Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were not the only ancient tales of the Trojan War. In Son of Nobody, Yann Martel composes a new legend: the Psoad, an epic in free verse that follows a goatherd's son, Psoas of Midea, who leaves his wife and family to fight at...

Imagined by Oscar Wilde's own grandson, this fictionalised conversation presents the essential biography of the poet, playwright and gay martyr.Renowned for his endlessly quotable pronouncements, Oscar Wilde cut a dashing figure in late Victorian London ...

On the heels of his historic election to the United States Senate, Raphael G. Warnock shares his remarkable spiritual and personal journey.“Sparkling… a narrative of an extraordinary life, from impoverished beginnings in Savannah to his arrival on...

* Winner of the 2024 National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times “A...

"Step aside Tom Friedman, Sam Huntington, and Amy Chua. Franklin Foer's dark and witty tale of the soccer world reveals the meaning of globalization in all its joys and horrors."--Robert Kagan Just in time for the 2026 World Cup in North America--a new...

Nightmare of the Embryos is a stunning collection of short fictional works by the Swiss writer Mariella Mehr (1947-2022), one of the most groundbreaking German writers of her time and simultaneously one of the most neglected. Mehr, a Yenish author, was...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Best Book of the Year (So Far) · A People Best Book of March From the iconic crime writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent” by Stephen King,...

24th Poet Laureate of the United States Ada Limón inspires us to see poetry as much more than just words—but also as a powerful force for healing, a call to action, and a vibrant celebration of humanity’s many voices.Ada Limón—celebrated poet laureate...

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From the “most talented writer of his generation” (The New York Times), a lightning flash of a novel that is at once a gripping emotional drama and a brilliant examination of the devices, digital and literary, we use to store—or to erase—our memories.The...

Mirthful, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly philosophical, The Fact Checker is a brilliant debut novel featuring a missing woman who might be perfectly fine, and a single-minded investigator yearning for meaning, morality, and accuracy in an...

From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller On Trails comes a wondrous new journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees—from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai—can teach us to grow wise.To...

A landmark history of North Korea, told through the rise of the Kim dynasty and its surprising ties to American Christianity—a spectacular, penetrating account of a world like no otherNorth Korea. The Hermit Kingdom. For nearly eight decades, it has...

An incantation of strength and solace for persisting in twenty-first-century America "History doesn't repeat, it rhymes." In his sweeping third collection, Charleston brings a poet's ear for echo and rhythm to bear on American history and life after...

A chilling global history of the human shield phenomenon--now with urgent new reflections on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux...

A fascinating biography of the philanthropist Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America's soul From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling new portrait of America's first great...

Iran's prison system is a foundational institution of Iranian political modernity. The Incarcerated Modern traces the transformation of Iran from a decentralized empire with few imprisoned persons at the turn of the twentieth century into a modern...

The Lowest Freedom is an intellectual history of how economic dispossession shaped the meaning of freedom in Black thought from antebellum abolitionism to the rise of Jim Crow.