From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the century: a tale of adolescence, transgression,
During his three terms as mayor of Curitiba, Brazil in the 1970s and ‘80s, architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner transformed his city into a global model of the sustainable and livable community. From t
He thought her money was the end of his problems, but it was just the beginning...Young Lord Nevinstoke enjoys every moment of his deep-gaming, hard-drinking, womanizing life. Then his father is kille
Fire and ice cream...Robert Moon risked everything, including his father’s hardwon legacy, to open his beloved Honey Moon Confectionery on the busiest street in Lively St. Lemeston. Now he’s facing ba
Do you see yourself as a linguistic diehard or a trendy radical? Are you more afraid of being mocked for ignorance or of being laughed at for pedantry? How far should we worry about offending people b
No art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wrote Marianne Moore. "Many more people agree they hate poetry," Ben Lerner writes, "than can agree wha
For general readers, Lerner, who has degrees in history and library science from Columbia U., provides a brief and selective history of libraries and how people have collected and organized records of
“Lerner [is] among the most promising young poets now writing.”—Publishers Weekly“Sharp, ambitious, and impressive.” —Boston ReviewNational Book Award finalist Ben Lerner turns to science once again f
Here is an intimate look at a time when you could turn an idea into a successful publishing house and stay independent. Tenacity Well Directed is Harry Lerner's story, about a publishing generation we
From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the century: a tale of adolescence, transgression,
