Bücher veröffentlicht von Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

In "Those Nights," the author writes: "We who could get / somewhere through / words through / sex could not." Exploring their nexus, this book examines this deeply adventurous poet's most powerful and achieved work, an emotionally naked, fearlessly candid journey through many of the central axes, the central conflicts, of his life, and ours.

When Christian Brechneff first set foot on the Greek island of Sifnos, it was the spring of 1972 and he was a twenty-one-year-old painter searching for artistic inspiration and a quiet place to work. This narrative is about his relationship to Sifnos, writing with warmth about its residents and the house he bought in a hilltop farm village.

Neutrinos may hold the secrets to the nature of antimatter and what the universe was like just seconds after the big bang, but they are extremely elusive and difficult to pin down. The author takes us on a journey into the shadowy world of neutrinos and the lives of those who chase them.

Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature, has returned with his first novel, an affecting, tender parable about post-war life in Sierra Leone. At the centre of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war.

Offers an epic portrayal of Israel's martial culture - of Sparta presenting itself as Athens. From Israel's founding in 1948, this book shows a leadership class engaged in an ideological struggle over whether to become the "light unto nations," as envisioned by the early Zionists, or to embrace an ideology of state militarism.

In 1942, a timid, inexperienced twenty-one-year-old Lord reports to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to enlist in the US Army. This title tells the story of this young man's exposure to the terrors, dislocations, and horrors of armed conflict.

Includes stories about the author's encounters, relationships, and explorations - and what he has learned along the way - that give us a perspective on winemaking tradition and what threatens it.

The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature. This title offers a collection of five hundred poems that provides an account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE-1200 CE). It also introduces the work that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry.

It is a rare and remarkable soul who becomes legendary during the course of his life by virtue of great service to others. Sri K Pattabhi Jois was such a soul, and through his teaching of yoga, he transformed the lives of countless people. The author paints a unique portrait of a unique man, revealed through the accounts of his students.