false 1368161 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg From a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditation on American morality—two classic Steinbeck novels make their black spine debuts

IN AWARDING John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 4796 26 2359336 book 1961 The Winter of Our Discontent total:4570|5:1397|4:1765|3:1113|2:239|1:56| 4570 17918 6548 369 585 3.82 351150 17128 19270925 725370 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 4 3 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 00:01:12 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 19:47:52 -0700 2008
It was really the details of this book that did it for me. Ethan's peculiar dismissive compl...more...]]> 7146828 320772 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 3 3 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 09:49:17 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 09:49:17 -0700 2007 The Winter of our Discontent is a study of morality in the individual and in the community. Set in a New England town where everyone knows everyone else's business and history, Ethan Hawley narrates his experience with the various moral temptations one season offers him.

...more...]]> 7116044 356463 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 4 3 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Oct 01 18:53:03 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 19:20:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 11478693 53580 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 3 2 false Wed Jan 09 21:01:44 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 15:21:01 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 20:57:21 -0800 2008
However, as I reali...more...]]> 49277403 50448 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 3 1 false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 16:13:51 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 16:14:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 29131916 226894 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 5 3 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 11:24:48 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 11:24:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 38685844 1752430 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 2 0 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 26 07:06:42 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:07:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 38571124 1250038 386391 0140187537 9780140187533 44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355865m/386391.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386391.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.87 399 From a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditation on American morality—two classic Steinbeck novels make their black spine debuts

IN AWARDING John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 5 0 false Mon Nov 24 16:52:15 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 16:52:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 24343445 1026055 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 2 1 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 12:53:37 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 08:42:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 67803901 1435236 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 5 0 false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 16:50:14 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 17:00:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 66383494 1541278 2352616 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1249710667m/2352616.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2352616.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 4.08 12 From a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditation on American morality—two classic Steinbeck novels make their black spine debuts

IN AWARDING John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 21:17:13 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 21:28:01 -0700 2009 http://www.fnordinc.com/2009/08-05/book-...

Deciding to read this was one of the best moves i have made in a long time. I have always felt that Steinbeck was hit or miss. some of his work is easy. Others can never cath my attention enough to be able to make it worth the time. Reading Disco...more...]]> 61919678 2286239 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 5 0 false Thu Jul 02 12:43:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 12:57:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 54695909 1923893 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 3 0 false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 09:49:25 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 07:38:03 -0700 2009 After serving on the battlefields of WWII, Ethan A Hawley has come home, mismanaged his family grocery into bankrupcy, and finds himself working several years for his "wop"...more...]]> 63720571 1810079 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 5 1 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 09:12:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 10:27:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61757301 1455091 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 3 0 false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 08:27:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 13:08:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 54012607 1890940 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 4 0 false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 09:27:22 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 09:27:54 -0700 2009
“In business and politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind – but he must get there first.”

The title of this book is a link to Shakespe...more...]]> 43187940 99896 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 4 0 false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 17:57:27 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 18:18:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50493724 1390765 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 4 0 false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 04:41:27 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 10:27:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 56699576 2331674 2255830 0553029983 9780553029987 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2255830.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.64 11 From a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditation on American morality—two classic Steinbeck novels make their black spine debuts

IN AWARDING John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 5 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 19 21:06:03 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 21:17:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78100624 348722 4796 0143039482 9780143039488 299 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165457635m/4796.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent 3.93 4008 The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.”

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.]]> 4 0 false Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 11:47:47 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 18:38:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1368161