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Jessica Roux’s Floriography is an A to Z of flowers and the meanings they were given by flower-mad Victorians, illustrated in her distinct style.

Jessica Roux's Floriography is an A to Z of flowers and the meanings they were given by flower-mad Victorians, illustrated in her distinct style.

The works collected here provide an excellent entry point into Audre Lorde’s wide-ranging yet particular concerns and capture her singular literary voice.

The works collected here provide an excellent entry point into Audre Lorde’s wide-ranging yet particular concerns and capture her singular literary voice.

You Can’t F*ck Up Your Kids by Lindsay Powers is a frank, funny look at the challenges of child rearing that will give beleaguered parents a boost.

You Can’t F*ck Up Your Kids by Lindsay Powers is a frank, funny look at the challenges of child rearing that will give beleaguered parents a boost.

Psychotherapist Philippa Perry shares valuable recommendations for readers who are working to create satisfying connections with their kiddos.

Psychotherapist Philippa Perry shares valuable recommendations for readers who are working to create satisfying connections with their kiddos.

Child psychologist Abigail Gewirtz shows families how to handle difficult topics through upfront discussion and healthy dialogue.

Child psychologist Abigail Gewirtz shows families how to handle difficult topics through upfront discussion and healthy dialogue.

With passion and humor, Wilson combines memoir and scientific discovery into a spellbinding narrative of his lifelong devotion to the study of ants.

With passion and humor, Wilson combines memoir and scientific discovery into a spellbinding narrative of his lifelong devotion to the study of ants.

What makes this book memorable is Wilkerson’s extraordinary narrative gift, as she pairs research with stories that illustrate the impact of the caste system.

What makes this book memorable is Wilkerson’s extraordinary narrative gift, as she pairs research with stories that illustrate the impact of the caste system.

Analytical yet lyrical, Seager’s memoir examines the parallels between searching for new life in the multiverse and starting over with a new life on Earth.

Analytical yet lyrical, Seager’s memoir examines the parallels between searching for new life in the multiverse and starting over with a new life on Earth.

Jeff Hobbs drills down into the second-largest school district in the U.S. to shine an intimate light on a few senior boys in two very different high schools.

Jeff Hobbs drills down into the second-largest school district in the U.S. to shine an intimate light on a few senior boys in two very different high schools.

Macdonald’s bite-size essays offer meditations on home, placelessness, the refugee crisis and climate change, all projected through animals.

Macdonald’s bite-size essays offer meditations on home, placelessness, the refugee crisis and climate change, all projected through animals.

Eula Biss blends research, reflection and richly rendered personal experience into a compulsively readable memoir about money, art and capitalism.

Eula Biss blends research, reflection and richly rendered personal experience into a compulsively readable memoir about money, art and capitalism.

Mixing essays, poetry and images, Claudia Rankine’s new book, Just Us, asks how our notions of whiteness play out in these United States.

Mixing essays, poetry and images, Claudia Rankine’s new book, Just Us, asks how our notions of whiteness play out in these United States.

Written in Latina journalist Maria Hinojosa’s honest, passionate voice, this memoir is, quite simply, beautiful. 

Written in Latina journalist Maria Hinojosa’s honest, passionate voice, this memoir is, quite simply, beautiful. 

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