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Winner of the Irish Book Award Finalist for the Booker Prize This “affecting” debut is “reminiscent of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying” as it p...

A whistleblower. A 100-GB-leak of confidential internal documents. A corporation in crisis A riveting tale of journalistic enterprise, ethics, and ...

Set during the Celtic Tiger, this “fierce” novel “[strikes] at the heart of what it has meant to be Irish in recent times”—from the critically accl...

The “Wicked Pavilion” of the title is the Café Julien, where everybody who is anybody goes to recover from failed love affairs and to pursue new on...

The glitter and cynicism of Rome under Mussolini provide the background of what is probably Alberto Moravia’s best and best-known novel — The Woma...

A REAL-LIFE DISASTER MOVIE: A minute-by-minute account of 2 simultaneous catastrophes during a 1982 blizzard—and the extraordinary courage of civil...

A dramatic narrative tour of 10 of the world’s most incredible whitewater adventures—spanning 5 continents and 40 years—guided by a legendary white...

“Will have river veterans nodding in agreement and surprise. I loved the journey." — Doug Stanton, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Hors...

"Riveting . . .  harrowing and propulsive." —The New York Times Book Review*One of The Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2021 (Kirkus Reviews, Publis...

Dennis Orphen, in writing a novel, has stolen the life story of his friend, Effie Callingham, the former wife of a famous, Hemingway-like novelist...

An “exceptional” account of underdog boxer Tony Galento’s surprising 1939 showdown with renowned heavyweight champion Joe Louis (The Boston Globe) ...

Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction, Under the Red Flag features twelve stories which take place during China's Cultural Revolu...

The author of Drunk Mom continues her “bravely and beautifully told” story of alcohol addiction in this raw, unsparing memoir about shame and relap...

What if society looked at addiction without judgement? Unstitched shares the powerful story of one librarian’s quest to understand the impact of ad...

In the fall of 1967, political and military leaders in Washington said the Vietnam War was approaching “the crossover point”: More Vietcong soldier...

Inspiration and practical ideas for preserving democracy, countering political violence, and restoring institutional legitimacy, from the lead inve...

Robert Ingersoll (1833—1899) is one of the great lost figures in United States history, all but forgotten at just the time America needs him most. ...

The Israeli army invaded Ramallah in March 2002. A tank stood at the end of Raja Shehadeh’s road; Israeli soldiers patrolled from the rooftops. Fou...

The history, tragedies, and bitter controversies that characterized a language once spoken by 11 million people brought vividly to lifeFor a people...

"Zug's wry, clear-eyed history of American marriage shines a new light on an old institution. An absolute pleasure." — Liz Scheier, author of Neve...

An illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage, from the Colonial era through the #MeToo ageP...