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forty years of elephants in flight

we're an eclectic independent publisher located in soho. we publish a little bit of everything—and a lot of interesting fiction, mysteries, history, politics, biography, art, design, & more. welcome to our perspective on books and beyond.

“I was asked one time how I would define a ‘classic’.

A classic is a book that presents you with a narrative so compelling you can’t read it fast enough, and yet is written so beautifully you can’t read it slowly enough. You are caught in limbo. You want to know what will happen, but you never want the journey to end. By the time you leave the book behind, you feel that you are saying goodbye to friends, even enemies, but people that you will remember for a good while to come.”

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