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

only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka

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

adding another layer of architectural style to the dramatic visual history that abounds in the city today

she’s offered a different assignment: find the creator of the obscure

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