Futureproof: A Novel (P.S.)
Harper Perennial, February 2009. Trade Paperback. More
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2015. Trade Paperback. Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life's work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, and became..... More
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Tarantula
Simon & Schuster, October 2004. Trade Paperback. WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Music legend Bob Dylan's only work of fiction--a combination of stream of consciousness prose, lyrics, and poetry that gives fans insight into one of the most influential singer-songwriters of our time. Written in 1966, Tarantula is..... More
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Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents
Viking, April 2026. Hardcover. A fun, smart and surprising dive into the past, present and future of accents - and the enduring power of sounding different Accents have long held our fascination. As far back as the 7th century BCE, Egyptian pharaohs experimented with babies to test out theories about..... More
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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2024. Paper Back. Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death..... More
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Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities
Palgrave Macmillan Trade, January 2016. Hardcover. **Winner, Phillip D. Reed Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment** **A Planetizen Top Planning Book for 2017** After decades of sprawl, many American city and suburban residents struggle with issues related to traffic (and its accompanying challenges for our health and productivity)..... More
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)
Ballantine Books, February 1992. Trade Paperback. Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister. Here..... More
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American Bulk: Essays on Excess
W. W. Norton & Company, November 2024. Paper Back. In a series of deeply personal essays, Mester explores how the things we buy, eat, amass, and discard become an intimate part of our lives. We guiltily watch Amazon boxes pile up on the porch, wade through endless reviews to find..... More
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Harper Paperbacks, June 2025. Paper Back. NOW IN PAPERBACK--AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "One of those life-changing reads that makes you see--or, in this case, hear--the whole world differently." --Megan Angelo, author of Followers "At times chilling, often funny, and always perceptive and cogent, Cultish is a bracing reminder..... More
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How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information
W. W. Norton & Company, June 2026. Hardcover. When world-renowned scholar Thomas S. Mullaney "lost" both his parents, he began thinking of how information--all the stuff that makes us, that we make, and that we leave behind--ultimately disappears. The information that makes up our lives, from mundane official documents, poignant..... More
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City on the Verge
Basic Books, May 2017. Hardcover. What we can learn from Atlanta's struggle to reinvent itself in the 21st Century Atlanta is on the verge of tremendous rebirth-or inexorable decline. A kind of Petri dish for cities struggling to reinvent themselves, Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the country, gridlocked..... More
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On Tyranny
Tim Duggan Books, March 2017. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "bracing" (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism, from "a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present" (The New York Times) "Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing..... More
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Penguin Classics)
Penguin Classics, 1987. Trade Paperback. When A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was published in 1889, Mark Twain was undergoing a series of personal and professional crises. Thus what began as a literary burlesque of British chivalry and culture grew into a disturbing satire of modern technology and social..... More
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Happy Death Club: Essays on Death, Grief & Bereavement
Saraband, September 2025. Paper Back. Anthropologist Naomi Westerman was studying death rituals around the world--when her whole family died. Upon losing those closest to her, Naomi Westerman saw that death was more than just an abstract academic concept; it was a deeply painful and personal experience. She became fascinated by..... More
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