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In the spring of 1820, on the Aegean island of Melos, an unsuspecting farmer was digging for marble building blocks when he unearthed the statue that would come to be known as the Venus de Milo.

The Circle moves the reader forward to the year 2029, just before the start of the world's greatest holocaust, called the Battle of Armageddon.

The Collected Stories – a stunning volume of William Trevor's unforgettable short stories.

Set after the events of Everfair, espionage, betrayal, and political intrigue follow, when the estranged son of a founding member of Everfair visits his sister in Zanzibar.

"A skilled blend of insight...and emotion" (Publishers Weekly), this memoir resonates with anyone who has ever tried to lose weight.

Winner of the National Book Award. The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O’Connor’s monumental contribution to American fiction.

The End of the World isn't the End of the Story. Sixty-three souls find themselves plucked from heaven and thrust into an experimental new universe.

When Herb Kent was a straight-A college student in the 1940s, his white professor told him, "You have the best voice in class, but you'll never make it in radio because you're a Negr

A former public defender testifies to the vivid human suffering at the heart of America's criminal justice system.

This novel tells the story of Alfred Cameron and his family, who enjoy a life of luxury.

A funny and incisive Korean family coming-of-age novel in stories about a 12-year-old boy who moves with his mother and sister from Korea to work at their father's Asian gift shop in a New Jer

A long-forgotten Beat poet brought back to life in utterly fantastical fashion.

Peer inside the mind of violent child molester Nathanael Bar-Jonah.

He lives deep in the forest in the time of King Wenceslas, in a village older than record.

In The Devil’s Horn, Michael Segell traces the 160-year history of the saxophone—a horn that created a sound never before heard in nature, and that from the moment it debuted has aroused both posit