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The Caddie Was a Reindeer

by Steve Rushin

A joy ride through the wild world of sports from “the best sportswriter in the country” (St. Paul Pioneer Press)…

Arafat’s War

by Efraim Karsh

“The savage battle between Palestinians and Israelis is often presented as if it were historically predestined.  But in this eye-opening and exhaustively researched book, Karsh shows us that it is…

Miracle of the Rose

by Jean Genet

“Genet can use a brutal phraseology that makes prison life specific and immediate. Yet through his singular sensibility, these elements are transmuted into something fragile, rare, beautiful.” –The New York…

Somersault

by Kenzaburo Oe

“A power story about fanaticism and faith. . . . [Somersault] shows a Nobel master at work in a huge new novel that takes on great themes and does so…

Recital of the Dog

by David Rabe

“A gifted prose writer of original vision . . . In both voice and structure, Recital of the Dog owes much both to Albert Camus and James M. Cain. ….

The Hungry Gene

by Ellen Ruppel Shell

“Compelling. . . . Journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell takes us into the wide world of obesity, seeking answers to how we got here and how we can get back to…

Snow White and Russian Red

by Dorota Maslowska

“Maslowska’s prose squeals with directionless drive, whizzing like a drug-induced sensory overload: disjointed, formless, unleashed… It tires and invigorates. It also introduces an otherworld of lasting, unusual imagery… Snow White…

Ivory’s Ghosts

by John Frederick Walker

“[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory, human kind’s lust for this exquisite treasure, and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process ….

Sing Them Home

by Stephanie Kallos

“Sing Them Home constantly surprises, changing voices, viewpoints, and tempos, mixing humor and pathos, and introducing a big cast of vividly portrayed characters, major and minor. Readers who admired Kallos’s…

Atmosphere of Hope

by Tim Flannery

A decade after his groundbreaking book The Weather Makers, Tim Flannery argues that Earth’s climate system is fast approaching a crisis but that there is a promising “third way” forward….