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A Splendid Exchange

by William J. Bernstein

“[An] entertaining and greatly enlightening book . . . Bernstein is a fine writer and knows how to tell a great story well. . . . He never loses sight…

Sexing the Cherry

by Jeanette Winterson

“Sexing the Cherry is a dangerous jewel . . . a mixture of The Arabian Nights touched by the philosophical form of Milan Kundera and told with the grace of…

Second Violin

by John Lawton

“Smart and gracefully written . . . It has been Lawton’s achievement to capture, in first-rate popular fiction, the courage and drama—and the widespread tomorrow-we-may-die exuberance—of that terrible and thrilling…

The Passion

by Jeanette Winterson

This arresting, elegant novel uses Napolean’s Europe as the setting for a tantalizing surrealistic romance between an observer of history and a creature of fantasy….

India

by John Keay

“Keay’s panoramic vision and multidisciplinary approach serves the function of all great historical writing. It illuminates the present.” —Thrity Umrigar, The Boston Globe…

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…

For a Handful of Feathers

by Guy de la Valdéne

“Beautifully conceived and written, valuable for its insight into quail behavior and its thoughtful address of hunting ethics, a new classic for the sportsman’s canon.” –Kirkus Reviews…

Fallen Order

by Karen Liebreich

“A sordid tale of pederast priests and blind-eye bishops: a headline fit for today, that is 350-odd years old. . . . Liebrich’s account shows not only that priestly abuse…

The Daylight Gate

by Jeanette Winterson

“More than a shivery treat . . . [the novel] touches on nearly every aspect of witchcraft, both historical and imaginative . . . sober, precise, and solemnly beautiful ….

Damned to Fame

by James R. Knowlson

“If anyone could know this private man, Knowlson does. And tells.” –Time…