A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy writing selected by New York Times bestselling author R. F. Kuang and series editor John Joseph Adams.R. K. Kuang, New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy and Babel, selects twenty pieces that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year and explores the ever-expanding and changing world of science fiction and fantasy today.
There’s only one Auntie Poldi: bewigged, cursing in Bavarian, and knocking back a wee shot of grappa as a pre-breakfast aperitif . . . or is there? No one is as they seem (and sound) in this hilarious
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
“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
A NATIONAL BESTSELLERSy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year’s volume of the finest science and nature writing.“Science is important because
Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing bounda
Best-selling author of The Disappearing Spoon, The Violinist’s Thumb, and more, Sam Kean, selects the year’s top science and nature writing, looking for writers who balance research with h
“An absorbing and vividly written study of a gallant and tragic man.”—Boston Globe Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., chronicles the short life of the Kennedy family’s second p
“This volume showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre and celebrates its current renaissance.” —Washington Post Science fiction and fantasy can encompa
“Undeniably exquisite . . . Reveal[s] not only how science actually happens but also who or what propels its immutable humanity.” —Maria Popova “An excellent introductio
“Undeniably exquisite . . . Reveal[s] not only how science actually happens but also who or what propels its immutable humanity.” —Maria Popova “An excellent introduction to the key issues in science
“A great, fun, romping collection of stories.” —San Francisco Book Review “This volume’s diverse list of well-known and rising stars . . . makes it a welcome addition to the 'Best American' series.” —
What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper that’s ever come into his home? What compulsions drive a woman like Irene, whose hoarding cost her her marriage? Or Ralph, whose imagined use
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series eidtor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A specia
Who would have thought that a natural food supermarket could have been a financial refuge from the dot-com bust? But it had. Sales of organic food had shot up about 20 percent per year since 1990, rea
The twenty stories here, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker and have since been anthologized throughout the world, are strikingly beautiful essays on enduring and universal questions: In R
Conveniently organized in alphabetical order, an entertaining and informative look at the rich diversity of the English language traces the origins and histories of five hundred everyday words. Origin
Margaritaville may not appear on a map, but it does exist--at least in the brilliantly creative, sometimes slightly skewed imagination of Jimmy Buffett. Tales from Margaritaville is a collection of sh
Also an instant bestseller in the Best American series, this second annual Best American Science and Nature Writing volume, edited by the Pulitzer Prize?winning author, scientist, and naturalist Edwar
“The definitive work on pool and billiards” (National Billiard News) by champion player Robert Byrne ? Now updated throughout and expanded with new material on strategy in eight- and nine-ball, trick
At first he was The Kid, then The Splendid Splinter and Thumping Theodore - to say nothing of Teddy Ballgame. But the tag that really fits is Hitter. “A riveting retrospective” (Baseball americanca).
