when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is

After a terrible construction site accident severs Edgar Freemantle’s right arm

A man who can fight--and she knows just the one

with performers who range from awkward amateurs to masters of great grace and cunning

A collection of Middle Eastern folk tales including familiar classics like Aladdin and Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves

The Emergency Format:Hardcover when there’s no personal downsideGeorge Packers gripping fable of imperial collapse illuminates the crises of our times. George Packers bestselling nonfiction work exploring American life has won many prizes, including the National Book Award. With The Emergency, he turns to fiction, bringing us a visionary novel that goes to the nerve center of what it means to live in a time of fracture and upheaval. An empire has collapsed from boredom and loss of faith in itself. In the Emergency