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The Breaking of Nations
by Robert Cooper“Essentially an attempt to bridge the ideological divide between hard and soft power. Both, he suggests in this short, elegant collection of essays, are necessary in today’s messy world.” –The…
Octavio Paz
The Nobel Prize winning Octavio Paz was born in 1914, near Mexico City. His family was forced into exile, which they served in the United States, after the assassination of…
The Great Wall
by Julia Lovell“From its title, one expects a history of the Great Wall, and in that she does not disappoint. But she delivers much, much more . . . Lovell’s book is…
February
by Lisa Moore“Luminous . . . Moore offers us, elegantly, exultantly, the very consciousness of her characters. In this way, she does more than make us feel for them. She makes us…
Alligator
by Lisa Moore“The book’s brutal humor may, at its best, put you in mind of Flannery O’Connor … Moore’s spare, economical writing is full of offhand beauty. Her images are so surefooted they…
From Where You Dream
by Robert Olen Butler“Butler shares his insights into—and passion for—the creation and experience of fiction with total openness, and seriously aspiring writers should receive this text/manifesto in the same light.” —Publishers Weekly (starred…
1759
by Frank McLynnMcLynn’s ability to bring history alive triumphs again in this vivid and elegant story of a pivotal moment in world history….
Last Words
by William S. Burroughs“Last Words . . . presents fresh cues to the larger design of [Burroughs’s] imagination, and a means of gaining a renewed perspective on his work.” –The New York Times…
Untouchable
by Randall Sullivan“The first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Pop’s convoluted final years on earth . . . [Untouchable] helps cast Jackson in a new light.” —Los…
