"A daily dose of joy and wisdom. Just what we need to chase the gloom away!" - OLIVIA COLMANHave you ever wondered... Why is a heart not heart-shaped?What exactly is cryptocurrency?Where is the world's smallest sea?What would happen if I found myself in...

For the fifth anniversary of American Compass, the conservative think tank hailed by the Wall Street Journal as "the forefront of rethinking traditional conservative economic ideas," comes a collection of its best, most influential writing.American...

From acclaimed historian and author of the “marvelous” (The New York Times Book Review) The Last American Aristocrat comes a captivating new biography of Teddy Roosevelt, exploring the life of America’s 26th president and his pivotal role in shaping the...

Black Surrealist. Poet. Collage artist. Jazz trumpeter. Painter. Member of the Beat Generation. Life-long wanderer. Pan-Africanist. Black Power agitator. Author of his own “poem-life.” Ted Joans (1928-2003) was all of these things, and yet none of these...

America’s bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans—and explains how it should shape our politics today. To celebrate America’s 250th...

"How ought one to live?" This is the question that obsesses London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him: his practical...

On May 4, 1970, at Kent State University in Ohio, political fires that had been burning across America during the 1960s exploded. Antiwar protesters wearing bell-bottom jeans and long hair hurled taunts and rocks at another group of young...

The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution--one that...

A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your...

A keen, ardent celebration of unbridled female ambition in the work of Taylor Swift and Sylvia PlathIn The Slicks, Maggie Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge...

A Shorter Ulysses was intended to serve as a companion volume to Burgess's A Shorter Finnegans Wake, which he was commissioned to create in 1966. This is the first time that Burgess's shortened version of James Joyce's Ulysses has been published...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Kathleen Hanna's...

Americans have been sold a version of social justice that fails to deliverThe national racial reckoning that began in 2020 promised to radically restructure American society from the bottom up. But five years on, it has mainly served to strengthen the...

There are borders that are easily crossed and borders that are entirely impassable; there are visible borders--sometimes demarcated by fences, walls, flags, and posts--and invisible borders--not seen on a physical map and oftentimes restrictive of access...

A comprehensive look at the work of the groundbreaking photographer, foregrounding her importance as a surrealist artist Fearless, poetic, and surreal, the work of American-born photographer Lee Miller (1907-1977) leads us on a helter-skelter journey...

A quietly powerful exploration of memory and forgetting, from one of France's leading feminist public intellectuals In 2021, the award‑winning French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight--alone for ten hours--in the Annex in...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE In the marvelous third installment of Balle's "astonishing" (The Washington Post) septology, Tara's November 18th transforms when she discovers that she is no longer alone in her endless...

“A fount of practical tips for cat owners.” —The New York Times From a leading veterinary psychiatrist, a groundbreaking look into the minds of our feline companions and “a guide to being the best humans we can be for our cats” (Focus Vif).Cats are...

New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins captures the essence and mystery of dogs in this special collection of poems inspired by our beloved companions, with striking watercolor canine portraits by Pamela Sztybel...

Celebrate 20 years of the gift of nothing--and everything!--with this special anniversary edition of the New York Times bestselling classic starring Mooch and Earl from the beloved comic strip Mutts. Mooch the cat desperately wants to get his friend...