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Named a Publishers Weekly Editors’ PickA most anticipated book from New York • Bustle • Lit Hub • The Millions • Foreign Policy • Our Culture • & moreIn his provocative, crackling new novel, Andrew...

A revealing look at how the memory of the plague held the poor responsible for epidemic disease in eighteenth-century Britain“This work will be required reading in fields of research that do not...

“A portrait of self-creation in the vein of F. Scott Fitzgerald”,” (The Wall Street Journal) An Elegant Woman is “a rich exploration of legacy and memory” (Entertainment Weekly) that follows four...

"A new edition of the iconic bestseller that introduced legions to modern physics and the quest for the ultimate understanding of the cosmos, featuring a new preface and epilogue. With a rare blend...

The international bestseller that inspired a major Nova special and sparked a new understanding of the universe. Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away layers of...

A moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous.In an elegant apartment building in the heart of Paris, Renée, the concierge, scrutinizes the vacuous lives of...

During the 19th century, New York City's grand mansions on Fifth and Madison Avenues boasted sumptuous interiors, often with each room decorated in a different historic style. Financier, art...

These days taking chances isn’t just for college dropouts in hoodies. We all need to be nimble, adaptive, daring—and maybe even a little crazy—or risk being left behind.But how do you take smart...

The predecessors of the electric telegraph were a wonder of their age. Their operators achieved a remarkable proficiency and speed over distance given clear weather. This is the first comprehensive...

Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelicorders? and even if one of them pressed mesuddenly to his heart: I'd be consumedin that overwhelming existence. For beauty is nothingbut the...

A moving and incandescent volume from a poet celebrated for her "unfailing mastery of her medium" (New York Times Book Review). In poems of graceful lyricism and penetrating observation,...

“A tremendous tale of hushed and unhushed uproars in the linked fields of war and diplomacy” (The New York Times), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of AugustIn January 1917, the war...