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The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller Welcome to Sotheran's, one of the oldest bookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, sus...

From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundament...

Based on the wildly popular webcomic, One of Those Days chronicles the life and love of Yehuda and Maya Devir as they take on the minutiae of marri...

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

A Chinese Education An intimate and revelatory eyewitness account of two generations of students in China's heartland, chronicling a country in the...

An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World A plan formed in my mind. I would explore the places in this land that hid my grail. I would spend a w...

A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION - NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' 100 NOTABL...

A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 - Longlisted for the National Book Award - Winner of the PEN...

Women in the Greek Myths The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships returns with a fascinating, eye-opening take on the remarkable women a...

365 page-a-day reflections to encourage concentration, insight, and mindful engagement with the world around us - from the Zen Buddhist teacher "wh...

Iowa is in the heart of America and is often referred to as "flyover" country. Sara Broers, a lifelong Iowan, shares how easy it is to have a perfe...

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution...

The Rivalry That Shaped NASCAR Get the detailed inside story on the legendary rivalry that helped propel NASCAR from regional curiosity to national...

Life Lessons from the Animal Penis A wry look at what the astonishing world of animal penises can teach us about male power and dominance. The fal...

A Slice of History From Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli comes a hilarious and mouth-watering history of pizza. Do YOU like PIZZA? Because ...

The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network...

From the Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Greenlights comes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious ...

Three-term poet laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical, and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation of her trailblazing life ...

The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the '90s From the founder of the Women of Rock Oral History Project, an exploration of women i...

How One Ancient Language Went Global The enthralling story of how today's largest language family, spoken by nearly half the world's population, de...

All About Air Breathe deep and prepare to sail like the wind, with the sweetest puff of air in all the atmosphere - part of the Science Pals series...

116 Years of Professional Baseball in Des Moines, Iowa Baseball fans in general and Chicago Cub fans in particular will enjoy author Steve Dunn's a...

A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021 The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a househol...

Spirituality Beyond the Binary in Myth, Story, and Practice A liberating exploration of the queer divine in deities and figures of myth and legend ...