A groundbreaking collection of poetry, personal narratives, and art from refugee youth from around the world—featuring a foreword by Ben Stiller, actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador."One of Ahmed's poems explores why he survived the bomb that destroyed his childhood home. It says, "tragedies always end with a period, but yours ended with a semicolon." This book is what comes after the semicolon. The chorus of voices of young people from places as diverse as ...

Foreword by Ben StillerAfterword by Perry FarrellJewish achievement in the sciences? Celebrated. Jews in literature? Lionized. But until now, there's been no record of the massive contributions of Jews in Rock n' Roll. Jews Who Rock features 100 top Jewish rockers, from Bob Dylan to Adam Horowitz, Courtney Love (yes, she's half Jewish) to John Zorn, with a concise page of essential data and a biography of each one.Includes the complete lyrics to "The Chanukah ...

**WINNER OF THE AUDIE AWARD FOR AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE • ADAPTED FOR THE METROPOLITAN OPERA AND IN DEVELOPMENT AS A FEATURE FILMThe “devastatingly moving” (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented**

**One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE**“It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America and the world, and gave us a road map to our future… At once terrifying and … oddly hopeful.” —Ayelet Waldman, The New York Times Book Review“Moving, audacious, and indelibly hu...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND BUZZFEED’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROne of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the CenturyA BEST BOOK...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad comes a sweeping World War II historical novel set in Depression-era New York, where a young woman’s courage transforms her life at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Esquire

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN FICTIONNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARONE OF THE OBSERVER’S 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE CENTURY (SO FAR)FINALIST FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • "An American masterpiece" (NPR) that chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.One of The New York Times’s 10 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century • A Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 YearsThe basis for the acclaimed original Prime...

Winner of the National Book AwardA New York Times bestsellerA majestic, stirring novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward following a family on a journey through Mississippi—now in a gorgeous new package designed for the modern reader.Jesmyn Ward brings the archetypal road novel into rural 21st-century America in this intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. Whe...

The first fully authorized and total access look at the band who loves to " rock 'n' roll all nite and party every day !""The essential book about KISS." — Washington Post Book WorldIn 1983, KISS officially revealed the faces behind the stage makeup, and fans all over the world got their first look at the band. Now, in KISS: Behind the Mask, the band's legion of f...

Trivia-On-Book: I Am Malala: By Malala Yousafzai and Christina LambI am Malala, the incredible story of a fifteen year old who was shot on her face by Taliban for pursuing education, epitomizes the strength of human determination and grit. The extremist group which had rattled the entire world could not break her. The incident only made her resolve stronger. The whole world stood up and took note of this young girl from Pakistan. Malala was conferred with ...

Acclaimed music writer Robert Hilburn’s “epic” and “definitive” (Rolling Stone) biography of music icon Paul Simon, written with Simon’s full participation—but without his editorial control—that “reminds us how titanic this musician is” (The Washington Post).For more than fifty years, Paul Simon has spoken to us in songs about alienation, doubt, resilience, and empathy in ways that have established him as one of the most beloved artists in America...