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“Compact and insightful. “—New York Times Book Review “Jack Larkin has retrieved the irretrievable; the intimate facts of everyday life that defined what people were really like.”—American Heritage

The classic depiction of the harsh realities of American life, the dark side of the American Dream, and one man’s doomed pursuit of love and success…”Mr. Dreiser is not imitative and belongs to no school. He is at heart a mysticist and a … more

One of literature?s greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enj… more

The Good War for which Terkel won the Pulitzer Prize, is a testament not only to the experience of war but to the extraordinary skill of Terkel as interviewer. As always, Terkel’s subjects are open and unrelenting in their analyses of thems… more

• Translated by Stanley Lombardo.• Introduction by Sheila Murnaghan.”Gripping… . Lombardo’s achievement is all the more striking when you consider the difficulties of his task… . [He] manages to be respectful of Homer’s dire spirit … more

LG WILLIAMS’s LARGE spans the two years from 2001 to 2003 the turning point of his major career. With his broad canvas and large body of artwork, the ideas in this series present a panorama of the American artistic and imperial experience a… more

P{MARGIN:0in;MARGIN-BOTTOM:.0001pt;}BLOCKQUOTE{MARGIN-TOP:0in;MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;} “FALLING LEAVES, Yen Mah’s first book, reads as a fresh and haunting account of a childhood that nearly paralyzed its author for life.”(The Sunday Oregonia… more

“…There, cut down and thrust through with rapiers, swimming in his own blood, he was borne from the field as if lifeless—”Olenka placed both her hands on her temples, and raising her head, began to catch the air into her parted lips. From… more

A highly personal story of the eminent British writer returning to her African roots that is “brilliant … [and] captures the contradictions of a young country.”—New York Times Book Review

THE PAIN AND the Great One hardly agree on anything. But deep down, they know they can count on each other, especially at school, where it often takes two to figure things out. Like when that first baby tooth falls out on the school bus. Or… more

“Luckily for Edward Eager’s fans, the children in his latest book are just as lively and literary as those in Half Magic.”—The New York Times Book Review

The gay New Orleans aristocrat, Matt Sinclair, solves the murder of a supposedly-straight family man in the men’s room of a gay bar. Nominated for an Edgar. The New York Times Book Review said “A first in mystery fiction”.

The nationally bestselling author of Race and Culture and Inside America presents a devastating examination of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past 30 years, whose defects have led to crises on education, crime, and fa… more

La anécdota es simple: Elisheva, la esposa de Shaul se ausenta de casa cada tarde para ir a nadar, o eso es lo que ella dice. Deja el apartamento con una bolsa de gimnasia en bandolera y vuelve al cabo de una hora con el pelo mojado y el ro… more

David Grossman ambienta esta novela en la Palestina ocupada. Publicado originalmente en 1983, el libro es una investigación acerca de la moral, la confianza y la verdad con cuatro personajes contradictorios -Uri, un joven soldado israelí; s… more

2012 Edition. Live la dolce vita on your very own Roman holiday! You’ll discover the best of the Eternal City with this sleek city guide, including landmarks, museums, and other highlights, plus places to eat, drink, shop, and stay, with ex… more

“Nobody writes better about falling in love than Alice Adams… . How can one person know so much?” —The New York Times Book Review   With appearances in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and Redbook, as well as in the  O. Henry Awar… more

The Ronin’s Mistress is a brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from Laura Joh Rowland—an author with “a painter’s eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politican’s ear for intrigue.” —The New York Times Book Review… more

Where do you run when a world is out to get you?AIs, Forged beings, superheroes, angels, and worlds that change in the blink of an eye–here is a richly imagined tale of ordinary redemption in an extraordinary world from one of the most prov… more