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Praise for Leslie Feinberg and transgender warriors [...] "Men and women have had their histories. This is the history book for the rest of us." - Kate Bronstein [...] "Leslie Feinberg is that rare...

Instant New York Times bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 * Named a Best Book of 2025 by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, The Economist, and The Financial Times "We think we know everything, but...

This book provides a new look at the social and cultural roles of the American college after the Civil War. Historians have dubbed the period from the Civil War to World War I "the age of the...

"A timely history of immigration, integration, and national identity that reveals the true heritage behind some of the nation's defining artworks. To truly understand British art is to recognize the...

"This little gem fills you in on everything finned, furred, feathered, or leafed, and how to find it, in all five boroughs."—House and GardenSecond place for scholarly/reference books (design),...

From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction PrizeA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring...

A provocative work of American literary criticism covering Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Faulkner, and others. Fielder's groundbreaking work changed the...

It is widely assumed that Americans care little about income inequality, believe opportunities abound, admire the rich, and dislike redistributive policies. Leslie McCall contends that such...

Leslie Day's life changed forever when, in 1975, she moved to a tiny houseboat on the Hudson River at the 79th Street Boat Basin--a new home umbilically tied to Manhattan's Upper West Side. In her...

Feminist City is an ongoing experiment in living differently, living better, and living more justly in an urban world.We live in the city of men. Our public spaces are not designed for female bodies...

"Beginning in 1580, London companies sold water to consumers through a large network of wooden mains in the expanding metropolis. This new water industry flourished throughout the 1600s, eventually...

If you have ever bought a cookery book not only for the recipes but also for the mouth-watering images and attractive design, then A Book for Cooks is for you. Food writer and self-confessed...

Asian American women have long dealt with charges of betrayal within and beyond their communities. Images of their "disloyalty" pervade American culture, from the daughter who is branded a traitor to...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes “a blazing, unputdownable memoir” (Mary Karr, author of Lit), the “piercing, intimate” story (TIME Magazine)...

A visual feast of garden design inspiration that embraces diversity and teaches you how to create a lush, colorful, edible, and meaningful garden wonderland of your own.“Through story and imagery,...

"An exploration of depictions and use of water within Renaissance Italy, and especially in the work of polymath Leonardo da Vinci. Both a practical necessity and a powerful symbol, water presents one...

Shortlisted for the Architectural Book of the YearHow gentrification is killing our cities, and what we can do about itWhat does gentrification look like? Can we even agree that it is a process that...

Why you should worry less about AI and more about what makes us human We are at a crossroads in history. If we hope to share our planet successfully with one another and the AI systems we are...

Princeton is only the fourth American college to celebrate a 275th anniversary. Founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, it has long Presbyterian roots. The scene of notable events in the...

From the "astounding" (Entertainment Weekly), "spectacularly evocative" (The Atlantic), and "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy...