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…

Walking the Americas

A breathtaking journey across some of the most diverse and unpredictable regions on earth.

Essays in Zen Buddhism

The Beat Hotel

“An entertaining narrative about important writers now considered American literary heroes.” –Publishers Weekly…

The Toughest Indian in the World

“Alexie reveals himself to be a more fearless writer than one might ever have imagined; the stories are bold, uncensored, raucous, and sexy.” –Ken Foster, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review…

Levi’s Children

Fat Bald Jeff

…imagined fun. . . . There are so many funny lines and scenes that even librarians may like it. As for the lumpen–they’ll love it.” –Michael Cart, San Francisco Chronicle…

Old Times

Like Pinter’s earlier plays, Old Times deals with bare essentials. There are only three characters—a man named Deeley, his wife, Kate, and Anna, a friend of Kate’s whom they have…

The Divine Husband

“The Divine Husband presents the peculiar crossroads where love and imagination meet politics and history. . . . A great miscegenating carnival of ambition and desire.” —Lee Siegel, The New…