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Telling of the fascinating true story in history of the Tobacco Wars, in Kentucky, through the eyes of the actual participants.

Best-selling American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön presents a friendly and encouraging guide to spiritual practice for all those who want to take up the path of the bodhisattva-one who aspires to li

The use of child soldiers in the Sudan Civil War has shattered the accepted understanding of why children join armies.

A love song to an American icon, this is the first full-length biography of Carly Simon, written by an acclaimed music journalist who has known her for decades.

A family epic blending mystery and romance, set in the luxurious trappings of today's London and the turbulent economies of Eastern Europe.

Resuscitation of a Hanged Man is Denis Johnson's most fully realized novel to date, an enthralling and shattering reading experience, which probes the mysteries of faith, hope and love.

At the beginning of Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke’s novel A Moment of True Feeling, Gregor Keuschnig awakens from a nightmare in which he has committed murder, and announces, “From today on, I sh

What does jazz mean 20 years into the 21st century? Has streaming culture rendered music literally meaningless, thanks to the removal of all context beyond the playlist?

One of the major literary works by Andy Warhol, the subject of the new Netflix documentary The Andy Warhol Diaries - executive produced by Ryan Murphy.

Hand-picked, pressure-tested, and full of astronaut gung ho, the young pilots of Eye of the Viper are poised for the toughest assignment of their career: the exhaustive six-month training course at

An engrossing and eloquent study of the history and ethics of animal experimentation. The heart of a pig may soon beat in a human chest. Sheep, cattle, and mice have been cloned.

An odyssey through the mind and memory of a washed-up writer, from one of Europe’s most provocative novelists, Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke.

The Milkweed Ladies, the memoirs of poet Louise McNeill, is written out of deep affection for and intimate knowledge of the lives of rural people and the rhythms of the natural world.

Michael Higgins broadens our understanding of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by bringing science, engineering, and technology together with ancient documentation and archaeological findings

Battle-tested project leader at a PR firm and slippery bachelor, Sakuma sees himself as a player. His smug self-regard doesn't seem entirely unfounded, both in love and at work.