Previews (15 Listed volumes)
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Fernand Braudel
Out of Italy
In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, “Italy” exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean. Its cultural, economic, and political dominance... -
Abbigail N. Rosewood
If I Had Two Lives
This luminous debut novel follows a young woman from her childhood in Vietnam to her life as an immigrant in the United States – and her necessary return to her homeland. -
Donatella Di Pietrantonio
A Girl Returned
Told with an immediacy and a rare expressive intensity that has earned it countless adoring readers and one of Italy’s most prestigious literary prizes, A Girl Returned marks the English-language debut of an extraordinary literary talent. -
Hiromi Kawakami
The Ten Loves of Nishino
Following The Nakano Thrift Shop, Hiromi Kawakami’s breakout success, comes a new novel full of charm, subtlety, and style by an author whose readership in Japan numbers in the millions. -
Maurizio de Giovanni
Cold for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone
Book 3 in de Giovanni’s bestselling “Bastards of Pizzofalcone” series is set in contemporary Naples during season of cold winds, political hijinks, and murder. A heinous, double murder in a squalid apartment on the wrong side of town pits Inspector Lojacono, Di Nardo and the rest of... -
Antoine Compagnon
A Summer with Montaigne
In his writing and his person, Michel de Montaigne embodied the Humanist ideal. He stands at the start of the French Renaissance in philosophy and literature. But what does Montaigne have to tell us about how to think and live today? In forty short and lively chapters written over a single summer,... -
Laura Barnett
Greatest Hits
The beloved singer-songwriter Cass Wheeler has abandoned retirement for one last chapter in her musical career. -
Anna Gavalda
The Cracks in Our Armor
In this collection of short stories, all written in the first person, Anna Gavalda has created an ode to those who confront their vulnerabilities and admit their weaknesses. These tales illustrate the importance of moving beyond the wounds of the past and embracing love, friendship, forgiveness,... -
Christelle Dabos
The Missing of Clairdelune
Book Two in the Internationally Bestselling Mirror Visitor Quartet
