A major history from the Founding to our embittered present that “explains the void” (Politico) at the center of America’s political partiesFeatured on The Ezra Klein Show and The Weekly Show with Jon StewartAmerica’s political parties are hollow shells...

From award-winning and bestselling author David Nasaw, a brilliant re-examination of post-World War II America that looks beyond the victory parades and into the veterans’—and nation’s—unhealed traumasIn its duration, geographical reach, and ferocity,...

A Variety best music book of 2024A FLOOD best music book of 2024A Clash best music book of 2024A Mother Jones best book of 2024"In a career and life full of fictions, the truth—as this excellent, detailed biography makes clear—was often as mind-boggling...

A lyrical, sensual, feminist retelling of the Scottish “Ballad of Tam Lin,” combining folklore, desire, sacrifice, and nature’s wonder in a tale perfect for fans of Natalie Haynes, Genevieve Gornichec, Holly Black, Quicksilver by Callie Hart, and...

A New York Times bestseller and an “enriching…brilliant” (David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Frederick Douglass) examination of what “the pursuit of happiness” meant to our nation’s Founders and how that famous phrase defined their lives...

This immersive epic reveals the origins of the American empire and the lives of those who promoted it and those who resisted it.In 1898, the United States won an empire, and—many allege—lost its soul. In Splendid Liberators, Joe Jackson offers an epic...

"STUFF is a totally new genre of book, carving out a radically new mode of storytelling. The 448 page tome serves as both testament and beacon, a record of collaboratively- engineered creative intelligence that can guide whoever is looking to continue in...

In a hauntingly unique, compulsively readable, engrossingly intense psychological thriller for readers of Freida McFadden, Jason Rekulak, Clémence Michallon, Robyn Harding, and The Lovely Bones, three women murdered by the same man unite in the afterlife...

A successful political playbook for fighting climate change and expanding democracy from the New York socialist movement Climate inaction is already causing widespread suffering and devastation around the world. How can citizens take collective action?...

Augustine of Hippo (354-430), also known as Saint Augustine, was one of the most influential theologians in history. His writings, including the autobiographical Confessions and The City of God, helped shape the foundations of Christianity and Western...

How concentrated economic and political power in America protects elites and fosters violence of all kinds The United States is an exceptionally violent country, increasingly unable or unwilling to stem violence in its many forms. A growing corporate...

How the rhetoric of humiliation defines the powerful and the powerless in modern politicsHumiliation pervades our politics, from images of stripped Palestinian men in Gaza to mocking chants at MAGA rallies. It suffuses pictures and videos, speaks through...

How an enigmatic masterpiece of the French Revolution became a talisman of the revolutionary spirit in our own timeJacques-Louis David’s The Death of Marat depicts the painter’s friend and fellow revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat collapsed in his bath after...

DELUXE EDITION—a stunning hardcover edition featuring dark crimson sprayed edgesThe Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Red City is a dark and...

"Compelling and brilliant--don't miss it!"--Alison Weir From the acclaimed royal historian, the dramatic and untold story of the lie about the controversial succession that ended the Tudor era and changed the course of British history In the long and...

An audacious, unabashedly transgressive memoir about two acts of escape by the author: breaking from his family to seek a freer life in Paris and then, later, from the French military during the Algerian War.Pierre Guyotat was one of the most radical and...

A celebration of innovation in the Renaissance age told through 18 of its earliest printed books.Remarkable Renaissance Books tells the story of eighteen extraordinary early printed volumes, from the very first titles printed in the fifteenth century to...

How museums display extinct species--and what these exhibits say about us. While it's no longer possible to encounter a dodo in the wild, we can still come face-to-face with them in museums. The remains of extinct species--whether taxidermied,...

A "meticulously researched and comprehensive" (Financial Times) history of the devastating war in the heart of Africa's Congo At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of western Europe. It borders nine other nations, and since 1996 it...

Flora offers proof that plants speak a language which can be translated through art. Piet Mondrian's chrysanthemums, Faith Ringgold's sunflowers, Georgia O'Keefe's black iris, Salvador Dalí's narcissus, Yayoi Kusama's pumpkin ...these are just a few of...