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At the end of the 1700s, French Saint Domingue was the richest and most brutal colony in the Western Hemisphere. A mere twelve years later, however, H...
"Fresh…solid…full of suspense and intrigue." —Publishers Weekly Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established princi...
An American film editor is caught up in Europe’s drug underworld in a “spare and cinematic” character study by the award-winning author of Soldi...
O Magazine's Top 20 Books to Read - Summer 2017 "Best known for his acclaimed Haitian trilogy—All Souls' Rising, Master of the Crossroads and The St...
Seven men tell their stories of survival on the streets of 1980s New York City in this gritty debut novel by the National Book Award–finalist. Like ...
Working With Imagination Craft And Form
In essays and analyses of 12 stories by established writers and students, bestselling author Madison Smartt Bell emphasizes the primary importance of ...
Selected Nonfiction
The definitive collection of nonfiction—from war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writing—from the “legend of American ...
Sophisticated suspense from a National Book Award finalist, about a hypnotist tormented by insomnia and a hunt for a killer: “Excellent...revelatory...
A Biography of Robert Stone
The first and definitive biography of one of the great American novelists of the postwar era, the author of Dog Soldiers and A Flag for Sunrise, and a...
A Vietnam vet returns to rural Tennessee in this acclaimed novel from the National Book Award–nominated author of Save Me, Joe Louis. After the horr...
Twenty-year-old Jesse escapes from his dysfunctional family life by forming a band that embarks on a year-long tour across the South, which enables hi...
One of the most gifted novelists today turns his sharp eye to the radical lines that divide contemporary America. In inner-city Baltimore, a child psy...
Two small-time thieves get in over their heads in this literary thriller from the “virtuoso novelist” and author of Soldier’s Joy (The Philadelp...
An Initiate's Journey into Haitian Vodou
Offers an insider's account of Vodou's private, mystical, interior practice, discussing the author's own initiation and education in the religion....
The Birth Of A New Science In An Age Of Revolution
Mae, a blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas casino, spends her free time wandering the desert with a rifle, or sitting in her trailer obsessively watching ...
Travel Essays from the Hudson Review
The Hudson Review has always had an international focus. Travel and reports from abroad have figured prominently in the journal, including essays on e...
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A Writer's Guide to Structure
Andrew Moore's new book, Blue Alabama, focuses on the American South, depicts the economic, social and cultural divisions that characterize the South ...