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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie ProulxIn a re... Read More about Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel

A New York Times Editors’ Choice“Entertaining . . . A heady mix of propaganda and paranoia . . . [Szabłowski writes] sensitively . . . not just about food but also its terrible absence.” —The New York Times Book Review“Riveting—a delicious odyssey full of history, humor, and jaw-dropping storie... Read More about What's Cooking in the Kremlin: From Rasputin to Putin, How Russia Built an Empire with a Knife and Fork

From "a master ofverbal burlesque and] a connoisseur of psychological blackmail" (John Updike), Witold Gombrowicz's harrowing and hilarious pastiche of the Gothic novel, nowin a new, authoritative English translation Witold Gombrowicz is considered bymany to be Poland's greatest modernist, and in... Read More about The Possessed

A Holocaust story as fascinating and compelling as it is terrifying and puzzling—a book about aging and war crimes, pain and pride.In the middle of summer, omnipresent heat radiates as a group of elderly people are remembering their youth. The story focuses on two sisters, Leokadia and Helena, who l... Read More about Dr. Josef's Little Beauty

Twelve stories by science fiction master Stanisław Lem, nine of them never before published in English.Of these twelve short stories by science fiction master Stanisław Lem, only three have previously appeared in English, making this the first "new" book of fiction by Lem since the late 1980s. The s... Read More about The Truth and Other Stories

Snuggle up next to the Christmas tree and enjoy this international collection of Christmas traditions from around the world–the perfect book for long wintery evenings!Why do we decorate Christmas trees? Do all children receive gifts on the same day? Come find out as Monika Utnik captures the smells... Read More about Christmas Is Coming: Traditions from Around the World