Examines the changes during the twentieth century in the views of mathematics, physics, and the scientific method and discusses the role of the mind in science

This book is an offspring of Negroponte's The Architecture Machine, published by The MIT Press in 1970. As is usually the case where computer systems are involved, the new generation is several orders of magnitude more powerful than even its remarkably...

Virginia Woolf's most famous novel, now in a new edition that reflects all of the author's revisions to the work. This is the definitive edition of one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, complete with a cover inspired by the original...

Amy Levy's The Romance of a Shop (1888) follows the four Lorimer sisters in the wake of their father's death. Penniless and reliant on each other, they decide to open a photography studio at 20B Baker Street, offering the citizens of London quality...

A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. An amazing true story as only Michael J. Fox can tell itIn...

In a fast-paced narrative of soaring ideals and sordid politics, of civil war and foreign invasion, the award-winning historian Alan Taylor presents a pivotal twenty-year period in which North America's three largest countries--the United States, Mexico,...

Drawing on never-before-seen interviews, a richly researched, sweeping examination of one of the most influential and mythologized literary figures of the 20th century and her partner’s emergence from the shadows after her death, in the decades-long...

In his latest collection, Thomas Beller trains his piercing literary eye on how a single, seismic event indelibly shapes the trajectory of the common and mundane experiences of one's life. Weaving together a charming set of autobiographical stories,...

NYT EDITOR'S CHOICE • Peabody Award finalist • National Headliner Award winner • WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION OF 2023 • Shortlisted for the 2024 Chicago Review of Books Award • FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF HIGH-RISERS comes a groundbreaking...

The award-winning memoir translated by Taro Nettleton with a new design by Adrian TomineIn this memoir that won two Eisner Awards, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, a prize at the Festival de la BD d'Angoulême, and was adapted into a feature film that...

The author of Free returns with an extraordinary inquiry into historical injustice, dignity, truth, and imagination. When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is...

A stunning collection of simple and elegant seasonal recipes from the beloved New York restaurantAt King, each day begins with a large sheet of parchment paper that will bear the markings of a new menu. The framework never changes but the offerings,...

"They've bottled up the Padella magic and made it available to us all. Complimenti!" -YOTAM OTTOLENGHIFrom bold Italian chef Tim Siadatan, over 100 recipes for true pasta lovers everywhere, from the freshest raviolis to the richest ragu-with a foreword...