Marcel Detienne Rich with implications for the history of sexuality, gender issues, and patterns of Hellenic literary imagining, Marcel Detienne's landmark book recasts long-standing ideas about the fertility myth of...

Andrew Davidson A young man is fighting for his life.Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him.Their journey will have you believing in the impossible.The...

Philip GlazebrookSteeped in a dangerous exotic Orient of the mid-19th century, in a world of mysterious princesses and unconscionable brigands, Captain Vinegar represents Her Majesty's British Expeditionary Force (of one),...

Sheri S. TepperTepper's finest novel to date is set in a post-holocaust feminist dystopia that offers only two political alternatives: a repressive polygamist sect that is slowly self-destructing through inbreeding...

Philip Jose Farmer Wolff-Jadawin, demigod in Earthman's guise and Lord of the World of the Tiers, opened his eyes to see the symbol of the Master-Lord Urizen floating below the...

Lieve JorisThrough her friendship with a Syrian woman and her family, Lieve Joris leads readers into the fascinating world that lies beyond the gates of Damascus, presenting an intimate portrait...

Serhii Plokhy 'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' (David Blair Sunday Telegraph)Located at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine has long been the...

Chaim Potok"REMARKABLE . . . A WONDERFUL STORY."--The Boston GlobeThe father is a high-ranking Communist officer, a Jew who survived Stalin's purges. The son is a "refusenik," who risked his...

Elie Wiesel Gregor—a teenaged boy, the lone survivor of his family—is hiding from the Germans in the forest. He hides in a cave, where he meets a mysterious stranger who...

Bodie Thoene Out of the ashes of the Holocaust, a magnificent novel of indomitable courage and hope.Ellie, a young American photojournalist, finds herself in the Jerusalem of 1947. She unwittingly...

Frederik Pohl Here is a collection of short pieces about the many marvelous discoveries made by humankind using Heechee technology. Each piece includes illustrations by Kelly Freas. First published November...

Anne EnrightAnne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a moving, evocative portrait of a large Irish...