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The Ways of the World

In this historical thriller from an internationally bestselling author, a daring young British pilot is swept into the world of international intrigue surrounding the Treaty of Versailles when his diplomat father turns up dead.

We Are Now Beginning Our Descent

“Meek’s rich voice and eye for detail make Kellas much more than a stock character . . . in its unsettling last pages, We…

Walking the Nile

An account of the author’s pioneering walk along the length of the Nile, “an immense feat of endurance, a magnificent journey and a great…

Walking to Hollywood

“Self’s ultimate vision . . . is described in dazzling bursts of verbal pyrotechnics. . . . The language here is as rich as Vladimir Nabokov’s, the rage as deep as Jonathan Swift’s.” —Barbara Fisher, The Boston Globe…

Wanting

“Flanagan sets his novel in the wilds of nineteenth-century Tasmania and evokes its inhabitants with exquisite precision. . . . An entirely unified meditation…

War Dances

…substance abuse, medical neglect, 9/11, Official Narrative vs. What Really Happened, settler religion vs. native spirituality, marketing, shopping, and war, war, war. All the heartbreaking ways we don’t live now—this is the caring, eye-opening beauty of this rollicking, bittersweet gem of a book.” —PEN/Faulkner judge Al Young on War Dances…

The War Diaries

War Law

“Should be read, and pondered, by those who are seriously concerned with the legacy we will leave to future generations.” —Noam Chomsky

War Reporting for Cowards

…bout of cowardice he managed to record the event with grace. . . . War Reporting for Cowards reminded me of the granddaddy of the genre, Evelyn Waugh’s novel Scoop, and that Ayres’s book can be mentioned in the same sentence is a tribute. . . . The truly indispensable…

The Warriors

“It seems to me the best novel of its kind I’ve ever read, an altogether perfect achievement. I’m sure that to many it will…