The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game
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"The Ball" takes us to the farthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancient...
After Ireland: Writing the Nation from Beckett to the Present
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Ireland is suffering a crisis of authority. Catholic Church scandals, political corruption, and...
Provisional Authority: Police, Order, and Security in India
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Policing as a global form is often fraught with excessive violence, corruption, and even...
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedeker
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Like the bestselling Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, this book is a brilliant reinvention of...
Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How it Got There and Why it Has to Change
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This is a comprehensively updated account of where China stands today, covering the generational...
Serious Sweet: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE. A Sunday Times Book of the Year. A good man in a bad...
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The Phoenix Year
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"...from out of the fire, would rise a new order, like the legend of the phoenix. There would emerge...
The Tusk That Did the Damage
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This is selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Guardian. It was shortlisted for the...
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights: A Novel
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In the near future, after a storm strikes New York City, the strangenesses begin. A down-to-earth...
Earthly Remains
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During the interrogation of an entitled, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who...