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Presenting striking images from an amateur photographer's album depicting a changing Broadway, this book offers a rare glimpse into the transformation of New York's built environment at the turn of...

Interwoven with the first-person account of Sameth, a woman of complex European-Asian background, is the story of the efforts of her former lover, an American diplomat, to track her down in a...

A New York Times Editors’ Choice BookSpanning almost thirty years and settings that range from big cities to small towns and farmsteads of rural Canada, this magnificent collection brings together...

The Rule of St Benedict is a model for stability and good sense in a turbulent modern world. Here is an entirely original approach. This is a chapter-by-chapter commentary and includes the entire...

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2023A Library Journal Recommended Read for 2023A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2023A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation...

An essential photographic guide to antarctic wildlifeAntarctic Wildlife is the definitive identification guide to the birds and marine mammals of the Antarctic Peninsula, Drake Passage, and Beagle...

A richly illustrated photographic field guideThis is the first photographic field identification guide to Eastern Caribbean birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, land crabs, dragonflies, and...

Through an account of evolving ideas about wolves and coyotes, Thomas Dunlap shows how American attitudes toward animals have changed.

Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755),...

The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who...

IIn 1973, a young ACLU attorney filed a controversial class-action lawsuit that challenged New York City’s operation of its foster-care system. The plaintiff was an abused runaway named Shirley...

Melia is spellbound by the stuffed wildcat in her family’s living room―her cousin swears that it comes to life and roams the streets at night. When she finds a signed note from the animal with secret...

The definitive guide for identifying Southern Africa's wildlife Highly portable, concise, and informative, this is the essential guide for identifying Southern Africa's most visible wildlife...

Soon to be an FX Docuseries from Emmy® Award-Winning Producer Marc Smerling (The Jinx) featuring the author Errol Morris! Academy Award–winning filmmaker Errol Morris examines one of the most...

 Now available in paperback, The Secrets of Wildflowers is destined to be an indispensable book for anyone who loves and admires the natural world.    Few things in nature beautify the world more...