An in-depth history of Large Language Models—and what their ubiquity, disruption, and creativity mean from a wider sociopolitical perspective.In November 2022, ChatGPT swept the globe with a mixed frenzy of excitement and anxiety. Was this a step closer...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Behavioral scientist Alison Fragale offers powerful new insights and a practical playbook for women to advance in any workplace, full of tips, tricks, and strategies to help secure that elusive corner office.Over decades of...

“My culinary life began with salad. A charred broccoli salad, to be specific. Crispy florets tossed with chickpeas and cooling mint, flecked with red chilli pepper and zested lemon peel, bathed in a garlicky caper oil. That salad inspired me to consider...

A world-renowned historian of early Christianity and ancient Judaism lifts the veil on the life of Mary—revealing her revolutionary role as the matriarch of the Jesus movement“The Lost Mary unfolds in five radical claims. . . . Together these arguments...

Finalist for the CARICON PrizeWhen a female musician is found murdered on a small tropical island, after a string of similar deaths, outraged local women take matters into their own hands.The quiet calm of Ash Wednesday morning. Carnival is over...

Your ticket to the best state fair crafts—from Choctaw basketry to sculpted butter cows—with more than 100 amazing images of American craft art!A Dolly Parton crop art portrait. Size-96 cowboy boots. A quilt incorporating the jean outfits of a farmer and...

The first biography of Peter Matthiessen, the novelist, naturalist, and Zen roshi, whose trailblazing work championed Native American rights and helped usher in the modern environmental movement, by award-winning writer Lance Richardson. "A stunning,...

A masterful, enthralling new novel from the Booker Prize winnerEverything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . .1899. As the new century approaches, struggling English writer Evelyn Dolman—a hack, by his own...

What intelligence really is, and how AI’s emergence is a natural consequence of evolution.It has come as a shock to some AI researchers that a large neural net that predicts next words seems to produce a system with general intelligence. Yet this is...

From the award-winning “master of the short story” (The New York Times Book Review)—nine shattering, hilarious tales of men on the outskirts of America, habituating the motels, hot dog stands, and dive bars time forgot, grappling with a world that is...

Heavyweight acid-free fine-tooth paper is perfect for dry media. Sturdy book binding. Micro-perforated pages. 192 pages, 96 sheets of 128 gsm paper.Black drawing paper is ideal for chalk or oil pastel, colored pencil,

Every moment is a moment of rebirth. And because the future is made of the present, we must live so that we have peace, freedom, and happiness in this moment.In this book, with characteristic clarity and simplicity, Thich Nhat Hanh offers deep...

An award-winning French journalist’s far-ranging critique of Europe’s betrayal of universal values and equal rights as war and right-wing populism spread worldwide, with a new introduction for U.S. readers.“Europe is a garden…It is the best combination...

From the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi, a stirring account of one woman’s journey from feeling like an outsider to becoming one of the most admired religious leaders in the worldAngela Buchdahl was born in Seoul, the daughter of a Korean...

From Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a glimpse of her journey to the Court and an account of her approach to the ConstitutionSince her confirmation hearing, Americans have peppered Justice Amy Coney Barrett with questions. How has she adjusted...

Hungry for adventure? You're in the right spot. To mark America's 250th birthday and Route 66's 100th anniversary in 2026, we've mapped out 11 culinary road trips that explore the best of America's regional cuisine. Because what better way to experience...

Hungry for adventure? You're in the right spot. To mark America's 250th birthday and Route 66's 100th anniversary in 2026, we've mapped out 11 culinary road trips that explore the best of America's regional cuisine. Because what better way to experience...

Rand McNally's United States folded map features clear, easy-to-read cartography showing all Interstate and U.S. highways, along with clearly indicated cities, points of interest, airports, boundaries, and more. Rand McNally folded maps have been the...

A nomad and a swindler embark on an eccentric road trip in this picaresque, philosophical novel by the author of The Man Who Planted Trees.The south of France, 1950: A solitary vagabond walks through the villages, towns, valleys, and foothills of the...

A roman à clef about racism, identity, and bohemian living amidst the tensions and violence of Algerian War-era France, and one of the earliest published accounts of the Paris massacre of 1961.As a teenager, Simeon Brown lost an eye in a racist attack,...