The groundbreaking novel that gave voice to the intellectual and physical longings of a generation of womenAlix Kates Shulman's Memoirs of An Ex Prom Queen created a profound impact on the cultural la
Winner of the 2008 AWP Award for the Novel From 1941 to 1947, eighteen thousand Italian prisoners of war were sent to Australia. The Italian surrender that followed the downfall of Mussolini had
The city of Dubai, one of the seven United Arab Emirates, is everything the Arab world isn’t: a freewheeling capitalist oasis where the market rules and history is swept aside. Until the credit
Set in Romania at the height of Ceauescu's reign of terror, The Land of Green Plums tells the story of a group of young people who leave the impoverished province for the city in search of better pro
Nunavut tigummiun!Hold on to the land!It was just fifty years ago that the territory of Alaska officially became the state of Alaska. But no matter who has staked their claim to the land, it ha
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THE BASIS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TV SENSATION BABYLON BERLINVolker Kutscher, author of the international bestseller Babylon Berlin, continues his Gereon Rath Mystery series with The Silent Death as a p
These thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society,' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern mo
A Newsweek "Best 50 Books of the Year (So Far)" Pick"What Would the Great Economists Do? comes at the right time: a highly accessible and acute guide to thinking and learning from the men and woman wh
A new collection of immersive essays from the most acclaimed editor of the second half of the twentieth centuryThis new collection from the legendary editor Robert Gottlieb features twenty or so piece
From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics—a book that asks: What's the matter with Democrats?Liberals like to believe th
The bestselling author of Intern and Doctored tells the story of the thing that makes us tickFor centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was som
Spanning eras, continents, and genres, CoDex 1962—twenty years in the making—is Sjón’s epic three-part masterpieceOver the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sjón has
A new edition of A Pagan Place, the haunting and poetic coming-of-age novel from Edna O'Brien, "one of the greatest writers in the English-speaking world" (The New York Times)...
Lantern Slides is a newly reissued collection of stories from Edna O'Brien, the author of Girl, and "one of the most celebrated writers in the English language" (NPR's Weekend Edition)...
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In this stunning prequel to his critically acclaimed Inspector Erlendur series, Arnaldur Indridason gives devoted fans a glimpse of Erlendur as a young, budding detectiveThe beat on the streets in Rey
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