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Harlem
by Jonathan Gill“[A] panoramic history . . . Gill blends high-density research, political and cultural sophistication, and narrative drive to produce an epic worthy of its fabled subject.” —Edward Kosner, The Wall…
A House Unlocked
by Penelope Lively…House Unlocked might have the well-mannered surface of a Merchant-Ivory film, but beneath the decorous prose is a clear-eyed refusal to indulge in nostalgia.” –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times…
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre
by Robert Coover…. . It delivers the ancient narrative satisfaction of seeing a character deal with the inexplicabilities of time, the prospect of his own extinction.” –The New York Times Book Review…
Lord of the Barnyard
by Tristan Egolf“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,…
Ruby River
by Lynn Pruett“Classic town gossip, the kind typically served up with strong coffee or sweet iced tea. . . . Pruett is one of those good-natured Southern writers who draw you in…
World Made by Hand
by James Howard Kunstler“Far from a typical post-apocalyptic novel. It caters neither to a pseudo-morbid nor faddishly slick vision of the future. Though grim with portent, it is ultimately, as Camus’s novel The…
Mark Dery
Mark Dery is a cultural critic whose writings on fringe culture and new media have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Wired, The Village Voice, Feed, Salon,…
Andrew Keen
…Vertigo and The Internet Is Not The Answer. He is also a serial tech entrepreneur who has founded many startups including Audiocafe, AfterTV and the Silicon Valley innovation salon Futurecast….
P. J. O’Rourke
…and Give War a Chance both reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. After beginning his career writing for the National Lampoon, O’Rourke went on to serve as…
What to Do About the Solomons
by Bethany BallFrom a remarkable new voice in fiction comes a transporting debut, a hilarious multigenerational family saga set in Israel, New York, and Los Angeles that explores the secrets and gossip-filled…
