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An analysis of the fundamental narrative structure, why it works, the meanings of stories, and why we tell them in the first place.The idea of Into the Woods is not to supplant works by Aristotle, Lajos Egri, Robert McKee, David Mamet, or any other writers of guides...
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive biography of Andrew Jackson, a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever“Marvelously readable . . . brings alive a profoundly flawed but dazzlingly...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S FIVE BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST...
The New York Times bestseller • A Southern Book Prize finalist“[An] achingly intelligent memoir . . . we finally have an Appalachian memoir worthy of its origins.” —New York Times Book Review“Unflinching . . . Hackney gives readers an intimate look at a way of life...
A delightful look at euphemisms—where they come from, why we need them, and why they tell us about who we are."Whether you're looking for information or just browsing, Euphemania is a classic. It is beautifully written, uniformly delightful, and a pleasure to read....
"More fun than you've ever had with taxonomy in your whole entire life" this history of the stories behind scientific names is "delightfully written" (Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series, and PhD in Quantitative Behavioral Ecology).Ever since Carl...
A Wall Street Journal Best Book To ReadA song comes on—and suddenly, you’re somewhere else.Reliving past heartbreak. Picturing a serene future. Imagining a fantastical scene. Across genres, music has an uncanny ability to carry us into distinct inner worlds.In...
"[A] beautifully written" account of the Bard's global influence "is at once travelogue, history, literary analysis and love song . . . wonderfully atmospheric"(Wall Street Journal).Ranging ambitiously across four continents and four hundred years, Worlds Elsewhere is...
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year The witty and exuberant New York Times bestselling author and record-setting Jeopardy! championKen Jennings relays the history of humor in “lively, insightful, and crawling with goofy factlings,” (Maria Semple, author of Where’d...
What if one thoughtful choice could change the direction of your life? In Choose to Be Your Own Champion, speaker and Positive Intelligence expert Dorice Horenstein shares the practical six-step CHOOSE framework for handling difficult decisions, quieting self-doubt,...
