Lost Nation

…storyteller, evoking the seasons, the dampness of the bogs and the muck and the madness that sometimes affects those living alone in the dark woods.” –Los Angeles Times Book Review…

My Life in Heavy Metal

“Almond’s eye for modern types is impeccably, almost academically, sharp, and yet these stories, slight as they sometimes are, never come across as schoolwork.” –Mark Rozzo, The Los Angeles Times…

Five Tuesdays in Winter

By the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers and Euphoria comes a masterful new collection of short stories…

The Earth Hums in B Flat

“A lyrical debut . . . [Strachan’s] light touch keeps the story unfamiliar and surprising, while Gwenni’s uber-precocious narration revels in a love for language and reveals an unspoiled innocence…

Rock Concert

A lively, entertaining, wide-ranging oral history of the golden age of the rock concert based on over ninety interviews with musicians, promoters, stagehands, and others who contributed to the huge…

Essays in Zen Buddhism

Thunder Run

“Zucchino paints a vivid picture of the battle by stiching together the narratives of soldiers, officers, generals and Iraqis whom he interviewed during and after the war. . . ….

Landscape of the Body

“Whenever [Guare’s] imagination takes over, whenever his astonishing dramatic talent for creating characters and lines and scenes is let loose, he is invaluable.” —The New Yorker…

Remembering the Bones

“With this book, Itani joins a group of novelists who have chronicled quiet lives from start to finish, uncovering treasure in their dark corners. . . . building such emotionally…

Guests of the Ayatollah

“Heart-stopping, and heart-breaking.” —James Traub, New York Times Book Review…