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For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying.

Two years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation's faction leader did the same. Tobias's transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again.

In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes listeners on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life.

A lively philosophical guide to time and time management, setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favor of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life.

A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American West.

Peter Grant--cop, magical apprentice, and Londoner to the core--is being forced out of his comfort zone and into the English countryside.

A prizewinning novel of literary horror from war-torn Iraq--and the debut in English of "Baghdad's new literary star" (The New York Times)"Gripping, darkly humorous ...

This modern, comic take on the American Revolution puts the spotlight on the relationship between the brilliant and domineering Ben Franklin and his son William.

A reflection on "freedom" in a dramatic, beautifully written memoir of the end of Communism in the Balkans.

From the beloved best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author--a funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one Baltimore family's foibles, from a boyfriend with a red Chevy in the 1950

In French Lessons, Mayle broadens his horizons and sets out on a gastronomic voyage to every region of France, ready to eat and drink his way into blissful oblivion.

An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that

With Dark harbor, Stuart Woods proved yet again that he is the master of the popular crime novel. Now he outdoes himself with the newest addition to the series.

An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self.

Five very short stories told in a direct and ingenuous style, appealing because of their ease and the familiarity of the situations.