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Black Star Nairobi
Written by Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.95
Book two in the action-packed crime series set in Nairobi featuring an American cop teamed up with a Kenyan partner.
When a bomb explodes in a downtown Nairobi hotel, private detectives Ishmael and Odhiambo quickly make the connection to a murder case they’re investigating. It’s the first big break for their new... Read more >
Written by Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.95
Book two in the action-packed crime series set in Nairobi featuring an American cop teamed up with a Kenyan partner.
When a bomb explodes in a downtown Nairobi hotel, private detectives Ishmael and Odhiambo quickly make the connection to a murder case they’re investigating. It’s the first big break for their new... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Black Star Nairobi
Written by Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.95
Book two in the action-packed crime series set in Nairobi featuring an American cop teamed up with a Kenyan partner.
When a bomb explodes in a downtown Nairobi hotel, private detectives Ishmael and Odhiambo quickly make the connection to a murder case they’re investigating. It’s the first big break for their new... Read more >
Written by Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.95
Book two in the action-packed crime series set in Nairobi featuring an American cop teamed up with a Kenyan partner.
When a bomb explodes in a downtown Nairobi hotel, private detectives Ishmael and Odhiambo quickly make the connection to a murder case they’re investigating. It’s the first big break for their new... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Days of the Rainbow
Written by Antonio Skarmeta
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $11.99
Nico, the son of a noted Chilean philosophy professor, witnesses his father’s arrest while he is teaching a class. Bettini, the father of Nico’s best friend, is a leftist advertising executive who has been blacklisted and is out of work after having been imprisoned and tortured by Pinochet’s police. This doesn’t... Read more >
Written by Antonio Skarmeta
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $11.99
Nico, the son of a noted Chilean philosophy professor, witnesses his father’s arrest while he is teaching a class. Bettini, the father of Nico’s best friend, is a leftist advertising executive who has been blacklisted and is out of work after having been imprisoned and tortured by Pinochet’s police. This doesn’t... Read more >
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Dewey Defeats Truman
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $16.00
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $16.00
A masterful retelling of a legend and famous headline of modern American history—Harry Truman’s upset victory over Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election.
Set in Dewey’s hometown of Owosso, Michigan, this is the captivating story of a local love triangle that mirrors the national election contest. As the voters...
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Dewey Defeats Truman
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: eBook, 364 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $11.99
From a writer whose last book, Henry and Clara, prompted John Updike to declare Thomas Mallon one of the most interesting American novelists at work, comes a story that perfectly captures the delightful romance and wistful magic of our recent, and more innocent, past.
Thomas Mallon has masterfully appropriated a jubilant legend... Read more >
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: eBook, 364 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $11.99
From a writer whose last book, Henry and Clara, prompted John Updike to declare Thomas Mallon one of the most interesting American novelists at work, comes a story that perfectly captures the delightful romance and wistful magic of our recent, and more innocent, past.
Thomas Mallon has masterfully appropriated a jubilant legend... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Los Litigantes
Written by John Grisham
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $23.00
Una mañana, David Zinc, un joven abogado de un bufete prestigioso, sobrecargado de trabajos que no le interesan nada, decide que no puede más y se dirige directamente a un bar donde se emborracha hasta perder el conocimiento.
En un barrio degradado del sur de Chicago se encuentra el bufete de abogados... Read more >
Written by John Grisham
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $23.00
Una mañana, David Zinc, un joven abogado de un bufete prestigioso, sobrecargado de trabajos que no le interesan nada, decide que no puede más y se dirige directamente a un bar donde se emborracha hasta perder el conocimiento.
En un barrio degradado del sur de Chicago se encuentra el bufete de abogados... Read more >
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The Silence and the Roar
Written by Nihad Sirees
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $13.95
Available in English for the first time, The Silence and the Roar is a funny, sexy, dystopian novel about the struggle of an individual over tyranny.
The Silence and the Roar follows a day in the life of Fathi Chin, an author banned from publishing because he refuses to write propaganda for... Read more >
Written by Nihad Sirees
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $13.95
Available in English for the first time, The Silence and the Roar is a funny, sexy, dystopian novel about the struggle of an individual over tyranny.
The Silence and the Roar follows a day in the life of Fathi Chin, an author banned from publishing because he refuses to write propaganda for... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Silence and the Roar
Written by Nihad Sirees
Format: eBook, 167 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $8.99
Written by Nihad Sirees
Format: eBook, 167 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $8.99
The Silence and the Roar takes place in an unnamed Middle Eastern country resembling Syria. The story follows a day in the life of Fathi Chin, an author banned from publishing because he refuses to write propaganda for the ruling government.
On this day, the entire country has mobilized to celebrate the...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Gray Men
Written by Tomotake Ishikawa
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $14.95
Winner of the 2011 Golden Elephant Award for International Genre Fiction.
