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One of the most revered composers of the twentieth century, Claude Debussy (1862–1918) achieved the unheard of: he reinvented the language of music...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES • In the summer of 1348, with the plague ravaging Florence, ten young men and women take refuge in the countrysi...

Born into the British aristocracy as one of the famous (and sometimes infamous), larger-than-life Mitford sisters, Jessica “Decca” Mitford ran away...

Centered on a young girl who inexplicably stops speaking, December is a riveting and insightful portrait of a family in crisis.Nine months after el...

A dazzling novel about a man and woman married to other people—and the riveting conversations that take place before and after they make love—from ...

The Declaration of IndependenceCarl L. Becker's important study is an analysis of the concepts expressed in the Declaration. Here is a lucid explan...

A behind the scenes look at the music that is currently the soundtrack of the globe, reported on and written by Leila Cobo, Billboard's VP of Latin...

"One of the most interesting gatherings of material that any poet has published within living memory." --The EconomistSimone Weil described “decrea...

As gardening columnist for the New York Times, Anne Raver is one of our foremost authorities on making things grow. Even non-gardeners will find th...

The national bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects ...

Edited and with a Preface by Toni Morrison, this posthumous collection of short stories, essays, and interviews offers lasting evidence of Bambara'...

The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home.“Mix together a b...

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024 • An award-winning journalist's exploration of how race, identity and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-rig...

For over 100 years, the agents of MI5 have defended Britain against enemy subversion. Their work has remained shrouded in secrecy—until now. This f...

A classic novel of Vietnam and its aftermath from Philip Caputo, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir A Rumor of War is widely considered among the ...

A VANITY FAIR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite in Lagos for the first time in thi...

NOW A NETFLIX SERIES • A GRIPPING DETECTIVE STORY AND A PASSIONATE, DEVASTATING TALE OF EROS AND INSANITY IN COLUMBIAIn this remarkably nuanced nov...

In this probing, intensely personal memoir, the words “Physician, heal thyself” assume a fresh and moving urgency."Explores wth startling depth and...

From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean—a gorgeously written, bitterly funny loo...

Out of Alex de Tocqueville's travels through the U.S. in the 1830's came an insightful study of a young democracy and its institutions. This 2 volu...

Volume 2 of the classic commentary on the influence of democracy on the intellect, feelings, and actions of Americans. With an introduction by Phil...

A masterful translation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s rollicking novel that examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionar...

In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, David Robertson illuminates the shadowy figure who planned a slave rebellion so daring that, if ...

From the acclaimed author of Weather comes a slim, stunning portrait of a marriage--a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, fai...