Michael Lewis
"Lewis has such a gift for storytelling...he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons."—Janet Maslin, New York TimesMore
Matthew Stewart
“A colorful reinterpretation. . . . Stewart’s wit and profluent prose make this book a fascinating read.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMore
Mary Roach
"Equal parts Groucho Marx and Stephen Jay Gould, both enlightening and entertaining."—Sunday Denver Post & Rocky Mountain NewsMore
Sean Wilentz
Winner of the Bancroft Award: "Monumental…a tour de force…awesome in its coverage of political events."—Gordon Wood, New York Times Book ReviewMore
Rita Dove
"Rita Dove pulls the ultimate dance trick: she makes it look easy."--New York Times Book ReviewMore
Robert McCrum
"An invaluable portrait, thanks to a broad, incisive and complex understanding of Wodehouse's psyche." --Janet Maslin, New York TimesMore
Isaac Babel, Nathalie Babel, Peter Constantine, Et Al.
"A celebration of literary genius framed by 20th-century tragedy."--Richard Bernstein, New York TimesMore
Geoffrey R. Stone
"A masterpiece of constitutional history, Perilous Times promises to redefine the national debate on civil liberties and free speech."—Elena Kagan, Harvard Law School
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Stephen Greenblatt
"So engrossing, clearheaded, and lucid that its arrival is not just welcome but cause for celebration."—Dan Cryer, NewsdayMore
Tony Eprile
"Throws all its chips in the air like a dazzling Nabokovian trick."—Daphne Merkin, Los Angeles Times Book ReviewMore
David Goodstein
Science tells us that an oil crisis is inevitable. Why and when? And what will our future look like without our favorite fuel?More
Graham Robb
"A brilliant work of social archaeology....A major historical contribution."—Adam Goodheart, The New York Times Book ReviewMore
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Authorized Edition
Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In Lower Manhattan, on a field in Pennsylvania, and along the banks of the Potomoc, the United States suffered the single largest loss of life from an enemy attack on its soil.
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Jessica Shattuck
"Reading Jessica Shattuck's pitch perfect first novel is like spying on the children and grandchildren of John Cheever's Wapshots."—Los Angeles TimesMore
Patricia Highsmith
"Highsmith is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre...than are Doestoevsky, Faulkner and Camus."—Joan Smith, Los Angeles TimesMore