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Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
Darrell Hartman

A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get–and sell–the story.

One of New York Times Book Review’s "100 Notable Books of 2023"

387 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Body Phobia: The Western Roots of Our Fear of Difference
Dianna E. Anderson

Body Phobia is an examination of the western societal fear of the body. Starting with an excavation of the religious roots of this fear, Dianna Anderson then zooms out to show how fear of bodies permeates all parts of culture, influencing who gets to be perceived as more than their body, and who does not.

158 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinations.

416 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them
Porter Fox

Superstorms, hurricanes, typhoons, and spiraling freak weather: the fallout of global warming is a real-life natural thriller, as captured in Porter Fox’s urgent and stunning story of chasing the world’s most devastating storms.

270 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church
Eliza Griswold

From the Pulitzer Prize winner Eliza Griswold, Circle of Hope is an intimate portrait of a church, its radical mission, and its riveting crisis.

Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction.

336 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Dark, Dirty, Dangerous: Building the Vibrant Future of Manufacturing
Karla Trotman

From the brilliant mind of entrepreneur, business owner, and Black generational wealth advocate Karla Trotman, emerges a thought-leadership book unlike any other.

172 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning
Eli Burnstein

For fans of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows or Foyle's Philavery: A Treasury of Unusual WordsDictionary of Fine Distinctions promises to be a cherished addition to the genre that offers clarity, joy, and a deeper appreciation for the subtleties of the English language. The quintessential librarian gift and English teacher gift, it’s an educational odyssey that’s as entertaining as it is enlightening.

 

201 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
Edward Dolnick

From the bestselling author of The Clockwork Universe and The Writing of the Gods, a historical adventure story about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading to a whole new understanding of human history.

352 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs
Benjamin Herold

Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools.

483 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World
Christine Rosen

A reflective, original invitation to recover and cultivate the human experiences that have atrophied in our virtual world.

258 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey

In John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, “the master of the legal thriller” (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, “the godfather of the innocence movement” (Texas Monthly), to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions.

New York Times Bestseller

 

346 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation
Brenda Wineapple

The dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes trial, which captivated the nation and exposed profound divisions in America that still resonate today—divisions over the meaning of freedom, religion, education, censorship, and civil liberties in a democracy.

509 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places
Paul Collier

From the bestselling author of The Bottom Billion, the fate of the poorest regions of the world–some of which exist in the richest nations–is examined.

352 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Lonely Planet's Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth
Anita Isalska, Joe Bindloss

This illuminating book reveals how cultures and communities around the world grieve their loved ones - with lessons we can all learn from to help us all live (and die) well.

237 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates

The renowned author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities.

National Bestseller

235 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Observations of an Accidental Farmer―and a Mindful Reader
Harry Kavros

In forty short and charming chapters, a former “great books” teacher from New York City adapts to his new role on a small Southern farm by observing the natural world and drawing connections to his reading life.

235 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

On Freedom
Timothy Snyder

A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny.

368 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

The Philosophy of Translation
Damion Searls

A deep dive into the nature of translation from one of its most acclaimed practitioners.

248 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Plans for Sentences
Renee Gladman

A tour de force of dizzying brilliance, Gladman's book blurs the distinctions between text and image, recognizing that drawing can be a form of writing, and vice versa: a generative act in which the two practices not only inform each other but propel each other into futures.

140 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

The Position of Spoons
Deborah Levy

A feast of observations about everything from the particular beauty of lemons on a table, to the allure of Colette, to the streets of Paris, by the inimitable Deborah Levy.

161 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.

Instant New York Times Bestseller

352 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World
Scott Shigeoka

Maximize your potential for connection, healing, and personal growth with this “timely bridge for our divided world.” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential)

243 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Shrink the City: The 15-Minute Urban Experiment and the Cities of the Future
Natalie Whittle

Cities define the lives of all those who call them home: where we go, how we get there, how we spend our time. But what if we rethink the ways we plan, live in, and move around our cities? What if we didn’t need a car to reach the grocery store? What if we could get back the time we would have spent commuting and put it to other uses?

In this fascinating, carefully researched and reported book, longtime Financial Times journalist Natalie Whittle investigates the 15-minute city idea―its pros, cons, and its potential to revolutionize modern living.

171 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation
Tom McGrath

The “entertaining and insightful” first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987 (New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich). 

325 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

We're Alone
Edwidge Danticat

A collection of exceptional new essays by one of the most significant contemporary writers on the world stage.

139 pp. Hardcover - Nonfiction

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