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"The 'best short story writer in English' (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in...

Part of the fabulous new hardback library of 24 Evelyn Waugh books, publishing in chronological order over the coming year. The books have an elegant new jacket and text design. 'Who in his sense...

From the 1880s to the 1920s, a profound social awakening among women extended the possibilities of change far beyond the struggle for the vote. Amid the growth of globalized trade, mass production,...

In this delightful memoir, Bhante Walpola Piyananda, a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka, shares his often amusing, often poignant experiences of life in America. Whether he's reasoning with a group of...

In the tradition of The Wire, the “utterly absorbing” (The New York Times) story of the cinematic transformation of Miami, one of America’s bustling cities—rife with a drug epidemic, a burgeoning...

"Hec-tor Borlasca's vibrant-ly col-or-ful pic-tures are an appeal-ing vehi-cle for Levy's mes-sage." - Jewish Book CouncilOy Vey! Such bad mazel you are having. You tripped, banged your shnoz and...

Midnight, Sunday, June 18, 1815. Britain holds its breath. Since Napoleon's escape from Elba in February, Europe has been jolted from eleven months of peace back into the frenzied panic of a war it...

One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Žižek shows why Lenin’s thought is still important todayV. I. Lenin’s originality and importance as a revolutionary leader is most often associated...

“Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common. [Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation.”—San Francisco ChronicleAcclaimed in her own...

The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie--about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself--a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the...

Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the...

This luminous picture book captures the beauty and surprises of a rainy day. In her third story for young readers, Joanne Liu once again shows the world through a child's eyes. Following My...

In this heavily illustrated fable written by the influential public advocate, rats invade Congress ― and the citizens revolt! When a reporter breaks the news that "Rats have invaded the toilet bowls"...

Jules Verne's masterpiece of adventure fiction that has captured the imaginations of generations of readers and continues to enthrall us today.On October 2, 1872, an English gentleman makes a...

Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been considered a younger contemporary of Homer...

A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa.May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't...

One of Esquire’s best books of spring 2022An extended meditation on late style and last works from “one of our greatest living critics” (Kathryn Schulz, New York).How and when do artists and athletes...

For fans of Richard Scarry and Busytown, this funny and informative picture book set in a hospital features lively animals as doctors, nurses, and emergency workers in a rollicking story, with...