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As human beings, it is our nature that as we mellow in age, we also mellow in our life's pursuits. From chasing dreams and ambitions, we move to seeking the purpose and meaning of life. What is life...

Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2016 by the New York Times, a spirited account of a major intellectual movement of the twentieth century and the revolutionary thinkers who came to shape it, by the...

This critical edition of the epic 1968 Malian novel explores its enduring literary power and the racist plagiarism scandal that devastated its author, the first African winner of France?s prestigious...

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year ?An excellent social history of Egypt?s persistent pathologies, as well as a universal story about the difficulties of changing deeply ingrained societal...

Author: Richard PolskyPublisher: Other PressPublication Date: Apr 26, 2011Number of Pages: 288 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1590514564ISBN-13: 9781590514566

New York Times Book Review: Editor?s Choice Philadelphia Inquirer: Best Book of the Month World Literature Today: Notable Translation of the Year CrimeReads: Best International Crime Novel of the...

Drawing from everyday life in Mexico and abroad, these subtle, unsettling stories probe the boundaries between sanity and madness, life and death, safety and danger. The first story collection from...

Now in paperback, a collection of the legendary filmmaker's short fiction and nonfiction from 1950 to 1966, in which we see the machinations of the creative mind in post-World War II Rome. In a...

?A moving and deeply felt tribute to a love that dared to speak its name." ?André Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name A new edition of the beloved novel most similar thematically to the author?s...

The Anomaly : A NovelAuthor: Hervé Le TellierPublisher: Other PressPublication Date: Nov 23, 2021Number of Pages: 400 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1635421691ISBN-13: 9781635421699

THE BASIS FOR THE NETFLIX FILM STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN, RALPH FIENNES, AND LILY JAMES A literary adventure that tells the story of a priceless buried treasure discovered in England on the eve of...

The Last One: A NovelAuthor: Fatima DaasPublisher: Other PressPublication Date: Nov 23, 2021Number of Pages: 208 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1635421845ISBN-13: 9781635421842

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS A gripping literary mystery in the vein of Bola?o?s Savage Detectives, this coming-of-age novel unravels the fascinating life of a maligned Black author, based...

In this playful yet informative manifesto, a leading plant neurobiologist presents the eight fundamental pillars on which the life of plants?and by extension, humans?rests. Even if they behave as...

A powerful, intimate portrait of grief and radicalization that grapples with the conundrum of having loved ones we no longer recognize. After the death of his wife, a father raises his two sons alone...

I never thought a book about anxious Swedish intellectuals engaged in a philosophical back and forth would grip me like an airport read, but here we are. Jenni recommended this book as 'perfect, just...