The Industrial Revolutionaries

“[An] engaging survey . . . Weightman expertly marshals his cast of characters across continents and centuries, forging a genuinely global history that brings the collaborative, if competitive, business of…

New Japanese Voices

“A happy marriage of contemporary Western culture with the traditional Japanese sensibility makes this story collection by young Japanese writers a worthwhile successor to a distinguished literary past.” –Kirkus Reviews…

Zen Poetry

Much Depends On Dinner

“Fascinating . . . Margaret Visser is a gifted informal writer, and these chapters combine a wealth of unusual information with extreme readability. . . . In short, Visser whetted…

The Unvanquished

From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America’s…

1941: Fighting the Shadow War

A thrilling exploration of the little-known history of America’s clandestine involvement in World War II prior to Pearl Harbor….

About Harry Towns

“About Harry Towns is a goddamn heartbreaking delight and you are a fool if you miss it. Friedman has created a character unique, haunting, and completely memorable in stories which…

Crawling at Night

“[Power’s] starkly realistic characters and terse, lyrical prose herald her as an exciting new voice. . . . Ito is a Japanese sushi chef, recently arrived in New York City,…

The Dark Clue

“A luscious Victorian thriller that . . . sends two characters from [Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White] on a brilliant literary mission. . . . We are soon exposed…

Indian Journals

“Ginsberg is both tragic and dynamic, a lyrical genius, a con man extraordinaire and probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Whitman.” –Bob Dylan…