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From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of *Catfish and Mandala*, a son’s searing memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the course of three wars.

A fascinating narrative of community and faith, Charles London’s Far From Zion explores the Jewish Diaspora in some of the most unexpected places—from Burma to Tehran to Cuba and even Bentonville,

Internationally acclaimed as a playwright, screenwriter, comic, and sardonic commentator on the endless gaffs, absurdities, and the profound and painful misunderstandings that continue to character

A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire.

Robert Carter III, the grandson of Tidewater legend Robert "King" Carter, was born into the highest circles of Virginia's Colonial aristocracy.

If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendy’s combined.

The first-ever detailed account of one of the most notorious cases of police corruption in New York State history, the 1999-2000 FBI investigation into the Schenectady Police Department, resulting

What had happened to my baby brother? How did a tiny little pill shatter our family? When did we first begin losing Pat?

“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.

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

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award.

From the author of The Mercy Seat and Fire in Beulah comes a new collection of six stories troubled by ghosts that linger in our present moment.

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.

'The Kreutzer Sonata' is the self-lacerating confession of a man consumed by sexual jealousy and eaten up by shame and eventually driven to murder his wife.