The Underground Man (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)As a mysterious fire rages through the hills above a..

John James Audubon: The Making of an AmericanJohn James Audubon came to America as a dapper eighteen..

Wolf SolentFirst published in 1929, John Cowper Powys's novel of Eros and ideas was compared with wo..

Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsider..

The Age of Empire: 1875-1914Discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences,..

A Stranger in This World: StoriesIn the tradition of the works of Raymond Carver and Richard Ford, t..

Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a NationAmerican doctors dispense approximately 230 m..

Aftermath: The Remnants of War: From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Moder..

All That IsAn extraordinary literary event, a major new novel by the PEN/Faulkner winner and acclaim..

Watergate: A NovelA New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Notable BookA St. Louis Post-Dispat..

A Bell For AdanoThis classic novel and winner of the Pulitzer Prize tells the story..

Humorist Cathy Crimmins has written a deeply personal, wrenching, and often hilarious account of the..

Madness Visible: A Memoir of WarAs a senior foreign correspondent for The Times of London, Janine di..

Point To Point Navigation: A MemoirIn a witty and elegant autobiography that takes up where his best..

A Simple Plan?Spectacular. . . . Ten shades blacker and several corpses grimmer than the novels of J..

The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000Like his National Book Award-winningUnited States, Gore Vidal?s sci..

A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--and OurselvesWhen Jane Gross found herself sudde..

More Than HumanFrom one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction comes a genre-bending novel..

MasksFollowing the death of her son, Mieko Togan? takes an increasing interest in the personal affai..

Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of WarWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizePeter Maass went to the B..

The sheer exuberance of language that pours forth in Dael Orlandersmith's plays has dazzled critics ..

A landmark work from the author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between..

King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American HeroWith an Introduction by Salman Rushd..

Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the SummitCombining accounts of legendary mountain asc..

The Shadow of the SunIn 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the ..

The Battle for Christmas: A Social and Cultural History of Our Most Cherished HolidayAnyone who lame..

Henry and ClaraOn the evening of Good Friday, 1865, Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris joined the Linco..

With this collection of short and fascinating biographical pieces, the award-winning biographer of C..

The Dreaming JewelsWinner of the Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Life Achievement Awards"One of the m..

Far Tortuga: A NovelAn adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself."Beaut..