A quixotic journey through London's past, Mudlark plumbs the banks of the Thames to reveal the stories hidden behind the archaeological remnants of an ancient city.
"Charyn, like Nabokov, is that most fiendish sort of writer-so seductive as to beg imitation, so singular as to make imitation impossible." -Tom Bissell
Crafted from slivers of reminiscence and reflection, Joan Wheelis's memoir examines childhood attachment and the inevitability of loss.
These indelible images are among the hundreds housed in the New York Public Library's archive of photographs of LGBT history from photojournalists Kay Tobin Lahusen and Diana Davies.
A graceful and penetrating memoir interweaving the author's descent into depression with a medical and cultural history of this illness.
Kirkus Reviews * Best Historical Fiction of 2019 The Millions * "Most Anticipated" Books of 2019 Torn apart by war and bigotry, two families confront long-buried secrets in this haunting American novel of World War II and Vietnam.
How scientific reasoning explains our most common daily fears-from germs to natural disasters and everything in between.
The latest groundbreaking, interdisciplinary work from one of our most eloquent and significant writers about emotion and the brain.
An exploration of the ways the immune system, epigenetics, affect regulation and attachment intersect in mental health.
The leading text, beloved for authoritative coverage and narrative flair.
A comprehensive collection of 220 works from antiquity to the present.
Moments of great intensity in the lives of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley and Joan of Arc, when each faced a decision that would shape her legacy.
Arborist William Bryant Logan recovers the lost tradition that sustained human life and culture for ten millennia.
The riveting, little-known story of Mary Mildred Williams-a slave girl who looked "white"-whose photograph transformed the abolitionist movement.
A deliciously diverse anthology of essays, stories, poems and graphic memoirs, exploring the deeply human act of kissing.
A leading social critic recounts capitalism's finest hour and shows us how we might achieve it once again.
The gripping story of a group of boys discovered in what may be the largest talent search in sports history.
Beyond Martin Luther King's dream of civil and voting rights lay a revolutionary vision of economic justice.
A collection of the best short fictions from the grandmaster of postmodernism.
Food knowledge is power!
A celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present.
Bringing together physical and metaphysical, elegy and celebration, Judgment Day is rich with grace and insight.
A narrative history of the unlikely Maoist rebellion that terrorised Peru even after the fall of global Communism.
A fascinating look at key thinkers throughout history who have shaped public perception of science and the role of authority.
A beautifully illustrated, full colour history of scrolls and their uses in medieval life.
A sprightly, deeply personal narrative about how gumbo-for 250 years a Cajun and Creole secret-has become one of the world's most beloved dishes.
The remarkable, ridiculous, rain-soaked story of Shakespeare's Jubilee: the event that established William Shakespeare as the greatest writer of all time.
Hurston and Hughes, two giants of the Harlem Renaissance and American literature, were best friends-until they weren't.
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