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Eric Wilson’s How to Be Weird is an Rx for the rote life, an antidote to crushing mundanity.

Eric Wilson’s How to Be Weird is an Rx for the rote life, an antidote to crushing mundanity.

Half American chronicles how Black Americans during World War II had to fight for the right to combat racism abroad because of the racism at home.

Half American chronicles how Black Americans during World War II had to fight for the right to combat racism abroad because of the racism at home.

Kerri K. Greenidge complicates the accepted history of the abolitionist Grimke sisters with the full, complex story of their Black and white relatives.

Kerri K. Greenidge complicates the accepted history of the abolitionist Grimke sisters with the full, complex story of their Black and white relatives.

Deeply delight in your favorite fall activities with the help of From Harvest to Home—and feel not a shred of shame for loving flannel and pumpkin spice lattes.

Deeply delight in your favorite fall activities with the help of From Harvest to Home—and feel not a shred of shame for loving flannel and pumpkin spice lattes.

Jonathan Freedland tells the story of Rudolf Vrba, the first Jewish person to escape from Auschwitz, with a novelist’s verve.

Jonathan Freedland tells the story of Rudolf Vrba, the first Jewish person to escape from Auschwitz, with a novelist's verve.

Nicole Eustace brings the colonial era to life as she examines the murder of a Seneca man in 1722 Pennsylvania.

Nicole Eustace brings the colonial era to life as she examines the murder of a Seneca man in 1722 Pennsylvania.

The essays in Conversations With Birds are rendered in finely wrought prose, steeped in memory and thrumming with endless curiosity about nature.

The essays in Conversations With Birds are rendered in finely wrought prose, steeped in memory and thrumming with endless curiosity about nature.

“The Great British Baking Show” judge Prue Leith delivers on the promise of toast as an art form in this cookbook.

“The Great British Baking Show” judge Prue Leith delivers on the promise of toast as an art form in this cookbook.

Baking by Feel includes mental health advice alongside delicious recipes organized by which feeling might be driving you to bake or eat.

Baking by Feel includes mental health advice alongside delicious recipes organized by which feeling might be driving you to bake or eat.

You’ve never seen rustic expatriation evoked quite so lusciously as it is in An American in Provence, photographer Jamie Beck’s pictorial memoir.

You’ve never seen rustic expatriation evoked quite so lusciously as it is in An American in Provence, photographer Jamie Beck’s pictorial memoir.

Susan Barba has gathered a captivating bouquet of plant-inspired writings, with prose and poetry from contemporary greats and canon-dwellers alike.

Susan Barba has gathered a captivating bouquet of plant-inspired writings, with prose and poetry from contemporary greats and canon-dwellers alike.

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