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A Diamond in the Desert

by Jo Tatchell

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…

Anatomy of a Song

by Marc Myers

Based on the popular Wall Street Journal column Anatomy of a Song, the story behind the rock, R&B, and pop hits that have influenced music history over the last fifty…

Cities

by John Reader

Declared “the most enjoyable book ever written about the matter of the city” (The Times, London), this is a magisterial exploration of these defining artifacts of civilization….

Berlin in Lights

by Harry Kessler

“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…

The Almond

by Nedjma

“Nedjma . . . has a gift for turning a beautiful phrase obscene and vice versa. . . . The novel is so genuinely artful, so emotionally sincere, that the…

Lyrics Alley

by Leila Aboulela

“Haunting . . . Keeps the reader gripped . . . A tale of powerful feelings and potent words . . . this visceral, epic novel . . . gives…

All the Trouble in the World

by P. J. O'Rourke

“One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year.” –Los Angeles Times…

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…

Death in a Strange Country

by Donna Leon

“This series has become one of the adornments of current crime fiction. A gem.” —The Scotsman…

The Last Jew

by Yoram Kaniuk

“Of the novelists I have discovered in translation . . . the three for whom I have the greatest admiration are Gabriel García Márquez, Peter Handke, and Yoram Kaniuk.” —Susan…