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  • Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Paperback

    Winner of the Nobel Prize: “For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.” —Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize citation

  • Body of Lies: A Novel

    David Ignatius

    Movie Tie-in Edition

    Paperback

    The novel made into the major motion picture released October 2008, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe: "Clever [and] well-paced, Body of Lies is hard to put down."—John Miller, Wall Street Journal

  • In the Rose of Time: Poems, 1931-1956

    Robert Fitzgerald

    Paperback

    “Bei Dao’s poetry translates well in its bold imagery and implicit and oblique politics, using nature in a symbolism of indirection that is as subtle as it is apparent.” —The Harvard Review

  • The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary

    Robert Alter

    Paperback

    "A modern classic....Thrilling and constantly illuminating."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World

  • The Boy Who Followed Ripley

    Patricia Highsmith

    Paperback

    "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing." —Frank Rich