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Mother Russia

by Robert Littell

A riveting thriller about crime and punishment in Soviet-era Moscow.

Like the Arkady Renko novels of Martin Cruz Smith, Robert Littell's masterful Mother Russia transports readers back in time and behind the...

Night of the Wolf

Legends of the Wolves trilogy #2

by Alice Borchardt

The Silver Wolf, Alice Borchardt's acclaimed novel of a shapeshifter's struggle to survive as woman and wolf amid the Dark Ages, announced the arrival of a ferociously gifted writer. Now, with her masterful...

Dead Men

by Richard Pierce

A century after Scott's doomed expedition, one woman ventures under the Antarctic ice. The discovery of Captain Scott's body in the Antarctic in 1912 started a global obsession with him as a man and an explorer....

The Spartacus Road: A Personal Journey Through Ancient Italy

by Peter Stothard

The name of Spartacus resounds through history. In the final century of the first Roman Republic an army of slaves led by Spartacus rose up in Italy. Its success was something no one before had ever known. The...

The Night Casey Was Born

by John Evangelist Walsh

"Casey at the Bat" is a legendary poem about the crushing defeat of a small-town baseball hero. For the first time, John Evangelist Walsh gives the story behind the poem and its young journalist author, as well...

Legends of the Samurai

by Hiroaki Sato

Over the decades the reputation of the samurai has grown to mythical proportions, owing to such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yojimbo as well as works such as James Clavell's epic Shogun. In Legends...

Frida: A Novel of Frida Kahlo

by Barbara Mujica

Frida Kahlo, painter and cultural icon, lived a life of extremes. The subject of an Academy Award(c) nominated film starring Salma Hayek, Kahlo was crippled by polio and left barren by an accident when she was...

The Commandant: An Account by the First Commanding Officer of Auschwitz

by Rudolf Hoess & Ian Buruma

Rudolf Hoess was the notorious Commandant of Auschwitz. Imprisoned and awaiting execution after the war, Hoess wrote a long memoir, a self- serving account of his life and approaches to management. The amoral...

Deliverance From Evil: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials

by Frances Hill

In an era of uncertain survival in the New World, the Devil himself was believed to prey on society--and his witches could be convicted by mere children. Deliverance from Evil brings to life the Salem witch...

The Ancient Guide to Modern Life

by Natalie Haynes

This revelatory book explores modern society while journeying back to the Greeks and Romans -- "will have readers grabbing for the classics" (Kirkus).

In this thoroughly engaging book, Natalie Haynes brings...

Scapegoat: A History of Blaming Other People

by Charlie Campbell

We may have come a long way from the days when a goat as a symbol was saddled with all the iniquities of the children of Israel and driven into the wilderness, but is our desperate need to find some organization...

Eclipse: The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever

by Nicholas Clee

A chestnut with a white blaze is scorching across the turf towards the finishing post. His four rivals are so far behind him that, in racing terms, they are "nowhere." Watching Eclipse is the man who wants to...

Imaginary Enemy

by Julie Gonzalez

Jane White goes by the pen name Gabriel when she writes letters to Bubba, her imaginary enemy. She’s been writing to Bubba (short for Beelzebub) since second grade, blaming him every time something in her...

The Master Blaster: A Novel

by P.F. Kluge

The much-hailed author of Gone Tomorrow, has crafted a luminous portrayal of strangers adrift in an intoxicating land. This captivating novel intertwines the stories of several inhabitants on Saipan, America's...

Embrace of the Damned

by Anya Bast

 New York Times bestselling author Anya Bast introduces her newest paranormal romance, set in the world of Norse mythology… A damned Viking warrior. Centuries ago Broder Calderson committed murder. As punishment,...

The Slap: A Novel

by Christos Tsiolkas

The sensational international bestseller by Australia's "preeminent contemporary novelist" (The Age), in his United States debut Winner of the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Christos Tsiolkas's The Slap is...

Slocum #398: Slocum and the High-Rails Heiress

by Jake Logan

While escorting precious cargo to Salt Lake City, Slocum meets a stunning heiress with a mysterious chest. Pursued by roughnecks, he finds himself caught in a deadly mix of beauty, bounty, and bullets.

Longarm #401: Longarm and the Night Raiders

by Tabor Evans

Longarm helps out a former Texas Ranger with a gold claim. When raiders come under cover of night with guns and torches, Longarm's waiting to make short work of them.

Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat

by Grant Achatz & Nick Kokonas

"One of America's great chefs" (Vogue), Grant Achatz, shares how his drive to cook immaculate food fueled his miraculous triumph over tongue cancer.

By 2007 chef Grant Achatz had been named one of the best...

Killer Heat

Alexandra Cooper #10

by Linda Fairstein

It's August in New York, and the only thing that's hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper's personal and professional life. Just as she's claiming an especially gratifying victory in a rape case,...