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

Jam-packed with information on this fascinating destination, Footprintfocus Sardinia: Alghero and the North will guide you around all the best sights and provide you with up-to-date recommendations on where to eat, sleep and party. The guide features:• Essentials section with tips on getting there and around• Up-to-date recommendations of great places to stay and eat• Highlights map of the region plus detailed street maps where relevant• Key local words and ...

Jam-packed with information on this fascinating destination, Footprintfocus Sardinia: Cagliari and the South will guide you around all the best sights and provide you with up-to-date recommendations on where to eat, sleep and party. The guide features:• Essentials section with tips on getting there and around• Up-to-date recommendations of great places to stay and eat• Highlights map of the region plus detailed street maps where relevant• Key local words and...

In October’s Game, the fate of baseball itself hangs in the balance as rising star John McCoy and battle-scarred veteran Bo Rodgers face the ultimate test in Game 7 of the World Series. What begins as a thrilling showdown between talent and experience quickly spirals into a gripping journey of ambition, identity, and redemption. As egos clash, careers teeter, and secrets unravel, the game on the field becomes more than just a contest; it becomes a battle for legacy. With electrifying actio...

“An elegant, wide-ranging history” (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.“Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . journey of missed opportunities in microbiology and the eventual advances that arose in this field.”—ScienceScientists and enthusiastic ...

From a New York Times bestselling nature writer comes a celebration of what goes on outside in the dark, from blooming moon gardens to nocturnal salamanders, from glowing foxfire and synchronous fireflies that blink in unison like an orchestra of light.In this glorious celebration of the night, New York Times bestselling nature writer Leigh Ann Henion invites us to leave our well-lit homes, step outside, and embrace the dark as a profoundly beauti...

2026 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Finalist for Nonfiction | Winner of the 2026 Lawrence W. Levine Award | 2026 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Longlist | 2026 Museum of African American History Stone Book Award Longlist | Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2025A crucial telling of U.S. history centering the Black women whose magic gave rise to the rich tapestry of American culture, wellness, and spirituality that we see today—from Vicks VapoRub and Aunt Jemima’...

**FINALIST FOR THE GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Eye-opening essays about searching for peace in the cacophony of birds and discovering a world of meaning in small moments—from award-winning actor Lili Taylor.“By turns introspective, inquisitive, and funny, the book is a love letter to nature and the solace it can provide.”—The New Yorker**A NEW YORKER AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARMost people don’t ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is transforming the universe right before our eyes—and here, for the first time, is the inside account of how the mission originated, how it performs its miracles of science, and what its revolutionary images are revealing.Pillars of Creation tells the story of one of the greatest scientific achievements in the history of civilization, a $10 billion instrument with a staggeringly ambitious goal: unlocking the secrets of the c...

**One of The Smithsonian’s 10 best history books of 2024One of BBC History Magazine's best books of 2024“Thoroughly researched and sprightly…. a complete history of the [Mediterranean world] with the women added back in, as they always should have been.”—The New York TimesA dazzlingly ambitious history of the ancient world that places women at the center—from Cleopatra to Boudica, Sappho to Fulvia, and countless other artists, writers, lea...

In this "wise and wondrous" (David Quammen) exploration, a science writer reintroduces readers to The Snake, encouraging our initial reaction to the slithery creature to be one of awe rather than disgust.**For millennia, depictions of snakes as alternatively beautiful and menacing creatures have appeared in religious texts, mythology, poetry, and beyond. From the foundational deities of ancient Egypt to the reactions of squeamish children today, it is a historical...

An Economist Book of the YearA five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them.**“Almost every page—almost every paragraph—fizzes with facts, allusions, speculations, tidbits of etymology and gems of historical interest.” —**Wall Street JournalBooks have transformed humankind, yet we know little about the individuals who brought...