Gladstone pens a visionary and opinionated work of graphic nonfiction on the media and its discontents. 192 pp.  More Info

Expanding on an article that appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the best-selling author of The Big Switch discusses the intellectual and cultural consequences of the Internet, and how it may be transforming our neural pathways for the worse.  More Info

In Whistling Vivaldi, described as a 'beautifully-written account' of the relationship between stereotypes and identity, Claude Steele offers a vivid first-person detailing of the research that brought him to his groundbreaking conclusions. Through the telling of dramatic personal stories, Dr.  More Info

A patient-oriented manual for complex trauma survivors.  More Info

The Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and this translation--decades in the making--gives us the entire epic as a single, coherent and compulsively readable lyric poem.  More Info

How the "peace process" has made life impossible for ordinary Palestinians.  More Info

Four years after his #1 bestseller The Big Short, Michael Lewis returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets. Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that,... More Info

An annotated version of the classic tale of Dorothy's trip to Oz includes character sources, contemporary references, and inspirations behind the 1900 classic.  More Info

Describes the author's fifteen-year relationship with eccentric New Yorker Clark Rockefeller, his discovery that Rockefeller was a serial imposter and murderer, and how his old friend's murder trial made him face hard truths about himself.  More Info

Revealing the secret history of punctuation, this delightful tour of 2,000 years of the written word, from ancient Greece to the Internet, explores the parallel histories of language and typography throughout the world and across time.  More Info

The two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist delivers “an astonishing literary achievement” (Anthony Gottlieb, The Economist). Winner of the 2010 Heartland Prize, Anthill follows the thrilling adventures of a modern-day Huck Finn, enthralled with the “strange, beautiful, and elegant”... More Info

A collection of short stories examining the lives of suburbanites seeking solace and gratification in food, sex, work, and love.  More Info

In this thoroughly engaging book, leading primatologist and thinker Frans de Waal offers a heartening, illuminating new perspective on human nature. Bringing together his pioneering research on primate behavior, the latest findings in evolutionary biology, and insights from moral philosophy, de... More Info

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“If you've never read it, read it now.”—Arianna Huffington, O, The Oprah Magazine  More Info

This collection of letters from one of England's greatest comic writers includes his humorous and touching correspondence with family, friends and great literary figures of the 20th century, including Agatha Christie, George Orwell and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 10,000 first printing.  More Info

A startling anecdotal history of gay life in twentieth-century New York explores the confluence of historical and social factors that made Manhattan a mecca for homosexuals in the second half of this century. Reprint. 13,000 first printing.  More Info

A provocative history of world democracy chronicles the practices of the ancient Myceans through the manifestations of democracy in today's world while considering such notions as the origins of democracy and whether or not the western world lives up to democratic ideals. By the author of The Media... More Info

It discusses the use of resources, pollution, and the distortions created in the economies of both wealthy industrialized nations and Third World countries.  More Info

Presents the life of the South African leader in graphic novel format, from his early efforts working as an activist against apartheid, to his twenty-seven year imprisonment, to his election to the presidency of the country in 1994.  More Info

Leaving her uncomprehending family behind, a gifted young woman becomes a writer and travels to London, where she is taken under the wing of artist Henry Fuseli, poet William Blake, and writer William Godwin. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.  More Info

Looks at the life of the father of Communism, focusing primarily on the human side of the man rather than his works.  More Info

This illustrated, interactive workbook offers 50 different strategies and models for making better choices and decisions, including explanations and guidance for applying the Rubber Band Model, the Personal Performance Model, the Pareto Principle and others to tackle life's challenges. 20,000 first... More Info

The grandson of an ayatollah and a New York Times best-selling author discusses the blend of “Islamic democracy” favored by Iran's current leaders in a tour of the political and social landscape of the country. Reprint.  More Info

Records the efforts of six hundred British and American officers to escape from a Nazi prison camp.  More Info

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One of the most influential French intellectuals of this century, Jacques Lacan is seen here at the height of his powers. Lacan dedicates this seventh year of his famous seminar to the problematic role of ethics in psychoanalysis. His exploration leads us to startling insights on "the consequence... More Info

Revolutionary and innovative, Lacan's work lies at the epicenter of modern thought about otherness, subjectivity, sexual difference, and enjoyment.  More Info

A complete translation of the seminar that Jacques Lacan gave in the course of a year's teaching within the training programme of the Socie'te' Francaise de Psychanalyse. The French text was prepared by Jacques-Alain Miller in consultation with Jacques Lacan, from the transcriptions of the seminar.  More Info

Ayyan Mani, a member of India's lowest caste and resident of the slums of Mubmai, discovers an illicit romance between his married boss and a married female researcher at the institute where he works. Original.  More Info