What It Takes to Get to Vegas

“In What It Takes to Get to Vegas the contrapuntal viewpoints–defiant and self-doubting, calculating and fuzzy-headed–are combined into a single stream of consciousness. Frenetic, bittersweet, and often hilarious, Rita’s voice…

Leaving Las Vegas

“A brutal and unflinching portrait of the low life in the city of high rollers, Leaving Las Vegas is both shocking and curiously exhilarating. O’Brien was a stunningly talented writer…

Daughter of the River

“This remarkable account of a childhood spent on the banks of the Yangtze River . . . explores the depths of personal and civil repression with an almost brutal grace.”…

The Pleasing Hour

“Splendid . . . Powerful . . . so assured that it’s hard to believe the book is [King’s] debut.” —Jacqueline Carey, The New York Times Book Review…

Tobacco

“Ambitious . . . informative and perceptive . . . Gately has done a great deal of research . . . and has assembled a lot of useful information in…

We Own This Game

“In tackling. . . complex topics, and providing context for the intense competition, Powell elevates We Own This Game well above the average sports book to a significant sociological study.”…

Vietnam Plays Vol 1 [Basic Training]

Alone With Others

‘magnificent, inspiring! . . . This excellent book has come to me personally as an illuminating text, despite my close on sixty years’ concern with Buddhism . . . [Batchelor’s]…

Grove at Home: March 28-April 3

…he learned during his military service. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoWUwFv1-cU   Robert Olen Butler remains haunted by the Vietnam War Author Robert Olen Butler served with the US Army in Vietnam, and what…

Books to Read on Earth Day

…biologically diverse barrier island. In recent years, steel magnate Carnegie and the National Park Service have clashed with Carol over the island’s future. What happens when a dirt-poor naturalist with…