An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, lauded by New York Times bestselling author Ron Suskind as “an honest and touching book, and a hell of a story.”In March of 1984, the commercial fishing boat...

The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life.Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His...

From star baker Bryan Ford, a "vast and vibrant" baker's guide to Latin America (Maurizio Leo, author of The Perfect Loaf), sharing the cultures and stories behind every recipe: artisan bread, pan dulce, cookies, pastries, and more. Bryan Ford, the...

The New York Times bestseller • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 • A New York Times Notable Book “A book of big and bold ideas, Humanly Possible is humane in approach and, more important, readable and worth reading. . . Bakewell is...

Eugene Debs (1855-1926) is regarded by many as American history's premier labor advocate. He was the leader of the Socialist party, five-time Socialist candidate for president, outspoken on the rights of all workers, and a persistent defender of...

A New York Times Best Book of 2025 A New York Times Editors' Choice "To Smithereens is an extraordinarily good book, but then so is everything Rosalyn Drexler ever wrote." --The New York Times A zany romance set amid the Manhattan experimental art scene...

Wall and Piece by Banksy

Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, 2014The Believer Book Award FinalistOne of the Best Books of 2013 --Complex Magazine, Book Riot, Slate, The L Magazine, NPR's 'On Point', Salon"Bennett Sims delivers a disquisition on the idea of the zombie, combining...

how Is Animals In Translation Different From Every Other Animal Book Ever Published? Animals In Translation Is Like No Other Animal Book Because Of Temple Grandin. As An Animal Scientist And A Person With Autism, Her Professional Training And Personal...

As Marilynne Robinson writes in her 1980 novel, Housekeeping, "Having a sister or friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house." Bringing together work by more than 100 writers, The Book of Women's Friendship explores the rich subject of friendship...

Peter Bagge is not only one of the primary architects of the alternative comics scene that exploded in the 1980s and 1990s (alongside peers including Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, and Daniel Clowes), but also someone who helped fashion the...

THE LIMITED-EDITION BOX SET is a project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks every year by African poets through Akashic Books. The series seeks to identify the best poetry written by African poets working today, and it...

The annual international gathering of the best Fiction, Poetry, Essays and Memoirs from small independent literary presses, including more than 60 selections from 50 presses chosen with the advice of 160 distinguished Contribution Editors. Praise for...

No writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his Middle-earth--a world that has felt so real to so many readers that it is almost impossible to imagine that any single person could have simply created it,...

One of Barack Obama’s 10 Favorite Books of the YearOne of the New Yorker’s Best Books of the YearFinalist for the Financial Times Best Book of the YearA vivid account of the past, present, and future of economic growth, showing how and why we must...

Rudolf Maier, a young microbiologist working on a plague vaccine, is summoned to Moscow to deliver a progress report to his superiors.Inadvertently, he carries the virus with him from the lab. When his illness is discovered, the state machinery turns...

"In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen." --Sebastião Salgado On a very fortuitous day in 1970, 26-year-old Sebastião Salgado held a camera for the first time. When he looked through the viewfinder, he...

Explores current controversies and significant concerns in feminist theater and performance

While famous for his celebrated novel, Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry always considered himself a poet. First published in 1962 and long out of print, Selected Poems of Malcolm Lowry is the only comprehensive selection of his poetry to be published,...