Though Emma Smith’s lively and engaging history of the book reflects the work of a careful scholar, it will delight general readers and bibliophiles everywhere.
In her debut essay collection, comedian and actor Natasha Leggero muses, often hilariously, about what it’s like to have a baby at 42.
Ian Kershaw’s excellent in-depth profiles of 12 major leaders from 20th-century Europe help us better understand why the world is as it is today.
Adam Rutherford builds on his previous works in Control, a powerful book that outlines the history of eugenics and offers impassioned arguments against it.
Actor Lauren Graham’s second collection of essays is fresh, sharp and very funny, with staccato sentences that evoke what it must be like to have a conversation with her.
The recipes in Chinese-ish are remarkably accessible; you’ll be dishing up variations on fried rice, Sichuan-style noodles and chiffon omelets in no time.
Hugh Bonneville’s memoir is intriguing, breezy and full of intellect, a delicious stroll down a red carpet lined with big names and laugh-out-loud anecdotes.
The original NASA film from the Apollo missions has been safely secured inside a frozen vault, but new technology has allowed digital restoration expert Andy Saunders to painstakingly remaster this treasure trove of photographs.
In the tradition of Walker Evans’ groundbreaking 1938 book, American Photographs, Ken Burns has assembled a collection of his favorite images in Our America.
Dialogue between the co-authors makes the book immensely readable as they discuss their discoveries and Clint Hill’s memories.
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