The Helmet of Horror

“Sharp, funny and, what’s the word, numinous.” —Hugo Barnacle, Sunday Times (London)…

The Player, The Rapture, The New Age

The Player: “A masterpiece! One of the smartest, funniest, most penetrating movies about moviemaking ever made.” –Steven Schiff, Vanity Fair…

Rez Life

A celebrated Native American novelist’s intimate, insider exploration of the history of Indian reservations and contemporary life on the rez….

War Reporting for Cowards

…comic best. . . . Chronicle[s] many of the absurdities, horrors and discomforts of life during wartime circa two years ago, and the honor and steadfastness of the men and…

Black Hawk Down

“Amazing . . . One of the most intense, visceral reading experiences imaginable. . . . The individual stories are woven together in such a compelling and expert fashion, the…

Vietnam Plays Vol 1 [Basic Training]

Sons and Other Flammable Objects

“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…

The Rising Sun

“Completely convincing . . . succeeds absolutely. Galbraith’s powers of description are immense . . . vivid enough to make the reader’s body ache . . . . We are…

On the Missionary Trail

“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…

Neutral Buoyancy

“Ecott excels at quixotic explorations of corners of the dive world. . . . It should be awarded a place on any diver’s reference shelf for tasty tidbits of history…