Misconception

“What starts out as a fairly standard story of teenagers taking themselves too seriously ends up being a funny and finely hewn examination of some serious concerns. There are the…

Killing Dragons

“Excellent popular history, with its proper share of mad dogs and Englishmen. . . . dramatic and masterful.” –Anthony Brandt, National Geographic Adventure…

Icelander

“Icelander is . . . a kind of Series of Unfortunate Events for adults . . . It is writing born out of hysterical laughter and a lingering sense of…

Arkansas

“John Brandon’s remarkable first novel will blow away a certain readership. . . . Arkansas rants against the machine in a voice combining Raymond Chandler’s side-of-the-mouth noir with Quentin Tarantino’s…

The White City

A celebrated bestseller in Sweden, and the winner of the prestigious Per Olov Enquist Literary Prize, The White City is a novel “with a vulnerability that brings to mind Cormac…

Matterhorn

A big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran.

9 Must-Read Banned Books

…Libraries Confidential Challenge Support School Library Journal The Freedom to Read Foundation School Book Challenge Resource Center Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q&A LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund Intellectual Freedom Consulting…

Gaddafi’s Harem

…be praised for her unveiling of Gaddafi’s sexual atrocities, but, more importantly, she has drawn attention to the severe improvement needed concerning women’s rights in Libya.” —Libya for the Free…

Lost Nation

“Lent is a skillful and confident storyteller, evoking the seasons, the dampness of the bogs and the muck and the madness that sometimes affects those living alone in the dark…

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