Counterpoint: 634 books

“A tremendous second world war novel [with] striking, hallucinatory descriptions of the desert . . . A finely crafted debut.” —Financial Times   The Rider has no memory of who he is, where he is, or how he came to be lying—dying—in the brutal heat of the North African desert. Rescued...

Published in time for the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Killing King uncovers previously unknown FBI files and sources, as well as new forensics to convincingly make the case that King was assassinated by a long-simmering conspiracy orchestrated by the racial terrorists...

"Award-winning writer Bahrami is a delightful guide in this thoroughly enjoyable look into the research and recovery of a group of Neandertal remains in the French Dordogne region . . . Her wide interests in travel, memoir, food, wine, and more make this exceedingly engaging title more like a...

Reid has been previously reviewed or interviewed by publications such as Outside, New Mexico Magazine, Albuquerque Journal, and more Reid has contributed to the following publications: Harper’s, America West, The Progressive, San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Hayden’s Ferry Review,...

Since its discovery by Europeans in 1500, explorers, visionaries, soldiers of fortune, men of God, scientists, and slavers have been drawn to the legendary Amazon. The River Sea is a sweeping chronicle of those brave and hardy souls, ranging from the Spanish seafarer Vicente Pinzón, who discovered...

"Erik Reece is obviously a writer to be reckoned with." —Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature In Erik Reece's stunning collection of essays, ideas are the main characters. Written over a period of ten years, and revealing Reece's continued obsession with religion, family,...

“Filled with rich, meticulous detail . . . portrays two culturally diverse lovers determined to make their mark on the developing Northern California coast.” **—**Foreword Reviews   American merchant captain Jeremiah Macy Hammond is at the forefront of the New World. His trading empire faces...

An occult Nazi program is threatened by a philosopher’s letter to a friend in this “stunning work, full of mystery and strange tenderness” (Dan Chaon).   In the waning days of World War II, Nazi Germany is coming apart at the seams. Yet the death machine continues to churn. The Third Reich’s...

The Tattooed Heart finds June Grey dreaming a summer alone with her grandmother in a large isolated house at Grey's Neck on the Long Island shore. Wooded hills surround the house and gives way to beach and sea. It is there she meets Ronny, a young man still firmly anchored in the fantasies of childhood....

The Last Animal by Abby Geni is that rare literary find - a remarkable series of stories unified around one theme: people who use the interface between the human and the natural world to contend with their modern challenges in love, loss, and family life. These are vibrant, weighty stories that herald...

"An elegant, eccentric novel of love, loneliness, and lepidoptera . . . Worthy company for work by other naturalist/novelists: Nabokov, Matthiessen, Kingsolver." ―Kirkus Reviews In Magdalena Mountain, Robert Michael Pyle's first and long-awaited novel, the award-winning naturalist...

From the PEN USA Award–winning author comes a novel about a mother’s haunting past, and her fight for redemption in the contemporary American West.   Ten years ago, in an impulsive act of bravery, defiance, and recklessness, Tess Cross left her newborn daughter with her sister and hightailed...

A novel “brimming with rich historical detail . . . a different kind of Holocaust story, set on American soil in 1941.” —The Chicago Review of Books   Abe Auer—a Russian immigrant and small-town junkyard owner—has become disenchanted with his life. So when his friend, a local rabbi with...

Two-Part Inventions begins when Suzanne, a concert pianist, dies suddenly of a stroke in the New York City apartment she shares with her producer husband Philip. Rather than mourn in peace, Philip becomes deeply paranoid: their life is based on a fraud and the acclaimed music the couple created is...