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Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes

by Patricia Highsmith

“While best known as a writer of thrillers, Highsmith is concerned with crafting stories to evoke the human comedy. Her wry portrayals of human folly sometimes lack sympathy, but Highsmith…

The Summer of the Bear

by Bella Pollen

“Affecting . . . Riveting . . . A thrilling tale that unravels mysteries of the human heart, The Summer of the Bear is spine-tingling.” —People (4 stars)…

Stevenson Under the Palm Trees

by Alberto Manguel

“A miniature Gothic horror story that Stevenson himself and even Henry James would have found chilling.” –Anna Mundow, The Boston Globe…

Sons and Other Flammable Objects

by Porochista Khakpour

“Punchy conversation, vivid detail, sharp humor . . . Khakpour brings her characters vividly to life; their flaws and feints at intimacy feel poignantly real, and their journeys generate real…

On the Missionary Trail

by Tom Hiney

“On the Missionary Trail . . . illuminate[s] the struggles of the nineteenth-century men and women who risked–and often lost–their lives to bring Christianity and civilization to the remotest corners…

O Solo Homo

by Holly Hughes

“Naked passion, fiery intellect and dissatisfaction with the status quo mark all good performance art. This collection embodies those elements at their best. Each piece makes you sit up and…

My Friend the Mercenary

by James Brabazon

“Intensely vivid story of war and the peculiar breed of warriors who fight in 21st-century Africa. . . A haunting memoir and tribute to an extraordinary comrade-at-arms.” —Kirkus Reviews…

The Healing Land

by Rupert Isaacson

“A more clear-sighted view [of the Bushmen] is long overdue–which makes Rupert Isaacson’s book most welcome.” –The Economist…

Delicious

by Mark Haskell Smith

“At once sexy and repulsive, the novel manages to plant sharp moral and cultural barbs in its gorge-feast of a plot.” —Publishers Weekly…

The Siege

by Helen Dunmore

…the generalizations of conventional histories. In The Siege, the specific becomes epic as five people huddle in one freezing room and Dunmore describes what is happening to them in language…