“Lem has an almost Dickensian genius for vividly realizing the tragedy and comedy of future machines.” — The New York Times Book Review These are the stories of Trurl and Klapaucius, master inventors and engineers known as “constructors,” who have created marvels for kingdoms. Friends... Read More →

Santa Claus’s daughter sets out to break a curse and free a magical kingdom—in this beloved New York Times bestseller.   Though few mortals know his secret, Nicholas is more than a jolly red-suited man who visits children all over the world on Christmas Eve—he is also the king of Forever,... Read More →

Full of commentary by the people who knew him best, this exceptional collection of photographs showcases Frank Sinatra like never before.   Nobody packed a visual punch like Frank Sinatra. With his clothes, his gestures, his posture, and even his facial expressions, Sinatra exuded a confident... Read More →

One of the twentieth century’s greatest novelists offers his take on the Spanish classic.   The author of Lolita and Pale Fire was not only a master of fiction but a distinguished literary critic as well. In this collection of lectures, which he delivered at Harvard in the early 1950s,... Read More →

An award-winning, alarming account of “one of the central challenges facing civilization” ( The Washington Post Book World ).   Offering ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, this “well-researched and thought-provoking book” (Minneapolis Tribune) explains how we are using,... Read More →

A “bold and eye-opening” new theory about when Christ lived, set out with “meticulous and clear” scholarship by the author of The Jesus Mystery (Professor Robert Eisenman, author of The New Testament Code ).   While researching the historical Jesus, a Swedish scholar discovered a... Read More →

In post-WWII Italy, an American uncovers a Vatican scandal in a “thriller with deeply serious historical undertones” by a National Book Award winner (Alan Cheuse, NPR, All Things Considered ).   David Warburg, newly minted director of the US War Refugee Board, arrives in Rome at war’s end,... Read More →

Beyond the borders of the Federation, Captain James T. Kirk works to defend an isolated colony on a newly discovered planet, hinder aggression from neighboring alien races, and ensure the survival of a brave new world in this unputdownable Star Trek novel. The tenacious colonists of Belle Terre... Read More →