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For over twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the previous year, culled from hundreds of national, regional,

Andre Aciman "quite simply, one of the finest essayists of the last hundred years" (Los Angeles Review of Books) and one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, selects the best essays of the

Dr. Michio Kaku, one of the most influential living scientists and a New York Times best-selling author, selects the year's top science and nature writing from writers who balance research with humani

"These are stories about culture," writes J. Kenji Lopez-Alt in his introduction. "About how food shapes people, neighbourhoods, and history." This year's Best American Food Writing captures the food

"They were windows into emotions I had and hadn't had, into other settings and circumstances and observations and relationships." Decades later, Sittenfeld was met by the same feeling selecting the st

Growing up in Germany, Freddy Mayer witnessed the Nazis' rise to power. When he was sixteen, his family made the decision to flee to the United States - they were among the last German Jews to escape,

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee--one of the world's most respected experts on AI and China--reveals that China has suddenly caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid and unexpected pace. Kai-Fu Lee argues powerful

From critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer. ';If I know why

A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel. ';All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.' In 1945, George Orwell, called ';the con

From the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language Did you know that y

With engrossing stories from the OR and the lab, a leading neurosurgeon and neuroscientist explores the cutting-edge science that can be applied to everyday life for peak performance, improved memory,

Settle in to this wittily illustrated soap opera (Bechdel calls it ';half op-ed column and half endless serialized Victorian novel') of the lives, loves, and politics of Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Gin

From the best-selling author of One Day comes a bittersweet and brilliantly funny coming-of-age tale about the heart-stopping thrill of first love―and how just one summer can forever change a life.Now

This psychologically acute thriller from the queen of Norwegian crime fiction asks: How does a lonely, quiet woman come to brutally kill a man?Ragna Riegel is a woman of routines. She sits in the same

What is gravity? Nobody knows―and just about nobody knows that nobody knows. How something so pervasive can also be so mysterious, and how that mystery can be so wholly unrecognized outside the field

The story of a famous abstract painter at the end of her life―her family, her art, and the long-buried secrets that won’t stay hidden for much longer.Ninety-three-year-old Violet Swan has spent a life

From a New York Times best-selling author, an important and heartfelt exploration into the world of lost dogs and the power of reunionOne in six dogs goes missing at some point, leaving bereft owners

From Stan Lee, the pop-culture legend behind Marvel’s Avengers, Black Panther, X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and Iron Man, comes a major publishing event. One of the last creative acts of a maste

Based on a true story, this gorgeous novel follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in an art scandal―involving newly discovered van Goghs―that rocks Germany amid the Nazis’ rise to power.In

A taut, page-turning novel of secrets and strife. When two families―one rich, one not―vacation together off the coast of South Carolina, little do they know that someone won't be returning home.Fripp

With a new introduction from Anne Tyler.From one our most treasured American writers, Delta Wedding is a vivid and charming portrait of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantatio

The stirring climax to Nigel Hamilton’s three-part saga of FDR at war―proof that he was the Second World War’s key strategist, even on his deathbed“A first-class, lens-changing work.” ―James N. Mattis

In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, Ruth and DCI Nelson are haunted by a ghost from their past, just as their future lands on shaky ground.DCI Nelson has been receiving thre

The definitive three-volume history that FDR did not live to write: the story of World War II from his perspective, showing his mastery of strategy, his vision, and how he overcame resistance from Chu

First the white members of Raj Bhatt’s posh tennis club call him racist. Then his life falls apart. Along the way, he wonders: where does he, a brown man, belong in America?Raj Bhatt is often unsure o

Best-selling author Tim O’Brien shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned in wartime, and the challenges, humor, and rewards of raising two sons.“We are all writing our maybe books full of

For fans of The Shepherd’s Life, a poignant memoir―and #1 Irish bestseller―about a wayward son’s return home to his family’s farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old worldFarming has been

“Gripping . . . Chang has accomplished the seemingly impossible . . . He has written a remarkably rich, human, and compelling story of the railroad Chinese.” ― Peter Cozzens, Wall Street JournalA grou

In the fifth installment of Amy Stewart’s clever and original Kopp Sisters series, the sisters learn some military discipline―whether they’re ready or not―as the U.S. prepares to enter World War I.It’

“Exquisite and harrowing.” ―New York Times Book Review“This electrifying, gorgeously written memoir will hold you captive until the last word.” ―PeopleNAMED A BEST FALL BOOK BY People * Refinery29 * E

The latest installment in Mario Giordano’s best-selling series of charming mysteries, starring Sicily’s most glamorous gumshoe, Auntie Poldi ("Long may she reign." *)*Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewAll

“Entertaining, illuminating and―when you recognize yourself in the stories it tells―mortifying.” ― Wall Street Journal“Every page sparkles with sharp insight and keen observation. Mistakes were made―b

“Beautifully illustrated and sharply written, SprawlBall is both a celebration and a critique of the three-point shot. If you want to understand how the modern NBA came to be, you’ll need to read this

"Wholly compelling.” ―Colm TóibínA new novel from a Spanish literary star about the arrival of feral children to a tropical city in Argentina, and the quest to stop them from pulling the place into ch

“Andrews’s wonderful Down from the Mountain is deeply informed by personal experience and made all the stronger by his compassion and measured thoughts . . . Welcome and impressive work.” ―Barry Lopez

From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing explanation of calculus―how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.Though many of us were scared away from this essential, engrossing subject in high school and college, Steven Strogatz’s brilliantly creative, down-to-earth history shows that calculus is not about complexity; it’s about simplicity. It harnesses an unreal number―infinity―to tackle real-world problems, breaking them down into easier ones and then reassembling the answers into solutions that feel miraculous.Infinite Powers recounts how calculus tantalized and thrilled its inventors, starting with its first glimmers in ancient Greece and bringing us right up to the discovery of gravitational waves (a phenomenon predicted by calculus). S

Jason Barron spent 516 hours in class, completed mountains of homework, and shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to complete his MBA at the BYU Marriott School of Business. Along the way, rather t

The untold story of the years when the Yankees were a laughingstock―and how out of that abyss emerged the modern Yankees dynasty, one of the greatest in all of sportsThe New York Yankees have won 27 w

The wildly entertaining narrative of the outrageous 1981 Dodgers from the award-winning author of Dynastic, Fantastic, Bombastic and The Baseball CodesIn the Halberstam tradition of capturing a season

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA riveting look at what is really said and done behind closed doors with the New York Yankees, the most famous and wealthiest sports franchise in the worldUsing the 2018 baseb