A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The definitive chronicle of Seattle’s grunge era, drawn from over 250 exclusive interviews with members of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and many more, and featuring previously untold stories and never-before-seen photographs“A classic of monumental scale.”—Paste“Riveting, gossipy, and impossible to put down.”—Vulture“A drug and ego-...

Nirvana, the immortal grunge Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is as relevant and influential as ever.Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic comprised Nirvana, the band that unintentionally tore the music world asunder with the 1991 album Nevermind. The record that includes hits such as "Smells like Teen Spirit," "Come as You Are," and "Lithium" continues to rattle speakers with grunge that truly rocks. Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, Updated Edition...

A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2025A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of 2025A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics.Capitalism has long been understood as a driving force behind the biggest political, economic, and social dislocations of our time. But in this sweeping, kaleidoscopic history of the economic system that has shaped our world, the Pulitzer Pr...

From the bestselling authors of Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura comes a nature book like no other—a dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world's most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond. It's more than a field guide–it's an adventure. * National Bestseller * Named a Best New Book by BookRiot, New York Post and more * Named a Best White Elephant Gift Under $30 by Taste of H...

A New York Times Notable BookA New York Times Editors' ChoiceA New York Post Best Book of the YearAn Amazon Best Biography/Memoir"A rollicking, unexpectedly affecting story. . . It’s going to be one of the big, buzzy Beltway books of the year."—PoliticoA bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operat...

Alice in Chains was the first of grunge's big four - ahead of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden - to get a gold record and achieve national recognition. With the charismatic Layne Staley behind the microphone, they became one of the most influential and successful bands to come out of the Seattle music scene. But as the band got bigger, so did its problems.Acclaimed journalist David de Sola follows the members from their inauspicious beginnings at a warehouse under the Ballard Br...

How did America cease to be the land of opportunity?LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARDWe take it for granted that good neighborhoods—with good schools and good housing—are only accessible to the wealthy. But in America, this wasn’t always the case.Though for most of world history, your prospects were tied to where you were born, Americans came up with a revolutionary idea: If you didn’t like your lot in life, you coul...

New York Times Bestseller"Authoritarian governments abroad have long used legal threats and lawsuits against journalists to cover up their disinformation, corruption, and violence. Now, as master investigative journalist David Enrich reveals, those tactics have arrived in America.” — Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of StrongmenDavid Enrich, the New York Times Business Investigations Editor and the ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent, topic-by-topic guide to Project 2025, with everything you need to know about how the second Trump administration is remaking America—from a go-to authority at The AtlanticWhen President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, news spread about his implementation of Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page document published by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. The debates—and anx...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • USA TODAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER • SHORTLISTED FOR THE STOWE PRIZE FOR LITERARY ACTIVISMIn Erased, Anna Malaika Tubbs, the New York Times bestselling author of The Three Mothers, returns with an unflinching excavation of all that American patriarchy has tried to destroy.**Patriarchy has ruled across the world throughout much of human history, but it operates differently in each nation in which it is found. In

Named one of the best travel books of the year by National Geographic, Smithsonian, and Afar"Eliot Stein’s quietly powerful new book celebrates the kind of singular, site-specific expertise that’s endangered by globalization and technology...smart, genial and occasionally astonishing...it’s a country mile from the news cycle, a winning collection of thoroughly un-current events." -SF ChronicleA vivid look at 10

“Riveting . . . Blake’s deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time [is] a book that none of us can afford to miss.”—The Washington PostA gripping investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis.SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE PEN...