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New Japanese Voices

by Helen Mitsios

“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…

Lonesome Traveler

by Jack Kerouac

“Kerouac’s work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation.” –Ann Douglas “ ‘ ’ ”…

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 ….

The House of Morgan

by Ron Chernow

“As a portrait of finance, politics, and the world of avarice and ambition on Wall Street, the book has the movement and tension of an epic novel. It is, quite…

Hardboiled & Hard Luck

by Banana Yoshimoto

“Banana Yoshimoto is doing her part to keep the novella tradition alive. . . . Exciting . . . Despite the somber nature of the subject matter, these are not…

And the War Is Over

by Ismail Marahimin

“[And the War Is Over] has the dramatic intensity of a kick in the guts. . . . [Marahimin’s] mastery of the universe he’s created is flawless.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer…

The Ends of the Earth

by Robert Goddard

From an Edgar Award–winning author, a dazzling work of historical derring-do, as World War I flying ace–turned–spy James Maxted confronts a thirty-year-old secret—and a lethal German foe—in Tokyo….

Dropping Ashes On the Buddha

by Stephen Mitchell

‘somebody comes into the Zen center with a lighted cigarette, walks up to the Buddha statue, blows smoke in its face, and drops ashes on its lap. You are standing…

The Breaking of Nations

by Robert Cooper

“Essentially an attempt to bridge the ideological divide between hard and soft power. Both, he suggests in this short, elegant collection of essays, are necessary in today’s messy world.” –The…

Crawling at Night

by Nani Power

“[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,…