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The Six Wives of Henry VIII

by Alison Weir

“Impeccable research . . . Entertaining . . . The story of England’s second Tudor monarch and his rather sordid marital life has been told often. But never has it…

Sexus

by Henry Miller

“At times uproariously funny . . . may be Miller’s masterpiece.” —Choice…

The Seasons of the Italian Kitchen

by Diane Darrow

“With wit, humor, and enthusiasm, each dish is prefaced with a note about ingredients, comments on its name, and/or asides about just-in-time preparation. The essays interspersed among the recipes provide…

Scourge

by Jonathan Tucker

“A well-written, informative history of the eradication of smallpox disease. The author’s authoritative command of the intrigue surrounding the ‘stay of execution” of the virus itself and its potential use…

Sea Change

by Robert Goddard

From a top historical thriller writer, a riveting novel about a destitute mapmaker who sets out on a dangerous mission in the midst of eighteenth-century financial mayhem.

Rush of Blood

by Mark Billingham

“Mark Billingham takes us on a very unhappy holiday in this sizzling thriller that starts in Florida and moves back to Britain . . . Billingham is brilliant with both…

Rockaby & Other Short Pieces

by Samuel Beckett

“In love with the aside, the tangential comment, the footnote and the mathematical calculation . . . Beckett has fashioned a vehicle for himself in drama and prose that allows…

Red Star Over China

by Edgar Snow

A reissue of Edgar Snow’s classic account as the first Westerner to meet Mao and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936….

The Raymond Chandler Papers

by Tom Hiney

“Chandler, the premiere practictioner of the American hard-boiled detective novel, elevated the wisecrack into a rhetorical figure somewhere between sarcasm and simile. For the Chandler fan, The Raymond Chandler Papers…

Querelle

by Jean Genet

“Querelle is a sailor, assassin, dealer in opium, homosexual, thief, and traitor. . . . Genet takes seriously the threat latent in sexuality, and drags us with him to a…