A young staffer at a jewelry store in Tokyo's posh Ginza district wants to take his own life. No longer able to bear the intense workplace bullying that besets him in the wake of an unjust costumer complaint. As Ryotaro looks for a place... Read more >
Written by Tomotake Ishikawa
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $14.95
Winner of the 2011 Golden Elephant Award for International Genre Fiction.
A young staffer at a jewelry store in Tokyo's posh Ginza district wants to take his own life. No longer able to bear the intense workplace bullying that besets him in the wake of an unjust costumer complaint. As Ryotaro looks for a place... Read more >
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The Wanting
A Novel
Written by Michael Lavigne
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $25.95
A Novel
Written by Michael Lavigne
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $25.95
From the author of Not Me, this powerful novel about an Israeli father and his daughter brings to life a rich canvas of events and unexpected change in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
In the galvanizing opening of The Wanting, the celebrated Russian-born postmodern architect Roman Guttman is injured in a...
Also available as an
eBook.
The Wanting
A Novel
Written by Michael Lavigne
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $12.99
A Novel
Written by Michael Lavigne
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $12.99
From the author of Not Me, this powerful novel about an Israeli father and his daughter brings to life a rich canvas of events and unexpected change in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
In the galvanizing opening of The Wanting, the celebrated Russian-born postmodern architect Roman Guttman is injured in a...
Also available as a
hardcover.
Grant: A Novel
Written by Max Byrd
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $11.99
Max Byrd, the renowned author of Jackson and Jefferson, brings history to life in this stunning novel set in America’s Gilded Age. Grant is an unforgettable portrait of a colorful era—and the flawed, iron-willed, mysterious giant at its center.
Ulysses S. Grant pursued a tragic war to its very end... Read more >
Written by Max Byrd
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $11.99
Max Byrd, the renowned author of Jackson and Jefferson, brings history to life in this stunning novel set in America’s Gilded Age. Grant is an unforgettable portrait of a colorful era—and the flawed, iron-willed, mysterious giant at its center.
Ulysses S. Grant pursued a tragic war to its very end... Read more >
Jackson: A Novel
Written by Max Byrd
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $11.99
In this sweeping, marvelously written novel, Max Byrd, the celebrated author of Jefferson and Grant, presents a superb portrait of Andrew Jackson, a President remembered for his strong will and tempestuous nature—and regarded as “the most dangerous man in America” by none other than Thomas Jefferson.
He became a... Read more >
Written by Max Byrd
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $11.99
In this sweeping, marvelously written novel, Max Byrd, the celebrated author of Jefferson and Grant, presents a superb portrait of Andrew Jackson, a President remembered for his strong will and tempestuous nature—and regarded as “the most dangerous man in America” by none other than Thomas Jefferson.
He became a... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Jefferson: A Novel
Written by Max Byrd
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $11.99
As he did with Presidents Jackson and Grant in those magnificent novels, Max Byrd now reveals Thomas Jefferson as we’ve never seen before. Byrd transports us to 1784, as Jefferson, the newly appointed American ambassador to the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, arrives in Paris—a city adrift in intrigue... Read more >
Written by Max Byrd
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $11.99
As he did with Presidents Jackson and Grant in those magnificent novels, Max Byrd now reveals Thomas Jefferson as we’ve never seen before. Byrd transports us to 1784, as Jefferson, the newly appointed American ambassador to the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, arrives in Paris—a city adrift in intrigue... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Perla
Written by Carolina De Robertis
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.00
From the author of the international bestseller, The Invisible Mountain, comes Perla, a coming-of-age story based on one of the darkest chapters in Argentinean history.
Growing up as a privileged only child in Buenos Aires, Perla Correa learned early on not to discuss the profession of her naval officer father... Read more >
Written by Carolina De Robertis
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.00
From the author of the international bestseller, The Invisible Mountain, comes Perla, a coming-of-age story based on one of the darkest chapters in Argentinean history.
Growing up as a privileged only child in Buenos Aires, Perla Correa learned early on not to discuss the profession of her naval officer father... Read more >
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Viral
Written by James Lilliefors
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $15.95
"Viral is a world-class thriller." -Vince Flynn
Two brothers race to stop a political mastermind's massive bioterrorist plot in this terrifying espionage thriller.
Written by James Lilliefors
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $15.95
"Viral is a world-class thriller." -Vince Flynn
Two brothers race to stop a political mastermind's massive bioterrorist plot in this terrifying espionage thriller.
In remote pockets of the Third World, a deadly virus is quietly sweeping through impoverished farming villages and shanty towns with frightening speed and potency. Meanwhile, in Washington, a three-word...
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Fallout
Written by Tetsuo Takashima
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $14.95
A first-class letter--containing a single sheet of paper, on which is a diagram for making a nuclear bomb--is anonymously sent to an editor at the Daily Californian.
