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”...
Read more ›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”...
Read more ›"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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›Elegantly written and deeply grounded in personal experience—works by Oliver Sacks come to mind—Physical Intelligence gives us a clear, illuminating examination...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›"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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›A celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINALIn this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›Young Latinos across the United States are redefining their identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many of them—Afrolatino,...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human consciousness—panpsychism.Understanding...
Read more ›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,...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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...
Read more ›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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