This volume brings together twenty-five of R. Crumb’s most ambitious, acclaimed, and profound comics.One of the most influential and iconic cartoonists of our time, R. Crumb is celebrated for pushing the boundaries of representation, mass consumerism,...

From Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonates today.Before his murder at age twenty-five, Tupac...

Discover the hidden mysteries of America's national parks!America's national parks are best known for stunning beauty and outstanding adventure―but these natural wonders also hold some of the world's greatest mysteries. Why did an ancestral civilization...

An anthropologist's quest to understand the deep social and political divides in American society, and the everyday strategies that can overcome them.In 2016, Anand Pandian was alarmed by Donald Trump's harsh attacks on immigrants to the United States,...

A guide to the art of journaling—and a meditation on the central questions of life—by the bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms, with contributions from Hanif Abdurraqib, Jon Batiste, Elizabeth Gilbert, Salman Rushdie, Gloria Steinem, George...

Set In 1960s California, This Blockbuster Debut Is The Hilarious, Idiosyncratic And Uplifting Story Of A Female Scientist Whose Career Is Constantly Derailed By The Idea That A Woman's Place Is In The Home, Only To Find Herself Starring As The Host Of...

A portrait of one of the greatest leaders of modern history, George Catlett Marshall (1880–1959), and a distillation of the essential lessons his formative years offer to the leaders of today and tomorrowGeorge Marshall’s accomplishments are well known:...

A beautifully designed, profoundly insightful exploration of life’s 20 Questions, featuring original writing by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle and the wisest, most life-changing answers shared with the beloved podcast hosts over hundreds...

A Spectator Book of the Year“Brilliant, ambitious, and often surprising. A remarkable contribution to the current global debate about empire.” ―William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an...

A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182.This is a story of what happens when an angst-ridden kid who grew up in the desert experiences his parents’ bitter divorce,...

Fitting in at a new school is hard enough, but when you’re an awkward, big-nosed, nerdy Pakistani girl with a funny last name, it can seem impossible.Eleven-year-old Alina Butt has changed schools four times already since her family moved to England from...

In the spirit of her bestselling book Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit explores how our actions can shape the future and the liberatory possibilities of embracing uncertainty.Beginning with an essay about a three-hundred-year-old violin and what it can...

“A sweeping story, gorgeously drawn and beautifully told — this is Craig Thompson’s masterpiece.” —Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Paying the LandFrom the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide,...

Pondering the questions only kids would think to ask, this hilarious, poignant collection captures the wonder of a child's imagination, brought to life by beloved New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck.“This book is for anyone who has secret questions in...

In this iconoclastic and sure to be contentious re-casting by a renowned critic, the great American novel Moby Dick is presented as a work that has been widely misread, an error that continues to this day. According to Barry Sanders, Herman Melville’s...

"Everybody who has ever read a book will benefit from the way Keith Houston explores the most powerful object of our time. And everybody who has read it will agree that reports of the book's death have been greatly exaggerated."--Erik Spiekermann,...

A major new history of Saudi Arabia, from its eighteenth-century origins to the present daySaudi Arabia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a major player on the international stage and the site of Islam’s two holiest cities. It is also one...

A concise, elegant overview of how five of the most extraordinary moments of vision and intuition in science history forever transformed our understanding of the cosmos--and what we may yet discover in revolutions still to come.

A deeply reported, perceptive, and celebratory biography of beloved actor James Gandolfini from a prominent critic and film historianBased on extensive research and original reporting, including interviews with friends and collaborators, Gandolfini is a...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, the first comprehensive history of the Western Hemisphere, a sweeping five-century narrative of North and South America that redefines our understanding of bothThe story of how the United States’ identity was...