Last Night in Nuuk

The highly acclaimed debut from an author profiled by the New Yorker as her country’s “unlikely literary star,” Last Night in Nuuk follows the lives of five young Greenlanders exploring…

Burma ’44

Celebrated historian of World War II James Holland chronicles the astonishing Allied victory at the Battle of the Admin Box in Burma (now Myanmar), a turning point of the war…

The Spirit of Zen

“Alan Watts is the brain and Buddha of American Zen.” –The Nation…

Alone With Others

‘magnificent, inspiring! . . . This excellent book has come to me personally as an illuminating text, despite my close on sixty years’ concern with Buddhism . . . [Batchelor’s]…

The Cry of the Dove

“Exquisitely woven.” —Leila Aboulela…

Chambermaid

“Comic debut novel.” —Kirkus Reviews…

Essays in Zen Buddhism

The Heritage of the Bhikku

From the best-selling author of What the Buddha Taught, the fascinating story of the Buddhist monks’ life of service….

The Hidden War

“[A] remarkable book . . . Borovik manages to convey an intimate sense of the war in Afghanistan with the novelist’s eye for the telling image. . . . Borovik…

The Long Emergency

“[A] popular blueprint for surviving the end of oil.” –Paul Greenberg, The New York Times Book Review…