Madame Chiang Kai-shek

“Madame Chiang Kai-Shek belongs with Eleanor Roosevelt and Eva Peron as three of the most politically influential women of the past century.” —Deirdre Donahue, USA Today…

Thunder Run

“Zucchino paints a vivid picture of the battle by stiching together the narratives of soldiers, officers, generals and Iraqis whom he interviewed during and after the war. . . ….

A Lily of the Field

Set in Vienna, London, and the United States, and spanning 1934 to 1948, John Lawton’s brilliant novel A Lily of the Field follows the loosely parallel lives of cellist Meret…

Remembrance Day

XPD

“A stunning spy story . . . incomparable.”—The Guardian A propulsive and wholly original novel constructed around a supposition that Churchill secretly met with Hitler in 1940 to discuss terms…

Grove at Home: July 26—August 1

…cover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=AYbYLL7lLbM&feature=emb_logo   Viet Thanh Nguyen and Pankaj Mishra on free speech Last week in the Guardian, the brilliant Viet Thanh Nguyen and the brilliant Mankaj Mishra sat down for…

Rock Concert

A lively, entertaining, wide-ranging oral history of the golden age of the rock concert based on over ninety interviews with musicians, promoters, stagehands, and others who contributed to the huge…

Is There Still Sex in the City?

From the pioneering, New York Times bestselling author who brought us Sex and the City comes a wry, witty, and wise look at sex, dating and friendship in New York…

A Woman Run Mad

“Breathtaking . . . one of the most intense reading experiences I’ve had in recent memory . . . Impossible to put down.” –The New York Times Book Review…

The Woman Lit by Fireflies

“Harrison is unfailingly entertaining but he is much more—a haunting, gifted writer . . . a consummate storyteller—truly one of those writers whose books are hard to put down.” —Los…