Triangle

“[An] outstanding history. . . . [Von Drehle] has written what is sure to become the definitive account of the fire. . . . Triangle is social history at its…

In the City of Shy Hunters

Spanbauer has inserted his character, the Shy Hunter, into the mythology of the real Lower East Side of Manhattan. Surely many will want to follow his steps after reading In…

Zen Poetry

The Weather Makers

“At last, here is a clear and readable account of one of the most important but controversial issues facing everyone in the world today. If you are not already addicted…

Nine Plays of the Modern Theatre

“The nine plays included in this volume are not only modern by date, 1944-1975, but in their dramatization . . . . Though each may differ from the others in…

The Blindness of the Heart

“Winner of the German Book Prize . . . this is a great, big silence-breaker of a novel, a laser beam into the German darkness from a writer, one feels,…

Exposure

“Much like a slick, shape-shifting spook, Exposure is many things at once–an espionage thriller, a forbidden-love story, an immigrant’s tale—and it assumes these varied identities with confidence . . ….

Forty Thieves

A devilishly plotted chase-and-pursuit novel by “a master of nail-biting suspense” (Los Angeles Times), featuring a husband-and-wife detective team hired to look into the murder of a research scientist….

John Saturnall’s Feast

Twelve years in the writing, John Saturnall’s Feast is a masterpiece from one of England’s greatest living historical novelists—and Norfolk’s most accessible book to date….

The Western Wind

Hailed as “this generation’s Virginia Woolf” (Telegraph) and “one of the UK’s most exquisite stylists” (Guardian), Samantha Harvey’s breathtaking new novel is a medieval mystery told in reverse over the…