The King’s Witch

The first in a trilogy of historical novels set at the dramatic endpoint of the Tudor reign and the dangerous start of the Stuart era

Young Skins

From a major new talent in international fiction, whom Colm Tóibín has hailed as “exciting and stylistically adventurous,” comes a propulsive, urgent portrait of dislocated Irish youth….

Wrong

World of the Buddha

“Lucien Stryk does here for Buddhism as a whole what he did earlier with Zen. . . . The best available translations have been used. All in all, this is…

The Wooden Spoon Dessert Book

“A masterful job at introducing the novice to techniques and what-ifs.” —The Washington Post…

The Wild Boys

“In Burroughs’ hands, writing reverts to acts of magic, as though he were making some enormous infernal encyclopedia of all the black impulses and acts that, once made, would shut…

We Own This Game

“In tackling. . . complex topics, and providing context for the intense competition, Powell elevates We Own This Game well above the average sports book to a significant sociological study.”…

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 Are Now Beginning Our Descent reminds…

Vino Business

A shocking exposé of France’s wine industry by an acclaimed French journalist, Vino Business reveals the big-money deals, speculation, and shady practices that go on even in many of the…

Victory 1918

“Victory 1918 covers all the theaters of war, not only the muck and mire of France. . . . [It] provides food for thought and reflection on the futility of…