The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

 Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep is the definitive hardboiled detective story and Philip Marlowe the perfect expression of the cynical, world-weary gumshoe. Hired by the crippled General Sternwood to shake off a blackmailer, Marlowe also has to deal with the general's two rebellious daughters, the gamb...

The Square and the Tower

Niall Ferguson

The instant New York Times bestseller.   A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks.   "Captivating and compelling." --The New York Times   "Niall Ferguson has again written a ...