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May Contain Nuts

by John O'Farrell

In the tradition of Tom Perrotta’s Little Children and Nick Hornby comes a hilarious look at the perils of parenthood, from one of England‘s best-selling satirical writers….

Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Philip McFarland

“Harriet Beecher Stowe is one of the great heroines of American history, and Philip McFarland brings her to life in all her glory, in a book at once so dramatic…

Ivory’s Ghosts

by John Frederick Walker

“[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory, human kind’s lust for this exquisite treasure, and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process ….

The Great Silence

by Juliet Nicolson

“Wonderfully vivid . . .When we study history we . . . tend to overlook the transitional periods. Juliet Nicolson has, in a short time, become the voice of these…

Cereus Blooms at Night

by Shani Mootoo

“Shani Mootoo digs deep into the heart of classic storytelling, expanding, sculpting, and molding what is expected into a completely fresh approach to narrative. Her language and characters seduce us…

Disjecta

by Samuel Beckett

“[Beckett] is a serious writer with something serious to say about the human condition: and therefore one of the dozen or so writers those who are concerned with modern man…

Cities

by John Reader

Declared “the most enjoyable book ever written about the matter of the city” (The Times, London), this is a magisterial exploration of these defining artifacts of civilization….

Barney Rosset

Barney Rosset was one of the most important and influential publishers of the 20th century, and certainly one of the most important figures in the history of the battle against…

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and Professional Foul

by Tom Stoppard

The latest plays of Tom Stoppard, author of such contemporary classics as Jumpers, Dirty Linen, the Real Inspector Hound, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead….

Archeology of the Circle

by Bruce Weigl

“Few poets of any generation have written so searingly into of the trauma of war, inscribing its wound while refusing the fragile suture of redemption. Here is the haunted utterance…