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…

Enemies and Neighbors

“Comprehensive and compelling . . . A nuanced, landmark study that has deservedly won plaudits from both Palestinian and Israeli historians.” —Sunday Times (UK)…

Mezzanine

“A very funny book . . . Its 135 pages probably contain more insight into life as we live it today than anything currently on the best-seller list.” —The New…

World Made by Hand

“Far from a typical post-apocalyptic novel. It caters neither to a pseudo-morbid nor faddishly slick vision of the future. Though grim with portent, it is ultimately, as Camus’s novel The…

Witches on the Road Tonight

“Holman is a master of the miniature. She uses tiny, achingly accurate details to bring each moment to life on the page; her sentences sing. . . . This richly…

Vietnam Plays Vol 2 [Streamers]

Berlin in Lights

“What distinguishes his diary is Kessler’s distanziert tone–its elegance, precision and shrewdness. The man who brought his gifts of mind to bear on the tragic carnival of his era was…

A Storm in Flanders

A reissue from the bestselling author of Forrest Gump, A Storm in Flanders is a fascinating history of the four-year battle of Ypres, the most notorious and dreaded place in…

Purge

“A bravura work, deeply engaged with [Estonia’s] knotted history, sparing but potent in its use of irony, and containing an empathic treatment of all the miserable choices Estonians faced during…

A Peculiar Grace

“Family-fracturing secrets are at the heart of Lent’s luminous third novel, a transcendent story about the healing power of love and art. . . . This sympathetic depiction of a…