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We are absolutely thrilled @rebekahtaussig’s #SittingPretty was selected as @UWMadison’s 2024-2025 Go Big Read!!

Barbara Kingsolver’s PRODIGAL SUMMER is “a blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. . . and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature.” (San Francisco Chronicle) @HarperPerennial #BarbaraKingsolver #naturewriting #literature #novel

With THE SECRET TO SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH, Alison Bechdel “set out to write a light book about her lifelong commitment to exercise…. As usual, her story and art are about so much more.” (Washington Post) @MarinerBooks #funhome #lbgtq #graphicmemoir #alisonbechdel #memoir

“GRAY AREAS solidifies Dr. Adia Harvey Wingfield’s reputation as one of the nation’s leading experts on race, class, and gender inequality in the workplace.” — Victor Ray (Univ of Iowa) @Amistad #sociology #BlackStudies #humanresources #discrimination #business #laborstudies

The newest edition of THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE & NATURE WRITING is now available in paperback. Read a sample: bit.ly/3tZjnB2

New from Alice Pung is ONE HUNDRED DAYS, out now in hardcover. You can read an excerpt at our book page: bit.ly/3Qkxqc0

“A brilliant rendering of what 'the open space of democracy' must be if we are to survive its present state of erosion.” –Terry Tempest Williams Read a sample of THIS AMERICA OF OURS at our book page: bit.ly/3FMJa1K

Learn more of the true story of THE BONDSWOMAN'S NARRATIVE with THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANNAH CRAFTS. Read an excerpt at our book page: bit.ly/49v9IT8

Now available in hardcover (and ebook and audio!) is OPINIONS, a new collection of essays by Roxane Gay. Learn more at our book page: bit.ly/45WhQc8

In THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE by Philip K Dick, the US lost World War II and is subsequently divided between the Germans in the East and the Japanese in the West. @MarinerBooks #philipkdick #scifi #alternativehistory #speculativefiction #maninthehighcastle #hugoaward

Adam Hochschild’s AMERICAN MIDNIGHT is a "masterly" (NY Times) reassessment of the period between World War I and the 1920s, when American democracy was threatened by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labor. @MarinerBooks

We’re honoring ITALO CALVINO on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Among his many works are Invisible Cities, The Baron in the Trees, and other novels, as well as many collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. @MarinerBooks #italocalvino #literature #onthisday

In REASONS NOT TO WORRY, Brigid Delaney spends a year exploring how to pursue a rich and meaningful life, turning to the wisdom of the Stoics for insights. @harperbooks #BrigidDelaney #philosophy #stoics #stoicism #happiness

In TINY HUMAN, BIG EMOTIONS two emotional development experts provide parents and educators with new ways to help children understand their feelings and learn to process them. @WmMorrowBooks #emotionalintelligence #childcare #childdevelopment #schoolpsych #parenting

Ursula K. Le Guin’s THE DISPOSSESSED “is science fiction, but the tradition is humanistic, reducing life to its essentials and examining human beings in a real world.” (Chicago Daily News) @HarperPerennial #UrsulaKLeGuin #scifi #sciencefiction #ethics

In BROOKLYN CRIME NOVEL, Jonathan Lethem—author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn—traces more than 50 years in one Brooklyn neighborhood. @EccoBooks #fiction #novel #comingofage #brooklyn #gentrification #jonathanlethem

Winner of the LA Times Book Award, Christopher Clark’s THE SLEEPWALKERS about the beginnings of WWI is “easily the best book ever written on the subject.” (Washington Post) @HarperPerennial #wwi #diplomacy #christopherclark #whatarestudentsreading

We're thrilled that a recent @AmistadBooks poetry collection, SIDE NOTES FROM THE ARCHIVIST, has received an incredible course adoption at the University of Washington, Seattle. Two hundred students will read the collection. Learn more here: bit.ly/3th46uO #poetry

Learn more about SWITCH CRAFT, available in hardcover, at our book page: bit.ly/3M3eQDZ

Which senior UK diplomat referred to American Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy as "a very foul specimen of double-crosser and defeatist"? Find out in NEED TO KNOW, Nicholas Reynolds's book on the history of American intelligence service. Read a sample: bit.ly/3PuoBMa