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Madame X

by William Logan

The moody poems in Madame X, William Logan’s tenth collection, find their subjects in the byways of the past two centuries. Henry James visits his birthplace, the most beautiful woman in Europe ends up in...

The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011

by Misha Glenny

A newly revised and updated edition of an award-winning BBC correspondent's magisterial history of the Balkan region

This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives...

Murder in the Rue Dumas: A Verlaque and Bonnet Provencal Mystery

by M. L. Longworth

The second book in the delightful Verlaque and Bonnet mystery series is another page-turning whodunit, this time in set in a small community of theology students and professors at Aix-en-Provence's university....

The Purple Shroud: A Novel of Empress Theodora

by Stella Duffy

Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore, Stella Duffy's chronicle of this amazing woman's early years, delighted readers with its exquisite blend of historical detail and vivid storytelling. Now, The Purple Shroud...

Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone: A Novel

by Stefan Kiesbye

Shirley Jackson meets The Twilight Zone in this riveting novel of supernatural horror

A village on the Devil‘s Moor: a place untouched by time and shrouded in superstition. There is the grand manor house...

A German Requiem: A Bernie Gunther Novel

Bernie Gunther #3

by Philip Kerr

The disturbing climax to the Berlin Noir trilogy

Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels have won him an international reputation as a master of historical suspense. In A German Requiem, the private eye has survived...

The Dead Roam the Earth: True Stories of the Paranormal from Around the World

by Alasdair Wickham

Captivating true accounts of the paranormal from all over the world

Do you believe in ghosts? From incubi in Sumatra to exorcism in Sudan to spirits in our own backyard, The Dead Roam the Earth explores the fascinating...

The Best Spiritual Writing 2013

by Philip Zaleski & Stephen Prothero

A new volume of the critically acclaimed spiritual writing series, with an introduction by bestselling author Stephen Prothero

Boasting an impressive selection of personal essays, articles, and poems by today's...

Common Sense

by Thomas Paine & Richard Beeman

In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor...

Lincoln Speeches

by Abraham Lincoln & Allen C. Guelzo

In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor...

The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution

by Richard Beeman

In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor...

By Herself

by Debora Greger

An artful, compelling new collection from “a special poet in every sense” (Poetry) The poems in Debora Greger’s new book journey from Florida to England to Venice, finding in the byways and accidents...

Switch Bitch

by Roald Dahl

Now back in print along with Roald Dahl’s My Uncle Oswald, a surprisingly naughty and hilarious adult book by the beloved children’s author

Great wit, melancholy, and a sense of the erotic that would make...

My Uncle Oswald

by Roald Dahl

Now back in print along with Roald Dahl’s Switch Bitch, a surprisingly naughty and hilarious adult book by the beloved children’s author

Children and adults alike adore the dark humor that pervades such Roald...

Making Friends with Hitler: Lord Londonderry, the Nazis, and the Road to War

by Ian Kershaw

Ian Kershaw’s biography of Adolf Hitler is widely regarded as the definitive work on the subject, as well as one of the most brilliant biographies of our time. In Making Friends with Hitler, the great scholar...

The Conde Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Volume II: Great Writers on Great Places

by Various & Klara Glowczewska

Another spellbinding trip around the globe with some of today's most celebrated writers and journalists

Condé Nast Traveler is the preeminent travel magazine in the United States, boasting a readership of 3.5...

The Federalist Papers

by James Madison & Alexander Hamilton

In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor...

Freud's Sister: A Novel

by Goce Smilevski & Christina E. Kramer

The award-winning international sensation that poses the question: Was Sigmund Freud responsible for the death of his sister in a Nazi concentration camp?

The boy in her memories who strokes her with the apple,...

Supreme Court Decisions

by Richard Beeman & Jay M. Feinman

In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor...

The Facility: A Novel

by Simon Lelic

"Who are you? Are you the police? This isn't legal, you know. You can't hold me like this."

In a near-future dystopian Britain, democracy has been undermined. Emboldened by new anti-terrorism laws, police start...