Off the Map

“Fleming recounts the dizzying lives and eccentric quirks of 55 of our most fearless explorers.” –Tyler Cabot, Esquire…

Numbers

Not a Happy Camper

“Hilarious . . . [Mindy Schneider] draws a funny portrait of her younger self in a summer setting that anyone who has ever drunk bug juice will cringingly recognize.” —Kate…

No Saints or Angels

“A literary gem who is too little appreciated in the West . . . [A] Czech master at the top of his game.” –Scott Bernard Nelson, The Boston Globe…

Night Work

“[An] extraordinary apocalyptic novel . . . Glavinic creates a more subtle if no less nightmarish mood than such similar books as The Day of the Triffids and I Am…

Nexus

“The Rosy Crucifixion may be Miller’s masterpiece. . . . The trilogy belongs in every American literature collection.” —Choice…

Native

With his unique perspective as an Israeli Palestinian, Sayed Kashua’s collection of personal essays is a frank, irreverent, thought-provoking exploration of discovering one’s identity, bridging cultural divides, and following creative…

My Mother’s Lovers

“A brilliant send-up of the ‘white tribe’ in Africa, featuring a larger-than-life Beryl Markham-like figure . . . and the son who can’t flee from her shadow fast enough.” —Vanity…

The Mountain Shadow

In this highly anticipated sequel to the contemporary classic Shantaram, Lin continues to search for love and faith in a changing Bombay….

More Pricks Than Kicks

“It is in the vaudeville aspect that his exuberance gleams, and it is his exuberance – even the exuberance of his despair – that endears an author to us, far…