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Here is our fifth entry in our Reading in Translation Giveaway. You can see the other entries here.

Here is our fourth entry into our Reading in Translation Giveaway. Time is running out for your chance to enter. Just send as short essay about why you read books in translation to josh@portersquarebooks.com by Tuesday March, 22nd, for your chance to win a stack o' books. A short essay much like this:

Why do I read books in translation?

Here is the third entry in our Reading in Translation Giveaway. 

We hear a lot about what is ‘lost’ in translation. But what about what is gained? The work of a translator has a purity of attention at the level of language and the sentence that cannot be obtained by the writer.

Here are the first two entries in our Reading in Translation Giveaway!

One of the persistent, nagging facts about American reading habits is how we read very few books in translation.

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephane Oakes is the 2015 Young Readers Porter Square Book of the Year. (Which means it’s 20% off for the rest of the year.) Bookseller Rebecca who originally nominated The Sacred Lies for the award (and clearly has excellent taste, because she also nominated our adult winner) interviewed Stephanie Oakes.

Uprooted by Naomi Novik (just out in paperback!) is the 2015 Adult Porter Square Book of the Year. (Which means it’s 20% for the rest of 2016.) Bookseller Rebecca, who originally nominated Uprooted for the award, spoke with Naomi Novik over the phone.

Readers of the World! We have counted the votes on Twitter, Facebook, and in the store, and we have our 2015 Porter Square Books of the Year. Both books will be 20% off for the rest of 2016.

The adult Porter Square Book of the Year for 2015 is Uprooted by Naomi Novik!

SPQR by Mary Beard is a quite different kind of history writing. While her subject covers a millennium of ancient Roman history, Beard is not attempting a grand conception of the civilization such as Burkhardt did for the Renaissance or as Jared Diamond has written in more recent years.

Here are some samples from the many great reviews A Year in the Life of a Complete and Total Genius by Stacey Matson has garnered.