"A novel that is as intoxicating and hypnotic as the sacred smoke inhaled by the oracles."--Elizabeth Knox, author of The Vintner's Luck and The Dreamhunter Duet.

"An engaging, subversive reimagining of the tale of the eponymous Greek heroine who is uphe...

"Funny, bewitching, observant."-The Oregonian

"Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for [Garth...

"Proof that love for another animal can alone make one human and humane: wit and crushing sadness chasing each other all across the page; intelligence and bravery and perfect literary pitch... Damn great."-Melissa Holbrook Pierson, author of Dark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals; Women, a Pa...

"This book has got it all-an instant classic."-Lee Child, author of The Hard Way

"A tale as tight as a drum. Doesn't get any better than this."-Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, author of the Poppy Rice mysteries

"It is a pleasure marching off to war with spirited Billy Boyle. H...

Praise for David Downing:

"[Downing]'s excellent at building suspense . . . and shows a keen eye for describing people and places."-Sacramento Bee

"An extraordinary evocation of Nazi Germany on the eve of war, the smell of cruelty seeping through the clean modern surface."-C. J...

" Benn follows up his first World War II mystery (Billy Boyle) with another danger-filled episode and delivers a cross-genre tale that is at once spy story, soldier story, and hard-Boyled detective."-Library Journal (starred review)

"The period details are spot-on and Billy . ...

“ Touching. . . . It raises brave questions about the nature of family and betrayal, rupture and healing.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“A stirring exploration of obsession, spirituality and the healing power of time. . . . Light Fell is an astonishingly accomplished first nov...

Praise for the Billy Boyle series:

"Benn continues to create fascinating behind-the-scenes mysteries from little-known facets of World War II history. . . . A fast-paced mix of action, adventure, and crime solving. . . . A solid series that keeps getting better."-Booklist

"The...

“Funny . . . [Barrowcliffe’s] gently knowing style makes the pain of identification a pleasure.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Mark Barrowcliffe’s humorous, self-deprecating memoir of his misspent youth, ‘The Elfish Gene,’ is another welcome addition to the growing ‘ner...

Awarded the 2009 Stonewall Prize for Fiction, the first and most enduring award for GLBT books, sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table.

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“Krieger evokes the dreary darkness of the Uppsala winter and the paranoia and entitlement of the young Americans there. . . . Krieger touches on the mix of noble and self-interested impulses that can propel activism.”—New York Tiems Book Review

“Exiles is filled with ...

"Very original. I loved it."-Mick Jagger

"This is a little marvel. It's funny, clever, illuminating, deeply kind-hearted, and doesn't outstay its welcome. . . . Every word has been chosen with care."-Guardian

"Written with a beguiling simplicity and . . . small wisdoms. . . . I...

“Vividly honest, deeply moving.”—Bill Hosokawa, Out of the Frying Pan: Reflections of a Japanese American

“It is a magnificent memoir, fully worthy of being compared to Farewell to Manzanar. I cannot praise its pointillist rea...

“Levison is a sly storyteller . . . by turns funny, sad, and insightful.”—Booklist“Plenty of humor in [Levison's] gruff caper, but he punctuates the laughs with just the right hint of sadness. . . . A lean crime story and a stark alternative to glossier capers.”—Kirkus Re...

"[An] accurate, original, and entertaining fictional reconstruction."--Boston Globe

“Baruth (The X-President) shows his versatility with this chilling...

“Not since Lord of the Flies has a novelist written with such perceptiveness about the potential for harm that lurks within the innocence of childhood.”—Paula Sharp, author of Crows over a Wheatfield

"A wonderful novel and a true page-turner, a vivid story."—Joan...

"We all set our sights on the Great American Novel. . . . [Thomas Maltman] comes impressively close to laying his hands on the grail."-Madison Smartt Bell, The Boston Globe

"Maltman's prose and pacing flow from an expert hand. . . . His gaze is unflinching and balanced. . . . And whi...

Praise for The Fat Man's Daughter:

"When they work-when the balance between art and research is close to perfection-crime novels that illuminate an historical period are things of beauty. Caroline Petit's first novel falls into that illustrious company. She catches the sights, smells...

“What a read! Every schoolboy’s dream comes true in this deftly-written treatment of illicit romance. A triumph.”—Alexander McCall Smith

“My own piano teacher was called Mr Bagston and frankly I don’t think any power on earth could have persuaded us to create a scene of the ki...

Winner of the South African M-Net Literary Prize (English category).

“Rarely in South African writing will we encounter language of such fire and passion.”—J.M. Coetzee

“The beauty of The Rowing Lesson is in its fluid metaphors, its u...

"Enthralling. . . . Chamberlain's ear is finely attuned to every nuance of The Rose Variations, a novel graced by a profound respect for the humble particulars of life."-The New York Times Book Review

In 1975, twenty-five-year-old Rose takes a temporary professorship at a Midw...

“Joanne Proulx’s debut novel is an impressive literary feat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet is a pitch-perfect glimpse of that powerful yet paradoxically fragile moment in adolescence when the world is rushing at you and you are rushing at it.”—Katharine Weber, author of Trian...

"[An] intriguing debut novel...Agarwal seeks to give voice to the dispossessed through the supernatural."—USA Today

Advance Praise for The Rose Variations:

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