A history of one of humankind’s most resilient and influential technologies over the past millennium—the book.Stephen King once said that books are “a uniquely portable magic.” Here, Emma Smith takes readers on a literary...

From a spectrum of talented authors, a collection of essays on food, and its entwinement with our emotions and our lives.Of all the essentials for survival: oxygen, water, sleep, and food, only food is a vast treasure trove of memory and of sensory e...

"Energetically brilliant, warmly humane, incisively funny, it whips the tablecloth from under the setting of contemporary reading, politics and intellectual culture in a literary act of daring.” —Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize winning ...

“An elegant masterpiece…Wry but also warm and generous.”—Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger A Time Most Anticipated Book of 2022 • CJ Hauser expands on her viral sensation “The Crane ...

“Equal parts pee-your-pants hilarity and break your heart poignancy- like the perfect brunch date you never want to end!"--America Ferrera, Emmy award-winning actress in Ugly Betty From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not You...

In this bestselling tour de force of a culinary manifesto, Great British Bake Off alum and former Guardian columnist Ruby Tandoh will help you fall back in love with food—from a great selection of recipes to straight-talking, sympathetic advice...

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY LIT HUB & THE MILLIONSAn unsparing, loving account of fatherhood and the surprising, magical, and maddening first five years of a son’s life“I was not prepared to be a father—this much I ...

An urgent, deeply moving final work of nonfiction from the National Book Award–winning author of Arctic Dreams and Horizon, a literary icon whose writing, fieldwork, and mentorship inspired generations of writers and activists. ONE OF THE MOST ...

From the discovery of the author’s face in a century-old photograph to a triple-amputee hospice director working at the border of life and death, here are thirteen hopeful, heartbreaking, and profound essays from “one of the most intellig...

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls andOne of the most valuable spaces for an artist is the inner life—the sacred place where, outside of the constraints of time and space, meaning is extracted from raw experience and fashion...

A wide range of women—actors, athletes, academics, CEOs, writers, small-business owners, birth workers, physicians, and activists—share their experiences of becoming mothers in this multifaceted, moving, and revealing collection.Throughou...