• Ataleofgods,kings,immortalfame,andthehuman

  heart,TheSongofAchillesisadazzlingliterary

  featthatbrilliantlyreimaginesHomersenduringmasterwork,TheIliad.

  Anaction-packedadventure,anepiclovestory,amarvelously

  conceivedandexecutedpage-turner,Millersmonumentaldebutnovelhas

  alreadyearnedresoundingacclaimfromsomeofcontemporaryfictions

  brightestlights—andfansofMaryRenault,BernardCornwell,Steven

  Pressfield,andColleenMcCulloughsMastersofRomeserieswill

  delightinthisunforgettablejourneybacktoancientGreece

  intheAgeofHeroes.
  The Song of Achilles
• WhenWeCeasetoUnderstandtheWorldisabook

  aboutthecomplicatedlinksbetweenscientificandmathematicaldiscovery,

  madness,anddestruction.FritzHaber,AlexanderGrothendieck,WernerHeisenberg,

  ErwinSchrödinger—thesearesomeofluminariesintowhosetroubled

  livesBenjamínLabatutthruststhereader,showingushow

  theygrappledwiththemostprofoundquestionsofexistence.

  Theyhavestrokesofunparalleledgenius,alienatefriendsand

  lovers,descendintoisolationandinsanity.Someoftheir

  discoveriesreshapehumanlifeforthebetter;otherspave

  thewaytochaosandunimaginablesuffering.Thelines

  areneverclear.Atabreakneckpaceandwith

  awealthofdisturbingdetail,Labatutusestheimaginative

  resourcesoffictiontotellthestoriesofthe

  scientistsandmathematicianswhoexpandedournotionsofthe

  possible.
  When We Cease to Understand the World
• Atahualpa,thelastIncaemperor,arrivesinEuropeinthe

  shipsstolenfromColumbus.Hefindsacontinentdivided

  byreligiousanddynasticquarrels,theSpanishInquisition,Luthers

  Reformation,capitalism,themiracleoftheprintingpress,endless

  warmongeringbetweentherulingmonarchies,andconstantthreatfrom

  theTurks.Butmostofallhefindsdowntrodden

  populationsreadyforrevolution.Fortunately,hehasarecent

  bestsellerasaguidebooktoacquiringpower—MachiavellisThePrince.

  ThestageissetforaEuroperuledby

  IncasandAztecs,andforagreatwarthat

  willchangehistoryforever.
  Civilizations: A Novel
• WhenMelisandeStokes,anexpertinlinguisticsandlanguages,accidently

  meetsmilitaryintelligenceoperatorTristanLyonsinahallway

  atHarvardUniversity,itisthebeginningofa

  chainofeventsthatwillaltertheirlivesand

  humanhistoryitself.Theyoungmanfromashadowy

  governmententityapproachesMel,alow-levelfacultymember,with

  anincredibleoffer.Theonlycondition:shemustsign

  anondisclosureagreementinreturnfortheratherlarge

  sumofmoney.TristanneedsMeltotranslatesome

  veryolddocuments,which,ifauthentic,areearth-shattering.They

  provethatmagicactuallyexistedandwaspracticedfor

  centuries.Butthearrivalofthescientificrevolutionand

  theAgeofEnlightenmentweakeneditspowerandendangered

  itspractitioners.Magicstoppedworkingaltogetherin1851,at

  thetimeoftheGreatExhibitionatLondon’sCrystal

  Palace—theworld’sfaircelebratingtheriseofindustrialtechnology

  andcommerce.Somethingaboutthemodernworld"jams"the

  "frequencies"usedbymagic,andit’suptoTristan

  tofindoutwhy.
  The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
• Eachdisparateobjectdescribedinthisbook—aCasparDavidFriedrich

  painting,aspeciesoftiger,avillainRome,

  aGreeklovepoem,anislandinthePacific—shares

  acommonfate:itnolongerexists,exceptas

  thedeadendofapapertrail.Recallingthe

  worksofW.G.Sebald,BruceChatwin,andRebecca

  Solnit,AnInventoryofLossesisabeautifulevocation

  oftwelvespecifictreasuresthathavebeenlostto

  theworldforever,andthat,takenasawhole,

  openmesmerizingnewvistasofhowtothinkabout

  extinctionandloss.
  An Inventory of Losses
• ThemostdangerousmaninHitlerscabinet,ReinhardHeydrichwas

  knownasthe"ButcherofPrague."Hewasfeared

  byallandloathedbymost.Withhiscold

  Aryanfeaturesandimplacablecruelty,Heydrichseemedindestructible—untiltwo

  men,aSlovakandaCzechrecruitedbythe

  Britishsecretservice,killedhiminbroaddaylighton

  abustlingstreetinPrague,andthuschangedthe

  courseofHistory.Whowerethesemen,arguablytwo

  ofthemostdiscreetheroesofthetwentiethcentury?

  InLaurent-Binetscaptivatingdebutnovel,wefollowJozefGabcik

  andJanKubišfromtheirdramaticescapeofNazi-occupied

  CzechoslovakiatoEngland;fromtheirrecruitmenttotheirharrowing

  parachutedropintoawarzone,fromtheirstealth

  attackonHeydrichscartotheirownbrutaldeath

  inthebasementofaPraguechurch.
  HHhH
• TheRemainsoftheDayisa1989novelby

  theNobelPrize-winningBritishauthorKazuoIshiguro.Theprotagonist,

  Stevens,isabutlerwithalongrecordof

  serviceatDarlingtonHall,astatelyhomenearOxford,

  England.In1956,hetakesaroadtripto

  visitaformercolleague,andreminiscesabouteventsat

  DarlingtonHallinthe1920sand1930s.Butlurking

  inhismemoryaredoubtsaboutthetruenature

  ofLordDarlingtons"greatness,"andmuchgraverdoubtsabout

  thenatureofhisownlife.
  The Remains of the Day
• On21June1922,CountAlexanderRostov–recipientof

  theOrderofSaintAndrew,memberoftheJockey

  Club,MasteroftheHunt–isescortedout

  oftheKremlin,acrossRedSquareandthroughthe

  elegantrevolvingdoorsoftheHotelMetropol.
  A Gentleman in Moscow