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Told in series of brief, page-turning scenes, UNDERSTUDIES is an exceptional example of effortless storytelling, with heartbreaking insights and fine-tuned humor.

An ideal book club/reading group choice: young girl enters into a marriage with her much-older voice teacher, vying to escape Brooklyn and discovering a new world shaped by her husband's Old World traditions. A story of family, solitude, and self-expression, where old and new values ripple across generations.

Essential reading for the 2016 Rio Olympics, spanning the '60s through the '80s, THE MARBLE ARMY is a lyrical testament to the families transformed by one of history's most unforgiving regimes.

A contemporary ghost story about a young girl finding independence after losing her parents and being betrayed by friends. Each character is haunted by familiar traditions from fairy tales and horror genres with a gratifying happy ending.

In his latest collection of short fiction, Eric Freeze puts his breathtaking talent in service of witty and heartbreaking storytelling. This is a dazzling mix that feels remarkably effortless, from "The Virgins" (an homage to Rick Moody) to the formally innovative ("Mr. America"). A wild fabulist strain runs throughout, from "The Ice Woman" to "The Invisible Invisible Man, " in which a pair of overalls keeps a husband out of sight. Following h...

A debut collection on the unexpected ties between humans, animals and the bigger world around us. Lenhart writes on the bleeding edge of creative non-fiction -- without ever losing his sense of humor. Or his sense of what's amiss in the world. Relentlessly fun, accessibly innovative and pleasingly smart.

A lyrical memoir of athleticism and spirituality-and the first personal account of professional tree-climbing. A sweeping, muscular story about experiencing heights most readers can only wonder about.

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A dark comic novella about living offline and finding community in the heart of Baltimore.

A first-person exposé of religious tyranny in Europe today. A current bestseller in Poland, shedding light on the limits of freedom in post-Enlightenment Europe.

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A powerful debut novel about modern rural life, where escaping cycles of violence collides with old traditions and beliefs. Both lyrical and unflinching.

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A lyrical memoir of athleticism and spirituality-and the first personal account of professional tree-climbing. A sweeping, muscular story about experiencing heights most readers can only wonder about.

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While waiting for results from a prostate exam, a writer grapples with the proper response to mortality, considering dogs as a metaphor for wandering souls, the scratch of a pen and its connection to eczema, and the contrast between his mother's murder and his own uncertain future.

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