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"An engrossing, highly readable memoir in essays about growing up in New York in the 1970s . . . A tender portrait of family dysfunction." ―Booklis...

Valerie Trueblood is, simply put, one of the finest story writers who is currently working in the American language, as prize committees acknowledg...

Edmund Wilson, 20th century America's most direct and readable critic of literature and society, was a man of many loves. In his half century as a ...

Forty-nine-year-old Isla revels in her career and happy second marriage despite her first husband's shocking actions, while seventeen-year-old Rodd...

For more than thirty years, Frederick Kirschenmann has explored the ethical and practical principles of sustainable agriculture. An accomplished th...

A collection of essays explores the impact of indigenous cultures with stable communities on the conservation of biological diversity in natural ha...

A portrait of one of the twentieth century's most radical and misunderstood writers follows Lawrence from his awkward youth in Nottinghamshire, thr...

When first published in 2004, Danger on Peaks was the poet's first new collection of poems in twenty years. Perhaps his most personal, autobiograph...

Dante is one of the towering figures of European literature, yet there remain a surprising number of questions about his life and works; Who was th...

As a middle child raised middle class and stuck out in the middle of Louisiana, hilarious writer and actress Sarah Thyre often found her in–between...

The panoramic story of how the horror genre transformed into one of the most incisive critiques of unchecked American imperial powerThe American em...

The panoramic story of how the horror genre transformed into one of the most incisive critiques of unchecked American imperial power The American e...

Five years after returning from his trip around the world, young Charles Darwin became the owner of Down House in Kent, England, where he moved his...

When an old colleague comes to him for help solving the mysterious death of his town's most prominent resident, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney ...

Among the revolutions of the last century, none was more important or potentially more lasting than the one in the arts called "Modernism". Among t...

A mesmerizing, deeply moving portrait of the life and works of one of America's most important twentieth-century painters.A half century after his ...

"Robison is both wise and entertaining, a technician with a sense of humor, a minimalist with a good eye for what can be salvaged from lives of qui...

It’s murder in Napa Valley in this “thrillingly knowledgeable, insider’s odyssey into the world of fine wines [and] . . . particularly lurid homici...

Japan’s internationally celebrated master storyteller returns with five stories of women on their way to healing that vividly portrays the blissful...

A New York Times Notable Book"This is a supremely hopeful book, one that feels important because it shows that happiness, while not always easy, is...

For readers of Michael Ondaatje and Chris Cleave, this sweeping multigenerational novel centered around endless heartbreak and enduring love featur...

Essays on the natural history of the Cape Cod region document changes in the environment, and in the author's life.Spanning more than 20 years, the...

"[A] searing debut." —O, The Oprah MagazineIn her powerful collection, first published in 2016 and now featuring new stories, Vanessa Hua gives voi...

2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the First World War, and with it comes a deluge of books, documentaries, feature films and r...