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The Three Roosevelts

by James MacGregor Burns

“A remarkable volume. [Burns and Dunn] have pulled apart, and then rewoven, the threads of a family that reshaped the last century and whose values are resilient even at the…

Composing a Life

by Mary Catherine Bateson

“A masterwork of rare breadth and particularity, encompassing all the rhythms of five lives and friendships, and interweaving their stories in ways that reveal grand social truths and peculiar personal…

Al-Jazeera

by Hugh Miles

“A detailed, absorbing look at the organization, the world it covers and the international media. . . . In describing Al Jazeera’s rise, Miles illuminates the shaky balance the channel…

Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold

by Mark Cocker

“Cocker has written a book on a broad subject, the kind that professional historians too rarely produce. . . . Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold is a heroic attempt…

The Return of the Caravels

by António Lobo Antunes

“A twenty-first-century modernist heir to the narrative collage technique championed by such masters as Ferdinand C”line, William Faulkner, Gabriel Garc”a M”rquez, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Pynchon, and Italo Calvino…

Beyond the Game

by Gary Smith

“A book you should read . . . Smith weaves stories of heroes and anti-heroes alike with grace and compassion, getting inside his subjects in a way that makes you…

At the Full and Change of the Moon

by Dionne Brand

“[Brand has] a lush and exuberant style that may put some readers in mind of Toni Morrison or Edwidge Danticat.” –The New York Times Book Review…

Dona Ines vs. Oblivion

by Ana Teresa Torres

…Inés’s cranky, engaging, importuning, resentful, obsessed and relentless voice guides us through a family history that is also mired in Venezuelan history.” –John Vernon, The New York Times Book Review…

The Bible

by Karen Armstrong

“Karen Armstrong preaches the gospel truth in The Bible, explaining how the spiritual guide for one out of three people on the planet came into being and evolved over the…

Mark Bowden, The Best Game Ever

by Mark Bowden

“Entertaining and informative narration . . . [Bowden] frames the picture with a wide lens, but then focuses on the roles and lives of a few key players.” —Publishers Weekly…