Pub Group West, September 1997. Trade Paperback. Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in world literature. The Passion is perhaps her most highly acclaimed work, a modern classic that confirms her special claim on the novel. Set during the tumultuous years of..... More
Harper Paperbacks, October 2012. Trade Paperback. "A twisting spiral of lies and corruption, a pitch-perfect portrait of contemporary London, and a beguiling bastard of a hero--what a recipe for a great read."--Val McDermid, author of The Mermaids Singing Describing London police detective Nick Belsey, hero of The Hollow Man, an..... More
Grove Press, May 2001. Trade Paperback. Imagine a procedure versatile enough to treat epilepsy, autism, attention deficit disorder, addictions, and depression with no drugs or side effects; to bring patients out of vegetative states; and to improve everything from golf scores to opera singers' voices. These are only some of..... More
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Mariner, November 2018. Trade Paperback. Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. In this, his last collection, the celebrated essayist and novelist observes the changing world around him with irrepressible curiosity and profound wisdom. He sees with fresh eyes the upheaval in ideological values, the crises in politics, and the..... More
Grove Press, August 2006. Trade Paperback. In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge s cook watches over her distractedly, for his..... More
Picador, January 2016. Trade Paperback. A Finalist for the Folio Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction One of The New York Times' Top Ten Books of the Year Named a A New York Times Book Review Notable Book and a Best..... More
Atria Books, January 2018. Trade Paperback. A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of "extraordinary grit" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the..... More
Theia, February 2005. Trade Paperback. Now in paperback, an informative and entertaining "biography" of Odysseus by an acclaimed classicist. Odysseus, the fictional Bronze Age hero, is an extraordinary figure who has captured our imagination over the millennia from culture to culture. But until now, he has never been the subject..... More
Washington Square Press, November 1995. Trade Paperback. The gorgeous motion picture "Enchanted April", based on Elizabeth von Arnim's witty and endearing novel, captivated audiences nationwide. Now fans of Elizabeth von Arnim's keen insights and extraordinary storytelling powers can discover "Vera", her darkly comic, haunting portrait of love, domination, and evil....... More
Ig Publishing, April 2005. Trade Paperback. That s what this book is about . . . how integration has come to baseball and how it can be achieved in every corner of the land. Jackie Robinson Back in print for the first time since its initial publication in 1964, "Baseball..... More
Trafalgar Square, September 2000. Trade Paperback. More
Penguin USA, June 1988. Trade Paperback. Bruce Chatwin-author of In Patagonia-ventures into the desolate land of Outback Australia to learn the meaning of the Aborginals' ancient "Dreaming-tracks." Along these timeless paths, amongst the fortune hunters and redneck Australians, racist policemen and mysterious Aboriginal holy men, he discovers a wondrous vision..... More
Two Dollar Radio, November 2017. Trade Paperback. *2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" --TODAY Show*Best Books of 2018 --Rolling Stone"A Best Book of 2017" --NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The..... More
Orion Pub Co, July 2004. Trade Paperback. The extraordinary drama of Malta's WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were there. More
Pub Group West, March 2002. Trade Paperback. "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." Summering with a fellow schoolboy on a great English estate, Leo, the hero of L. P. Hartley's finest novel, encounters a world of unimagined luxury. But when his friend's beautiful older sister..... More
William Morrow & Company, September 2013. Trade Paperback. An engrossing compendium of high-seas military disasters From the days of the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, battles have been bungled just as badly on water as they have been on land. Some blunders were the result of..... More
University Press of Mississippi, May 1994. Trade Paperback. In Boomerang, a novel told in vignettes both real and fictive, a father attempting to cope with the tragic murder of his son learns that actions return to haunt or reward. He becomes the embodiment of Hannah's ideal of forbearance, dignity, and..... More
Basic Books, April 2003. Trade Paperback. John Rae's accomplishments, surpassing all nineteenth-century Arctic explorers, were worthy of honors and international fame. No explorer even approached Rae's prolific record: 1,776 miles surveyed of uncharted territory; 6,555 miles hiked on snowshoes; and 6,700 miles navigated in small boats. Yet, he was denied..... More
Europa Editions, August 2009. Trade Paperback. Modern-day Naples is a city teeming with contradictions, a chaotic metropolis in which modernity collides with history, a frenetic port city whose inhabitants are as volatile and as contrary as the city itself. From this rough mix Valeria Parrella has drawn the four exceptional..... More
Europa Editions, March 2015. Trade Paperback. Commissario Ricciardi, "one of the most interesting and well-drawn detectives in fiction," returns in this historical mystery by the author of By My Hand (The Daily Beast). It is one week before Easter, Naples, 1932. At the high-class brothel in the center of town..... More
Vintage Books USA, June 2009. Trade Paperback. The lightning-paced fifth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigating one of the strangest, most violent, and unforgettable crimes of his career.The incendiary device that blew the roof..... More
Vintage Books USA, June 2009. Trade Paperback. The shocking sixth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by the internationally renowned crime writing duo by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck investigating a brutal assassination. With an introduction by Arne Dahl. When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist is..... More
Vintage Books, October 2009. Trade Paperback. The stunning eighth installment in the Martin Beck mystery series by the renowned Swedish crime writing duo is a masterful take on a classic locked room mystery. With an introduction by Michael Connelly: "One of the most authentic, gripping, and profound collections of police..... More
Penguin Books, May 2014. Trade Paperback. The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary "The Boys of '36'." For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds..... More
