In The King of Corsica, Michael Kleeberg spins the historic tale of Theodor von Neuhoff, the self-proclaimed King of Corsicans, who began life nearly 900 miles away, the son of a lowly Westphalian aristocrat. He leaves his home to be at the service of the Princess Palatine at Versailles where he receives a polished, royal education. He distinguishes himself as a brilliant conversationalist with a taste for the ladies and for political intrigue. Theodor finds his true calling in state espionage, with missions spanning Europe's countryside. Modern readers will find all the trappings of today's fame and celebrity in Kleeberg's fictionalized portrait of the man who was, and still is, the only king Corsica has ever had.

Life Laid Bare is the compelling chronicle of the Rwandan genocide, told in the first-person narratives of the survivors themselves. Unsentimental and startling in its honesty, this book exposes the brutality and shocking efficiency with which the interhamwe soldiers carried out the murder of an estimated 800,000 of their countrymen. Hatzfeld interviews fourteen survivors from the marshlands of the Bugesera, one of the areas of Rwanda most devastated by the genocide. Ranging in age from twelve to sixty, each survivor tells his or her own unique story—some of near escape and life as refugees; others of a month on the run; and still others of weeks hiding in banana groves, watching from under leaves as their families were slaughtered before their eyes. Underlying each of these diverse narratives is a unifying sense of confusion and heartache, but met always with courage and resilience.