New Europe Books
New Europe BooksUncensored. Uncharted. Undying.
New Europe Books mines lucid gems from a literary landscape whose menu is so often marked by the esoteric—the former East Bloc. Read on to discover an informative, intelligent, surprising, and entertaining potpourri of nonfiction and fiction, including:
"Former barista John Shirting from Chicago, an expat in the hallucinatory Prague of the Nineties, stands in the good company of Ignatius J. Reilly, Chauncey Gardener, and Forest Gump.”
Ballpoint
A Tale of Genius and Grit, Perilous Times,
and the Invention that Changed the Way We Write
“Ballpoint reads like a fast-paced mystery.”
—Henry Petroski, author of The Pencil
“This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of László Bíró and Andor Goy,
the two Hungarians who made the first workable ballpoint pen and who . . . earned almost nothing from it.”
—John Emsley, author of
Molecules of Murder
"[G]enuine imagination and an energetic wit. Ellis vividly re-creates the atmosphere of a city in the throes of transformation as well as the American Quixotes who populate this new frontier."
—Publishers Weekly
"An ode to expatriate living, culture clashes, and the heady days of early 1990s Europe, this novel is a manic, wild ride. . . . [D]arkly comic . . . immersive, nostalgic, and thoroughly enjoyable."
—Booklist
"Former barista John Shirting from Chicago, an expat in the hallucinatory Prague of the Nineties, stands in the good company of Ignatius J. Reilly, Chauncey Gardener, and Forest Gump.”
—Andrei Codrescu
Voyage to Kazohinia
A page-turning dystopian classic that stands
alongside Brave New World and Gulliver's Travels
June 6th book launch—New York City
A page-turning dystopian classic that stands
alongside Brave New World and Gulliver's Travels
June 6th book launch—New York City
“Massively entertaining. . . .
Make room for the new
Gulliver!”
—Gregory Maguire,
author of Wicked and Out of Oz
“Most certainly a literary masterpiece.”
—William Auld,
Nobel Prize nominated poet,
translator of The Lord of the Rings
Ballpoint
A Tale of Genius and Grit, Perilous Times,
and the Invention that Changed the Way We Write
The triumphs and the trials of the men who invented
the ballpoint pen as they battled corporate greed,
dark eras—and each other
the ballpoint pen as they battled corporate greed,
dark eras—and each other
“Ballpoint reads like a fast-paced mystery.”
—Henry Petroski, author of The Pencil
“This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of László Bíró and Andor Goy,
the two Hungarians who made the first workable ballpoint pen and who . . . earned almost nothing from it.”
—John Emsley, author of
Molecules of Murder
A concise cultural history of vampires by an authority
who knows Dracula's haunts first-hand
Includes:
who knows Dracula's haunts first-hand
Includes:
- Almost 40 bite-size chapters on the history of our fascination with vampires
- A 20-page glossary of vampire terms
- A chronology of vampire-related events throughout history
