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 unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization, in the vein of single-subject bestsellers like Salt and CodTim Queeney is a sailor who knows more about rope and its importance to humankind than most. In Rope,...

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...

How the idea of the author was born in the battleground of genderWhen Sappho sang her songs, the only word that existed to describe a poet was a male one—aoidos, or “singer-man.” The most famous woman poet of ancient Greece, whose craft was one of words,...

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,...

Join renowned geographer James Cheshire on a tour through a forgotten collection of maps that shaped over 200 years of Western history.Tucked just beyond offices and a lecture hall in the heart of London lies a turquoise door. Intrigued, James Cheshire...

"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...

Long-listed for the National Book Award for FictionNamed a Most Anticipated Book by New York, Time, the Boston Globe, Rolling Stone, TIME, Bustle, and Town & CountryA life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love, from the...

A Chicago Tribune Most-Anticipated Book of the SeasonThe thrilling saga of the great Amur tiger and the scientists who came together, across the world, to save it. The forests of northeast Asia are home to a marvelous range of animals—fish owls and brown...

Thinking Outside the Canon traces author Michael J. Shapiro's intellectual journey as a political theorist who has adapted multidisciplinary practices and unconventional texts across his career to develop a more diverse model of doing theory. Theorizing...

An entrancing collection of myths and legends of the sea The sea is beautiful and alluring, but it is also dangerous and deadly. Above all, it is unknowable and untamable. Storytelling offered our ancestors a means to understand and interact with the...