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One D.O.A., One on the Way
by Mary Robison


Review: The IHT

Don't Cry
Stories by Mary Gaitskill


Following the extraordinary success of her novel "Veronica," Gaitskill returns with a luminous new collection of stories--her first in more...
Review: The IHT

One D.O.A., One on the Way
by Mary Robison


Review: The IHT

Great Gamble
The Soviet War in Afghanistan by Gregory Feifer


National Public Radio's Moscow correspondent presents a groundbreaking account of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, as seen through the...
Review: The IHT

Sowing Crisis
The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi


From "the foremost U.S. historian of the modern Middle East" ("L.A. Times") comes a powerful argument that the global conflicts now playing...
Review: The IHT


Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
The Untold Story of English by John McWhorter


A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, this work focuses on its strange and wonderful grammar. Delving into...
Review: The IHT

Future of Liberalism
by Alan Wolfe


One of America's leading scholars offers a compelling exploration and defense of liberalism: what it actually is, why it is relevant today,...
Review: The Economist
Review: The IHT

Tolerable Anarchy
Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom by Jedediah Purdy


From the author of "For Common Things" comes a provocative look at the meaning of American freedom. Purdy works from the stories of...
Review: The IHT
Review: The Christian Science Monitor

How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer


From the acclaimed author of "Proust Was a Neuroscientist" comes a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making. Lehrer explores...
Review: The IHT

Sowing Crisis
The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi


From "the foremost U.S. historian of the modern Middle East" ("L.A. Times") comes a powerful argument that the global conflicts now playing...
Review: The IHT

Great Gamble
The Soviet War in Afghanistan by Gregory Feifer


National Public Radio's Moscow correspondent presents a groundbreaking account of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, as seen through the...
Review: The IHT


Pauline Bonaparte
Venus of Empire by Flora Fraser


From acclaimed biographer Fraser comes this dynamic, vivid portrait of a mesmerizing woman--Napoleon's favorite sister.
Review: The Economist
Review: The IHT

Letters of Samuel Beckett
by Samuel Beckett


This authorised edition with full scholarly apparatus will be welcomed by all scholars of modern literature and drama.
Review: The Guardian
Review: The IHT

Housekeeper and the Professor
by Yoko Ogawa


He is a brilliant math professor, with a peculiar problem--since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only 80 minutes of short-term...
Review: The Guardian
Review: The IHT

Spare Room
by Helen Garner


"The Spare Room" offers a powerful, witty, and taut story about a complex friendship between two women--one dying, the other called to care...
Review: The IHT

Accordionist's Son
by Bernardo Atxaga


David Imaz has spent many years living in exile on a ranch in California, far from his native Basque Country. Nearing fifty and in failing...
Review: The Guardian
Review: The IHT

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