Every Man a Menace

From a CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award finalist comes a vital, edgy new novel centered on a massive shipment of ecstasy and the group of ex-cons, scam artists, nightclub…

Much Depends On Dinner

…writer, and these chapters combine a wealth of unusual information with extreme readability. . . . In short, Visser whetted my appetite, and I am hungry for more.” —USA Today…

Wagons West

“Fascinating. . . . McLynn, an Englishman, is new to the West, but he turns this seeming liability into a strength. . . . McLynn does a fine job, too,…

Matterhorn

A big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran.

T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E.

“Shakur produces a visceral and strikingly real portrayal of gang life in Los Angeles, replete with sudden and inexplicable violence, revenge, betrayal, ostentatious living, racism, the strong arm of law…

Levi’s Children

Grove at Home: March 7-13

…Books, his San Francisco landmark, renamed Jack Kerouac Alley. Here, from the San Francisco Chronicle, is the story of the 2007 celebrations marking the renovation of the street. “The crowds…

Grove at Home: November 8-14

…entitlement to things, years and passions missed. It was the spring of 1967. He went to San Francisco.” Continue reading…   Wednesday, November 11 Happy birthday, Howard Fast! Today would…

The White Van

“Gritty, exhilarating . . . The White Van, with its quick and scary turns, provides a hell of a ride; the action never stops—even after the final page.” —Wall Street…

Time to Start Thinking

“This is a book that will transform the way you think of this country.” —Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lords of Finance…