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Among the towering fir trees of the Pacific Northwest, a famously elusive creature is in serious trouble.INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE BONUS STORY about the medieval Secret Order of the Unicorn!All Elliot...

One of The New York Times Book Review's "10 Best Books of 2015"An NYRB Classics Original The Door is an unsettling exploration of the relationship between two very different women. Magda is a writer,...

A considerable literature has been devoted to the study of Islamic activism. By contrast, Nadje Al-Ali's book explores the anthropological and political significance of secular-oriented activism by...

A hands-on lab guide in the Python programming language that enables students in the life sciences to reason quantitatively about living systems across scalesThis lab guide accompanies the textbook...

Peter Fischli (born 1952) and David Weiss (1946-2012) collaborate to transform the stuff of ordinary life into a series of quizzical, whimsical, even disquieting encounters. Fascinated with...

The Urban Climate Change Research Network's Second Assessment Report on Climate Change in Cities (ARC3.2) is the second in a series of global, science-based reports to examine climate risk,...

Cyrus is among the most impressive characters in the ancient world. From the Old Testament to Xenophon's Cyropaedia, ancient texts have made him to an example of tolerance and just kingship. Hailing...

From the winner of the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, CLMP Firecracker Award, and Bard Fiction Prize, National Book Award "5 Under 35" Honoree, and finalist for the NBCC John Leonard Prize, an...

Italy Segreta is a stunning, photo-forward guide to Italy that aims to break through the homogenization of the country's narrative to harness the true experience of Italy, region by region. Each...

A fascinating and detailed analysis of one of the most iconic works of SurrealismIn 1931, Salvador Dalí (1904-89) painted The Persistence of Memory, a work that has become virtually synonymous both...

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in his own words: the definitive collection of his opinions, speeches, and articles on the most essential and vexing legal questions, with an intimate foreword by...

A trip around the globe with fashion photographer Alice Hawkins, capturing unique personalities in locales as far-flung as Texas, India, Nairobi, Cuba, and JamaicaDisplaying an uncommon flair for...