East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial Edition Chris Yokel Smith brings a mystical heart

Smith brings a mystical heart back to philosophy

When The Penderwicks burst into the world

breathtakingly illustrated edition brings those wonders to life like never before

and pains of science

East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial Edition Chris Yokel Smith brings a mystical heartA masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of Americas most enduring authors, in a deluxe Centennial edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two familiesthe Trasks and the Hamiltonswhose