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The Driftless Area
by Tom Drury“Drury ties up all the threads (Shane, the fire, Stella) with consummate skill. . . . The bittersweet ending is a perfect mix of light and dark. Drury is a…
Composing a Life
by Mary Catherine Bateson“A masterwork of rare breadth and particularity, encompassing all the rhythms of five lives and friendships, and interweaving their stories in ways that reveal grand social truths and peculiar personal…
Charles Bukowski
by Howard Sounes“Engaging . . . adroit . . . revealing.” —The New York Times Book Review…
Blind Date
by Jerzy Kosinski“Kosinski’s vitality and inventiveness . . . are as irresistible as ever.” –Time…
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden“Amazing . . . One of the most intense, visceral reading experiences imaginable. . . . The individual stories are woven together in such a compelling and expert fashion, the…
Every Drop of Blood
by Ed AchornA brilliantly conceived and vividly drawn story—Washington, D.C. on the eve of Abraham Lincoln’s historic second inaugural address as the lens through which to understand all the complexities of the…
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas StuartA stunning debut novel by a masterful writer telling the heartwrenching story of a young boy and his alcoholic mother, whose love is only matched by her pride
John Woman
by Walter MosleyFrom the award-winning Walter Mosley comes a dazzling novel of ideas about the sexual and intellectual coming-of-age of an unusual man who goes by the name Woman.
The Yellow House
by Sarah M. BroomA brilliant, haunting and unforgettable memoir from a stunning new talent about the inexorable pull of home and family, set in a shotgun house in New Orleans East.
Zappa
by Barry MilesThe definitive biography of religion-baiting, Republican-hating, chain-smoking, coffee-addicted, classically trained guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa.
