The Affirmative Action Puzzle
A rich, multifaceted history of affirmative action from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 through today’s tumultuous times From acclaimed legal historian, author of a biography of Louis Brandeis (“Remarkable”...
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Vintage Books was founded in 1954. Its publishing list spans influential works of world literature to cutting edge contemporary fiction and distinguished non-fiction. It is today’s foremost trade paperback publisher. Read more
Invisible Americans
"A clarion call to address this most unjust blight upon the American landscape. Madrick has provided a valuable service in presenting a highly readable and cogent argument for change."--Mark...
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Lord of All the Dead
From the internationally renowned author of Soldiers of Salamis, a "nonfiction novel" about his own family history and the legacy of the Spanish Civil War.Javier...
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The Passion Economy
The brilliant creator of NPR's Planet Money podcast and award-winning New Yorker staff writer explains our current economy: laying out its internal logic and revealing...
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Physical Intelligence
Elegantly written and deeply grounded in personal experience—works by Oliver Sacks come to mind—Physical Intelligence gives us a clear, illuminating examination...
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The Wapshot Chronicle
Pulitzer Prize-winner John Cheever's National Book Award-winning first novel, finally back in print. A Vintage Original.By 1957, John Cheever was already recognized...
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Interior Chinatown
"One of the funniest books of the year has arrived, a delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." —The Washington Post"Fresh and beautiful . . . Interior Chinatown represents yet another stellar destination in the journey...
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Margaret Thatcher: Herself Alone
Charles Moore's masterful and authoritative biography of Britain's first female prime minister reaches its climax with the story of her zenith and her fall.How...
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Voices of History
A celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINALIn this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes...
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Decoding "Despacito"
Reported on and written by Leila Cobo, Billboard's VP of Latin Music and the world's ultimate authority on popular Latin music, The Real Story of Latin Music is...
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Think, Write, Speak
A rich compilation of the previously uncollected Russian and English prose and interviews of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers, edited by Nabokov experts Brian Boyd and Anastasia Tolstoy.“I...
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Finding Latinx
Young Latinos across the United States are redefining their identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many of them—Afrolatino,...
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Mud and Stars
ONE OF SMITHSONIAN'S BEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE YEARSearching for a Russia not in the news, author Sara Wheeler embarks on an adventure inspired by the country's great literary...
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition)
A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera...
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Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen
In 1726, in the town of Godalming, England, a woman confounded the nation’s medical community by giving birth to seventeen rabbits. This astonishing true story is the basis...
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Galileo's Error
From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human consciousness—panpsychism.Understanding...
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Furious Hours
In Furious Hours, Casey Cep masterfully brings together the tales of a serial killer in 1970s Alabama and of Harper Lee, the beloved author of To Kill a Mockingbird,...
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A Leg to Stand On
Here the doctor becomes a patient, as Dr. Sacks chronicles the mountaineering accident which left him with the uncanny feeling of being "legless," and raises profound questions of...
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Life Undercover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Fast and thrilling . . . Life Undercover reads as if a John le Carré character landed in Eat Pray Love." —The New...
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Long Way Home
A searing memoir about the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of the scion of Hollywood royalty--son of Michael Douglas, grandson of Kirk Douglas. A moving, shocking, and inspiring...
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Sleep Donation
For the first time in paperback, a haunting novella from the uncannily imaginative author of the national bestsellers Swamplandia! and Orange World: the story of a deadly insomnia...
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Homeland
Fernando Aramburu's internationally acclaimed novel evokes an unresolved history of violence, giving a fictional account of lives shattered by Basque terrorism even as it rekindles...
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Plagued by Fire
Frank Lloyd Wright has long been known as a rank egotist who held in contempt almost everything aside from his own genius. Harder to detect, but no less real, is a Wright who fully...
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The Prince
That Machiavelli’s name has become synonymous with cold-eyed political calculation only heightens the intrinsic fascination of The Prince—the...
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