Language and Litterature

An elegantly written exploration of the cutting-edge science of the strangest and most remarkable creatures on our planet by a leading marine biologist Hundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms the size and shape of cities, and jellyfish that glow in the dark: ocean invertebrates are among the oldest and most diverse organisms on earth, seeming to bend the rules of land-based biology. Although

What could accidentally moving into a house with thirty feral cats teach you about going viral, surviving capitalism, and the importance of community? Kind of a lot, actually. When Courtney Gustafson moved into a rental house in the Poets Square neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, she didn´t know that the property came with thirty feral cats. Focused only on her own survival—in a new relations

Silko's first new work in 10 years combines memoir with family history and reflections on the creatures and beings that command her attention and inform her vision of the world, taking readers along on her daily walks through the arroyos and ledges of the Sonoran desert in Arizona.

“Second Life is a tender, perceptive account of pregnancy and early motherhood—and a stylish confrontation with the demented landscape of digital parenting content.” —Anna Wiener, author of Uncanny Valley The long-awaited debut memoir from the beloved New York Times critic, chronicling the convergence of parenthood and technology. For more than a decade, Amanda Hess has documented th

From the New York Times bestselling author of Capote´s Women comes an astonishing account of the revolutionary artist Andy Warhol and his scandalous relationships with the ten women he deemed his “superstars”—beginning in 1964 and culminating four years later when Warhol was shot and almost killed. “Now and then, someone would accuse me of being evil,” Andy Warhol confessed, “of letting peo

The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of a young man s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed Trevor Noah is one of the comedy world s brightest new voices, a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race, and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acqui

Let your imagination take flight with the second volume of this groundbreaking graphic novel fantasy anthology series, featuring short stories from some of today´s most legendary artists, including the series editor, Amulet creator Kazu Kibuishi! “The sheer force of creative energy on display is impressive.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) From the fantasy of a fading childhood rom

To the Hilt is a riveting exploration into the mysterious and dangerous world of sword swallowing, charting its history from ancient rituals to modern-day performances. Cowritten by world-renowned sword swallower Dan Meyer and celebrated sideshow historian Marc Hartzman, this volume delves into the lives of over 100 sword swallowers. Meyer, with his numerous world records and vast experience, prov

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a renowned National Book Award–winning scholar, an extraordinary new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of how a poor young man inspired a religion that reshaped the world. “This a brilliant and necessary book. Sober, wise, respectful, and fearless." —Jon Meacham, author of The Soul of America "Pagels´ story is for believers a

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Best Book of the Year: Amazon, Smithsonian, and Financial Times • A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them, from the award-winning author of The Plaza. • "Ms. Satow´s carefully researched book is compulsively readable: I found myself dashing through it like a novel. She portrays the

From Instagram phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a revised edition of her bestselling Climate, now with a new introduction and more than a dozen new poems i don´t worry about the weather anymore when it rains, i dance when the sun shines, i dance through it all, i will dance —from Climate Honest, poignant, and relatable, Climate is a journey in embracing change both internally and externally

Boken skildrar den vetenskapliga rivaliteten mellan Carl von Linné och Georges-Louis de Buffon på 1700-talet, där de båda strävade efter att katalogisera allt liv på jorden. Roberts utforskar deras motsatta synsätt på naturen och hur deras idéer har påverkat den moderna biologin och synen på mänskligheten.

Alexei Navalny began writing Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted-and will come. In vivid, page-turning detail, including never-before-seen correspondenc

“Beautiful and painful at the same time, just like real life.” – Anne Lamott From the political writer and podcaster, a ferociously honest and disarmingly funny memoir about her elusive mother´s encroaching dementia and a reckoning with her complicated childhood Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of a famous woman, writer Erica Jong, whose sensational book Fear of Flying launched her into s

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly linked by everyday garments, revealing how the ordinary can connect us in extraordinary ways. Jock Heidenstein, Anita Lasker, Chana Zumerkorn, and Regina Fel

A blazing new story collection that will make you feel like the house is collapsing in on you, from the 3 time International Booker Prize finalist, "lead[ing] a vanguard of Latin American writers forging their own 21st-century canon." -O, the Oprah magazine The seven houses in these seven stories are strange. A person is missing, or a truth, or memory; some rooms are enticing, some un

“I did not go to Nicaragua intending to write a book, or, indeed, to write at all: but my encounter with the place affected me so deeply that in the end I had no choice.” So notes Salman Rushdie in his first work of nonfiction, a book as imaginative and meaningful as his acclaimed novels. In The Jaguar Smile, Rushdie paints a brilliantly sharp and haunting portrait of the people, the politics, the

An updated and abridged edition of Bono´s bestselling memoir, including a new introduction by the author, Bono: Stories of Surrender is an unforgettable love story, a tribute to fatherhood, friendship, faith, and music. Honest, irreverent, and intimate, the book is a backstage pass to a frontman´s remarkable life, from Bono´s childhood in Dublin to the rise of U2. A companion to the Apple Origin

“A provocative and page-turning work of true crime.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A provocative, eerily lyrical study of the heyday of American serial killers . . . A true-crime story written with compassion, fury, and scientific sense.” —Kirkus (starred review) Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by LitHub From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Prairie Fires c