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An imagined history of a real book comes to life in this beautifully written historical novel.

A remarkable achievement and a wonderful film.

An engaging exploration of the history and culture of karaoke through one man's life and experiences.

Timothy Good follows up Above Top Secret with another classic study of the UFO phenomenon.

With a novella, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz takes readers inside Egyptian culture and politics in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Works of mystery and imagination that not only do justice to the author they celebrate, but are fine stories in their own right.

An odd little book, mostly an architectural history, but with some great snippets of social anecdote about one of the great train stations of Europe.

A historical fantasy that's both a pleasure to read and an education in its recreation of two of history's most fascinating cities.

A hefty paperback omnibus collects three volumes of this classic All Ages fight manga.

An absolutely, positively, must-own.