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The Dew Breaker

Story Prize 2004

by Edwidge Danticat

We meet him late in life: a quiet man, a good father and husband, a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a landlord and barber with a terrifying scar across his face. As the book unfolds, moving seamlessly...

The Stone that the Builder Refused: A Novel of Haiti

by Madison Smartt Bell

The Stone that the Builder Refused is the final volume of Madison Smartt Bell’s masterful trilogy about the Haitian Revolution–the first successful slave revolution in history–which begins with All Souls'...

At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War

by Thomas Reed

“The Cold War . . . was a fight to the death,” notes Thomas C. Reed, “fought with bayonets, napalm, and high-tech weaponry of every sort—save one. It was not fought with nuclear weapons.” With global...

Dance with Me

by Luanne Rice

Acclaimed for her insightful depiction of the magic and mystery in everyday life and relationships, Luanne Rice is one of today’s most gifted novelists. Now the author of eight consecutive New York Times bestsellers...

Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies

by Donald Spoto

“The trouble today is that we don’t torture women enough.”

—Alfred Hitchcock

It is remarkable how infrequently, over a period of more than fifty years, Alfred Hitchcock spoke about the beautiful, legendary...

Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031

by Roger Collins

Roger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society - when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in apparent harmony - revealing a fuller, more complex...

Working on the Wild side

by Jeff Gager

The book "Working on the Wildside" is collection of sixty short stories about the author's twenty five year career as a Wildlife Officer. The stories tend to focus on the humorous things he encountered over...

The Shyster's Daughter

by Paula Priamos

"Paula Priamos' The Shyster's Daughter is a wonderfully written charged memoir—utterly absorbing and packed with sharp details. Direct, evocative, emotionally honest, brave, and funny, Priamos' voice shines....

I'm Trying to Reach You

by Barbara Browning

First Michael Jackson, then Pina Bausch, Merce Cunningham... is someone killing famous dancers? A witty, creative, and seductive mystery.

Life Chapters: Extraordinary Afterlives of People You Have Never Heard of

by Galen Stoller & Kenneth Stoller

Born out of a love that knows no boundaries between dimensions, the second book in the Death Walker series, a project between a father and his deceased son, has Galen reporting from the "other-side" about how...

White Masks

by Elias Khoury & Maia Tabet

This is THE novel of the Lebanese Civil War. Khoury reveals its devastating effects.

Strega

Burke #2

by Andrew Vachss

Andrew Vachss's implacable private eye has a new client, Strega. She wants Burke to find an obscene photograph—and that search will take him into the ocean that flows just beneath the city, an ocean whose...

The Great Weaver from Kashmir

by Halldór|Roughton, Philip Laxness

Ironic and transcendent portrait--the first major novel by Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness. Magical and elemental.

Tranquility

by Attila Bartis & Imre Goldstein

Oppressive brilliant comic downward spiral from one of Hungary's most acclaimed and daring young authors.

Saltwater Taffy

by Eric DelaBarre & Nason Nason

Endorsed by Teachers of the Year around the country, Eric DelaBarre’s Saltwater Taffy follows the lives of five friends as they uncover a treasure map that once belonged to the ruthless New Orleans pirate,...

Underground

by Gayle O'Brien

Runaway Annie finds a 150-year-old letter from a southern white girl travelling the slave underground

A Matter of Honour: The Story of England's Last Fatal Duel

by Martyn Beardsley

Duels usually took place over insults to honour, sometimes with tragic consequences, as in this tale of betrayal.

Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters, and the Pursuit of Thinness

by Ph.D., Margo D. Maine & Craig Johnson

This book pioneered the term "father hunger" — the emptiness, and resulting food and body image disorders, experienced by women whose fathers were physically or emotionally absent. Based on ten years of further...

The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders: Supporting Self-Esteem, Healthy Eating, and Positive Body Image at Home

by Marcia Herrin & Nancy Matsumoto

The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders shows that effective solutions begin at home and cost little more than a healthy investment of time, effort, and love. Based on exciting new research, it differs from similar...

Walking San Francisco: 33 Savvy Tours Exploring Steep Streets, Grand Hotels, Dive Bars, and Waterfront Parks

by Tom Downs

From the Gold Rush to the Summer of Love to the dotcom days, San Francisco has been a city of distinct neighborhoods. This savvy, entertaining guide explores the best of the city "on the ground" in tours that...