Levi’s Children

The Great Wall

“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…

Last Words

“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…

The New Great Game

“A compact style and a sharp eye for detail . . . help the reader digest a huge and complex subject. . . . [Kleveman] is clearly an intelligent observer…

Bananas

“United Fruit essentially invented not only ‘the concept and reality of the banana republic,’ but also, as Chapman shows, the concept and reality of the modern banana. [A] witty, energetic…

The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium

“An exhilarating, dissonant ride . . . Dery, one of our most astute contemporary cultural critics . . . relishes his role as curator of America’s bulging cabinet of horrors….

First to Fly

From a critically acclaimed historian, the lively story of the American pilots who defied neutrality and flew for France before the United States entered World War I.

Grove at Home: September 6—12

…recently as 1957, the Supreme Court had ruled in Roth v. United States —— a case involving a bookseller who sent erotic literature through the mail —— that the First…

Grove at Home: May 24—30

…encounter astonishing things right on our doorsteps” In August, we’re publishing Vesper Flights, a new book of essays by Helen Macdonald, author of the New York Times bestseller H is…