Douglas Burnet Smith’s poems transform echoes of history and myth into moments of insight, bringing the ancient and contemporary worlds of Greece into vivid, often surreal collisionIn Ghost Oracle,a Santorini “dream reader” slices open the poet’s palm with a thorn and analyzes the blood pattern; Athenian subways rattle under the Acropolis as protesters are teargassed in the streets; hooded specters rise out of a blaze of poppies at a café beside a 3,000 ye...

De Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Utopia is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas More.In 1516 More wrote his most famous and controversial work, Utopia, a novel wherein a traveller, Raphael Hythloday (in Greek, his name and surname allude to archangel Raphael, purveyor of truth, and mean "speaker of nonsense"), describes the political arrangements of the imaginary island country of Ut...

The Accident on the A35 returns to the scene of Burnet’s accomplished first novel, The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau--the small French town of Saint-Louis. Detective Gorski is called away from his night of solitary drinking to the site of a car accident that left Bertrand Barthelme, a respected solicitor, dead. When the deceased's rather attractive wife suggests that the crash may not have been an accident, Gorski looks closer into Barthelme's circumspect movements on the...

Sorcha is over the hook-ups and gay haunts of her twenties. At thirty-one what she wants, more than anything, is to have a baby. Then she meets Chris—with her buttoned-up plaid, 90s heartthrob hair, and grand romantic gestures—and things get serious. Fast. Though Sorcha’s friends find her new partner problematic, Sorcha has an explanation for everything.As Chris’s moods turn volatile and Sorcha becomes increasingly isolated, Chris paints an idyllic picture of domestic bliss in Cape...

Utopia is a fascinating novel that tells the story of a visitor to a distant island home to a community that has established an ideal society. Based on harmony, justice, rationality, virtue, equality and the pursuit of happiness, it presents a sharp contrast with sixteenth century England. This remarkable novel is complex, insightful and far-sighted, and has, for centuries, been of great interest to scholars, politicians, writers and readers who have sought to untangle its mysteri...

Man Booker Prize Finalist, LA Times Book Prize Finalist, New York Times Editor’s Choice, and an American Booksellers Association National Indie Bestseller!Named a Best Book of 2016 by Newsweek, NPR, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Sunday Times!In the smash hit historical thriller that the

"A stylish, atmospheric mystery with a startling twist . . . satisfies like Simenon and surprises like Ruth Rendell. I can't give it any higher praise."--NPRManfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, he spends his evenings quietly drinking and surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at a drab bistro in the unremarkable small French town of Saint-Louis. One day, she simply vanishes into thin air and Geo...

Shortlisted for the 2026 Ned Kelly Award for Best International Crime Fiction • Shortlisted for the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction • Longlisted for the 2026 Crime Writers Association Historical Dagger Award • Longlisted for the 2025 Highland Book Prize • A Globe 100 Best Book of 2025Booker-nominated Graeme Macrae Burnet returns to the historic Scotland of His Bloody Project to tell the multi-layered story of madness and mur...

Shortlisted for the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize • Shortlisted for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards • Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize • Longlisted for the 2022 HWA Gold Crown Award • Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary AwardSELECTED BY NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2022The Booker-shortlisted author of His Bloody Project blurs the lines between patient and therapist, fiction and documentation, and realit...

The book presents Burnet's geological and cosmological theory, which he believed explained the creation and history of the Earth in a way that was consistent with the Bible.According to Burnet, the Earth was originally a perfect sphere, but after the fall of Lucifer, a great catastrophe occurred that resulted in the formation of mountains, valleys, and oceans. Burnet argued that this catastrophe was caused by the Earth's internal fires, which had been kindled by the fall of Lucifer, and th...

Rembrandt and His Works by John Burnet is a scholarly examination of the life and artistic legacy of the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn. Burnet, an art critic and historian, offers an in-depth analysis of Rembrandt’s oeuvre, exploring his distinctive style, themes, and techniques while contextualizing his work within the broader spectrum of 17th-century Dutch art.The book begins with a biographical overview of Rembrandt's life, detailing his upbringing in Leiden, his artistic training, an...

The Sacred Theory of the Earth by Thomas Burnet is a groundbreaking work of early scientific and theological thought, blending natural philosophy with spiritual inquiry. First published in the late 17th century, Burnet's treatise attempts to explain the origins, structure, and ultimate destiny of the Earth through careful observation, reason, and a deep engagement with scripture. In this seminal work, Burnet challenges conventional views of the cosmos, offering readers a vision of the Eart...