A Symphony in the Brain

“If you thought biofeedback was a passing fad, freelance journalist Robbins will enlighten you. . . . [A] fascinating medical history of the therapy . . . At the heart…

The Siege

…the generalizations of conventional histories. In The Siege, the specific becomes epic as five people huddle in one freezing room and Dunmore describes what is happening to them in language…

Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold

“Cocker has written a book on a broad subject, the kind that professional historians too rarely produce. . . . Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold is a heroic attempt…

I Want to Show You More

“Passionate, sensuous, savagely intense, and remarkable . . . Moves between carnality and spirit like some franker, modernized Flannery O’Connor . . . Quatro has a poet’s compound eye ….

The Explorers

The Dress Lodger

“Holman seduces you. Her prose, tart, racy and somber, will sing in your soul a long while.” —Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes…

Dream Season

“Finally, the ultimate fan book. . . . You can almost feel Cowser’s aches and pains. . . . You can’t help thinking back to the legendary Green Bay Packer…

Doctor Sax

From the most famous of the Beat writers, the semi-autobiographical novel of growing up between dreams and nightmares in early twentieth century Massachusetts, now reissued following Kerouac’s centenary celebration…

Anthology of Japanese Literature

The sweep of Japanese literature in all its great variety was made available to Western readers for the first time in this anthology.

The CEO of the Sofa

“Not content to rest on his laurels, the bestselling humorist O’Rourke instead settles back on his caustic couch to offer a wide-angled worldview from his own living room, his salon…