forty-one contemporary poets provide an appraisal of American achievement in this field since 1950

Alone With America: Essays on the Art of Poetry in the United States Since 1950.

History & Criticism

Atheneum

In 1936, French publisher Christian Zervos released a collection of drawings by Henri Matisse as part of his Cahiers d'Art series. Along with 39 stunning Matisse drawings, the book included a preface by Zervos and a poem by Tristan Tzara dedicated to the artist. The drawings, mostly of women—nudes, portraits, interior scenes—express an extraordinary sensuality. This reprint, a facsimile edition faithful to the original, features translations by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and scholar Richard Howard. The beauty of Matisse's simple drawings, as powerful today as in 1936, remains accessible to art lovers and a general audience alike. 39 full-page facsimile reproductions.

Henri Matisse: Drawings 1936, A Facsimile Reproduction

Arts & Photography

Henri Matisse

Tristan Tzara

Christian Zervos

Individual Artists

George Braziller, Inc.

Where on Earth is God?

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City

Judgment Seat Of Christ

Van Impe Ministries, Jack

Imagine middle European 19th century royalty, Twilight Zone twists, urbane humor, loving characterizations.

The Toys of Princes

Ghislain De Diesbach

Short Stories & Anthologies

Turtle Point Press

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