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The Disappeared traces a pair of casualties who emerge from the ashes of separate acts of political violence: a woman whose husband is missing in a terrorist attack, and a man who believes his sister was an unidentified victim of the '93 World Trade Center bombing. As the survivors face their own pr... Read More about The Disappeared

Set over the course of one week in 1906, Divine Sarah reimagines the life of the legendary Sarah Bernhardt. Facing protests from the newly formed League of Decency, the controversial actress is forced to move her latest production from Los Angeles to the new development of Venice Beach. Though this ... Read More about Divine Sarah: A Novel

When Jewher Ilham's father, Ilham Tohti, an internationally known advocate for peaceful dialogue between his Uyghur people and Han Chinese, was detained at the Beijing airport in February 2013 on charges of "separatism," and later sentenced to life in prison, Jewher was forced to begin a new life ap... Read More about Because I Have to: The Path to Survival, the Uyghur Struggle (Broken Silence)

From the author of November 22, 2963 and Mr. Lincoln's Wars"Sophisticated, subtle, nuanced, and very moving." --Rick Moody"Fierce and true, his fiction is unforgettable." --Claire Messud"A moving, illuminating, relevant book." --Joanna Scott In the fall of 1969, on Sunset Boulevard, a giant billboar... Read More about Rejoice the Head of Paul McCartney

A novel of two strangers swept up in the aftermath of two politicized acts of violence. THE DISAPPEARED traces a pair of survivors: a woman whose husband is missing in a San Bernardino-type of attack, and a man who believes his sister was an unidentified victim of the '93 World Trade Center bombing.... Read More about The Disappeared

November 22, 1963 chronicles the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination and explores the intersection of stories and memories and how they represent and mythologize that defining moment in history. November 22, 1963 chronicles the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination and explores the intersection ... Read More about November 22, 1963: A Novel