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Upon its publication ten years ago, the first volume of Richard Holmes's life of Coleridge was hailed by Michael Holroyd as "a modern masterpiece, a book that marks a climax in the golden age of modern biography." The romantic writer who emerges from these pages is unforgettably vivid and unexpected. Holmes gives us a true portrait of unfolding genius -- a man who learns as much from children's games as from philosophic treatises, as much from...

The Chomsky Reader brings together for the first time the political thought of American's leading dissident intellectual-"arguably the most important intellectual alive" (The New York Times).At the center of practically every major debate over America's role in the world, one finds Noam Chomsky's ideas-sometimes attacked, sometimes studiously ignored, but always a powerful presence.Drawing from his published and unpublished work, The Chomsky R...

For Mma Ramotswe, there is rarely a dull moment, and in her newest round of adventures, the same certainly holds true. One thing above all else is keeping her occupied--her estimable husband has been hinting that he intends to do something special for their adopted daughter.

The new graphic novel from the acclaimed author of "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is a rich, wildly imaginative tale about obsessed collectors and the fantastic stories their treasures can reveal.

A hilarious, acerbic, utterly unleashed story about recover, and about winning back years of squandered trust, this edgy memoir centers around an out-of-control, 95-pound Bernese mountain dog named Hola, a high-functioning alcoholic named Marty, his wife, Gloria, and their attempt to keep a marriage together in spite of apparently long odds.

Beloved author Gorden pens a beautifully choreographed novel about first lovers meeting again after more than 30 years, walking the streets of Rome and reimmersing themselves in their lost past.

With the cooperation of many of Jacques Cousteau's collaborators, friends, and family, Matsen provides the first full picture of the remarkable life of the world's most renowned oceanographer.

When Jim Powell's first collection of poems was published in 1989, Thom Gunn declared, "He has the power to do anything." Mary Kinzie wrote, "Page for page, there is more metaphorically gorgeous writing than I have seen in some time." Here is his much-anticipated new collection. Jim Powell's poems move between the metaphysical and the physical with a rare, plainspoken intensity and eloquence. At the heart of Substrate is a grand sequence of ...

The 10th installment of the bestselling The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel series finds Precious Ramotswe in personal need of her own formidable detection talents.

Sfar's beloved, wonderfully humorous, and wise talking cat is back for more beautifully illustrated adventures in Algiers and across Africa in the 1930s.

In this thrilling history of the rise of anarchism, historian Butterworth follows the rise of violent revolutionaries from the failed Paris Commune of 1871 to the 1905 Russian Revolution.

One of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the past century, Baldwin is renowned for his fierce engagement with issues haunting our common history. This collection gathers some of his most important essays, articles, reviews, and polemics. Prophetic and bracing, "The Cross of Redemption" is a welcome and important addition to the works of a cosmopolitan and canonical American writer.

In this fabulous fifth installment in the bestselling series, Isabel Dalhousie is asked to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud. Whatever the outcome, Isabel's combination of spirit, smarts, and unabashed nosiness guarantees a delightful adventure.

One of the most promising young talents in cartooning makes his debut with a dazzling collection—part freakish dreamlife, part quirk-o-rama autobiography, all genius.Long a fixture in comics anthologies, David Heatley's deceptively crude, wickedly observant drawings have begun showing up on the New York Times op-ed pages and the cover of the New Yorker, introducing him to a vast new audience, Now, in My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (title cour...

What if our pain was the most beautiful thing about us? From a bestselling and award-winning author comes a new novel of stunning artistry and imagination about the wounds we all bear and the light that radiates from us all.

In this spellbinding debut, Howrey gives readers a smart, funny, and deeply moving story about truth versus belief, about what we do and don't tell ourselves--with the result that we don't always know what we know.

In a narrative that combines the intensely personal with social, economic, and historical analysis, Jacoby turns an unsparing eye on the marketers of longevity--pharmaceutical companies, lifestyle gurus, and scientific businessmen who suggest that there will soon be a "cure" for the "disease" of aging.

The two hottest genres in comics gleefully collide head-on, as the most beloved American superhero gets the coolest Japanese manga makeover ever. In 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys, Shonen King, licensed the rights to commission its own Batman and Robin stories. A year later, the stories stopped. They were never collected in Japan, and never translated into English. Now, in this gor...

The first account--prodigiously researched, richly detailed--of the last remarkable 25 years of the life and art of one of America's greatest and most beloved musical icons, Louis Armstrong.