Grove Atlantic: 1452 books
by Jim Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Jim Harrison’s first novel—a walk on the wild side from “a force of nature in American letters” (The Seattle Times).
The *New York Times–*bestselling author of thirty-nine books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—including Legends of the Fall, Dalva, and Returning to Earth—Jim...
by Jerzy Kosinski
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The classic novel of a boy’s struggle for survival in WWII Poland, from the National Book Award–winning author of Steps and Being There.
“In 1939, a six-year-old boy is sent by his anti-Nazi parents to a remote village in Poland where they believe he will be safe. Things happen, however,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The classic collection of wildly inventive and bitingly satirical tales of post-revolutionary Russia: “amusing and excellent reading” (Isaac Bashevis Singer).
This famous collection of Soviet satire from 1918 to 1963 devastatingly lampoons the social, economic, and cultural changes wrought...
Tribes with Flags
Adventure and Kidnap in Greater Syria
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
The ABC News correspondent’s riveting chronicle of his journey through the Middle East—and being held hostage by pro-Iranian terrorists in Beirut.
A New York Times Notable Book—with an introduction by the author.
On June 18, 1987, Charles Glass was kidnapped by pro-Iranian terrorists in...
The Poker Bride
The First Chinese in the Wild West
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
This true story of a concubine and the Gold Rush years “delves deep into the soul of the real old west” (Erik Larson).
“Once the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill launched our ‘national madness,’ the population of California exploded. Tens of thousands of Chinese, lured by tales of...
by Fergus Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“[A] searing story of France’s attempt to colonize the vast Sahara desert and of two unforgettable men who dedicated their lives to the effort.” —Rob Mitchell, The Boston Herald
Whether writing of the Alps, the high seas, or the North Pole, Fergus Fleming has won acclaim as one of today’s...
Red Star over China
The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“A historical classic” that brings Mao Tse-tung, the Long March, and the Chinese revolution to vivid life (Foreign Affairs).
Journalist Edgar Snow was the first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936—and out of his up-close experience came this historical...
Bullwhip Days
The Slaves Remember
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
“Twenty-nine oral histories and additional excerpts, selected from 2000 interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s for a WPA Federal Writers Project, document the conditions of slavery that . . . lie at the root of today’s racism.” —Publishers Weekly
In the 1930s, the Works...
Palestine
History of a Lost Nation
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008
[Sabbagh’s] memoir offers a vital yet unfamiliar perspective on the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a heartfelt, judicious invitation to dialogue.” -Publishers WeeklyPalestinians feature regularly in news headlines, but their country is much less known. In this humane and deeply compelling...
Forensics
What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Bestselling author of Broken Ground “offers fascinating glimpses” into the real world of criminal forensics from its beginnings to the modern day (The Boston Globe).
The dead can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them....
Guests of the Ayatollah
The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down delivers a “suspenseful and inspiring” account of the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 (The Wall Street Journal).
On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini,...
by Jonathan Miles
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
A “thrilling . . . captivating” account of the most famous shipwreck before the Titanic—a tragedy that inspired an unforgettable masterpiece of Western art (The Boston Globe).
In June 1816, the Medusa set sail. Commanded by an incompetent captain, the frigate ran aground off the desolate...
Here I Am
The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
“Not only does Huffman bring Tim back to life . . . but he also leads us through some of the most harrowing combat of our generation” (Sebastian Junger, New York Times–bestselling author of Tribe).
Tim Hetherington (1970–2011) was one of the world’s most distinguished and dedicated...
by Cherie Burns
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“Before there was the Perfect Storm, there was the Great Hurricane of 1938. A riveting and wonderfully written account.” —Nathaniel Philbrick
On the night of September 21, 1938, news on the radio was full of the invasion of Czechoslovakia. There was no mention of any severe weather. By...