“A narrative masterwork. Bird vividly creates the sinister web of charm and deceit that Cohn was able to spin through his decades at the very center of power.” —Marie Brenner, award-winning...

A captivating assortment of original mini-stories, ranging from heart-wrenching to spine-chilling, shared through the unique and timeless medium of postcards A couple on vacation slowly realizes that...

Experience the layers of history and diverse architecture of Princeton, New Jersey, in this narrated photographic tour of more than 200 locations where history was made and greatness launched...

Longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry “Patricia Smith is the greatest living poet. Every book is better than the last.” —Danez Smith, The Guardian A collection of the finest new and...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 • A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL • WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION • A GOOD MORNING...

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the...

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, and LITERARY HUB Beloved author and winner of The Story Prize, Paul Yoon, is back with the unforgettable story of a working dog,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Advance copies of Ray Dalio’s new book about how countries go broke have become a hot read in Washington.” —The New York Times “This book is a gift to humanity….Ray...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR • ONE OF TIME’S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR • AN ELECTRIC LITERATURE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • The rich...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Do you want to know why today’s Supreme Court rules like it does? Leah Litman has the answer, and it is one that people should know. It’s time to read this book!” —Los...

Dedicated to discussing writings of the European Renaissance that dissented from the dominant values of the period. Who during the Renaissance could have dissented from the values of reason and...

A masterfully researched history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 "The defiant spirit of [Iran] is brought to life in this monumental history of the past 500 years."--Richard Spencer, The Times (London) ...

"Universities are spaces for contemplation but also sociability and simply living. The University places materiality at the center of the institution's 900-year history, tracing connections between...

A collaboration between philosopher Julian Baggini and internationally celebrated coffee expert, James Hoffmann, this is the perfect gift book for the curious coffee lover. Philosopher Julian...

Unleash your inner grammar geek! A perfect gift for word nerds and language lovers, This Is a Book of Sentence Diagrams uses the simplicity of the classic sentence diagram to unpack iconic quotes...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer (now an HBO series) comes a moving and unflinchingly personal meditation on the literary forms of otherness and a bold call for expansive...

"Methodically debunking the claims of its apologists, Norman Finkelstein has for decades laid bare the cynical politics behind Israel's high-tech killing sprees in Gaza. Since October 7, 2023, he has...

In this mesmerizing novel, an astrophysicist searches for her place among her neighbors and in the universeGunn Haven, professor of astrophysics, has taken a leave from the institute where she...

"Sybil is seventy-three years old, in the winter of her life. Sybil has always made sense of the world through writing letters and through this epistolary novel we see how she comes to terms with her...

"If you were a consumer of literature in the nineteenth century, chances are the volumes in your library featured the illustrations of Gustave Doré. From the Bible to Shakespeare, Balzac to Milton,...