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An Irreverent History of Travel This witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of a Third World-raised woman of color, Air...

Essays in Praise of Excess A glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in favor of excess, abandon, and disproportion, in essays ranging fro...

A Literary Field Guide Winner of a 2023 American Horticultural Society Book Award! Organized as a field guide, a literary anthology filled with cla...

From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games A "fun" and "unexpected" ...

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature ...

From the critically acclaimed author of Shizuko's Daughter (a New York Times Notable Book) and Yarn, comes a fascinating new memoir about animals,...

The beloved bestselling author of Here for It returns with an all-new collection of heartening, deeply relatable, and laugh-out-loud essays about w...

A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTS...

From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinchin...

An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Lati...

Essays on Love, Care, and Desire The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility another revolutionary collect...

First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, ...

A Whole New Way to Think about Abortion ABORTION IS A MEN'S ISSUE. By making the case that men are responsible for all unintended pregnancies, Ejac...

A Brewery Lover's Journey Craft beer tourism has gone mainstream. Whether planning entire vacations around beer or simply visiting breweries whenev...

Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson,...

How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers This fun, engrossing book takes a look at the surprising in...

A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yo...

A gripping set of stories about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brilliant guide to transforming the self and our...

This witty memoir traces a touching and often hilarious spiralic path to embracing a gay, Latinx identity against a culture of machismo--from a coc...

A Life in Ten Sea Creatures A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous, transcendental book" inv...

Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders Longlisted for the National Book Award A brilliant, singular collection of essays that looks to music...

The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed and Illustrated This irreverent, balls-out celebration of the greatest matchups in sports movie his...

A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy The acclaimed author of Motoring with Mohammed brings us a compelling adventure into the remarkable ...

A much-anticipated, hilarious new essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling unabashed fan-favorite Samantha Irby invites us to share in t...