The author of The People Are Going to Rise Upon Your Shore turns his keen eye to our current crisis of masculinity using his upbringing in a rural, patriarchal home as an entry point to consider the p
A bracing look at how Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and other Silicon Valley power players are using their influence across the globe to encroach upon our civil landscape In an era when faith in
Award-winning Constitutional Law historian, Lawrence Goldstone examines case-based evidence to reveal the court's longstanding support for white supremacy (often under the guise of "states rights") an
Do you fear for our democracy? Are you perplexed by Trumpism? Are you ready to throw in the towel? Don’t! This is your guidebook to reassembling our hyperpolarized American society in six (not-so-easy
NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Neely’s naturalist, erudite work will appeal to readers of Thoreau’s Walden and Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire." ―Publishers Weekly"Rich in little-known history. . . Up the Santa
“[Coleman] argues that the algorithms of machine learning — if they are instilled with human ethics and values — could bring about a new era of enlightenment.” —San Francisco ChronicleThe Age of Intel
From the international bestselling author of Einstein’s Dreams comes a deeply compelling story about the lives of a Cambodian family—set between 1973, just before the Cambodian Genocide by the Khmer R
“Sheehan cuts right to the heart of the relationship between Silicon Valley and China: the tangled history, the current tensions, and the uncertain future. The Transpacific Experiment is a must-read.”
The new novel from the author of Upstate, one of five books selected by the National Book Foundation for the inaugural Literature for Justice Program: a literary thriller about one woman's desperate s
This captivating history of the Burning Man festival and its promise for America's future proposes that what Florence was to the Renaissance, Black Rock City is to an unfolding cultural epoch that rem
Norco ’80 is a gripping true crime account of one of the most violent bank heists in US history. Norco ’80 tells the story of how five heavily armed young men―led by an apocalyptic born-again Christia
A skillful hybrid of true crime and social history that examines how popular culture, the media, and the psychological profession portrayed crimes against gay men in the years leading up to the Stonew
One of the year's most anticipated novels in translation, written by an acclaimed Chinese author whose entire body of work has been banned by his home country, and published in the thirtieth-anniversa
"Pete Fromm is a powerful, lucid writer, a perfect guide to the unpredictable rivers and people of the interior West, to their deep channels and breathtaking turns." ––Jess Walter, author of Beautiful
A thoughtfully researched, movingly presented dual-biography of two iconic American writers, each trying to find the ideal friend with whom they could share their journey through our imperfect world.A
From acclaimed author and ardent bibliophile Stuart Kells comes an exploration of the quest to find the personal library of the world’s greatest writerMillions of words of scholarship have been expend
This engrossing work of literary nonfiction is a deep dive into our surroundings--cities, countryside, and sprawl--exploring change in the meaning of place, and reimagining our American landscape Fol
“In The Lost Prince Michael Mewshaw sets down one of the most gripping stories of friendship I’veever read.” —Daniel Menaker, author of My Mistake: A Memoir Pat Conroy was America’s poet laureate of f
An arresting debut novel which bears witness to American racism and abuse of power, tracing one woman's shift from acquiescence to resistance.When an unnamed narrator moves her family from the city of
This hilarious, sometimes harrowing, and ultimately heartening novel is the companion to the critically acclaimed, national bestseller Perfect Agreement"Beautifully and economically written, and very
"Through personal stories, insights gleaned from decades of working to end gender-based violence, and practical advice for those men ready to step up to the plate, Kaufman has produced a special book.
A remarkable story of a forgotten seventeen-year-old Jew who was blamed by the Nazis for the anti-Semitic violence and terror known as the Kristallnacht, the pogrom still seen as an initiating event o
Multi-layered, subtle, insightful short stories from the inimitable Booker-prize winning author, Ruth Prawer JhabvalaCaught between cultures herself, nobody has written so powerfully of the relationsh
The New Order shows a singular writer at the top of her form dealing with contemporary themes and ideas, shining a spotlight on the dark corners of our nature, our instincts, and our country. The crit
"Voices isn't just illuminating and thought-provoking and clever; it is exciting." —Roddy Doyle, author of The CommitmentsA personal exploration of what singing means and how it works, Voices is a boo
"Winik has many gifts as a writer, but one I appreciate the most is her ability to write about the hardest, darkest subjects with a light, knowing hand." —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild, in praise for
This international bestselling historical novel follows two children and a mysterious narrator as they navigate the wreckage of their home in WWII-era Berlin.Germany, 1939. Two children watch as their
Leslie Zemeckis continues to discover the forgotten feminist histories of the golden age of entertainment, turning her sights on the lost stories of Sally Rand and Faith Bacon—icons who each claimed t
An anecdotal history of how humans developed our capacity for conversation—and what might happen now that computers are catching upTrevor Cox has been described by the Observer as "a David Attenboroug
Legend of culinary writing, M.F.K. Fisher introduces readers to the gastronomical writing that most influenced her—now with a new introduction by legend in her own right, Betty Fussell, author of Eat,
From the B&N Discover Great New Writers Award-winning author of The Lightkeepers, comes a page-turning new novel that explores the bond between siblings and the animal instincts that threaten to destr
A look at life in contemporary Palestine through the lens of its literary cultureMarcello Di Cintio first visited Palestine in 1999, and as with most outsiders, the narrative he knew was one defined b
This collection will cement Valerie Trueblood’s standing asone of the finest American short story writers at work today:gathered together for the first time are stories spanning her acclaimed career,
Criminals is a brilliant and lovingly told story of one family's progress through the years, from Robert's childhood in NYC in the 1970s to his father's death in 2002.The Siegels of New York are a sin
"Jeff Biggers has the unblinking gaze of the honed journalist, a novelist's sense of image and story, and a prophet's cache of outrage. He stands in my very short list of American literary heroes." —L
The next installment of Verdon's internationally bestselling series featuring retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney, who must solve a deadly puzzle amidst murder and racial strife in one small town.Tensi
One of O: The Oprah Magazine's Top Books of Summer "Old in Art School is a glorious achievement--bighearted and critical, insightful and entertaining. This book is a cup of courage for everyone who w
Based on popular pieces that have appeared in The New York Times, Parents, Men's Health, Real Simple and O: the Oprah Magazine, McGlynn captures the joys, terrors, moral ambiguities, and absurdities o
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE"Kadare is inevitably linked to Orwell and Kundera, but he is a far deeper ironist than the first, and a better storyteller than the second. He is
A young editor at a Los Angeles art museum finds herself pulled into the strange and disturbing world of a famous artist who goes missing on the opening night of her exhibitionKim Lord is a giant in t
