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World of Wonders (Deptford Trilogy) by Robertson Davies

The manticore by Robertson Davies (A Penguin book)

The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen

Planetside by Michael Mammay

Enormous changes at the last minute ; stories by Grace Paley

Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf

"From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and …

Coming Back Alive by Spike Walker

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go war as the world from tearing itself. To further …

Space Invaders by Natasha Wimmer, Nona Fernández

A dreamlike evocation of a generation that grew up in the shadow of a dictatorship in 1980s Chile

Space …

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (A New Directions Paperbook)

A fascinating existentialist novel, written in the form of a journal, about a historian who moves to a small port …

Golden Bowl by Henry James, Philip Horne, Ruth Bernard Yeazell

The riddle of the sands by Robert Erskine Childers (The Modern Library classics)

Childers's lone masterpiece, THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner …

The chosen by Chaim Potok (A Fawcett Crest book -- Fiction)

Two jewish boys growing to manhood in Brooklyn discover that differences can strengthen friendship and understanding.

The Humans : a novel by Matt Haig

When an extraterrestrial arrives on Earth, his first impressions of humans are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor …

The Wave by Walter Mosley

The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Blue Light" returns to the realm of science fiction. Errol is awakened by …