Exploding the Phone

A riveting history of the telephone hackers of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s….

Phone

“Will Self’s brilliant new novel is an epic anti-tweet . . . the third part of a defiant, self-consciously modernist trilogy. . . staggeringly ambitious, frighteningly intelligent, ludicrous, and brilliant….

When Your Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’ll Be Me

The Pyramids

“This comprehensive volume details everything you ever wanted to know about pyramids–and the cultural and technological world from which they arose.” –Boston Herald…

The CEO of the Sofa

“Not content to rest on his laurels, the bestselling humorist O’Rourke instead settles back on his caustic couch to offer a wide-angled worldview from his own living room, his salon…

The Mekong

“For those who have not read about the exploration of the Mekong or the discovery of Angkor and the impact it had on the outside world, there is perhaps no…

The Poker Bride

“The Poker Bride is a gorgeously written and brilliantly researched saga of America during the mad flush of its biggest Gold Rush. Christopher Corbett’s genius is to anchor his larger…

The Incredible Events in Women’s Cell Number 3

The startling, vivid debut novel by Alexey Navalny’s press secretary, following a woman who is arrested at an anti-corruption rally in Moscow and sentenced to ten days in a special…

Black Hawk Down

“Amazing . . . One of the most intense, visceral reading experiences imaginable. . . . The individual stories are woven together in such a compelling and expert fashion, the…

Killing Pablo

“The story of how U.S. Army Intelligence and Delta Force commandos helped Colombian police track down and kill Pablo Escobar. . . . A compelling, almost Shakespearean tale.” –Los Angeles…