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Named a nonfiction book "Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" by the New York Times "Devastating and hopeful in turn, All That's Unseen exquisitely captures a complex and contradictory world." --Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author of The Glass...

Written in the form of a letter to his ailing father, this debut memoir from the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook explores the complicated burden of caring for an abusive parent who is dying--here is Matthew Quick's most personal and potent work to date. ...

Angelica Glass spent decades as a social worker helping families struggling with poverty, addiction, abuse and neglect. Needing relief from work-related stress, she turned to walking as an outlet. What began as a way to incorporate more exercise into her busy life transformed into something...

An intimate memoir portraying a life spent trying to describe the indescribable, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours and Day. Go ahead. Try using language to slit the skin of mortality to see what's on the other side. At the age...

A vibrant, colorful, and authoritative exploration of the world's first and most illustrious metropolis. 'Babylon' is a name that has a double life: it denotes the great ancient Mesopotamian city with a long and complex history, and it is also a fictive allusion with a wide...

From the glamorous depravity of Studio 54 to the underground cabarets of Weimar Berlin, from Georgian London's gaudy pleasure gardens to the birth of techno in post-industrial Detroit, a brilliantly researched history charting four centuries of nightlife, showing the fascinating evolution of...

In this witty, absurd, and surprisingly moving memoir-in-essays, comedian Alison Leiby unpacks the multitudes women are told to be--and the joy of refusing to pick just one. "Alison Leiby is the Jewish millennial David Sedaris. Reading this book was like having a glass of wine with...

From one of cinema's wisest and most penetrating observers, an arresting new perspective on the sweep of film history. David Thomson has been called "the greatest living writer on the movies." Here is a career capstone of sorts--a one-volume history of film and screens as...

A collection of reported stories that explore the relationship between mothers and daughters, by the award-winning author of Strangers to Ourselves. You Won't Get Free of It tells the stories of mothers and daughters searching for each other (and for themselves). With...

Welcome to the hidden, squirming world of parasites--some of the most misunderstood creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies). "Astonishing, eye-opening, and inspiring." --Chloe Dalton, author of Raising Hare There is the tapeworm, which can grow...

A dazzling journey into the hidden lives of synanthropes, the wild animals who've found ingenious ways to survive and thrive in human communities--from award-winning writer and scientist Dan Werb Synanthropes have always been an immutable part of the tapestry of our lives. They...

A lyrical exploration of the world's wildest, most forbiddingly remote places--and the humans who have always been there, by "the best non-fiction writer of her generation," according to The Times From the blacksand beaches of Iceland, to river crossings deep in the...

Part of the New York Times' "Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" One of LA Times' "10 Books to Read in July" An Amazon Editors' "Best Nonfiction of July" pick A profoundly personal investigation into the current state of...

A glimpse into the mind of an American conspiracy theorist, the schizophrenia, trauma, and misinformation that drove him to the brink, and the friendship that brought him back. "A mesmerizing, compassionate, and deeply meaningful exploration of a perilous corridor of...

An urgent, globe-spanning exploration of languages at risk, from Kichwa to Ukrainian, that asks: What do we lose--culturally, politically, and personally--when a language is silenced? "Fascinating . . . Galer casts a bright light on the massive linguistic diversity that the...

The riveting, true story of an audacious con man who helped send another man to death row for a murder he did not commit "Incendiary, emotionally devastating. [This] is a feat of dogged reporting, bravura storytelling, and clear-eyed moral conscience." --Patrick Radden Keefe,...

From popular The Atlantic columnist Ian Bogost, a lively reflection on how we've become disconnected from the physical world--and how to reclaim gratification in our day-to-day lives. In an era dominated by convenience and efficiency, one would think that life would be...

A revolutionary guide to discovering your core wound, examining how it manifests in your life, and navigating conflict in all relationships, from the popular associate therapist and coach @kp_counseling. Anyone in a long-term relationship knows that fighting is inevitable. Our goal...