"[Appiah's] work reveals the heart and sensitivity of a novelist. . . .Fascinating, erudite and beautifully written."-The New York Times Book Review
"[Beasley's] lightness works best when it dapples her darkness-and when her darkness, as it often does, feels truly deep."-Abigail Deutsch, Poetry
The ultimate weather book for the weather enthusiast or anyone interested in the oddities and extremes of nature.
A stunning collection that brings an earlier era to life.
Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses.
Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us, as reported by spacetime's most important theoreticians and observers.
"This pleasant, unpretentious account [is] a small stream leading to the ocean of the culture of China."-Scientific American
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer John Matteson, an account of the "Susan Sontag" of nineteenth-century America.
"Brilliant... highly original in its approach and meticulously cautious, concise and convincing in its judgments." --Sidney B. Fay, The Yale Review
"A journey through art and literature as well as medical experience, seeking ways of understanding, articulating, and relieving pain."-Perri Klass, Washington Post
"A document of historic sweep and almost unprecedented detail."-Washington Post
"The two sides of Shaw . . . are at the center of . . . [this] compulsively readable biography."-Daniel Akst, Wall Street Journal
"[Ravikovitch's] poems hum their messages like tuning forks. . . . [She] reaches visionary heights."-Margot Lurie, New Criterion
A photo memoir of one man's travels through America that is as sprawling and chaotic as the country itself.
"Ekirch out-kidnaps Stevenson in this thrilling, thoroughly documented story." -Booklist, starred review
"His early novel Call It Sleep was his Ulysses. His late work An American Type is his Grapes of Wrath."-Thane Rosenbaum, Los Angeles Times
"Timely and brave. . . . Leegant is a masterful weaver."-Miami Herald
The new bestseller from the author of The Knitting Circle: "Is there anyone who can write about the connections between ordinary people as well as Ann Hood does?"-Jodi Picoult
"The power that Kumin draws from and brings to literature is potent and seemingly inexhaustible."-Booklist
"[Hacker] powerfully brings her formal mastery and her political sensibility together."-American Poet
A bold, illuminating new take on the love of animals that drove human evolution.
The only edition of the celebrated Autobiography that includes the long-missing and recently identified "Wagon Letters."
Few writers have transformed literature and theater so dramatically. Based on Henry J. Schmidt's translations of The Hessian Messenger, Danton's Death, Lenz, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck.
Shakespeare's tragedy of one of the most famous assassinations in the world at an epoch-changing time in history.
Fourteen conjure tales by one of America's most influential African American fiction writers.
"All the world's a stage." Shakespeare's beloved pastoral comedy is now available in a Norton Critical Edition.
An illustrated guidebook to a rich array of 148 designed landscapes along the Northeast Corridor.
"[Kimiko] Hahn's frankness . . . allows [these poems] to stand out as starkly fresh as the carnivorous plants she describes."-American Poet
William Shakespeare's great Roman tragedy of adultery amid political conflict is now available in a richly documented and illustrated Norton Critical Edition.
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