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"Mr. Everett is successful combining heart with rage. . . . The novel sears." ―David Bowman, The New York Times Book ReviewThis ‘comic and fierce’ novel spoofs the classic Western format with the dark, incisive humor we’ve come to expect from its acclaimed author. The unlikely narrator through this ... Read More about God's Country

The renowned poet, classicist, and novelist Robert Graves “recounts, in faithful and nicely atmospheric detail” the story of a British soldier during the American Revolution (The Philadelphia Inquirer).Featuring a new introduction by Madison Smartt Bell.A historical novel of the early years of ... Read More about Sergeant Lamb's America: An Historical Novel of the American War of Independence

Robert Graves continues the fictionalized account of the adventures of Sergeant Roger Lamb, an Irish soldier who fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Featuring a new introduction by Madison Smartt Bell.Sergeant Roger Lamb is in a prison camp near Boston with 3,000 other... Read More about Proceed, Sergeant Lamb: The Continuing Saga of Sergeant Lamb During the American War of Independence

"This new and valuable book delves into the 'interior' experience of voodoo, as opposed to the usual outsider focus on ritual and cosmology. In telling the story of her own initiation and painstaking education in voodoo, Beaubrun takes us into the mystical dimensions of this ancient religion."--The ... Read More about Nan Domi: An Initiate's Journey Into Haitian Vodou

Madison Smartt Bell is one of the most versatile and gifted authors of his generation, a literary stylist with few peers. Doctor Sleep, one of his best novels, is a taut and satisfying psychological thriller planned to be released as a major motion picture under the title Hypnotic. Adrian Strother i... Read More about Doctor Sleep

Port-au-Prince, the 1960s: Baby Doc Duvalier and his militia are systematically eliminating opponents to the regime. Daniel Leroy, editor in chief of the opposition newspaper, has just been arrested. To find out what has become of him, his wife, Nirvah, visits Raoul Vincent, secretary of state at th... Read More about Savage Seasons (French Voices)