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Carys Davies

Clear

"Tender, riveting, and inventive is Clear, the newest offering and masterpiece from the brilliant Carys Davies. It will take your breath away...What a thrill." ---Sarah Jessica Parker ANew York …

Frank Sinatra & Count Basie

An Historical First (180g)

Biyi Bandele

Yoruba Boy Running

"Based on real historical events, 'Yoráub/74/a Boy Running' charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting 'Run, áAjáayâi, run!' The day t…

"Montanism" in the Roman World

Festschrift for William Tabbernee on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

David Park

Ghost Wedding

A poignant story of love and regret, from a master of contemporary Irish fiction

Maggie Stiefvater

The Listeners

'By turns a beautiful love story, a fascinating glimpse into the horrors of history and a haunting tale of loyalty and courage. A marvel of storytelling' - Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of All the Co…

Rory Clements

Evil in High Places

The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the award-winning, million-copy-bestselling author. THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE FURTHER YOU HAVE TO FALL . . . Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian capital…

Jack Wang

The Riveter

In the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe during WWII.

Laura Spence-Ash

Beyond That, the Sea

"Spence-Ash has written the novel in eight points of view, but each character is utterly three-dimensional and distinct. This debut novel captivated me from start to finish." -Julia Quinn, autho…

Olga Ravn,

The Wax Child

In seventeenth-century Denmark, Christenze Kruckow, an unmarried noblewoman, is accused of witchcraft. She and several other women are rumored to be possessed by the Devil, who has come to them in the for…

Joseph Torigian

The Party's Interests Come First

"China's leader, Xi Jinping, is one of the most powerful individuals in the world - and one of the least understood. Much can be learned, however, about both Xi Jinping and the nature of the party he…

Yaacov Falkov,

Between Hitler and Churchill

Between Hitler and Churchill tells an unbelievable story of two Polish Jews who determined the course of World War II. One, by secretly brokering a Polish-German rapprochement that might end the war. Anot…

Richard Strachan

The Unrecovered

What the years have buried, is about to be exposed...On the Scottish coast, lies the gloomy fortress of Gallondean. Local legend has it that if the heirs to the house hear the howling of a spectral hound …

Anna Seghers

Die Rettung

Der neue Band der großen Anna-Seghers-Werkausgabe - >>Eine Chronik der deutschen Arbeitslosen<< Walter BenjaminNach einem >>wilden Feuer<< in dem oberschlesischen Steinkohlenbergwe…

Stephen R Platt

The Raider

"The extraordinary life of forgotten World War II hero Evans Carlson, commander of America's first special forces, secret confidant of FDR, and one of the most controversial officers in the history o…

V. Vinicchayakul,

A Passage to Siam

An award-winning historical novel set in the 1850s, with a tumultuous relationship between Thai royalty and an Englishwoman.

Douglas Boin

Clodia of Rome

A pioneering political voice, with charisma and power that rivalled many of her male contemporaries, Clodia of Rome was a pivotal figure in the late Roman Republic until a murder trial, rife with corrupti…

Laurent Binet,

Perspective(s)

"Bursting with characters and historical color, Laurent Binet's Perspective(s) is a labyrinthine murder mystery that shows us Renaissance Florence as we've never seen it before"--

Rodrigo Fresan,

Melvill

"A dying father in the grip of fever and delirium recounts his youth, his Grand Tour, the Venetian palaces populated by fascinating and evil figures, his ruin, and his most beautiful journey--the cro…