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A masterful ode to America’s game—and an unforgettable portrait of its greatest legends written by America’s best sportswriters.It is a question that has bedeviled football fans for generations:...

"We need books like this one." --Steven PinkerAt last, stupidity explained! And by some of the world's smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio...

Masterworks of the Jazz Age architect whose residential buildings are as significant in their impact on the character of New York as the skyscrapers of Wall Street.Known and celebrated for many of...

"Baby Boomers (and I confess I am one): prepare to squirm and shake your increasingly arthritic little fists. For here comes essayist Helen Andrews."--Terry CastleWith two recessions and a botched...

From the award-winning author of Almost a Miracle and The Ascent of George Washington, this is the rare work of scholarship that offers us irresistible human drama even as it enriches our...

This wide-ranging and definitive volume illustrates how Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking practice influenced 20th- and 21st-century art.This book documents Barbara and Aaron Levine's extraordinary...

"I have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my having lived at all?" Jefferson muses in this volume. His answer: "I do not know that it is." Required by custom to be "entirely...

Brooklyn is one of the world's great melting pots: a place where cultures converge and creativity thrives. This handsome volume features fifty profiles of prominent individuals, all of whom were...

Much has been written about place and Civil War memory, but how do we personally remember and commemorate this part of our collective past? How do battlefields and other historic places help us...

In recent decades, religious fundamentalism has played an increasingly significant role in Western and Middle Eastern politics and culture. In this volume, an international group of scholars from...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “fascinating and very moving” (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network) chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to...

Confessing that he may be acting "with more boldness than wisdom," Jefferson in November 1803 drafts a bill to create Orleans Territory, which he entrusts to John Breckinridge for introduction in the...

The Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints; here are the stories of those Founders who were schemers and scoundrels, vying for their own interests ahead of the nation’s.We now have a...

"In 1805 and 1806, Aaron Burr, former vice president of the newly formed American republic, traveled through the Trans-Appalachian West gathering support for a mysterious enterprise, for which he was...

Intimate portraits and remembrances of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth centuryIt is difficult to imagine a world without John Cage. His playful, challenging spirit remains...

"I love Jane Harper's Australia-based mysteries." —Stephen KingNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM IFC FILMS STARRING ERIC BANAINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A breathless page-turner, driven by the...

From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a "powerful revisionist account"of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up (Eric Foner).The...

From Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes the second installment in the New York Times bestselling series ― Now in Paperback!Callum Hunt’s summer break isn’t like other kids’. His closest companion...

A gorgeous celebration of the gardens and landscapes of Bunny Mellon, written by a leading specialist and sumptuously illustrated with both new and archival photography. "A tome to treasure."...

Hungry for adventure? You're in the right spot. To mark America's 250th birthday and Route 66's 100th anniversary in 2026, we've mapped out 11 culinary road trips that explore the best of America's...