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From a Man Booker Prize nominee comes this “extraordinarily poignant” novel of growing up in post-WWII England from the author of The Soldier’s Return (The Sunday Telegraph). Set in the 1950s, this absorbing novel follows young Joe Richardson, the son of a British World War II veteran,...

The exiled Cuban author of Thine Is the Kingdom brings to life the mysterious, broken down city of Havana on the eve of the new millennium.   Victorio, a lonely, middle-aged gay man, awakes to the news that the ancient Havana palace where he rents a tiny apartment is scheduled to be demolished, leaving...

Two Irish friends set out to see the world—only to endure the horrors of WWI, in “the best novel of love in the time of war since Cold Mountain” (Howard Frank Mosher, author of A Stranger in the Kingdom).   In 1913, before any rumors of war in Europe, Matthias Wrenn and Con Hatchel—lifelong...

The chief translator and only American to speak with all Nazi defendants at Nuremberg shares his personal encounters with evil in this stirring memoir. At age twenty-two, Richard Sonnenfeldt was appointed the chief interpreter for the American prosecution of Nazi war criminals during the Nuremberg...

A small German town edges into fascism in a novel by the bestselling author of Alone in Berlin: **“**So terribly genuine, it is frightening.”—Kurt Tucholsky It is the summer of 1929, and in Altholm, Germany, a storm is brewing—a local political resistance that could be valuable to Max...

“A very interesting account of the incredibly hard life of a peasant and his family living under the mezzadria system . . . A thoroughly worthwhile book” (Italy Magazine). Growing up under Mussolini’s Fascist regime on a farm near Florence, Pietro Pinti and his family lived under conditions...

An intimate journey through the mind of one of history’s most notorious, scandalous, and still relevant literary figures.   Over two centuries after his death, the writings of the Marquis de Sade remain as controversial as ever. His unceasing championing of absolute freedom, unchecked by laws,...

The author of the international bestseller Becoming Human examines happiness in contemporary life through the ancient philosophy of Aristotle. Jean Vanier has devoted his life to improving the experiences of individuals with intellectual disabilities. Winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize,...

The author of Europa—shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize—delivers “a dense, intriguing novel, prickly and strange” (Financial Times).   Why would a man who has it all suddenly turn his back on the world at the height of his power? A celebrated journalist, broadcaster, and documentary filmmaker,...

An unforgettable tale of everyday heroism and the extraordinary power of illusion among Europe’s Jews during the Holocaust “that has never been surpassed” (Times Literary Supplement). Set in an unnamed Nazi-occupied ghetto, the story centers on an unlikely hero, Jakob Heym, who accidentally...

The award-winning author of A Century of November explores the lives of three women—separated by decades but connected by one house.   When Vera decides to travel to an old house in the New England countryside for a month-long escape from some devastating news about her daughter, she has no idea...

An action-packed international thriller in which a secret agent is caught in the crosshairs of a ruthless organization about to trade in nuclear weapons. Shortly the reunification of Germany, film producer Pero Baltazar thought he was taking a simple Berlin filming assignment. Since barely...

Affairs, white supremacists, impeachment—a political thriller hailed as “Seven Days in May for the twenty-first century” (Clem Chambers, author of The Shrine). US president Steve Wade believes his latest affair, with the beautiful Lucia Benoni, is a secret. When Lucia is murdered under...

A “fascinating novel” of music, passion, and psychological suspense that’s “a thrilling reading experience” (The Seattle Times).   “Music, they say, has charms to soothe the savage breast; but what happens when just the opposite is true? Can music’s intensity incite acts of betrayal...