From “one of the most interesting and exciting new novelists in years” (Electric Literature), a story of imagination and survival in the tradition of Carson McCullers and Denis JohnsonTrou
The story of the double life of famed civil rights photographer Ernest Withers--and how a closely guarded government secret finally came to light. Told by the journalist who broke the story.Ernest Wit
The lost history of the Mayflower's sister ship and the doomed rival Puritan Colony it hoped to establish in the Caribbean.The Island that Disappeared tells, for the first time, the story of the passe
The man Paul Auster called "A master of bewitchments" and a founder of the fiction collective returns to the novel after 20 yearsIn the spirit of "transcendent buffoonery" Curtis White's miraculous re
One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us.The production of culture was once the domain of artists
The Freakonomics of the sociology world. this book shows how deeply irrational we humans are, and what we can do about itWhen we try to understand our world, we ask “why?” a specific event
A prize-winning, bestselling debut of love, loss, and family--based on a true story--that's winning readers around the world.When Tom's heavily pregnant girlfriend Karin is rushed to the hospital, doc
This debut novel—told in interviews—spans 20 years in the rise and fall of the charismatic leader of a seductive self-help movement.In the 1990s, a talk show host leads the "personality movement," an
“A moving story . . . powerful, celebratory, and loving.” —Laura Cardona, La NaciónSet in the midst of Argentina's military dictatorship, a poignant and evocative debut novel
A fun, illustrated history of the umbrella's surprising place in life and literatureHumans have been making, using, perfecting, and decorating umbrellas for millennia--holding them over the heads of r
A riveting investigation of a beloved library caught in the crosshairs of real estate, power, and the people’s interests—by the reporter who broke the story In a series of cover stories for The Nati
In a straightforward, non-partisan approach, a leading legal expert details a precise understanding of the rules and history of impeachment. Spotlighting in particular the precise rules of impeachment
Winner of the 2016 Miles Franklin Literary AwardA powerful debut novel about two refugees starting over after losing everythingJovan and Suzana have fled war-torn Sarajevo. They have lost their childr
She’s everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck. She’s Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, “crack is whack,” and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But
As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism — also known as “antifa.” Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler in Europe during the 1920s and ’30s, the antifa movement has sud
“[Evokes] both Jeanette Winterson and Ian McEwan . . . an elegiac and uplifting novel about the indissoluble bonds between mothers and daughters, and a reminder of how the imagination can set you free
Liberals worldwide invoke Scandinavia as a promised land of equality, while most conservatives fear it as a hotbed of liberty-threatening socialism. But the left and right can usually agree on one thi
From the first North American scholar permitted to study at Cuba's Finca Vigia Museum and Research Center, Hemingway's former residence, comes a radically new understanding of Hemingway's life in Cuba
Federal Reports on Police Killings: Ferguson, Cleveland, and Baltimore, the complete reports from the Department of Justice's landmark investigations of police violence in three major American cities.
"The finest book on video games yet. Simon Parkin thinks like a critic, conjures like a novelist, and writes like an artist at the height of his powers—which, in fact, he is." —Tom Bissell, author of
A hilarious romantic comedy about a lonely man who just wants a girlfriend, and decides desperate measures must be taken When Tom Stacey's neighbors go on holiday and leave the door to their flat ope
The breakout novel by Francesco Pacifico, one of Italy’s most acclaimed writers, hailed by Dana Spiotta as “brilliantly funny and weirdly subversive”Ludovica and Lorenzo live in Rome. She works in her
A grand and startling work of American historyAmerica was founded, we’re taught in school, by the Pilgrims and other Puritans escaping religious persecution in Europe—an austere and pious lot who esta
The novel that stunned—and scandalized—Europe comes to AmericaWolf, a low-rent private detective, roams London’s gloomy, grimy streets, haunted by dark visions of a future that could have been—and a d
Before there was Steve Jobs, there was Norman Bel Geddes. A ninth-grade dropout who found himself at the center of the worlds of industry, advertising, theater, and even gaming, Bel Geddes designed
The final speeches of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and First Lady Michelle Obama. Both speeches were instant and moving landmarks, as well as stirring testaments to the time
From “one of Britain’s most original young writers” (The Observer), a blistering account of a marriage in crisis and a portrait of a woman on the edge Rendered in dazzling prose, First Love is an acc
A collection of bestselling, NBCC prize-winning author Jonathan Lethem’s finest writing on the subject of writers and writing, from Melville’s Moby-Dick to David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest A rea
Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism . . . and a bracing manifesto for revolution.Are you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that the
• Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist • Dagger Award finalist"Kate Hamer’s gripping debut novel immediately recalls the explosion of similarly titled books and movies, from Stieg Larsson
The election of Donald Trump to be the 45th President of the United States of America shocked and dismayed progressives across the country. What We Do Now, a collection of passionate manifestos by som
Glaxo is a chilling novel of betrayal, romance, and murder, from a major Latin American writer being published in English for the first time.In a derelict town in Argentina's pampa, a decades-old betr
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SECOND NOVEL FROM THE WRITER EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL (STATION ELEVEN) CALLS “SHARP, WITTY, AND IMMENSELY ENTERTAINING”?Is a new life possible? Because Shira Greene’s life hasn’t q
A moody, atmospheric literary thriller and “a timeless tale of migration” (The Guardian), from one of Europe’s biggest-selling authors ? Despite its Biblical title—which comes from the opening lines o
In the tradition of Colson Whitehead’s Zone One, a visionary debut novel about shelter, escape, family, violence, and dumpster-diving It’s the story of a restless group of young squatters. They’ve r
Twenty-year-old Skyler saw the incident out her window: Some sort of metallic object hovering over the Golden Gate Bridge just before it collapsed and a mushroom cloud lifted above the city. Like ever
Called "the Elvis of cultural theory" by The New York Times, popular philosopher and leftist rabble-rouser Slavoj Zizek, looks at one of the most desperate situations of our time: the current refugee
She’s everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck.? ? She’s Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, “crack is whack,” and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But
A wildly inventive, darkly suspenseful novel that pits Christ’s “Passion as police procedural” (The Guardian). Set in a hazy Middle East that seems at once ancient and modern, The Apostle Killer featu
A guided tour of the physical Internet, as seen on, above, and below the city’s streets What does the Internet look like? It’s the single most essentail aspect of modern lif
