Search Results for: American
The Beat Hotel
by Barry Miles“An entertaining narrative about important writers now considered American literary heroes.” –Publishers Weekly…
Jim Harrison
…a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Letters (2007) and…
A Perfect Frenzy
by Andrew LawlerFrom the nationally bestselling author of The Secret Token, the largely untold story of rebellion in Virginia that will forever change one’s understanding of the American Revolution…
Tobacco
by Iain Gately“Ambitious . . . informative and perceptive . . . Gately has done a great deal of research . . . and has assembled a lot of useful information in…
Ten Little Indians
by Sherman Alexie“In [Alexie’s] warm, revealing, invitingly roundabout stories, the central figures come in all shapes and sizes, sharing only their wry perspective on Indian life off the reservation. . . ….
The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium
by Mark Dery“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….
11 Unforgettable Books to Read for Hispanic Heritage Month
…Leon’s initial landing in Florida in 1513 to Spanish control of the vast Louisiana territory in 1762 to the Mexican American War in 1846 and up to the more recent…
Washington’s Immortals
by Patrick K. O'DonnellFrom a bestselling military historian, the story of the Revolutionary War told through a band of brothers whose actions at key battles from Brooklyn to Yorktown changed the course of…
The Caprices
by Sabina Murray“Murray writes stories of fierce intensity, stories that are evocative, distinct, and haunting.” —Claire Messud, The New York Times Book Review…
Gordo
by Jaime CortezShedding profound natural light on the inner lives of migrant workers, Jaime Cortez’s debut collection ushers in a new era of American literature that gives voice to a marginalized generation…
