Divine Payback

June 15: On this day in 1300, Dante was made one of the six Priors of Florence, the top political office in the city-state.

Euphoria

A vivid new novel, born from the true story of Margaret Mead’s loves and losses in New Guinea.

The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar

An ailing war historian seeking companionship buys a tawny owl named Mumble. So begins Martin Windrow’s soaring memoir of fifteen years with his gentle, shoelace-chewing, touchingly loyal pet. Think “My Dog Tulip” or “Ring of Bright...

Midnight in Europe

Hemingway meets Le Carre as an eclectic array of freedom fighters try to outwit Fascists in the heat of the Spanish Civil War. Espionage virtuoso Alan Furst winds up the suspense in his taut, intercontinental spy story.