The definitive translation of Plato's Republic**, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy.**“To read The Republic as Bloom means it to be read is to question everything we think we know about government, politics, the best human life, and the nature of truth.” —Adam Kirsch, from the introductionA cornerstone of Western thought, The Republic remains a...

The definitive translation of Plato's Republic**, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy.**“To read The Republic as Bloom means it to be read is to question everything we think we know about government, politics, the best human life, and the nature of truth.” —Adam Kirsch, from the introductionA cornerstone of Western thought, The Republic remains a...

Checkmate Run is a real-life thriller that chronicles the author’s life as a writer, medical student, and physician in Moscow during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s and his struggle to survive the brutal Soviet regime.Alex Loevsky is a medical student and an inspiringly rebellious poet who becomes enmeshed in a battle against the rampant cruelty of the communist rule, where the simple desire to think freely is a crime on par with treason, and being born Jewish is more than a...

A FAMILY AFFAIRJust when Nolan’s looking for a way out of his dead-end job, trouble comes knocking, and he’s back in business. Someone harboring an old grudge has just picked off Joey DiPreta, a crooked businessman with ties to the mob, and the guy’s family is out to get whoever’s responsible. So is Nolan’s family—in Chicago—and they offer him big bucks and a piece of a swank hotel if he’ll protect their interests.Only this time Nolan’s gotten into more than he bargained fo...

Crime fiction readers know Quarry—the ruthless killer for hire from Max Allan Collins’ acclaimed novels—but where did Quarry’s story start? For the first time ever, the bestselling author of Road to Perdition takes us back to the beginning, revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry’s first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful young students is the least of his sins.

Return of a femme fatale.Beautiful, homicidal Julie has one lethal solution for every problem. And now Nolan and his sometime sidekick Jon have gotten on Julie's “problem” list. If a pair of out-of-town hitmen can't do the job, Julie will do it herself.

First there was The Last Quarry, then there was The First Quarry—now look who’s caught in the middle.The enigmatic hit man Quarry—star of seven celebrated novels and an award-winning feature film (The Last Lullaby)—is back in this violent, steamy tale of warring crime families. When two godfathers set out to bump each other off, guess who winds up with both contracts …

This is the last novel in the Fallen Crest universe! Cover and detailed blurb coming soon.

The mob couldn’t kill him, the cops couldn’t catch him, and even time wouldn’t slow him down. Playing dirty isn’t Nolan’s style … until he’s taken to the cleaners.Nolan was still alive; his wounds healed and his money was safe—all $800,000 of it. It was Nolan’s birthday and he was sitting happy.Until Planner was killed. Planner was an eccentric antique dealer; Planner had the $800,000 in his safe. But now he was dead and the money was gone.Caught up...

The mob couldn’t kill him, the cops couldn’t catch him, and even time wouldn’t slow him down.His name’s Nolan … a shrewd, restless tough guy with a talent for theft. With a lifetime of heists under his belt and a bullet in his side, he’s ready to retire. And the Mafia’s eager to help him along … permanently. They think he’s got a debt to pay—with his life. But after all these years, they might be willing to settle for 100 grand instead.Nolan’s got to pull a...

Making a score and settling one at the same time is a rare opportunity, enough to bring Nolan out of criminal retirement … but he didn’t count on the hillbillies or the skyjacker …Nolan is a pro, a veteran of mob vendettas and decades of high-tension heists. All he wants in his advancing middle age is his slice of the American pie—a way to make capitalism pay without having to drag guns into it. But a bullet-scarred life does not come without its bad karma, and Nolan—and his young ...

The first new Nolan novel in thirty-three years from one of the masters of the genre, Max Allan Collins, award-winning author of Road to Perdition.The onetime world-class thief Nolan—now happily gone straight with his own restaurant/nightclub—whisks his longtime lover Sherry off to Vegas for a trip to a wedding chapel and a honeymoon stay. But an eye-in-the-sky security cam at a casino spots Nolan, whose past catches up with him when he’s thought to be cas...