Before Sartre, before Beckett, before Robbe-Grillet, Maurice Blanchot created the new novel, the ultimate post-modern fiction. Written between 1932 and 1940, Blanchot's first novel, here brilliantly translated by Robert Lamberton, contains all the...

Once upon a time, a man chose love.Do you believe you can know someone inside and out? Know every piece of them. Their passion, their pain, their happiness and grief?Do you think it’s possible there’s one person out there that’s meant...

  “Looking for a good translation of the Aeneid? I recommend McGill and Wright’s edition…. A stunning, highly readable text.” ―Rick RiordanRome’s epic origin story, brilliantly rendered in a vivid, rhythmic...

What is power, and what is the crowd? How do the two relate to each other? Crowds and Power is a striking and unclassifiable study of how human beings behave in groups and how collective forces shape history. Rejecting conventional sociology,...

Vividly bringing to life the rift between the old world and the new, Cousin Bette is an incisive study of vengeance, and the culmination of The Human Comedy.      

Mary Panton walls up her desires in a beautiful villa high up in the hills above Florence, as she calmly contemplates her disastrous marriage. But a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that shatters her serenity. She turns for help...

When the King of Hiden sends thirteen heroes to vanquish Clevatess, the powerful King of Dark Beasts dwelling on Luna Mountain, the greatest of all monsters rises to meet the threat to his domain. After effortlessly dispatching the heroes, Clevatess...

Anyone can tell that continuing the war is ludicrous. The question now is not whether to but how to end the war. Colonel Lergen has been working on brokering a truce in Ildoa for some time now, yet peace seems farther than ever. Bringing the war to a...

Endless training, gruelling marches, and the frenzy of battle against more enemies than can be counted - such is the life of a marine in the Malazan Empire. Year by year, month by month, week by week, day by day, moment by moment. Skills are honed to...

Tanya has won victory after victory on the battlefield, and still the Empire hurtles toward its destruction. Zettour stands at the helm, a warped sense of patriotism guiding his actions as he prepares the stage. His only goal now is to secure the best...

Time is not on the Empire’s side. It has become painfully clear that simply winning battles will not be enough to turn the tide of this war. Having no interest in sharing the fate of her country, Tanya immediately decides to do the only thing that...

When Zettour tries his best to caution against the reckless plan to strike at theFederation’s vital resource fields, he soon finds himself “promoted” to a fielddeployment on the eastern front. Meanwhile, as the ill-advised Operation...

The Federation’s Offensive―Rising Dawn. The Federation has been steadily preparing itself for the decisive battle. As the moment of truth rapidly approaches, the Empire which has long been on the offensive remains unaware of the threat. In these...

he Salamander Kampfgruppe has finally come off the front lines and is headed back west for much-needed R & R. The troops are more than ready to enjoy some peace and quiet after many long days flying missions on the eastern front. What they...

Contrary to her dearest wish to find a safe place and stay there, Major Tanya von Degurechaff continues to wade through the fog of war with her troops on land, at sea, and in the air. After many battles with the increasingly numerous enemies of the...

New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson continues his beloved Malazan Book of the Fallen―the iconic epic fantasy series that has sold more than 1.5 million copies―with the second book in the thrilling Tales of Witness series.Return to the...

Winter is roughly two months out. The time limit has been set.But the Empire's military leaders are fiercely divided on what to do. Should they conduct aggressive offensives in hopes of a break through, or should they weather the winter and use that as a...

A devil wanders the battlefield in the guise of an adorable young child and her name is Tanya Degurechaff! After returning from the sandy southlands, Tanya receives an incredibly suspicious order from headquarters to embark on a training exercise. In...

None of the soldiers on the front can remember the last time they had a decent chance to eat, drink, or sleep―and yet the battle rages on. Hoping for a victory that will do little more than delay defeat, Tanya and her mages rush to the battlefield. They...

Tanya and the 203rd have done the unimaginable and delivered an aerial assault on the capital of the Russy Federation almost as suddenly as the new belligerent attacked. What’s more, they have obliterated the international volunteer mage forces...