The author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Russian Debutante's Handbook and Absurdistan, Shteyngart has risen to the top of the fiction world. Now, in his hilarious and heartfelt new novel, he envisions a deliciously dark tale of America's dysfunctional coming years--and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink.

Part noir, part psychedelic romp, and all Pynchon, Inherent Vice spotlights private eye Doc Sportello who occasionally comes out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era, as the free love of the 1960s slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A. fog.

Powell's debut novel unwinds the tangle of 20th-century history with wit, humor, and humanity as it tells a story of family, war, politics, a second chance at love, and one man's quest for himself.

Published to coincide with the 2,500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon, this comprehensive and engrossing treatment captures the drama of that day and the ramifications it has had throughout Western history.

Almost a thousand years ago, a city flourished along the Mississippi River near what is now St. Louis. Built around a sprawling central plaza and known as Cahokia, the site has drawn the attention of generations of archaeologists--a site that expert Pauketat brings vividly to life.

The definitive New York Times bestseller that has "essentially cornered the movie guide market" (The New York Times Book Review). In addition to more than 17,000 capsule reviews, the 2011 edition also includes more than 350 new entries.

In this wide-ranging history, Richard Bernstein explores the connection between sex and power as it has played out between Eastern cultures and the Western explorers, merchants, and conquerors who have visited them. This illuminating book describes the historical and ongoing encounter between these travelers and the morally ambiguous opportunities they found in foreign lands. Bernstein's narrative teems with real figures, from Marco Polo and his investigation into the harem of Kublai Khan; the nineteenth-century American missionary Isabella Thoburn and her efforts to stamp out the "sinfulness" of the Mughal culture of India; Gustave Flaubert and his dalliances with Egyptian prostitutes; to modern-day sex tourists in Southeast Asia, as well as the women that they both exploit and enrich. Provocative and insightful, The East, The West, and Sex is a lucid look at a pervasive and yet mostly ignored subject.

Part of a new series of graphic novel adaptations of classics for young people.

Part of a new series of graphic novel adaptations of classics for young people.

Part of a new series of graphic novel adaptations of classics for young people.