Other: 359 books
Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers
No More Unnecessary Biopsies, Radical Treatment or Loss of Sexual Potency
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
Every year almost a quarter of a million confused and frightened American men are tossed into a prostate cancer cauldron stirred by salespeople representing a multibillion-dollar industry. In this flourishing business, the radical prostatectomy is still the most widely recommended treatment option....
Our Man in Tehran
The True Story Behind the Secret Mission to Save Six Americans during the Iran Hostage Crisis & the Foreign Ambassador Who Worked w/the CIA to Bring Them Home
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
For the true story behind Argo, read Our Man in Tehran
The world watched with fear in November 1979, when Iranian students infiltrated and occupied the American embassy in Tehran. The Americans were caught entirely by surprise, and what began as a swift and seemingly short-lived takeover evolved...
The Elixir of Immortality
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A mesmerizing debut novel that spans a thousand years of European and Jewish history seen through the beguiling members of the Spinoza family
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Since the eleventh century, the Spinoza family has passed down, from father to son, a secret manuscript containing the recipe for immortality. Now, after...
Mincemeat
The Education of an Italian Chef
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
With the wit and pace of Anthony Bourdain, Italian chef and anthropologist Leonardo Lucarelli sketches the exhilarating life behind the closed doors of restaurants, and the unlikely work ethics of the kitchen.
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In Italy, five-star restaurants and celebrity chefs may seem, on the surface, a part...
Tregian's Ground
The Life and Sometimes Secret Adventures of Francis Tregian, Gentleman and Musician
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The significance of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book to our musical canon is well known; the remarkable story of its copyist and compiler, Francis Tregian, less so. Born into Cornish Catholic nobility and plumb into the choppy waters of the Elizabethan Age, he must rely on his surpassing skill as a musician...
Live Bait
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The story of a small Italian town where fishing, biking, and rock 'n' roll make the news, until tragedy turns everything upside down.
Muglione. Nothing grows in this Tuscan backwater except the wild imagination of Fiorenzo, a nineteen-year-old metalhead. He lives for his garage band, horror...
by Carlos Gamerro
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Buenos Aires, 1992. Hacker Felipe Félix is summoned to the vertiginous twin towers of magnate Fausto Tamerlán and charged with finding the witnesses to a very public crime. Rejecting the mission is not an option. After a decade spent immersed in drugs and virtual realities, trying to forget the...
The Second Winter
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
**WINNER – National Indie Excellence Award 2017 for Literary Fiction
BRONZE WINNER – Foreword INDIES 2016, War & Military
HONORABLE MENTION – San Francisco Book Festival 2017, General Fiction
“A great historical novel, a touching family saga, and a noir wartime thriller all rolled...
Quicksand
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
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An incisive courtroom thriller and a drama that raises questions about the nature of love, the disastrous side effects of guilt, and the function of justice.**
A mass shooting has taken place at a prep school in Stockholm’s wealthiest suburb. Eighteen-year-old...
The Hypothetical Girl
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Love meets technology with a dash of quirk in this collection of highly original short stories
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An aspiring actress meets an Icelandic Yak farmer on a matchmaking Web site. An online forum for cancer support turns into a love triangle for an English professor, a Canadian fisherman, and an elementary...
Love and Lament
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
A dauntless heroine coming of age at the turn of the twentieth century confronts the hazards of patriarchy and prejudice, and discovers the unexpected opportunities of World War I
Set in rural North Carolina between the Civil War and the Great War, Love and Lament chronicles the hardships and...
Earth and Ashes
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
"You know, father, sorrow can turn to water and spill from your eyes, or it can sharpen your tongue into a sword, or it can become a time bomb that, one day, will explode and destroy you"
Earth and Ashes is the spare, powerful story of an Afghan man, Dastaguir, trying desperately to reach...
Incarceration Nations
A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
In this crucial study, named one of the Washington Post's Notable Nonfiction Books of 2016 and now in paperback, Baz Dreisinger goes behind bars in nine countries to investigate the current conditions in prisons worldwide.
Beginning in Africa and ending in Europe, Incarceration Nations is...
by Iosi Havilio
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
A house-husband’s life turns upside-down in this tale of death and resurrection. When José’s fireworks factory job ends explosively, he becomes apathetic. But soon he gets a new lust for life, and he discovers he possesses a gruesome talent. Unexpected and gripping, Petite Fleur’s Aira-esque flights of fancy will have you dying with laughter.