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Could a nightmare be used as a murder weapon? That's the provocative question confronting Gurney in the thrilling new installment in this series of...

"John Verdon writes grown–up detective novels, by which I mean stories with intelligent plots, well–developed characters and crimes that have socia...

When an old colleague comes to him for help solving the mysterious death of his town's most prominent resident, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney ...

Among the revolutions of the last century, none was more important or potentially more lasting than the one in the arts called "Modernism". Among t...

A mesmerizing, deeply moving portrait of the life and works of one of America's most important twentieth-century painters.A half century after his ...

"Robison is both wise and entertaining, a technician with a sense of humor, a minimalist with a good eye for what can be salvaged from lives of qui...

It’s murder in Napa Valley in this “thrillingly knowledgeable, insider’s odyssey into the world of fine wines [and] . . . particularly lurid homici...

Japan’s internationally celebrated master storyteller returns with five stories of women on their way to healing that vividly portrays the blissful...

A New York Times Notable Book"This is a supremely hopeful book, one that feels important because it shows that happiness, while not always easy, is...

For readers of Michael Ondaatje and Chris Cleave, this sweeping multigenerational novel centered around endless heartbreak and enduring love featur...

Essays on the natural history of the Cape Cod region document changes in the environment, and in the author's life.Spanning more than 20 years, the...

"[A] searing debut." —i>O, The Oprah MagazineIn her powerful collection, first published in 2016 and now featuring new stories, Vanessa Hua give...

2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the First World War, and with it comes a deluge of books, documentaries, feature films and r...

A century of industrialization has left our food system riddled with problems, yet for solutions we look to nutritionists and government agencies, ...

As the dreadful reality of the coalition's defeat in Iraq begins to sink in, one question dominates Washington and London: Why? In this controversi...

"Perhaps if the Pill had never been invented, American politics would be very different today," Nancy L. Cohen writes in her prescient new book, De...

Layering climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences, this New York Times Notable Book presents a stunning reckoning wit...

Layering climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences, this New York Times Notable Book presents a stunning reckoning wit...

On a distant island, reality show contestants battle for bragging rights and a slot on next week's episode. They've perfected their dramatic roles ...

God wills it! The year is 1095 and the most prominent leaders of the Christian World are assembled in a meadow in France. Deus lo volt! This cry is...

In easy-to-understand language, a 20th-century Zen master explains profound teachings from Zen Buddhism, offering an essential resource for anyone ...

"The letters are valuable for ecologists, students, and teachers of contemporary American literature and for those of us eager to know how these tw...

As powerful now as when first published in 1983, Lynne Sharon Schwartz's third novel established her as one of her generation's most assured writer...

Stark, brooding, and enormously controversial when first published in 1905, this astonishing novel juxtaposes impressions of fin–de–siècle Stockhol...