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Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker's critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple.

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychologic

The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa--one of the most renowned women rulers in history--and three of her extraordinary daughters: elegant and artistic Maria Christina, duchess of Te

Intimations - Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time Written during the early month

From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planetMore

The first book in twenty-five years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy.

A concise, expert account of Joyce's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world.

"I felt I was interviewing James Patterson under the highest permissible does of sodium pentothal, the truth serum, for hours--and he spilled the whole story of his truly astonishing life.&quo

"Ce livre est le vaisseau spécial que j'ai dû me confectionner pour survivre à ma propre guerre des étoiles. Panne sèche de moelle osseuse. Bug biologique, risque de crash imminent.

This biography draws on interviews, letters, and Morgan's diaries, including never-before-seen reflections on faith, art, and her life experiences.

In the summer when Coltrane died, poet Patti Smith fell in love with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

"A firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system. Laura Coates bleeds for justice on the page."--Ibram X.

In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history." - President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony

Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Kafka's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world.

Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never traveled further than forty miles from his home in Kn̲igsberg.