If you’re having a bad day and everythings going crappy, grab a cookie, cake or pie and just be fat and happy. This cookbook, the third in a series of White Trash Cooking, (is the world ready for three?!) follows closely the style and... Read More

As a chef once said, food in Asia is an exercise in tradition, in aesthetics, mutual caring and moral lessons. This delightful book, like the food it describes, was created with tradition, aesthetics and obvious care in mind. The Food of... Read More

This is Harrison’s first full-length novel since Dalva a decade ago; a complex, bittersweet prequel encompassing nearly a century of family history from the American heartland. It is a wondrous tale, larded with earthy humor and... Read More

Since its publication in 1995, Barry McCloud’s Definitive Country: The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Country Music And Its Performers (Perigee Books) has been the most comprehensive and useful guide of its kind on the market. While The... Read More

If you have ever tried to figure out which of the 65 recordings of your favorite jazz artist to purchase you need this book. At 1,500 pages it is not a short read, but the wealth of information here is truly amazing. There are pioneers,... Read More

Lovers of de Beauvoir will adore A Transatlantic Love Affair, a compilation of the philosopher’s love letters to writer Nelson Algren spanning nearly twenty years, with a preface by her adopted daughter, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir. The... Read More

An attempt to review Gotham in a brief notice is as reckless as presenting the Himalayas in a three-minute, two-slide, one-question lecture. This disciplined yet exuberant narrative from the Dutch purchase of Indian land in the 1620s to... Read More

In catalog copy author Larry Watson (Montana 1948) calls "The Promised Land" “an important contribution to the tradition of immigrant literature,” which is certainly true, though Veltfort has gone beyond following tradition here and... Read More