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The Lucifer Principle

…. . . He draws on a dozen years of research into a jungle of scholarly fields . . . and meticulously supports every bit of information.” –The Washington Post…

Lure of the Links

“With whimsical tales from such heroes as Gene Sarazen and Robert Trent Jones, Jr., and fiction from the likes of John Updike, this book…

Lust, Violence, Sin, Magic

Lyrics Alley

“Haunting . . . Keeps the reader gripped.”—Anita Sethi, The Sunday Telegraph (UK) The evocative story of an affluent Sudanese family shaken by the…

Madame Chiang Kai-shek

“Madame Chiang Kai-Shek belongs with Eleanor Roosevelt and Eva Peron as three of the most politically influential women of the past century.” —Deirdre Donahue,…

Madame de Pompadour

“A story of lust, greed, and calculation. Historical drama related with great flair and knowing affection for the colorful characters’ all too-human foibles.” –Kirkus…

Madame de Sade

A play by Yukio Mishima, translated by Donald Keene.

Madame Melville and The General from America

“Nelson revels in and shrewdly manipulates the conventions of the memory play in ways that are hard to resist.” —Ben Brantley, The New York…

Love and Death on Long Island

“A very funny portrait of an extraordinarily unworldly academic’s introduction to the dizzyingly incomprehensible realm of popular culture.” –Nick Hornby

Love for Sale

“Contains enough scholarly detail to allow one to employ the “I read Playboy for the articles’ defense.” –Jared Paul Stern, New York Post…