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Grotto of the Dancing Deer
And Other Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Collected tales of wonder, danger, and the future, including the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning title story
This volume contains ten stellar short stories by science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak. In “Grotto of the Dancing Deer,” a man carrying an ancient secret finally speaks up,...
Crossing the Wire
One Woman's Journey into the Hidden Dangers of the Afghan War
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
In a harrowing memoir, the military journalist discusses her explosive report on sexual practices in Afghanistan and her experience in the War on Terror.
When AnnaMaria Cardinalli’s explosive United States military report on the topic of sexuality in southern Afghanistan was leaked to mainstream...
The Winterlong Trilogy
Winterlong, Aestival Tide, and Icarus Descending
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The complete dystopian trilogy set in the surreal, postapocalyptic City of Trees from a recipient of the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards.
Winterlong centers on Wendy Wanders, a girl who can tap into the dreams and emotions of the people around her, and her long-lost twin brother, Raphael,...
The Kennedy Imprisonment
A Meditation on Power
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
With a new preface: An “irreverent [and] entertaining” portrait of JFK, the Camelot mystique, and the politics of charisma (The Christian Science Monitor).
Described by the New York Times as “a sort of intellectual outlaw,” Garry Wills takes on the romantic myths surrounding the Kennedy...
The Europe That Was
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Tales of Europe, before and after the war, when lives could change in an instant
Fleeing the Cuban revolution, a businessman’s return to England is blocked by the secret police of General Franco. In Hungary, a peasant treasures a barrel of wine as a symbol of the world she lost during the...
Halfway to Silence
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
A striking collection of short poems from acclaimed writer May Sarton
After decades of writing flowing lyric verse, May Sarton’s style turned to short bursts of poetry. Likening poetry to gardening, she writes, “Muse, pour strength into my pruning wrist / That I may cut the way toward open...
On the Bottom
The Raising of the Submarine S-51
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
On September 25, 1925, the S-51 tragically sank to the ocean floor, and Edward Ellsberg was the man whose courage and determination brought it back
The sinking of the submarine S-51 was one of the greatest tragedies in American naval history. Due to a miscommunication and subsequent collision...
by Stanley Elkin
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
A radio host’s rise is the fodder for this “funny, melancholy, frightening . . . absolutely American” National Book Award finalist (The New York Times Book Review).
Since childhood, Dick Gibson has longed for a successful radio career to make him a household name. Seeking to hone his...
Strange Wine
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
From “one of the great . . . American short story writers,” comes a collection of dark fantastical fiction (The Washington Post).
In the Locus Award–winning “Croatoan,” a man descends into the sewers of New York City to confront the detritus of his irresponsibility.
An “Emissary...
by Terry Southern
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
The New York Times–bestselling author’s cult classic skewers America’s obsession with money, fame, guns, and sex—“A satirical gem” (John Berendt).
Guy Grand, an eccentric billionaire prankster, is rich enough to do whatever he likes. And what he likes is to carefully execute projects...
No Fond Return of Love
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Three lonely people come together in this poignant, witty novel of star-crossed romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of Jane and Prudence.
After being jilted by her fiancé, Dulcie Mainwaring despairs of ever finding true love. For a distraction, she goes to a publishing conference,...
The Squire Quartet
Life in the West, Forgotten Life, Remembrance Day, and Somewhere East of Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Four loosely linked realistic novels from “one of Britain’s most accomplished and versatile writers” (The Guardian).
A Hugo and Nebula Award–winning science fiction writer, British novelist Brian W. Aldiss also regularly “returned to earth with distinction,” penning realistic works,...
The Jerusalem Quartet
Sinai Tapestry, Jerusalem Poker, Nile Shadows, and Jericho Mosaic
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
A special four-in-one edition of Edward Whittemore’s epic Jerusalem Quartet
In Sinai Tapestry, it is 1840, and Plantagenet Strongbow, the twenty-ninth duke of Dorset, seven-feet-seven-inches tall and the greatest swordsman and botanist of Victorian England, walks away from the family estate...
Pontiff
The Vatican, the KGB, and the Year of the Three Popes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The story of Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II—and an assassination plot—by the New York Times–bestselling coauthors of The Day the World Ended.
The Vatican has remained one of the last unexamined mysteries of the modern world. For centuries, pomp and pageantry have hidden from view...