The first fully illustrated history of Juneteenth and other Emancipation Day celebrations, told through photographs, art, and an engrossing narrative from an award-winning historian.  For more...

Finalist for the 2026 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER | INDIE BESTSELLER | The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 From "one of America's smartest and...

The definitive, comprehensive biography of Brian Epstein--the man who built the Beatles--by eminent Beatles biographer Philip Norman There will never be another pop manager like Brian Epstein, the...

An accessible presentation of Bacon's entire oeuvre of paintings, punctuated by quotes from eminent artists such as Lucian Freud and Damien Hirst Quarter-bound with cloth, this volume compiles the...

"The most promising debut I've read in decades." --Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country FriendsFrom brilliant new voice in fiction Bindu Bansinath, a darkly funny and...

WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR Named one of the Best Books...

One of the world’s leading Egyptologists tells the rich and fascinating story of ancient Egypt’s last dynasty. Alexander the Great and Cleopatra may be two of the most famous figures from the ancient...

From the eighteenth century to the twenty–first, the surprising history and inspiring contemporary panorama of urban gardening: nurturing health, hope, and community. Nurturing health, hope, and...

"Blending biography and archival history, After the Flood asks of Bob Dylan, "If your dreams are fulfilled at twenty, what do you do with the rest of your life?" A prevailing narrative goes: Bob...

“The clearest, most forceful statement on art by an artist of our time that I have read.” —Frank Getlein, New RepublicAn illustrated guide to artistic creation from one of the twentieth century’s...

*An Observer Best New Biographies of 2024* ?*Now in paperback!* Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascinating and ethereal as...

An eye-opening history of taxation showing that battles over taxes have always really been battles over democracy itself Americans have always fought over the meaning of freedom and equality. What...

"An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly influential forces in modern American life--the humble parking spot. In a beguiling and often absurdly...

Scenes from the City: Filmmaking in New York is a celebration of the rise of New York-shot films, particularly after the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting was formed in 1966. This...

From the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two great rivers, all connected by a single drop of water. • "Make...

A classic of literary reporting from one of The New Yorker’s most iconic writers reveals the vibrant world of old New York and the ordinary people who made it great, now with illustrations by...

"Claudia Rankine has widened contemporary literature with her consciousness-raising, genre-defying works. In her first book after her celebrated American trilogy, presented with full-color visuals,...

“Reading Nick Corasaniti’s delightful book about the storied Asbury Park, New Jersey, club is like sitting at your favorite bar listening to the old regulars tell magnificent stories.”—Rolling Stone,...

In searing dispatches, Love, Me is a timely affirmation for Black women in a world that has undervalued them for centuries. "Thee Black woman’s story for this era. It is both political and personal...

New York Times Bestseller Capturing the music, characters, escapades, and energy of his DJ days, a profound memoir from seven-time Grammy-winning record producer Mark Ronson. Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy...