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Nonfiction Books Released this April! New in Nonfiction Browse All See all items Philip Roth: The Biography Blake Bailey Current price: $40.00 New York Times Bestseller The renowned biographer’s definitive portrait of a literary titan. ... The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos Judy Batalion Current price: $28.99 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists. ... The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 Rachel Kushner Current price: $26.00 “The Hard Crowd is wild, wide-ranging, and unsparingly intelligent throughout.” —Taylor Antrim, Vogue ... Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet Chelsea Wald Current price: $27.00 Finalist for the 2022 NASW Science in Society Journalism AwardLonglisted for the 2022 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books ... Beautiful Things: A Memoir Hunter Biden Current price: $28.00 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ... The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (with recipes) Kate Lebo Current price: $28.00 Named a Best Book of the Year by The Atlantic, New York magazine and NPR "Dazzling." —Samin Nosrat, The New York Times Magazine ... The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance Ross King Current price: $30.00 The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings--the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. ... Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe Current price: $35.00 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. ... Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike Brian Castner Current price: $28.95 A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. One hundred thousand men and women rushed heedlessly north to make their fortunes; very few did, but many thousands of them died in the attempt. ... Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays Lauren Hough Current price: $16.95 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A memoir in essays about so many things—growing up in an abusive cult, coming of age as a lesbian in the military, forced out by homophobia, living on the margins as a working class woman and what it’s like to grow into the person you are meant to b ... Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began Guido Tonelli Current price: $26.00 A breakout bestseller in Italy, now available for American readers for the first time, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began is a short, humanistic tour of the origins of the universe, earth, and life—drawing on the latest discoveries in phy ... The Triumph of Nancy Reagan Karen Tumulty Current price: $32.50 A Washington Post Notable Book The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan. ... Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR Lisa Napoli Current price: $28.00 A national bestseller, Susan, Linda, Nina, & Cokie is journalist Lisa Napoli’s group biography of four beloved women who fought sexism, covered decades of American news, and whose voices defined NPR. ... Discounted Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It Erin Brockovich Previous price: $19.00 Current price: $17.00 From the environmental activist, consumer advocate, and renowned crusader comes a riveting book that is "part memoir, part non-fiction report, and part call-to-action—a plea to readers to engage with the water crisis in America because no one else is going to do the work for you" (InS ... Smokescreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn't Want You to Know Kevin A. Sabet Current price: $28.00 From the leading authority on marijuana—a man who has served as White House advisor on drugs to three different administrations and who NBC News once called “the prodigy of drug politics"—comes the remarkable and shocking exposé about how 21st century pot, today’s new and highly potent form of th ... The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War Louis Menand Current price: $35.00 "An engrossing and impossibly wide-ranging project . . . In The Free World, every seat is a good one." —Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post ... The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots Kate Darling Current price: $29.99 For readers of The Second Machine Age or The Soul of an Octopus, a bold, exciting exploration of how building diverse kinds of relationships with robots—inspired by how we interact with animals—could be the key to making our future with ... Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations Jonny Sun Current price: $19.99 Instant New York Times Bestseller ... Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner Current price: $26.95 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American—“in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself” (NPR). ... I Am a Girl from Africa Elizabeth Nyamayaro Current price: $28.00 A “profound and soul-nourishing memoir” (Oprah Daily) from an African girl whose near-death experience sparked a lifelong dedication to humanitarian work that helps bring change across the world. ... Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton Gail Crowther Current price: $28.00 Named a Best Book of 2021 by the Los Angeles Times A vividly rendered and empathetic exploration of how two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—became bitter rivals and, eventually, friends. ... You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience Tarana Burke (Editor) Current price: $27.00 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resil ... The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915 Jon Grinspan Current price: $30.00 A penetrating, character-filled history “in the manner of David McCullough” (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics. ... Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West Blaine Harden Current price: $30.00 Finalist for the 2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award ... A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters Andrew H. Knoll Current price: $24.00 Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP) “A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? ... Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct Abigail Tucker Current price: $28.00 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion in the Living Room comes a fascinating and provocative exploration of the biology of motherhood that “is witty, reassuring, and takes motherhood out of the footnotes and places it front and center—wh ... Everything Is Fine: A Memoir Vince Granata Current price: $27.00 Grief, mental illness, and the bonds of family are movingly explored in this extraordinary memoir “suffused with emotional depth and intellectual inquiry” (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises) as a writer delves into the tragedy of his mother’s vio ... Little and Often: A Memoir Trent Preszler Current price: $26.99 A USA TODAY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (★★★★) ... Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life Suzanne Koven Current price: $26.95 A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2021 A poignant and funny exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. ...
Philip Roth: The Biography Blake Bailey Current price: $40.00 New York Times Bestseller The renowned biographer’s definitive portrait of a literary titan. ...
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos Judy Batalion Current price: $28.99 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists. ...
The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 Rachel Kushner Current price: $26.00 “The Hard Crowd is wild, wide-ranging, and unsparingly intelligent throughout.” —Taylor Antrim, Vogue ...
Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet Chelsea Wald Current price: $27.00 Finalist for the 2022 NASW Science in Society Journalism AwardLonglisted for the 2022 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books ...
The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (with recipes) Kate Lebo Current price: $28.00 Named a Best Book of the Year by The Atlantic, New York magazine and NPR "Dazzling." —Samin Nosrat, The New York Times Magazine ...
The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance Ross King Current price: $30.00 The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings--the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. ...
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe Current price: $35.00 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. ...
Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike Brian Castner Current price: $28.95 A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. One hundred thousand men and women rushed heedlessly north to make their fortunes; very few did, but many thousands of them died in the attempt. ...
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays Lauren Hough Current price: $16.95 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A memoir in essays about so many things—growing up in an abusive cult, coming of age as a lesbian in the military, forced out by homophobia, living on the margins as a working class woman and what it’s like to grow into the person you are meant to b ...
Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began Guido Tonelli Current price: $26.00 A breakout bestseller in Italy, now available for American readers for the first time, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began is a short, humanistic tour of the origins of the universe, earth, and life—drawing on the latest discoveries in phy ...
The Triumph of Nancy Reagan Karen Tumulty Current price: $32.50 A Washington Post Notable Book The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan. ...
Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR Lisa Napoli Current price: $28.00 A national bestseller, Susan, Linda, Nina, & Cokie is journalist Lisa Napoli’s group biography of four beloved women who fought sexism, covered decades of American news, and whose voices defined NPR. ...
Discounted Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It Erin Brockovich Previous price: $19.00 Current price: $17.00 From the environmental activist, consumer advocate, and renowned crusader comes a riveting book that is "part memoir, part non-fiction report, and part call-to-action—a plea to readers to engage with the water crisis in America because no one else is going to do the work for you" (InS ...
Smokescreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn't Want You to Know Kevin A. Sabet Current price: $28.00 From the leading authority on marijuana—a man who has served as White House advisor on drugs to three different administrations and who NBC News once called “the prodigy of drug politics"—comes the remarkable and shocking exposé about how 21st century pot, today’s new and highly potent form of th ...
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War Louis Menand Current price: $35.00 "An engrossing and impossibly wide-ranging project . . . In The Free World, every seat is a good one." —Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post ...
The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots Kate Darling Current price: $29.99 For readers of The Second Machine Age or The Soul of an Octopus, a bold, exciting exploration of how building diverse kinds of relationships with robots—inspired by how we interact with animals—could be the key to making our future with ...
Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations Jonny Sun Current price: $19.99 Instant New York Times Bestseller ...
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner Current price: $26.95 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American—“in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself” (NPR). ...
I Am a Girl from Africa Elizabeth Nyamayaro Current price: $28.00 A “profound and soul-nourishing memoir” (Oprah Daily) from an African girl whose near-death experience sparked a lifelong dedication to humanitarian work that helps bring change across the world. ...
Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton Gail Crowther Current price: $28.00 Named a Best Book of 2021 by the Los Angeles Times A vividly rendered and empathetic exploration of how two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—became bitter rivals and, eventually, friends. ...
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience Tarana Burke (Editor) Current price: $27.00 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resil ...
The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915 Jon Grinspan Current price: $30.00 A penetrating, character-filled history “in the manner of David McCullough” (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics. ...
Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West Blaine Harden Current price: $30.00 Finalist for the 2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award ...
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters Andrew H. Knoll Current price: $24.00 Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP) “A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? ...
Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct Abigail Tucker Current price: $28.00 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion in the Living Room comes a fascinating and provocative exploration of the biology of motherhood that “is witty, reassuring, and takes motherhood out of the footnotes and places it front and center—wh ...
Everything Is Fine: A Memoir Vince Granata Current price: $27.00 Grief, mental illness, and the bonds of family are movingly explored in this extraordinary memoir “suffused with emotional depth and intellectual inquiry” (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises) as a writer delves into the tragedy of his mother’s vio ...
Little and Often: A Memoir Trent Preszler Current price: $26.99 A USA TODAY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (★★★★) ...
Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life Suzanne Koven Current price: $26.95 A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2021 A poignant and funny exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. ...