Winner of the 2021 Edgar Award for Best First Novel In this sophisticated, suspenseful debut reminiscent of Laura Lippman and Megan Miranda, two young women become unlikely friends during one...

Thomas Bernhard is "one of the masters of contemporary European fiction" (George Steiner); "one of the century's most gifted writers" (New York Newsday); "a virtuoso of rancor and rage" (Bookforum)...

Exposes the intimate relationship between big finance and higher education inequality in America. Elite colleges have long played a crucial role in maintaining social and class status in America,...

Now in paperback, the fourth—and final—collection of Roger Ebert’s essays, comprising sixty-two reviews of films ranging from the silent era to the recent past. No film critic has ever been as...

Named by The New Yorker as one of the Best Books of 2025 A revelatory book that lifts the curtain on America's most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government...

Now in paperback, an insightful analysis of the great theorist's most unusual work: a diverse collection of radio broadcasts for children.  In light of the legendary difficulty of Walter Benjamin's...

The history of slavery in early America is a history of suicide. On ships crossing the Atlantic, enslaved men and women refused to eat or leaped into the ocean. They strangled or hanged themselves...

Private money, public good, and the original fight for control of America’s energy industry. Until the 1930s, financial interests dominated electrical power in the United States. That changed with...

From the land of the sagas, a collection of little-known, little tales from myth and lore—many available in English for the first time. This unique and enchanting book opens the door to a...

A global history of martial arts and a celebration of their diverse forms, communities, and significance. Martial arts, both traditional and modern styles, enjoy widespread popularity, and many...

A nuanced reassessment of the ancient Fertile Crescent civilization that complicates received wisdom by exploring the ever-present politics of archaeology and laying claim to the past. The Sumerians...

The Sex Pistols reimagined as manager Malcolm McLaren’s explosive, world-shaking art experiment. The explosive story of the Sex Pistols is now so familiar that the essence of what they represented...

"This one-of-a-kind cultural history of the American alligator recounts the remarkable story of this giant-and many would say fearsome-reptile that can grow to almost fifteen feet long and weigh up...

"Dogs are the most variable mammal on Earth, and the most widespread family of carnivore species. The Book of Dogs celebrates the diversity of humans' best friend, their ancestors, and their wild...

"The recent astonishing increase in public and scientific interest in bees is well-deserved. Bees' contributions as pollinators to the human food supply and to the workings of ecosystems far exceed...

"A critical history of the US dollar's dominance in the world economy--and what has kept China's currency from overtaking it. The dollar is the primary currency of the world economy. With China now...

"Rita Felski's new work brings literary studies into conversation with more affirmative and democratic forms of critical theory. Literary critics associate the phrase "Frankfurt School" with early...

"Who doesn't love the classic architecture that defined Chicago as a modern city in the popular imagination? Places like the Board of Trade building, Merchandise Mart, or the Carbon & Carbide tower...

"While the Reconstruction Era in America saw a paradigmatic realignment of the country's core institutions and values, there was a literally physical quality to reconstruction as well: the country...

"Over the course of the seventeenth century, European drama was an important tool for whiteness to imagine itself at the top of an aspirational structure of power relations. That structure could only...