The Crystal FrontierFrom Mexicos preeminent man of letters, a Balzacian novel in nine masterly stories (Vanity Fair) that explores the uneven and painful meshing of two North american cultures (Washington Post Book World). A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. Translated by Alfred Mac Adam.

When the Nazis arrive

I could hardly bear to put it down

The acclaimed and essential work by Scott Biddle and Jean Johnson has been updated to reflect the recent financial crisis and the sweeping legislation passed by the Obama administration in its first years

and that the spiritual offerings of yesteryear no longer help us thrive

A deluxe gift edition of L

as brilliant as Virginia Woolf

some come to borrow companionship

not angry or powerful

at the end of the day

They all have secrets

and Jordan receive anonymous photos of an old carnival inviting them back to the asylum

Audacity does not shy away from Obama’s failures