Nineteen ninety-four marks the centennial of the death of the man George Steiner saluted as "among the the last of the pure storytellers". With public interest sure to intensify, this new biography of Robert Louis Stevenson--already praised for its insight and verve--could not be more timely.

Dorfman portrays, through visceral scenes and powerful intellect, the personal and political maelstroms underlying his migrations from Buenos Aires, on the run from Pinochet's death squads, to safe houses in Paris and Amsterdam, and eventually to America, his childhood home. The toll on Dorfman's wife and two sons, the 'earthquake of language' that is bilingualism, and his eventual questioning of his allegiance to past and party - all these crucibles of a life in exile are revealed with wry and startling honesty. Feeding on Dreams is a passionate reminder that 'we are all exiles', that we are all 'threatened with annihilation if we do not find and celebrate the refuge of common humanity', as Dorfman did during his 'decades of loss and resurrection'.

Examines the influence of Aristotle and Kant on the nineteenth-century social theory of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.

Blending fact and fiction, this darkly comic fable “may be the purest distillation yet of Mr. Ma’s talent for probing the country’s darkest corners and exposing what he regards as the Communist Party’s moral failings” (Mike Ives, The New York Times). Called “Red Guards meet Kurt Vonnegut . . . powerful!" by Margaret Atwood on Twitter, China Dream is an unflinching satire of totalitarianism. Ma Daode, a corrupt and lecherous party official, is feeling pleased with himself. He has an impressive office, three properties, and multiple mistresses who text him day and night. After decades of loyal service, he has been appointed director of the China Dream Bureau, charged with replacing people's private dreams with President Xi Jinping's great China Dream of national rejuvenation. But just as he is about to present his plan for a mass golden wedding anniversary celebration, his sanity begins to unravel. Suddenly plagued by flashbacks of the Cultural Revolution, Ma Daode's nightmare visions from the past threaten to destroy his dream of a glorious future. Exposing the damage inflicted on a nation's soul when authoritarian regimes, driven by an insatiable hunger for power, seek to erase memory, rewrite history, and falsify the truth, China Dream is a dystopian vision of repression, violence, and state–imposed amnesia that is set not in the future, but in China today.

Dreams of the Exile is the final book in the Legacy of Dreams series that began with Dreams of the Many and Dreams of the Few. Dreams of the Exile rejoins actor Brody Murphy in a dream created by his protégé, Casey Wheeler. In an effort to protect his wife and son from a legacy of alcoholism and abuse, Brody remains in Casey’s dream, and while the world mourns his absence, he faces the inevitable destruction of his virtual world. Brody’s wife Vanessa fights to protect her unborn child and her son, and tries to understand why Brody abandoned his family. Casey has forgotten his mentor, and can’t help his father and friends find a way into the dream to bring Brody home. As the dream unhinges, Brody faces the physical manifestation of his dead father. To get out of the dream alive and sane, he must come to grips with his family history. Will Casey remember his mentor? Can Brody’s friends find a way into Brody’s dream before it’s too late? Will Brody be lost to the dream and death? And, can Vanessa forgive her husband’s choice? Dreams of the Exile is a story of struggle, devotion, and love. It’s also a reminder that we are all connected and that we must face our fears to achieve our dreams.