Grandville

Bryan Talbot

"Bryan Talbot s most recent book, Alice in Sunderland, was hailed by the Guardian as one of the ten best graphic novels ever and acclaimed by critics all over the world. Before that, at the start of his career, he created the first ever steampunk graphic novel, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright. n Gran...

See No Evil (Syriana)

Robert Baer

"Robert Baer was considered perhaps the best on-the-ground field officer in the Middle East." --Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker "Robert Baer [was] one of the most talented Middle East case officers of the past twenty years." --Reuel Marc Gerecht, The Atlantic Monthly In See No Evil, one of the CIA''s...

Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Wife

Sigrid Undset

"Kristin Lavransdatter"interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century. The trilogy, however, is more than a journey into the past. Undset's own life her familiarity with Nor...

The Speaker of Mandarin: (A Wexford Case)

Ruth Rendell

The twelfth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Wherever Reggie Wexford goes, death and intrigue are close on his heels. Having just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in China, Wexford finds himself haunted by memories of the old woman with bound feet w...