Language and Litterature

Attenzione! This quirky handbook, first published in 1958 by Milanese artist Bruno Munari, explores the rich language of Italian gestures. With charming black-and-white photos and witty captions, it helps readers decode unspoken expressions not found in dictionaries. "Speak Italian" is a delightful guide for anyone struggling to find the right words.

Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a soci

The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.

A personal and revealing look at the last ten years of John Lennon's life and his partnership with Yoko Ono, written by the friend who knew them best

Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamor and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune? This book talks about widow Clicquot.

The extraordinary inside story of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company's archives and rare interviews with the founding family that still owns the company

A National Book Foundations 5 Under 35 honoree delivers her first work of nonfiction: a compulsively readable, genre-bending story of finding her missing birth mother and, along the way, learning the priceless power of self-knowledge.