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Long–listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceA New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice"Here in Berlin is one of the most interesting ...

"M.F.K Fisher’s latest excursion into the art or science of gastronomy is more an anthology of the finest writing on the subject than strictly a te...

When is the right time to replace an old refrigerator? Is it okay to knit a sweater with acrylic yarn? Is it more environmentally correct to buy be...

A young Mexican mother struggles to reconnect with her child in America—a “heartrending, take–no–prisoners” novel (Publishers Weekly) and National ...

A remarkable story of a forgotten seventeen–year–old Jew who was blamed by the Nazis for the anti–Semitic violence and terror known as the Kristall...

An NPR Best Book of the Year, Hollow is the story of a professor whose life is unended after an unspeakable tragedy.When Oliver Bonds, a revered re...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe only Asian American partner at a prestigious law firm sees his professional and personal life demol...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe only Asian American partner at a prestigious law firm sees his professional and personal life demol...

Religions worldwide celebrate Earth's abundance and sustenance, and call on humankind to give thanks, practice compassion, seek justice, and be min...

In Home Economics, Berry explores what it means to make oneself “responsibly at home.” As he argues, a measure of the health of the planet is econo...

Cottonwood (2004) was a huge step forward for the burgeoning king of noir Scott Phillips, and his dark and gritty take on the western earned him st...

Thirteen new stories of the Port William membership spanning the decades from World War II to the present momentFor those readers of his poetry and...

Thirteen new stories of the Port William membership spanning the decades from World War II to the present momentFor those readers of his poetry and...

A New York Times Editors' ChoiceSoigné! A recipe for survival. A juicy, sexy, and wise memoir from the “gifted essayist and meditative thinker” tha...

A New York Times Editors' ChoiceSoigné! A recipe for survival. A juicy, sexy, and wise memoir from the “gifted essayist and meditative thinker” tha...

In Human Oddities, we meet Siamese twins, newly separated, drag queens, and seedy hospital orderlies. A corpse washed up on the beach, cancer diagn...

“Straight’s portrayal of a black woman’s life is nearly miraculous in its astonishing richness of detail, its emotional honesty and its breadth of ...

A journey of reckoning and renewal, this story of family history and future dreams is an examination of the individual imagination as a catalyst fo...

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Lincoln Steffens, an internationally known and respected political insider, went rogue to work for McClure's ...

This rollicking collection—personally selected by the author (in collaboration with his editor Tom Marksbury)—gathers the best of Ed McClanahan's w...

"I exist to say, ‘No, that isn't the way it is,' or ‘What you believe to be true is not true for the following reasons.' I am a master of the obvi...

"These new and selected stories testify to the fact that there are still fine short story writers out there, doing the hard job of serious literary...

Drawing upon her previous work and over two decades of teaching, New York Times bestselling memoirist Emily Rapp Black explores how art can move us...

With empathy, insight, and humor, I’ll Come to You chronicles the intersecting lives of one unforgettable family over the course of a year—1995—anc...