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This haunting, elegiac novel captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy—particularly Ferrara—in the last summers of the thirties, focusing on an aristocratic Jewish family moving imperceptibly towar

“A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank). In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D.

When award-winning writer and biologist Bernd Heinrich became the unwitting—but doting—foster parent of an adorable gosling named Peep, he was drawn into her world.

'Wonderful story which transfixes you from the start – this is the first novel I've read by this author but definitely not the last.

On an island in the shape of a teardrop live two sisters. One is admired far and wide, the other lives in her shadow. One is the Oracle, the other is destined for the Underworld.

Into the insular town of 1930s Ferrara, a new doctor arrives. Fadigati is hopeful and modern, and more than anything wants to fit into his new home.

An anthology of Asian diasporic writers musing on the notion of “home.” “Bold and devastating . . .

Winner of the 2023 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Shortlisted for the 2023 Indigenous Voices Awards. Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.

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

Haight Words presents an anthology of thoughtful poetry from individuals sharing their experiences of homelessness on one of the most famous streets in one of the wealthiest cities in the world: Sa

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.