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--A Los Angeles Times best seller, Book Sense Notable Pick, and SCIBA Book Award WinnerAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn...

An accessible and authoritative new history of French literature, written by a highly distinguished transatlantic group of scholarsThis book provides an engaging, accessible, and exciting new history...

Traditionally, American Jews have been broadly liberal in their political outlook; indeed African-Americans are the only ethnic group more likely to vote Democratic in US elections. Over the past...

Winner of the 2021 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for NonfictionLonglisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's LiteratureFinalist for the 2022 YALSA Award for Excellence in Young Adult...

This book is a creative synthesis of the published scholarly research on the contemporary American right wing from the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy to the election of Ronald Reagan as President...

In this provocative book, writer, and cultural critic Touré explores the concept of Post-Blackness: the ability for someone to be rooted in but not restricted by their race. Touré begins his book by...

A revelatory collection of behind-the-scenes photographs of celebrities and cultural icons—from Joan Didion to the Rolling Stones to Nancy Pelosi. Featuring short essays from Fran Lebowitz, Harrison...

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.They did the...

An accessible and authoritative new history of French literature, written by a highly distinguished transatlantic group of scholarsThis book provides an engaging, accessible, and exciting new history...

For the first time in one volume, three modern masterworks from the National Book Award-winning writer who explored the dark undercurrents of the American CenturyBlurring the boundaries between...

For the first time, novelist Iris Murdoch's life in her own words, from girlhood to her last yearsIris Murdoch was an acclaimed novelist and groundbreaking philosopher whose life reflected her...

"Reading Grace Lee Boggs helps you glimpse a United States that is better and more beautiful than you thought it was. As she analyzes some of the inspiring theories and practices that have emerged...

In the latest installment in his famous Detective Dave Robicheaux series, New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings Dave's partner and friend Clete Purcel to the forefront for the...

**A 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist****A 2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist for Debut Fiction**In this “nuanced, sharp, and beautifully written” (Michael Chabon) debut novel, a young...

An exhilarating, brutal, comedic masterpiece―an American classic that will “leave you so giddy you’ll go and kick sand in somebody’s face” (Houston Post) When My Search for Warren Harding, Robert...

“A vivid picture of how what we wear on our feet can tell us what it really means to be an American.”—Vanity Fair “Expansive, thorough, and entertaining . . . a comprehensive look at how much the...

A Spectator Book of the Year“Brilliant, ambitious, and often surprising. A remarkable contribution to the current global debate about empire.” —William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy: The East...

"Throughout Happiness, Forna stops in our tracks . . . Reminiscent at times of Michael Ondaatje's novel Anil's Ghost . . . Happiness is a meditation on grand themes: Love and death, man and nature,...

"Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea chat about her life on the stage, on the screen, and, above all, behind the scenes... In Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea take us on a...

"For me, a truly compelling, fact-packed read all about how guitars are made, look, sound, and play. Atkinson admirably recounts a century of history, invention, and experimentation by experts and...