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Creative nonfiction writer David Sedaris presents a humorous, yet touching collection of personal essays.

Samantha Irby explodes onto the printed page with her debut collection of brand-new essays about trying to laugh her way through failed relationships, being black, taco feasts, bouts with Crohn&#03

A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story of a poet com

As he entered his 70s, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past.

In the years leading up to the election of Donald Trump, Congressman Adam Schiff had already been sounding the alarm over the resurgence of autocracy around the world, and the threat this posed to

Most people wouldnt expect a school teacher to amass a million dollar investment account. But Andrew Hallam did it, long before the typical retirement age. And he wants to show you how.

How is it that our brain creates all the subjective experiences of our lives every single day-the experiences we call reality' That is the mind-body problem.

A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness and the struggle to be human"Brilliant ...

Rachel Lindsay rose to prominence as The Bachelor’s first Black Bachelorette and has since become one of the franchise’s most well-known figures—and outspoken critics.

A stunning, hilarious memoir displaying Koy's "wide-ranging comedic talent and abundant wells of perseverance" (Kirkus Reviews, starred).

Modern begins on a specific day—March 22, 1905—at a specific place: the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, where works of art we recognize as modern were first exhibited.

What happens when you catch a ratite? And when we simulate an attack of appendicitis? Have you ever smoked goat tobacco?

Her Place at the Table. When Molly Bloom was a little girl growing up in a small Colorado town, she watched her brothers win medals, ace tests, and receive high praise from everyone they met.

Co-host of the popular NPR podcast "Planet Money" provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit hum

Michael Lewis examines the fallacy behind the major league baseball refrain that the team with the biggest wallet is supposed to win.