John Steinbeck

In the California's 1930', two unlikely friends, Lenny and George, dream of owning a farm together. Now that they've landed a job on a farm in the Salinas Valley, the dream seems within their grasp. But, the boss' son has a flirtatious wife and a few minutes alone with her dashes all hope of their leading a normal life.

An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers
 
To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.
With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads,...

A collection of stories includes "The Moon is Down," which details the transformation of ordinary life under Nazi rule in an unnamed Scandinavian country under German occupation, as well as "Cannery Row," "The Pearl," and "East of Eden.".

The classic story of a boy's journey to manhood under the joys and hardships of ranch life, focused around the life and death of his red pony.

A selection of dispatches written by the author from England, Africa, and Italy at the height of World War II.

Set in the California apple country this novel portrays a strike by migrant workers that metamorphoses from principled defiance into blind fanaticism.

In "The Short Reign of Pippin IV," John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Hristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippins wife, Queen Marie, who might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called egg king...