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Voltaire in Exile
by Ian Davidson“Davidson . . . has taken on the story of the last Voltaire. . . . In 1753, at the beginning of Davidson’s story, Voltaire was, in contemporary terms, like…
United Nations
by Stanley MeislerWith four new chapters, this updated edition of United Nations: A History completes the story of the UN’s last sixty-five years, its successes and turbulent past….
Querelle
by Jean Genet“Querelle is a sailor, assassin, dealer in opium, homosexual, thief, and traitor. . . . Genet takes seriously the threat latent in sexuality, and drags us with him to a…
A Place to Stand
by Jimmy Santiago Baca“The finest memoir I’ve read in I don’t know how long. It reminded me of the rawness of George Orwell combined with the human exuberance of Neruda’s memoirs. . ….
Our Lady of the Flowers
by Jean Genet“Elegiac elegance, alternately muted, languorous, vituperative, tender, glamorous, bitchy, lush, mockingly feminine, “high camp,” overripe, vigorous, rigorous, exalted. . . . A remarkable achievement.” –The New York Times Book Review…
Not a Happy Camper
by Mindy Schneider“Hilarious . . . [Mindy Schneider] draws a funny portrait of her younger self in a summer setting that anyone who has ever drunk bug juice will cringingly recognize.” —Kate…
Love for Sale
by Nils Johan Ringdal“Contains enough scholarly detail to allow one to employ the “I read Playboy for the articles’ defense.” –Jared Paul Stern, New York Post…
Lord of the Barnyard
by Tristan Egolf“Lord of the Barnyard is an arctic blast of fresh air and a far cry from the formulaic writing so prevelant in much contemporary fiction . . . [a] memorable,…
Ivory’s Ghosts
by John Frederick Walker“[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory, human kind’s lust for this exquisite treasure, and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process ….
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…
