Auteur: Michael Rips

A son uncovers the remarkable secret life of his midwestern father—and his Nebraska city—in this “beguiling [and] deeply unusual” memoir (The Boston Sunday Globe).   Nick …

A refreshing antidote to the saccharine charms of Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence and Frances Mayes’ Under the Tuscan Sun, this is the quirky and hilarious memoir of a criminal lawyer who gives up h …

Everybody in the county knows that the great manor of Canterville Chase has been haunted for 300 years. But when the American minister Mr Otis moves in with his wife and family, they refuse to be fri …

A lovable oddball cast of characters is at the heart of this treasure-hunt through the last days of one of the greatest flea markets on earth. ‘[Rips] has humanity, humor and the gift of a limpid, ag …

‘An extraordinary portrait of a New York filled with unlikely treasures, human and material.’ — Joseph O’Neill, author of Netherland The captivating story of Manhattan’s legendary Chelsea Flea Marke …