A political writer at the Washington Post has a message for a "Mr. Curly" awaiting him when he gets to work. Twelve hours later... Read more >
Written by Tetsuo Takashima
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $14.95
A first-class letter--containing a single sheet of paper, on which is a diagram for making a nuclear bomb--is anonymously sent to an editor at the Daily Californian.
A political writer at the Washington Post has a message for a "Mr. Curly" awaiting him when he gets to work. Twelve hours later... Read more >
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Truth Like the Sun
Written by Jim Lynch
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.00
A classic and hugely entertaining political novel, the cat-and-mouse story of urban intrigue in Seattle both in 1962, when Seattle hosted the World's Fair, and in 2001, after its transformation in the Microsoft gold rush.
Larger than life, Roger Morgan was the mastermind behind the fair that made the city famous and... Read more >
Written by Jim Lynch
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.00
A classic and hugely entertaining political novel, the cat-and-mouse story of urban intrigue in Seattle both in 1962, when Seattle hosted the World's Fair, and in 2001, after its transformation in the Microsoft gold rush.
Larger than life, Roger Morgan was the mastermind behind the fair that made the city famous and... Read more >
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Prince of the World
Stories
Written by Christopher Howard
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $16.95
In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poetic grace.
Intelligent People Speaking Reasonably follows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest.
Space is Kindness witnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspective of a local reporter and a... Read more >
Stories
Written by Christopher Howard
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $16.95
In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poetic grace.
Intelligent People Speaking Reasonably follows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest.
Space is Kindness witnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspective of a local reporter and a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Prince of the World
Stories
Written by Christopher Howard
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $16.95
In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poetic grace.
Intelligent People Speaking Reasonably follows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest.
Space is Kindness witnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspective of a... Read more >
Stories
Written by Christopher Howard
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $16.95
In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poetic grace.
Intelligent People Speaking Reasonably follows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest.
Space is Kindness witnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspective of a... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Spoiler
Written by Annalena McAfee
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $15.95
Written by Annalena McAfee
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $15.95
A deft and impressive debut novel—a dark hyper-comedy—set in London in the late 1990s during the height of the newspaper wars just before the dot-com tidal wave.
Honor Tait, a legendary prize-winning war correspondent (called in her day "The Newsroom Dietrich" because of her luminescent beauty) is now in her eighties and...
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Watergate
A Novel
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $15.95
A Novel
Written by Thomas Mallon
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $15.95
A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post Notable Book
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Book of 2012
A 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Finalist
From one of our most esteemed historical novelists, a remarkable retelling of the Watergate scandal, as seen through a kaleidoscope of its colorful perpetrators and investigators.
For all the...
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Basti
Written by Intizar Husain
Translated by Frances W. Pritchett
Introduction by Asif Farrukhi
Format: Trade Paperback, 258 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2012
Price: $15.95
An NYRB Classics Original
Basti is a beautifully written reckoning with the tragic history of Pakistan. Basti means settlement, a common place, and Intizar Husain’s extraordinary novel begins with a mythic, even mystic, vision of harmony between old and young, man and woman, Muslim and Hindu. Then Zakir, the hero, wakes to... Read more >
Written by Intizar Husain
Translated by Frances W. Pritchett
Introduction by Asif Farrukhi
Format: Trade Paperback, 258 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2012
Price: $15.95
An NYRB Classics Original
Basti is a beautifully written reckoning with the tragic history of Pakistan. Basti means settlement, a common place, and Intizar Husain’s extraordinary novel begins with a mythic, even mystic, vision of harmony between old and young, man and woman, Muslim and Hindu. Then Zakir, the hero, wakes to... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Basti
Written by Intizar Husain
Translated by Frances W. Pritchett
Introduction by Asif Farrukhi
Format: eBook, 258 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2012
Price: $15.95
An NYRB Classics Original
Basti is a beautifully written reckoning with the tragic history of Pakistan. Basti means settlement, a common place, and Intizar Husain’s extraordinary novel begins with a mythic, even mystic, vision of harmony between old and young, man and woman, Muslim and Hindu. Then Zakir, the hero, wakes to... Read more >
Written by Intizar Husain
Translated by Frances W. Pritchett
Introduction by Asif Farrukhi
Format: eBook, 258 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2012
Price: $15.95
An NYRB Classics Original
Basti is a beautifully written reckoning with the tragic history of Pakistan. Basti means settlement, a common place, and Intizar Husain’s extraordinary novel begins with a mythic, even mystic, vision of harmony between old and young, man and woman, Muslim and Hindu. Then Zakir, the hero, wakes to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Castle
A New Translation Based on the Restored Text
Written by Franz Kafka
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $8.99
A New Translation Based on the Restored Text
Written by Franz Kafka
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2012
Price: $8.99
Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman
Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published until 1926, two years after his death, The Castle is the haunting tale of K.’s relentless, unavailing struggle with an inscrutable authority in order to gain access to the Castle. Scrupulously following the fluidity and...
