Kurt Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems sent shivers through Vienna’s intellectual circles and directly challenged Ludwig Wittgenstein’s
dominant philosophy. Alan Turing’s mathematical genius helped him break the Nazi Enigma Code during WWII. Though they never met, their lives strangely ...
In a writing career that spanned the 1920s to the 1960s, Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen
created a rich and nuanced body of work in which she enlarged the comedy of manners with her own stunning brand of emotional and psychological ...
The definitive account of the Great War and national bestseller from one of our most
eminent military historians, John Keegan.The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity ...
Frank Sinatra was the best-known entertainer of the twentieth century—infinitely charismatic, lionized and notorious in
equal measure. But despite his mammoth fame, Sinatra the man has remained an enigma. Now James Kaplan brings deeper insight than ever before to the ...
Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner AwardFinalist for the Orange Prize for FictionChosen as a Best Book
of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, Kansas City Star, Financial Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ...
A hilarious, action-packed look at the apocalypse that combines a touching tale of friendship, a
thrilling war story, and an all out kung-fu infused mission to save the world. Gonzo Lubitch and his best friend have been inseparable since birth. They ...
Set amidst the turmoil of contemporary Middle Eastern politics, this vivid and highly-acclaimed novel by
an Egyptian journalist is an intimate look into the lives of Arab women today. Here, a woman who grows up among the Egyptian elite, marries ...
From the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking
drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives.The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, ...