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"I can't imagine a better guide to 17th-century philosophical thought. . . . [It] is written simply and clearly." —Washington PostIn the spring of 1672, the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz arrived in Paris on a furtive diplomatic...
More than 1,300,000 answers—more than twice as many words as any other crossword dictionary.Meticulously compiled by two crossword professionals with a combined fifty years in the field and based on a massive analysis of current crosswords, there has never been a...
A new, updated edition of the thought-provoking, conversation-starting #1 New York Times–bestseller!This completely revised edition of the classic bestseller includes approximately three hundred questions—more than 100 of them all-new—that delve into such topics as:...
A scholar, psychoanalyst, and cultural critic explores the multifaceted role dogs play in our world in this charming bestiary of dogs from literature, lore, and life.While gradually unveiling her eight-year love affair with her French bulldog, Grisby, Mikita Brottman...
A historian and Bram Stoker Award nominee traces the birth of modern horror movies and literature back to World War I, exploring how the conflict influenced H.P. Lovecraft, Franz Kafka, and other artists of the genre. From Nosferatu to Frankenstein’s monster, from...
The author & copy editor sheds more insights on the English language in this book on rights and wrongs—and why not wrong doesn't necessarily mean right."Some will call Walsh a demigod of usage. Others will call him a demagogue. I call him, oxymoronically, our most...
NPR's Favorite Books of 2019Rachel Cusk redrew the boundaries of fiction with the Outline Trilogy, three "literary masterpieces" (The Washington Post) whose narrator, Faye, perceives the world with a glinting, unsparing intelligence while remaining opaque to the...
Instant New York Times Bestseller!New York Times Editors' ChoiceNew York Times Best Books of 2026 (So Far)One of People's 15 Most Anticipated Books of SummerThe Next Big Idea Club's July 2026 Must-Read BooksOne of the New York Times Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading...
A Barnes & Noble Best History Book of 2025 Four men in a lifeboat. Two weeks without food. One impossible choice that would reshape the boundaries between survival and murder. “A perfect enunciation of the classic philosophical conundrum: can you sacrifice one...
The 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist,International Bestseller, and a Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of 2017!"Marsh has retired, which means he's taking a thorough inventory of his life. His reflections and recollections make Admissions an even more...
