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The Englishman’s Boy

by Guy Vanderhaeghe

“The Englishman’s Boy . . . [is] outstanding. . . . A complex, finely written story of deception, dreams, survival, and greed.” —Sybil Downing, The Denver Post…

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…

The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satires

by Mirra Ginsburg

“A fascinating panorama of a paradoxical society. All of the stories, whether lightly spoofing rattlebrained bureaucracy or heavily laden with sarcasm, are well-written and entertaining.” —St. Petersburg Times…

Plato’s Republic

by Simon Blackburn

“Plato’s Republic . . . which Blackburn rightly suggests is the first book to shake the world, is loaded with perennial questions that every generation must struggle with. How are…

The Wagner Clan

by Jonathan Carr

“Jonathan Carr’s history is formidable and, fortunately for readers, he has not been discouraged by the essentially disagreeable nature of this sprawling saga. . . . What emerges from Mr….

Madame de Pompadour

by Christine Pevitt Algrant

“A story of lust, greed, and calculation. Historical drama related with great flair and knowing affection for the colorful characters’ all too-human foibles.” –Kirkus Reviews…

Grove at Home: September 6—12

…was “the second-worst thing that could happen to America.” Here, P.J. opines on a huge range of subjects, including the 2020 Democratic field, trade war with China, and a political…

“If you ask me what I want, I’ll tell you. I want everything.” ―Kathy Acker

…in conception and execution… full of odd twists and strange surprises.” — Wall Street Journal   Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China by Xiaolu Guo Xiaolu Guo’s…

Father’s Day Reads: The Revolutionary

…2005, Serve the People! was deemed unpublishable by China’s state-run publishing houses. Despite the ban, the sexy, satirical novel found an underground audience on the Internet, where commentators praised its…

Authors to Read During Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

…Ng Bestselling and award-winning author Fae Myenne Ng’s Orphan Bachelors is an extraordinary memoir of her beloved San Francisco’s Chinatown and of a family building a life in a country…