Lucid and sharp as broken glass, it's a book filled with raw, elemental emotion, praises The Guardian. When Kenny and Nicky rescue a rook left for dead, Kenny is determined to keep it alive. Nicky doubts the scruffy bird will make it, but then Nicky has plenty else to worry about. This time, it's no...

In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts-six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard Nasa's Space Shuttle. When Nasa sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960's and 1970's the agency excluded wom...

Instant New York Timesbestseller " Reagan His Life and Legend aims to be the definitive biography, and it succeeds." New Yorker "Gripping. Stands out for its deep research [and] lucid prose." New York Times "Magisterial... Important... Vivid. Splendid." Washington Post Named one of the "Nonfiction B...

An accessible, balanced chronicle of how the Israel-Palestine conflict originated and developed over the past century. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. The ongoing struggle between Israel and Palestine is one of the most bitter confli...

Named a Best Book of 2021 by the Financial Times and a Best Science Book of 2021 by The GuardianRovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator, This is the place where science comes to life. Neil GaimanOne of the warmest, most elegant and most lucid interpreters to the laity of the dazzling enigmas...

This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border- "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.s. border policy" (The Atlantic). In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross t...

The Inspiration For The Major Motion Picture Oppenheimer, "A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures. Christopher Nolan #1 New York Times Bestseller, Pulitzer Prize Winner, The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentie...

A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.s. Navy played in the early years of the Cold War, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fleet at Flood Tide A lucid, fast-moving and fitting finale to [Hornfischer's] career. The Wall Street Journal This landmark account o...

1 New York Times Bestseller, Barack Obama's lucid vision of America's place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate. In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama's talent for proposing humane, sensible solut...

Instant New York Times Bestseller"My Body offers a lucid examination of the mirrors in which its author has seen herself, and her indoctrination into the cult of beauty as defined by powerful men. In its more transcendent passages . . . the author steps beyond the reach of any 'Pygmalion' and become...

An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of Don Quixote, part of the bestselling Classic Starts reg series that has sold more than 8 million copies Don Quixote is a knight errant determined to keep the spirit of chivalry alive in 17thcentury Spain. Accompanied by his sidekick, Sancho Panza...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on Pbs, this New York Times bestseller is ,an extraordinary achievement, (The New Yorker)- a magnificent, profoundly humane, biography, of cancer-from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the...

National Bestsellera Barnes Noble Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction "Impeccably researched. . .. A fascinating book and an important one. Washington Post[A] brilliant, kaleidoscopic debut. . .. Nagle's narrative is lucid and moving. . .. A sh...

If the 1619 Project illuminated the ways in which life in the United States has been shaped by the existence of slavery, this historical, literary masterpiece (Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy) focuses on emancipation and how its afterlife further codified the racial caste system-instead of obliteratin...