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The Victorian Visitors

by Rupert Christiansen

“Delightful . . . This eloquent and witty book does much to rescue Victorian Britain from its traditional image as a place of stolid public rectitude.” –Ben MacIntyre, The New…

The Unknown Night

by Glyn Vincent

“The best book yet written about this neglected and fascinating American painter. . . . Vincent does an excellent job of providing context for the events of Blakelock’s life, making…

Turning Japanese

by David Mura

“In his memoir Turning Japanese , the poet David Mura brings an intriguing perspective to the New World quest for enlightenment from this ancient and ascendant culture, being himself a…

Throwim Way Leg

by Tim Flannery

“[Throwim Way Leg] is an enthralling introduction to the mountain people of New Guinea–unimaginably remote, charming, cunning, cruel, subtle and appealing–and to their magnificent land. . . . [Flannery’s] evocations…

Through a Glass, Darkly

by Donna Leon

“Leon’s gentle pace allows conversation and atmosphere to develop so full and founded that you can taste the coffee and smell the flowers… You’ll want to catch the first plane…

Thomas Cromwell

by Tracy Borman

A fascinating biography of Henry VIII’s most trusted aide, Thomas Cromwell, a commoner who became second only to the king….

This Place You Return To Is Home

by Kirsty Gunn

“Like Raymond Carver, she sketches scenes from the lives of ordinary, unhappy people with thin but vivid strokes that make the reader pause and think about what has happened.” –Nicholas…

Spanking the Maid

by Robert Coover

“Not only exceedingly brief but nearly flawless. . . To err is human, to spank divine.” –The New York Times Book Review…

The Silent Cry

by Kenzaburo Oe

Now back in print, a modern classic by Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe, praised as “a major feat of the imagination.” —Times (UK)…

A Short History of Myth

by Karen Armstrong

“What Armstrong does in her skid over the millennia is make comparisons, connections, and contrasts in a way that cannot fail to enlighten the general reader. What myth once did,…