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The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack E. Davis

The Fighters by C. J. Chivers

2666 by Roberto Bolaño

An American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student interact in an urban community on the U.S.-Mexico border …

The World's Largest Man by Harrison Scott Key

A humor columnist describes his father, who was more like a remote frontiersman than a 20th-century Mississippian, and the impact …

Dialogues and essays by Seneca the Younger

The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger

The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan

The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. After its founding in 509 …

Civilwarland in Bad Decline[CIVIL WAR LAND IN BAD DECLINE][Paperback] by GeorgeSaunders

In six stories and the novella, Bounty, Saunders introduces readers to people struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. …

The adventures of Maqroll by Alvaro Mutis

Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar

Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim …

A tomb for Boris Davidovich by Danilo Kiš (Eastern European literature series)

The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann

All over but the shoutin' by Rick Bragg

This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who …

Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens

"The life story of one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time"--Provided by publisher.

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

“Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this …