Lost Kingdom

A sweeping epic of the brutal clash between a relentlessly expanding capitalist empire and a vulnerable Polynesian island kingdom, in a story of a breathtaking land grab.

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

“Suzuki’s works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism that recent decades have produced . . . We cannot be sufficiently grateful to…

The Hidden Oasis

The third novel from international best-selling author Paul Sussman, The Hidden Oasis is an action-packed thriller about an American mountain climber and a British professor who set out to solve…

The Hadj

“The most engaging of travel books . . . his pilgrimage will move people of all faiths–and of none at all, because it describes a universal journey for meaning, transcendence…

Gould’s Book of Fish

“What’s memorable–even extraordinary–about this book are Flanagan’s aphoristic talent, his imagination and his uncanny ability to channel the Rabelaisian voices of the great picaresque writers–Fielding, Sterne, Smollet. . . ….

The Gods of Greece

Everything Is Wonderful

“Sigrid Rausing’s memoir is a charming, unsettling, and unusually intimate glimpse into the life of an Estonian village in transition.” —Anne Applebaum…

Charlie Wilson’s War

“Americans often ask: ‘Where have all the heroes gone?’ Well a lot of them come roaring through in this tour de force of reporting and writing. Tom Clancy’s fiction pales…

The Cello Suites

“This is one of the most extraordinary, clever, beautiful, and impeccably researched books I have read in years. A fascinating story deftly told—and, for me at least, ideally read with…

Breath Taking

From an expert in pulmonary medicine, the story of our extraordinary lungs, the organ that both explains our origins and holds the keys to our future as a species