Here I Am

“Huffman looks at what it means to be a war reporter in the twenty-first century through the lens of the iconic Hetherington’s life.” —New York Post…

Happy Days

“A marvelously constructed tragicomedy. It helps to remind us of Beckett’s skills as a portraitist—a draper of vigorous flesh on what might have resulted in bloodless conceits—and why this master…

Happiness

“From Herodotus and Aristotle through Locke and Rousseau down to Darwin, Marx and Freud. The musings on happiness of these and dozens of lesser thinkers are lucidly presented in fine,…

Here Lies

The debut novel from the “Munro-esque” (Houston Post) author of Disasters in the First World, Here Lies is Olivia Clare Friedman’s visceral and portentous look at mourning, memory, and motherhood…

The Hadj

“The most engaging of travel books . . . his pilgrimage will move people of all faiths–and of none at all, because it describes a universal journey for meaning, transcendence…

The Great Silence

“Wonderfully vivid . . .When we study history we . . . tend to overlook the transitional periods. Juliet Nicolson has, in a short time, become the voice of these…

Goodbye Tsugumi

“Yoshimoto’s words are considered, and each of them has the weight of a small, perfectly round stone dropped into a still pool. . . . In Tsugumi the author has…

Gaddafi’s Harem

“Not only should Cojean be praised for her unveiling of Gaddafi’s sexual atrocities, but, more importantly, she has drawn attention to the severe improvement needed concerning women’s rights in Libya.”…

Friends in High Places

“Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand…

The Fourth Angel