Seven-year-old Max likes to make noise, get dirty, ride his bike without a helmet and howl like a wolf. In any other era, he would be considered a boy. Driven by a series of pressures internal and external, Max leaves home, jumps in a boat and sails across the ocean to a strange island where giant beasts reign.

Once upon a time the Wapshots of St Botolphs were distinguished for their unshakeable good opinion of themselves. But the family members have drifted far from their New England village - and into the demented caprices of the mighty, the bad graces of the IRS and the humiliating abyss of adulterous passion.

Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to join thousands of other orphans on their walk to Ethiopia, where they find safety. Along the way Valentino encounters enemy soldiers and liberation rebels. But there are experiences ahead that will test his spirit in even greater ways than these.

A hilarious work that evokes the terrible beauty of youth like a young Bob Dylan, frothing with furious anger.

Features work by Wells Tower, Michael Cera, and Etgar Keret, along with writing from a bevy of writers who investigate things from mental hospitals to sentient mists.

Will and Hand are burdened by ,000 and the memory of their friend Jack. Taking a week out of their lives, they decide to travel around the world to give the money away. They can't really say why they're doing it, just that it needs to be done. Perhaps it's something to do with Jack's death - perhaps they'll find the reason later.

Dave Eggers has championed the cause of the short story. This collection of short stories is Eggers's first, and showcases his talents in a variety of stories that are that are dark, and funny, including the acclaimed Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly .

Includes a booklet with stories by Denis Johnson and Roddy Doyle. This title includes a novella (in its own notebook) by Ann Beattie, with a guest appearance by Harry Mathews; a story by Robert Coover, written on the thirteen hearts from a deck of cards that can be shuffled and read in any order; and, an ordinary comb.

Brings together more stories from the first ten issues of the magazine. Jonathan Ames, Judy Budnitz, Glen David Gold, Jonathan Lethem and AM Homes are amongst the writers spreading their wings in this collection and showing why McSweeney's is a byword for brilliance, innovation and the unexpected.

Explores the state of the fable - those astute and irreducible allegories one doesn't see so much anymore in our strange new age, when everyone is wild for the latest parable or apologue but can't find time for anything else.

Featuring fourteen stories, this book includes jungle warfare, boomerang tycoons, track-team romances and advice-giving animals.

From the author of 'The Human Season' and 'The Pawnbroker'.

Features three books in a windowed slipcase, presenting six possible faces to the world to help match your home decor. This title includes: oddly drawn objects coupled with uncertainly-spelled text; a seventy-two page sketchbook by Art Spiegelman; and, stories by Stephen King, Jim Shepard, and more.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. Good Samaritan Abdulrahman has stayed on in the city, traversing its deeply flooded streets by canoe, feeding trapped dogs and rescuing survivors, as New Orleans becomes a disaster zone.

Presents a collection of stories.

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The Onion team is back with more award-winning journalism, deadpan headlines, opinion pieces, news in brief. This book presents the annual roundups of world news; all the material from October 2001 to October 2002.

The Complete Works. This is the first book to span Currin's entire career.

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