"This is the gripping tale of one man's courage, and its extraordinary unintended consequences that still shape our world today. It's about a moving friendship between spies on opposite sides of the...

Twenty-six years after its original publication, Borsook’s “smart, funny and irreverent” (The New York Times) critique of high-tech has proved a prescient assessment of a toxic ethos which has seeped...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Osman’s globe-trotting series “We Solve Murders” returns with the thrilling new mystery, We Chase Shadows. Back together. Back on the case. And back to...

Jack Kerouac has long been mythologized as an all-American figure: the “King of the Beats,” forever hitchhiking on the road, who gave voice to a postwar generation of rebels. In fact, he was born...

In December 1941, Japanese troops landed on the northern coast of Borneo and began a brutal three-year, eight-month occupation. Set in a forgotten theater of World War II, The Crossing of the Boars...

• NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be...

Through 100 stunning recipes, an award-winning chef shares her Thai culinary heritage, blending intriguing flavors, rich culture, and multi-hued stories.After emigrating to America as an adult with a...

"The first all-encompassing biography of Elliott Smith, offering an intimate portrait of his life and musical legacy with brand-new on-the-record interviews and physical archive evidence from the...

"John Coltrane's impact on music and culture endures far beyond his prolific career and untimely death in 1967 at age forty. His masterful saxophone style and groundbreaking jazz compositions had a...

The first-ever history of the Anti-Defamation League and its determined, century-long alliance with Western empire. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is a major US political organization, yet its...

Desire Path explores how everyday life, memory, history, and politics work against and toward each other across communities and national boundaries. This collection pleats numerous lives: a boy sent...

From the forging of a constitution for the postindependence republic to the reign of Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party today, the idea of India as a nation-state has predominated. Yet the...

A rousing tour through Chekhov's stories and plays, with lessons for managing troubled times For all his immense literary fame, Anton Chekhov is underappreciated as a thinker. Widely regarded as a...

"Touch of Grey, or, How the Grateful Dead Became Pop Stars follows the transition of the Grateful Dead from a music group with a dedicated and insular fanbase to a pop culture sensation. John...

New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2025A May 2025 Indie Next List Great Read"Like Gabriële herself, this book takes on big ideas about modern art and modern life."--The New York TimesThe story...