Townie: A Memoir
Townie: A Memoir
Author: Andre Dubus III
"An unforgettable book, Townie is a riveting and profound meditation on physical violence and the failures and triumphs of...
Why We Broke Up
Why We Broke Up
Author: Daniel Handler, Illustator: Maira Kalman
After their broken relationship, Min Green is writing Ed Slaterton a letter and giving him a...
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
Author: Margaret Atwood
"Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining."
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Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon
Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon
Author: Martin Kemp
"How does an image become iconic? In Christ to Coke, eminent art historian Martin Kemp offers...
Ten Thousand Saints: A Novel by Eleanor Henderson
Ten Thousand Saints: A Novel
Author: Eleanor Henderson
"Moving back and forth between Vermont and New York City, Ten Thousand Saints is an emphatically observed story...
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Author: Joshua Foer
"Moonwalking with Einstein draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of memory,...
The Sense of an Ending (Borzoi Books)
The Sense of an Ending (Borzoi Books)
Author: Julian Barnes
Winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize.
"A novel so compelling that it begs to be read...
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of...
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Author: Wade Davis
"Beautifully written and rich with detail, Into the Silence is a...
In the Garden of Beasts
In the Garden of Beasts
Author: Erik Larson
"The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany...
Hard Ground
Hard Ground
Author: Tom Waits, Michael O'Brien (Photography)
"In Hard Ground, O'Brien joins with renowned singer-songwriter Tom Waits, described by the New York Times as "the...
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Saturday
Author: Ian McEwan
"Henry Perowne, a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children–plans to play a game of squash, visit...
The Orphan Master’s Son: A Novel of North Korea
The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel of North Korea
Author: Adam Johnson
"An epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, The Orphan Master’s Son follows a...
