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Rebecca West: A Life
Knopf, October 1987. Hardcover. More
Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen
Pushkin Press, June 2023. Hardcover. "An intense, thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking." -- Nigella Lawson "One of the most original food books I've ever read, at once intelligent and sensuous, witty, provoking and truly delicious." -- Olivia Laing A bracingly original, revelatory debut that explores cooking and..... More
Bobcat and Other Stories
Algonquin Books, June 2013. Trade Paperback. "Wise and funny . . . [A] near-perfect collection." --Entertainment Weekly Rebecca Lee, one of our most gifted and original short story writers, guides readers into a range of landscapes, both foreign and domestic, crafting stories as rich as novels. A student plagiarizes a...... More
The Borrower: A Novel
Penguin (Non-Classics), May 2012. Trade Paperback. The first novel from the acclaimed author of The Great Believers "Rarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as The Borrower." --Richard Russo, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Empire Falls Lucy Hull, a children's librarian in Hannibal..... More
The Hundred-Year House
Viking Adult, July 2014. Reprint. Hardcover. The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield. Rebecca Makkai is a writer to watch, as sneakily ambitious as she is unpretentious." Richard Russo Meet the..... More
I Have Some Questions for You
Viking, February 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History." --People "Spellbinding." --The New York Times Book Review "[An] irresistible literary page-turner." --The Boston Globe Named a Best Book of 2023 by USA Today, Esquire, Real..... More
Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return
Vintage, July 2023. Paper Back. A moving reflection on the complicated nature of home and homeland, and the heartache and adventure of leaving an adopted country in order to return to your native land--this is a "winsome memoir of departure and reversal . . . about the way a series..... More
A Cozy Infinity: 25 (Mostly) Atlanta Writers on the Never-Ending Allure of Books and Bookstores
Everthemore Books, December 2014. Trade Paperback. More
Fire Endless
Harper Voyager, September 2023. Paper Back. "At once a fast-paced mystery and a love story as warm as a hearth . . . This is a classic in the making." -- Ava Reid, internationally bestselling author of The Wolf and the Woodsman, on A River Enchanted The #1 New York..... More
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Large Print Press, March 2011. Trade Paperback. Henrietta Lacks a poor Southern tobacco farmer was buried in an unmarked grave sixty years ago. Yet her cells -- taken without her knowledge grown in culture and bought and sold by the billions -- became one of the most important tools in..... More
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Broadway, March 2011. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The story of modern medicine and bioethics--and, indeed, race relations--is refracted beautifully, and movingly."--Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO(R) STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE - ONE OF THE "MOST INFLUENTIAL" (CNN), "DEFINING" (LITHUB), AND "BEST"..... More
Men Explain Things To Me
Haymarket Books, April 2015. Trade Paperback. "This slim book--seven essays, punctuated by enigmatic, haunting paintings by Ana Teresa Fernandez--hums with power and wit."--Boston Globe "The antidote to mansplaining."--The Stranger "Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions."--Salon "Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these..... More
Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Viking Adult, April 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. What does it mean to be out walking in the world, whether in a landscape or a metropolis, on a pilgrimage or a protest march? In Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit draws together many histories -- of anatomical evolution and city..... More
Bound South: A Novel
Touchstone, February 2009. Trade Paperback. From the award winning author of A Soft Place to Land and A Place at the Table comes a tale of three vibrant and unique Southern women--Louise, Caroline, and Missy--as their lives intersect in unexpected and extraordinary ways. From the outside, Louise Parker seems like..... More
Bound South: A Novel
Touchstone, February 2009. Trade Paperback. From the award winning author of A Soft Place to Land and A Place at the Table comes a tale of three vibrant and unique Southern women--Louise, Caroline, and Missy--as their lives intersect in unexpected and extraordinary ways. From the outside, Louise Parker seems like..... More
Bound South: A Novel
Touchstone, February 2009. Trade Paperback. From the award winning author of A Soft Place to Land and A Place at the Table comes a tale of three vibrant and unique Southern women--Louise, Caroline, and Missy--as their lives intersect in unexpected and extraordinary ways. From the outside, Louise Parker seems like..... More
A Place at the Table
Touchstone, January 2014. Paper Back. More
Everywhere/Nowhere: Gender Mainstreaming in Development Agencies
Kumarian Press, May 2007. Trade Paperback. Gender mainstreaming emerged in early gender and development work and gained strength following the 1975 Conference on Women in Mexico City. After three decades of gender and development approaches, and a more recent emphasis on gender mainstreaming, Everywhere/Nowhere presents a timely reflection on the..... More
A Place at the Table: A Novel
Touchstone, March 2014. Trade Paperback. From Susan Rebecca White, award-winning author of A Soft Place to Land and Bound South, comes a breathtaking story of three richly nuanced outcasts whose paths converge in a chic Manhattan café as they realize they must give up everything they thought they knew to..... More
Fourth Wing
Entangled: Red Tower Books, May 2023. Hardcover. An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book "Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy." --Booklist, starred review "Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning..... More
Strange Hours: Photography, Memory, and the Lives of Artists (Aperture Ideas)
Aperture, June 2023. Paper Back. Debut essay collection by a prolific, Pushcart Prize-nominated writer and longtime contributor to Aperture, Paris Review, and Vogue Bengal's incisive writing on photography breathes new life into the work of a range of artists, from the iconic to the iconoclastic Newest title in the recently..... More
Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week that Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation
Scribner, January 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, riots broke out in 110 cities across the country. For five days, Atlanta braced for chaos while preparing to host King's funeral. An unlikely alliance of former student radicals, the middle-aged patrician mayor, the no-nonsense..... More
All Joking Aside: American Humor and Its Discontents
Johns Hopkins University Press, July 2014. Hardcover. In this examination of stand-up comedy, Rebecca Krefting establishes a new genre of comedic production, "charged humor," and charts its pathways from production to consumption. Some jokes are tears in the fabric of our beliefs--they challenge myths about how fair and democratic our..... More
