"Pick Up Game" is a unique collection of short stories, with each one picking up where the previous one left off, and written by a different author and from a different character’s perspective. While occasionally confusing because of... Read More

Janet Frame preferred her solitude to mingling with the literati, but by the time she died in 2004 she had long since secured her reputation as an author of import. Frame was regarded by many as the best New Zealand writer of her... Read More

Survival and human resourcefulness are explored in this entertaining cross section of life in Angola. José Eduardo Agualusa presents a novel that turns self-preservation and fear into a prismatic exploration of survival. "A General... Read More

With his moving, moody novel, Holland ensures that one particular place, time, and people will not be entirely lost. An award-winning novelist in his native Australia, Patrick Holland makes his way to America with a new edition of his... Read More

Want to know how to achieve pure self-improvement? Watch your infant child, says Kuwana Haulsey in her inspirational book. Watching a child open a gift when they are still young enough to be enthralled by the box it came in reminds one... Read More