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"Haunting... To read The Good Negress is to fall under a spell, to open a window, to fly." -Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award.

Lianna is an aspiring planetary scientist...and also a kissing addict. This summer, though, she plans to spend every kiss-worthy hour in the lab, studying stars. Hank has never been kissed.

In this “witty, perceptive novel”, a young woman moves to Tokyo and encounters the world of university enrollment and impending adulthood (Elle).

'Exquisite... a classic tour de force' —The New York Times. 'It struggled to keep itself aloft, to gain height.

'Pavese's novels are works of an extraordinary depth where one never stops finding new levels, new meanings' Italo Calvino. June, 1943.

A pair of thematically linked novellas from the acclaimed author of Lizard, Amrita, and Goodbye Tsugumi.

Tibetan Buddhist instructions for developing radical compassion through lojong mind training-from a contemporary master with a gift for making the ancient teachings speak to modern hearts.

A physician turned fugitive must save himself and stop a lethal drug-tampering plot in Robin Cook's most disturbing techno-chiller yet. Anesthesiologist Dr.

A moving and original debut novel. Observant, warm, and extraordinary. "There is an other-worldly quality about the Abrolhos which is beyond the reach of ordinary storytelling.

A 2024 Locus Award Finalist! A 2024 Dragon Award Finalist! A "Best Of" pick in BookBub, Lit Hub, Book Riot, The Mary Sue.

The male hustler who became a superstar...the blonde dancer who dazzled Hollywood as its greatest drag queen...the stunning Adonis who became a stag film stud...they're all stars of Jason Fury

From one of America's greatest men of letters, our sublime master of manners, comes his novel, Her Infinite Variety.

He was destined to rule the world ... A prince is born under a star of good fortune. It is prophesied that he will become the greatest king of all time.

The dramatic story of the rise and collapse of Europe's first great urban experiment.