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Title	Author	Description
Chess Story Chess Story	Stefan Zweig Zweig	A new English translation of the international psychological thriller Schachnovelle. Contributors: Peter Gay , Joel Rotenberg
The Post-Office Girl Post-Office Girl	Stefan Zweig Zweig	Zweig's posthumously discovered novel, about the rise and fall of a provincial Austrian girl invited to the Swiss Alps by her wealthy American aunt, is available in English for the first time. Contributors: Joel Rotenberg
Journey Into the Past Journey Into the Past	Stefan Zweig Zweig	Ludwig, an Austrian, is in Mexico when WWI breaks out. Unable to return home, he sets aside an unhappy love affair with the wife of his employer and builds a new life abroad. Years later he returns to Europe to find his beloved a widow. “Journey Into the Past is vintage Stefan Zweig—lucid, tender, powerful and compelling.” —The Independent Contributors: André Aciman , Anthea Bell
Confusion Confusion	Stefan Zweig Zweig	“Confusion is one of [Zweig’s] finest and most exemplary works…a perfect reminder of, or introduction to, Zweig’s economy and subtlety as a writer.” —Robert Macfarlane, The Times Literary Supplement Contributors: George Prochnik , Anthea Bell
The Chrysalids Chrysalids	John Wyndham Wyndham	Like everyone else in the nuclear-wasted world he lives in, David is loyal to his kind and on the watch for anyone who deviates from the ideological or genetic norm. But what would happen if it were revealed that David himself was a mutant? Wyndham's novel is a thrilling science fiction classic for teens and adults alike. Contributors: Christopher Priest
Mud Pies and Other Recipes Mud Pies and Other Recipes	Marjorie Winslow Winslow	Sure to be the only imaginary cookbook you'll ever need, whether you're entertaining garden sprites, feeding a regiment of toy soldiers, or whiling away the afternoon. “When I was about five years old, Granny gave me my first cookbook—Mud Pies and Other Recipes. Even though it was a pretend cookbook, it somehow persuaded me that real cooking must be fun.” —Sara Moulton Contributors: Erik Blegvad
Bush's Fringe Government Bush's Fringe Government	Garry Wills Wills	One of America's foremost historians looks at the state of American democracy and the influence of the Catholic Church.
Stoner Stoner	John Williams Williams	John Williams’s Stoner is something rarer than a great novel — it is a perfect novel, so well told and beautifully written, so deeply moving, that it takes your breath away. — MThe New York Times Book Review Contributors: John McGahern
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton New York Stories of Edith Wharton	Edith Wharton Wharton	The first collection to focus on what was perhaps Edith Wharton's greatest and most enduring subject, her native city. Contributors: Roxana Robinson
The Fountain Overflows Fountain Overflows	Rebecca West West	Seen through the merciless, loving eyes of young Rose, one of four musically gifted siblings, Wests 1957 novel is a vital, witty, and devastating family portrait. Contributors: Andrea Barrett