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Among their many pleasures, Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti novels have long been celebrated for their mouth-watering descriptions of food. Multicourse lunches at home with Paola and the...

Set in the underbelly of Calcutta, a story that reimagines a city's relationship with its abandoned animals, interlacing dark humor and political critique into a fable of resistance. A city on edge...

Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret: the gripping and suspenseful story of a young woman who unwittingly becomes a perfect asset...

Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images, M.C. Escher was a master of the third dimension. Titled after the famous lithograph, this book stresses the magic spell Escher's work casts on...

Vibrant, rich pastels let you draw with painterly style!36 pastels. Vivid pigments for bright color. Creamy texture blends beautifully. Draw on paper, canvas, wood, or clay. More permanent than chalk...

"Mad Love is a bizarre, beautiful book. It is a novel, an autobiography, a manifesto-a highly unusual hybrid or, better yet, a 'miracle of rare device.'. . . [Breton] has seduced me. I have...

This book presents the first full account and critical edition of The Pilgrimage of the Life of Manhode based on the anonymous Middle English prose translation, of the First Recension of the long...

Dog Days unfolds in the long shadow of freak violence--where language stammers, time loops, and the body remembers what the mind can't."An incandescent book, a landmark in how to bring language to...

Unlike many national constitutions, which contain explicit positive rights to such things as education, a living wage, and a healthful environment, the U.S. Bill of Rights appears to contain only a...

"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company comes a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one love-struck decision that will reverberate for decades...

Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at...

Two pioneering feminists present a groundbreaking collection recovering a generation's revolutionary insights for todayWhen Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963, the book exploded...

How religious beliefs and practices can influence the wealth of nationsWhich countries grow faster economically—those with strong beliefs in heaven and hell or those with weak beliefs in them? Does...

A rich and long history of revolutions--the English Civil War, the American War of Independence, the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions--and their lasting transformations.Revolutions is a...

There is a divine restlessness in the human heart, our eternal echo of longing that lives deep within us and never lets us settle for what we have or where we are.In this exquisitely crafted and...

Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose, scrupulously edited by Jeannine Hensley, has long...

"In this important volume, [the authors] provide a welcome landmark in the nearly century-long voyage toward understanding and acceptance of developmental dyslexia as more than mere hypothesis. .....

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A young man journeys into Sri Lanka’s war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and the legacy of war from the author of The Story of a Brief Marriage...

Unlike many national constitutions, which contain explicit positive rights to such things as education, a living wage, and a healthful environment, the U.S. Bill of Rights appears to contain only a...

A stunning collection of work from beloved poet John Ashbery, his first posthumous book Renowned for his inventive mind, ambitious play with language, and dexterity with a wide range of tones and...