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These transcendent, lyrical essays on the West announced Gretel Ehrlich as a major American writer-"Wyoming has found its Whitman" (Annie Dillard).

What is it like today for the woman with a drinking problem' How does she know when she has crossed the fine line between social drinking and addiction' What can she do to help herself, and what ca

With a new introduction by Adi Ophir: An early and fierce critique of Zionism from a Jewish child of Palestine who argued against nationalism and injustice.

The riveting true account of a grisly crime and the unprecedented three murder trials faced by Fort Bragg soldier Tim Hennis.

So much to read, so little time' This brief overview of The Sixth Extinction tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Elizabeth Kolbert's book.

"Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case." -William Saroyan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Famous authors, like everybody else, know that one day

Life guidance from a famed Renaissance man.

The original guide to good manners explains why "nothing is less important than which fork you use."Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

The "dazzling" and essential portrayal of 1960s America from the author of South and West and The Year of Magical Thinking (The New York Times).

The true story behind the classic TV show: A father's delightful account of raising eight free-spirited children in 1970s America.

A larger-than-life account of family, greed, and a courtroom showdown between Big Oil rivals from the New York Times-bestselling author of Private Empire.

Edgar Award Finalist: The true story of the female Norwegian immigrant who led a secret life as a serial killer in the early twentieth-century Midwest.

With a new preface: An "irreverent [and] entertaining" portrait of JFK, the Camelot mystique, and the politics of charisma (The Christian Science Monitor).

An extraordinary report on the aftermath of the 1960s in America by the New York Times-bestselling author of South and West and Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

A "virtually faultless" account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific and the definitive history of the battle for Stalingrad together in one volume (The New York Times Book Review).