A Diamond in the Desert

Part history, part memoir, part travel guide, this search for the mysteries behind one of the world’s richest cities is “the best book . . . on the Gulf coast…

The Bureau and the Mole

“A first-rate spy story.” –Entertainment Weekly…

The Adventures of Lucky Pierre

“An embodiment of a spectacle-obsessed entertainment culture that seems horribly like our own. . . . It delivers the ancient narrative satisfaction of seeing a character deal with the inexplicabilities…

Where the Spirits Dwell

“A travelogue exotic enough to captivate even reluctant armchair travelers.” –Los Angeles Times…

Tom Paine

“A good introduction to a complex historical character. . . . Provide[s] an engaging perspective on England, America, and France in the tumultuous years of the late eighteenth century.” –Pauline…

Sleep Talkin’ Man

What would you do if late one night your loved one shouted, “Don’t let the midget out of the wardrobe”? Based on the side-splitting viral blog of the same name,…

Carlito’s Way

Published to coincide with a major motion picture release based on Edwin Torres’s classic gangster novel, which Newsweek calls “exhilarating . . . boils with raw energy”…

Father’s Day Reads

…whose social codes are every bit as nuanced as the British aristocracy, Country Dark blends the best of Larry Brown and James M. Cain, with a noose tightening evermore around…

Grove at Home: September 13—19

…of these events in turn blooms into a window on the vastness of the world — Sophy’s work has taken her to locations as various as Uganda, Papua New Guinea,…

Remembrance Day