The latest installment in Mario Giordano’s best-selling series of charming mysteries, starring Sicily’s most glamorous gumshoe, Auntie Poldi ("Long may she reign." *)*Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewAll
“Gripping . . . Chang has accomplished the seemingly impossible . . . He has written a remarkably rich, human, and compelling story of the railroad Chinese.” ― Peter Cozzens, Wall Street JournalA grou
“Beautifully illustrated and sharply written, SprawlBall is both a celebration and a critique of the three-point shot. If you want to understand how the modern NBA came to be, you’ll need to read this
From two-time Pulitzer Prize?winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., comes one of the most important and influential investigations of the American presidency. The Imperial Presidency traces the
From America's most celebrated living historian comes this "sprightly, straightforward account of the first third of an active and charmed life" (New York Times). Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. turns a studi
A provocative and lively deep-dive into the meaning of America's first black presidency, and an engrossing analysis of how race and blackness shape our understanding of Barack Obama's achievements, fa
First the white members of Raj Bhatt’s posh tennis club call him racist. Then his life falls apart. Along the way, he wonders: where does he, a brown man, belong in America?Raj Bhatt is often unsure o
From Stan Lee, the pop-culture legend behind Marvel’s Avengers, Black Panther, X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and Iron Man, comes a major publishing event. One of the last creative acts of a maste
“Andrews’s wonderful Down from the Mountain is deeply informed by personal experience and made all the stronger by his compassion and measured thoughts . . . Welcome and impressive work.” ―Barry Lopez
With a new introduction from Anne Tyler.From one our most treasured American writers, Delta Wedding is a vivid and charming portrait of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantatio
Aimed at adults, teenagers, and tourists, this is the most comprehensive collection of tales, legends, folklore, ghost stories and strange-but-true facts ever assembled about Vermont and the surroun
A taut, page-turning novel of secrets and strife. When two families―one rich, one not―vacation together off the coast of South Carolina, little do they know that someone won't be returning home.Fripp
For over fifty years, J.R.R. Tolkien’s peerless fantasy has accumulated worldwide acclaim as the greatest adventure tale ever written. No other writer has created a world as distinct as Middle-earth,
In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed, a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web—and that foreshadows the true future of work.Hidden beneath the surface of the
Women have been among the most dynamic and successful ministers in all Protestant denominations; but in divinity school, Sarah Sentilles discovered that some of the best and brightest were having tro
If you can grill, you can smoke! Now you can add smoke flavor to almost any food on any grill. Weber's Smoke shows you how and inspires you with recipes that range from the classic (Best-on-the-Block
Richly illustrated with a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes photos of the actors, creatures and costumes, and numerous special-effects scenes, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Official Movi
In Jazz Age New York, Jehoshaphat "Joe" Harris and his offbeat employees battle a sabotaged fiction contest, the NYPD vice squad, the kidnapping of a subscriber, and a gorgeous but murderous film actr
Upon publication, Children’s Books and Their Creators, Anita Silvey’s comprehensive survey of contemporary children’s literature, was called ?an invaluable reference . . . [and] a wonderful resource”
“An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime.” ―Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel laureate and author of Man Booker International Prize winner FlightsA charming, witty, and deliciously spooky mystery, inspired by t
