A collection by "a generous and lyric storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle) known for his tragicomic voice and his unforgettable and lively characters.
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; one of the Wall Street Journal's best books by women in 2010. Complex, suspenseful, and almost hypnotically readable. Margot Livesey, Boston Sunday Globe"
"Dufresne's incandescent novel makes it clear that just living to tell a tale can be enough." -People
An uproarious debut that lays bare the complicated generational relationships of Chinese American women.
Out of the pungent soil and wind-struck orchards of Provence, this enchanting love story will make you believe, if you ever doubted it, in the power of love and the lengths people will go to keep it alive.
An essential companion for every art and museum lover, whether on the road or from your armchair.
"The Black Notebooks is the most profound document I have read on racism in America today. . . . [It] is not just one of the best books on race I have ever read but just simply one of the best books I have ever read."-Sapphire
This is the first major book to present a comprehensive overview of the current state of extinction studies. At the end of the journey, Raup has put forward the best science of the day to answer the question posed by the title: Bad genes or bad luck?
"Flayhart delivers a gripping chronicle of mishap and mayhem . . . filled with danger and heroism and rich with detail."-Sea Power
"A man is the sum of his misfortunes." -William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Freud's seminal volume of 20th-century cultural thought grounded in psychoanalytic theory, now with a new Introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
From the author of Audition, a wickedly satirical and wildly funny tale of an intergenerational battle of the sexes.
"Alice Albinia is the most extraordinary traveler of her generation... A journey of astonishing confidence and courage."-Rory Stewart
A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller
Clarifies the reasons why the first attempt to secure meaningful civil liberties occurred in the World War I era.
Through a systematic, ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, Sykes has traced the genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants. He also features a chapter specifically addressing the genetic makeup of those people in the United States who have descended from the British Isles.
Technology insider George Gilder delivers a "compelling" (Wired) look under the hood at a genius-fueled startup.
Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes heinous crimes.
The antidote to fad diets: here is the original bestseller that revolutionized the way we think about food.
Tackles the pressing issue of international security and its ramifications on the health of our planet.
As a stamp-collecting boy always fascinated by remote places, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman was particularly taken by the diamond-shaped stamps from a place called Tannu Tuva deep within Outer Mongolia. He hoped, someday, to travel there.
This work draws on a range of Japanese sources to show how shattering defeat in World War II, followed by over six years of military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society. It chronicles the material and psychological impact of defeat and the emergence of dynamic countercultures.
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Norton, 1967.
Leo Gursky is barely surviving, tapping his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbor know he's still alive. But life wasn't always like this: 60 years ago, in the Polish village where he was born, Leo fell in love and wrote a book. And though Leo doesn't know it, that book survived, inspiring fabulous circumstances, even love.
Veteran angler Rich Giessuebel provides a wealth of detailed advice to help you zero in on Lake Ontario's trophy fish.
An event to be celebrated, a Dostoesvsky translation that fully captures the literary achievements of the original.
The leading text, beloved for authoritative coverage and narrative flair.
A comprehensive collection of 220 works from antiquity to the present.
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