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"AN AMAZING FIRST NOVEL." ––MICHAEL CONNELLYAll favors come with a cost, and after using what little favors he has in the Newark PD to get his priv...

Ronald Aronson has a mission: to demonstrate that a life without religion can be coherent, moral, and committed. Optimistic and stirring, Living Wi...

In Lonesome Animals, Arthur Strawl, a tormented former lawman, is called out of retirement to hunt a serial killer with a sense of the macabre who ...

In this acerbic, eminently quotable book, humorist Roy Blount Jr. focuses on his own dueling loyalties across the great American divide. Scholarly,...

Winner of the Popular Culture Association’s Emily Toth Best Book in Women’s Studies AwardFrom an author praised for writing “delicious social histo...

Thirty years ago in the attic of an old estate in Massachusetts, John Hanson Mitchell discovered over two thousand antique glass plate negatives. H...

Barrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American amid the swirl of our post-truth cl...

Barrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American amid the swirl of our post-truth cl...

Evan S. Connell's restraint, concision, and perfect pitch lend themselves stunningly to the short story form. He intuitively senses when to explain...

The splendors of science, delightfully demystified.How do we make sense of the modern world? Science is a profoundly affecting aspect of contempora...

For thousands of years, India has excelled at erotic love poetry, and the genius of its devotional poetry often harnesses great energy and mystical...

Whether the subject of her fancy is the lowly, unassuming potato or the love life of that aphrodisiac mollusk the oyster, Mary Frances Kennedy Fish...

An NPR Best Book of 2017"A chillingly adroit debut novel." —Elle“Lucky You is a marvel of a book, partly because Carter does a perfect job balancin...

Enjoy M.F.K. Fisher's strong sense of place and deep love of Provence with this collection of rich, gorgeous photographs paired with some of Fisher...

Love, with its fear, exhilaration and transcendence, is perhaps the most enduring subject in the literature of the world.About 11 o'clock on a late...

“The book is notable . . . for Bourke’s first-rate descriptions and analyses of Brennan’s fiction. An impressive portrait.” —Kirkus ReviewsTo be a ...

"An elegant, eccentric novel of love, loneliness, and lepidoptera . . . Worthy company for work by other naturalist/novelists: Nabokov, Matthiessen...

A master of combining science, history, and his own experiences into a riveting read, William L. Fox will make you look at L.A.--and any urban land...

Startlingly restless and immaculately compact, Manazuru paints the portrait of a woman on the brink of her own memories and future.Twelve years hav...

In the newest novel in the Port William series, Wendell Berry’s beloved protagonist Andy Catlett tells the inspiring story of his grandfather Marce...

In the newest novel in the Port William series, Wendell Berry’s beloved protagonist Andy Catlett tells the inspiring story of his grandfather Marce...

Worldwide, nearly three–quarters of journalists who die on assignment are targeted and assassinated for their dogged pursuit of important stories o...

From the author of Seven Loves comes this austere, passionately shaped collection of stories that courageously explores the dynamic nature of moder...

Called “Fascinating! An incredible book” by Oprah Winfrey, this beloved photography collection vividly portrays the look and feel of the human cond...