Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man

“A better case can be made for the claim that Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man actually affected history than for other books so far published in the series, and Christopher…

So Brave, Young, and Handsome

“So Brave, Young, and Handsome is a sharp and brainy redemption tale, with all the twists and turns and thrills of a dime-store western. . . . [Enger’s] laid claim…

Raymond Chandler

“A skillful treatment . . . of the frequently muddled life of the writer who elevated crime fiction to widely acknowledged eminence.” –The New York Times Book Review…

The New Great Game

“A compact style and a sharp eye for detail . . . help the reader digest a huge and complex subject. . . . [Kleveman] is clearly an intelligent observer…

Mozart in the Jungle

“Her description of life in the famous Allendale building…is delightful, as are her portraits of fellow musicians and her stories of life in the pit.” –Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles…

Lord of the Barnyard

“Lord of the Barnyard is an arctic blast of fresh air and a far cry from the formulaic writing so prevelant in much contemporary fiction . . . [a] memorable,…

Liberty’s First Crisis

The tumultuous early years of the United States are brought to life in this gripping account of the Sedition Act and its victims, including a firebrand congressman, a famous muckraking…

Levi’s Children

I Want to Show You More

“Passionate, sensuous, savagely intense, and remarkable . . . Moves between carnality and spirit like some franker, modernized Flannery O’Connor . . . Quatro has a poet’s compound eye ….

Blind Date

“Kosinski’s vitality and inventiveness . . . are as irresistible as ever.” –Time…