Blaine Harden A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived.North Korea is isolated and...

Antonio Munoz Molina From the author of Sepharad comes an internationally best-selling novel set against the tumultuous events that led to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.October 1936. Spanish...

Claudia Roth Pierpont Here, at last, is the story of Philip Roth's creative life. Roth Unbound is not a biography--though it contains a wealth of previously undisclosed biographical details and...

Umberto Eco The perfect gift for book a beautifully designed hardcover in which two of the world's great men have a delightfully rambling conversation about the future of the book...

Howard Johnson Shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker PrizeSet in the future - a world where the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited -...

Philip Glass Words Without Music is the long-awaited memoir by composer Philip Glass, often described by The New York Times as one of the most prolific and influential composers of...

Charles Bukowski Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and...

Simon Scarrow It is 1565 and the war between Islam and Christianity has raged for centuries. The Ottoman Empire's power threatens to engulf Europe. But first Malta must be taken,...

Sam Byers A debut novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattleIdiopathy (ɪdɪˈɒpəθi): a disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.Idiopathy: a novel as unexpected...

Norman Lebrecht The record industry has fallen into the hands of arms producers, music has lost control of its own production. Lebrecht traces the history of the classical music business....

Mary Jane Phillips-Matz Drawing on numerous original documents provided by Verdi's descendants, the Carrara-Verdi family, this long awaited biography presents a reexamination of Verdi's life not only as a composer,...

Edited by Paul Gruber This practical and up-to-date Guide to Recorded Opera , the only such volume authorized by the Metropolitan Opera Guild, offers a wealth of invaluable information for...