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Number one New York Times bestseller • National Book Award winner • Named one of Time’s ten best nonfiction books of the decade • Pulitzer Prize finalist • National Book Critics Circle Award finali

Winner of the 2023 National Book Critics Circle for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - A Washington Post best nonfiction book of 2023 - Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in

A groundbreaking and thorough examination of the trauma caused by the media covering crimes, both to victims and journalists, from a respected journalist and victim advocate.

From bestselling author Jon Krakauer, a stark, powerful, meticulously reported narrative about a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana — stories that illuminate the human drama beh

Récit des désillusions d'un immigré.

This is a pioneering work on "karayuki-san," impoverished Japanese women sent abroad to work as prostitutes from the 1860s to the 1920s.

In this book, a make-believe cocaine museum becomes a vantage point from which to assess the lives of Afro-Colombian gold miners drawn into the dangerous world of cocaine production in the rain for

This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States.

This book provides an introduction to Africa -- covering its physical attributes, history, social structure, and culture.

In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age, are we sacrificing our literary culture? Renowned critic Sven Birkerts believes the answer is an alarming yes.

According to the research of initiate Rudolf Steiner, humanity is in a continual process of transformation and evolution.

"Few of the countless real-life stories of workplace discrimination suffered by men and women every day are ever told publicly.

Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge—are these facts of life or simply parts of speech?

Scandal is the quintessential public event. Here is the first general and comprehensive analysis of this ubiquitous moral phenomenon.