This standout creative nonfiction debut explores the lives and histories of plants considered nonnative or invasive as metaphors for the Black experience in America. In Tending the Vines, Ashia S...

"It's the start of another school year at Tiffin, with our favorite characters from THE ACADEMY returning for senior year-"sixth form" in Tiffin-speak-a time of college admissions and trying not to...

Drawing on deep, exclusive reporting, a veteran national security correspondent reveals how a new military-industrial complex is arising from the cradle of Silicon Valley, with vast implications for...

The definitive history of Japanese organized crime, from its origins in samurai-era black markets and gambling rings to the shadowy syndicates of the present Japan's gangster groups, known...

"Yoruba mythology is sacred to the traditional Yoruba religion and culture of the Yoruba people of West Africa found primarily in Nigeria, Bénin Republic, and Togo. It is a community of more than 100...

A fascinating window into America's past via one of our favorite foods. There is no humbler food than bread, none easier to take for granted. So ancient that it shows up in prehistoric sites, bread...

“Vishaan Chakrabarti is a brilliant architect.”—Fareed ZakariaFrom one of today’s most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest...

"A witty tragicomic portrait of loss and a novel for anyone who's ever loved a so-called monster"-- Provided by publisher.

How Biddy Mason crossed the continent, broke free from slavery, and built Black Los Angeles. Born in bondage, Biddy Mason endured one of the longest forced migrations in American history―three...

Timely and provocative reflections on the future of the wild in an increasingly human world The Heart of the Wild brings together some of today’s leading scientists, humanists, and nature writers to...

"Informed by the real writings, collages, and other fragments from the life of solitary artist Henry Darger, An Inventory of Benevolent Butterflies is a lyrical imagining of the mind of a man who...

A captivating account of how a one-time mathematician cracked a two-thousand-year-old problem and rediscovered the joys of mathematics in the process Master Sun’s problem—first posed by Sun Bin, a...

“A timely reminder that we are not just our brains. Arm yourself against the forces of misinformation by reading this book!”—Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain Challenge everything you think...

A wide-ranging investigation of the interaction between writing and portraiture across history and cultures Portraits often claim a revered place in worlds remote from their origins, but they also...

“This is the stuff we live for—a spinning dream of a book, pure heart-in-your-throat magic. I can’t say this enough: read it, today, now.”—Paul Yoon, author of The Hive and the Honey, winner of The...

From the nationally bestselling author of The Secret Token, the largely untold story of rebellion in Virginia that will forever change our understanding of the American Revolution As the American...

"A Silent Apostrophe unravels the story of the Fayum mummy portraits, from their origins in Roman Egypt to their discovery nearly two millennia later, their enduring enigma, and their unique status...

"Modern sociology and modern socialism were born at the same time and developed in conversation with each other -- a link that is obvious in the work of Marx, but also visible in that of Durkheim,...

“A novel that’s equal parts ‘White Lotus’ and ‘Get Out’”—New York Times From the award-winning author of We Ride Upon Sticks and When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East, a genre-bending novel of...

"An addictive and brilliant puzzle-box of a novel-somewhere between The Secret History and House of Leaves-following a group of university students who discover an astonishing secret while clearing...