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A New Statesman best book of the year | New York Times Editors' Choice pick A Financial Times best economics book of 2019 An accessible, story-driven look at the future of the global economy, written by a leading expert To predict our future, we must look to the...
From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles. No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired...
"Self-deprecating but delighting . . . a wonderful addition to the Heaney canon—as life-enhancing in its own way as the poems it celebrates." —Andrew Motion, The Guardian Nobel Prize–Winning Poet Heaney's ten lectures as Professor of Poetry at Oxford, collected here...
Nikki Giovanni’s extraordinary final collection—a landmark of American literature which speaks to the fury and upheaval of our time, as well as the triumphs and delights of her remarkable creative life. For decades, Nikki Giovanni’s poetry has been at the forefront of...
The bestselling author of How to Win Friends and Influence People shares the essentials for public speaking in this classic self-help guide. Good oral communication skills are critical in life. Whether you're speaking to an audience of one at a party or one hundred at...
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice This “beautifully unconventional” book on dementia “reframes our understanding” of Alzheimer’s and aging “with sensitivity and accuracy” ( New York Times ). Personal stories weave with meditations on history, philosophy,...
When The Atlantic Monthly celebrated its 150th anniversary by publishing excerpts from the best writing ever to appear in the magazine, in the category of the humorous essay it chose only four pieces—one by Mark Twain, one by James Thurber, one by Kurt Vonnegut, and...
A sweeping and deeply personal account of Native American boarding schools in the United States, and the legacy of abuse wrought by them in an attempt to destroy Native culture and life FINALIST FOR THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, TIME,...
From the author of the classic Mythology , "a book of both cultural and critical importance" reveals ancient Greece through literature, philosophy, and art ( The New York Times ). "Five hundred years before Christ. . . . Athens had entered upon her brief and...
When the self-help books just aren't helping, it's time to call in the experts: real people . . . San Francisco Chronicle columnist Adair Lara polled her readers for life lessons learned through experience, receiving thousands of heartfelt and irreverent responses....