The Acclaimed International Bestseller“It is impossible to do justice to the beauty of Returning Light. The whole book is a poem.” — New York Times Book ReviewBy the lighthouse keeper on the remote, otherworldly Irish island of Skellig Michael, a...

A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X—whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge technology to America’s military: from the two men who launched the unit.A vast and...

"Dazzles with indie charm. . . . By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Nobody's Empire is a romantic world of possibility and youthful yearning."--Minnesota Star Tribune "Murdoch proves he's as good a novelist as he is a musician."--Kirkus Reviews...

"You won't find a better collection of diverse perspectives regarding how to respond to the crisis of mass incarceration—ranging from reform to abolition—than what's offered here." —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow"This extraordinary...

'Excellent.' - The New YorkerThe first publication dedicated to artists' zines in North America, a revelatory exploration of an unexamined but thriving aesthetic practiceCopy Machine Manifestos captures the rich history of artists' zines as never before,...

A major collection of essays and speeches from pioneering freedom fighter Angela Y. Davis For over fifty years, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for abolition and feminism and the fight against state violence and...

A scathing critique of proposals to geoengineer our way out of climate disaster by the bestselling author of How to Blow Up a PipelineIt might soon be far too hot on this planet. What do we do then? In the era of "overshoot," schemes abound for turning...

"Clever, bold, and refreshingly feminist; readers will be engaged and entertained to the very end." (Booklist) This wildly entertaining new history of Rome uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world, from the acclaimed...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE STORY PRIZE Award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date In these stories, the...

Flowers for when you love them . . . not. The ultimate guide to finding new and fragrant ways to channel your frustrations and fuel your revenge fantasies with some common (and not-so-common) vengeful plants, as well as suggested bouquets to blight...

The tricks and props of magic and spiritualism: how magicians and psychics fooled the world--and what scientists can learn from them In The Spectacle of Illusion, professional magician-turned experimental psychologist Dr. Matthew L. Tompkins...

The first-ever English translation of Bruno Munari's classic treatise on creativity, replete with new contextualizing annotations "But isn't imagination also fantasy? And can't fantastic images also assume the form of sounds? Musicians speak of sonic...

The recent coronavirus pandemic proved that the time-old notion seems now truer than ever: that science and politics represent a clash of cultures. But why should scientists simply “stick to the facts” and leave politics to the politicians when the world...

A war is being waged against the Past. Whether it’s toppling statues, decolonising the curriculum or erasing terms from our vocabulary, a cultural crusade is underway designed to render the past toxic. It is condemned as enemy territory and has become...

An Economist Biggest Book of the YearHow commerce determines whether America preserves the peace or goes to warWhen the Cold War ended, many believed that expanding trade would usher in an era of peace. Yet today the United States finds itself...

The instant New York Times bestseller:“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me.”Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings...

A SEPTEMBER 2024 INDIE NEXT PICKReturn to Dalton as Shannon Bowring draws another stunningly human portrait of small town America. It's been five years since Bridget Theroux's death shocked the small town of Dalton, Maine, leaving behind husband Nate and...

Welcome to the Tyrrhenian Sea, home to la dolce vita, sun-drenched islands, and seaside towns where even the simplest trattoria has an effortless glamour. Following on from the success of A House Party in Tuscany, food writer Amber Guinness travels from...

How bankers created the modern consumer credit economy and destroyed financial stability in the processAmerican households are awash in expensive credit card debt. But where did all this debt come from? In this history of the rise of postwar American...

A haunting anthology of supernatural stories and the macabre. First published in 1898, The Eerie Book is a chilling anthology featuring classic gothic authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Thomas de Quincey, and Hans Christian Andersen alongside...