Village of Stone

Xiaolu Guo

Village of Stone brilliantly evokes the harshness of life on the typhoon-battered coast of China, where fishermen are often lost to violent seas and children regularly swept away. It is the beautiful, haunting story of one little girl's struggle to endure silence, solitude and the shame of sexual abuse,...

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Christopher Clark

One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clark’s riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offer...

The Food and Wine of France: Eating & Drinking from Champagne to Provence

Edward Behr

France remains the greatest country for bread, cheese and wine, and its culinary techniques are the foundation of the training of nearly every serious Western cook and some beyond. In The Food and Wine of France, acclaimed food writer Edward Behr talks with chefs and goes to see top artisanal producers ...

William Shakespeare's Avengers: The Complete Works

Ian Doescher

Assemble, Ye Avengers! All four Avengers films presented as Shakespearean plays in this ultimate treasury for Marvel fans.What if the most epic cinematic franchise of all time had been penned by the greatest playwright of all time? Wonder no more! William Shakespeare's Avengers- The Complete Works reima...