A Free Man of Color

“[A Free Man of Color] . . . might be a masterpiece. . . . one of the three or four most stirring new plays I’ve seen.” —Terry Teachout, The…

Things You Get for Free

“Things You Get For Free isn’t just an amusing travelogue; it’s also full of the sorts of stories we all can tell about our pasts. It’s so easy to forget…

Levi’s Children

The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium

“An exhilarating, dissonant ride . . . Dery, one of our most astute contemporary cultural critics . . . relishes his role as curator of America’s bulging cabinet of horrors….

Victory 1918

“Victory 1918 covers all the theaters of war, not only the muck and mire of France. . . . [It] provides food for thought and reflection on the futility of…

The Lost German Slave Girl

“Bailey has the gifts of a novelist and a readiness to blend fact and conjecture . . . with the result that The Lost German Slave Girl reads like a…

A Storm in Flanders

A reissue from the bestselling author of Forrest Gump, A Storm in Flanders is a fascinating history of the four-year battle of Ypres, the most notorious and dreaded place in…

The Adventures of Lucky Pierre

“An embodiment of a spectacle-obsessed entertainment culture that seems horribly like our own. . . . It delivers the ancient narrative satisfaction of seeing a character deal with the inexplicabilities…

Don’t Vote It Just Encourages the Bastards

Best-selling political humorist P.J. O’Rourke writes the mirthful political theory companion to his classic mirthful political science book, Parliament of Whores….

A Diamond in the Desert

Part history, part memoir, part travel guide, this search for the mysteries behind one of the world’s richest cities is “the best book . . . on the Gulf coast…