Counterpoint
On Harrow Hill
CounterpointWhen an old colleague comes to him for help solving the mysterious death of his town's most prominent resident, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney ...
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CounterpointIn 1965, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen gathered at the base of Mt. Tamalpais, a lovely small mountain in Marin County that anchors ...
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CounterpointWith little more than a run–down Jeep and their newborn baby in tow, author Micah Perks' parents set out in 1963 to build a school and a utopian co...
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CounterpointOriginally published more than twenty years ago and winner of a Lambda Literary Award, Paris Was a Woman is a rare profile of the female literati i...
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CounterpointPrecious Cargo tells the fascinating story of how western hemisphere foods conquered the globe and saved it from not only mass starvation, but culi...
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Counterpoint"The most intellectually exhilarating work published in 2018 . . . A lasting treasure." —Michael Dirda, The Washington PostHugh Kenner (1923–2003) ...
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Counterpoint"Neil Shister's book skillfully traces the evolution of Burning Man and provides rare insights into how this cultural phenomenon is changing the wo...
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CounterpointEveryone has a face that they show to the outside world—but our thoughts, fears, and perversions lie just beneath.“Referred pain” describes the sen...
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CounterpointSpanning the underworld haunts of Montreal to Havana and Miami in the early days of the Cold War, Satellite Boy reveals the unlikely connection bet...
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Counterpoint"Mr. Amelinckx is an adroit storyteller and thorough researcher, and in Satellite Boy he has written a good, engrossing yarn." —The Wall Street Jou...
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CounterpointA personal and highly original take on the history of six commercial plants, Seeds of Change illuminates how sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, quinin...
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CounterpointWith the exception of sleep, humans spend more of their lifetimes on work than any other activity. It is central to our economy, society, and the f...
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CounterpointNamed a Best Book of the Year by Esquire Winner of the 800–CEO–READ Business Book Award in Current Events and Public Affairs In an era when faith i...
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CounterpointA thoughtfully researched, movingly presented dual–biography of two iconic American writers, each trying to find the ideal friend with whom they co...
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CounterpointStarting with the classic Out of the Past, Christopher takes us on the grand tour of the great film noirs. With style and humor, he identifies the ...
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CounterpointOne family’s secrets, betrayals, and hopes, are woven together through four generations into a tapestry of memory and love in this humorous novel o...
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CounterpointFor fans of True Detective and Ozark—“Once you’re in the novel’s grip, it’s difficult to break free. A predator thriller with a difference, by a ri...
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CounterpointThe definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the modern age of AmericaOn January 21, 1958, ninetee...
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CounterpointTwelve shocking paintings. Eleven famous murders. One missing artist . . . and one woman driven to find her—this Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine...
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Counterpoint"We watch what is moving fast from a platform that is also moving fast," writes Geoffrey O'Brien in the beginning of Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shado...
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CounterpointA San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year An “impressive, highly readable” exploration of “atrocity, trauma, and memory” that examines the l...
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CounterpointIf you've witnessed the preferential treatment of men in America's houses of worship, you will not be surprised to learn that there is a surge of w...
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Counterpoint“There is no exaggeration in pointing out that these essays are addressed to the soul of the reader. They are not academic exercises in erudition a...
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Counterpoint“There is no exaggeration in pointing out that these essays are addressed to the soul of the reader. They are not academic exercises in erudition a...
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