Books

Cartoonist Ellen Forney chronicles and explores her journey through a life of ups and downs in this graphic memoir.…

A manual for parents seeking direction to help their daughters looks to education and help with addiction recovery. Step…

It's one of the biggest fights against injustice you've never even heard about. In 1891, coal companies in eastern…

Jessica Valenti, internet feminist extraordinaire, has written this handy guide to spotting a particular and pervasive…

We all know that history is written by the winners—and the powerful—but how much of it is actually fiction? And who…

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's spree of torture, sexual abuse, and murder of children in the 1960s was one of the most…

Christianity interprets Jesus as identical to Christ, but is the historical Jesus the same as the supposed Christian…

Valerie Solanas may have been dismissed but will never be forgotten. She has become, perhaps unwittingly, a figurehead…

Unlikely Friendships meets Marley and Me in this heartwarming gift book. Author Rebecca Ascher-Walsh presents a…

Sometimes all that's left to do when grading is throw your hands in the air and resignedly declare "I guess!" From the…

Most of us probably think of disasters as times when social order breaks down, when neighbors turn on each other, when…

One of punk’s most significant political achievements was to expose the operations of power in British entertainment…

If all the world's a stage, then maybe all of life is just an experiment. The Good Life Lab is the story of a couple…

Once, Tammy Strobel and her husband were living a normal middle-class lifestyle. They drove two cars, commuted long…

Teens and adults alike will appreciate and learn a ton from this amazing sex ed comic book, Not Your Mother's Meatloaf.…

Science shows that cultivating a positive attitude, while it can't solve life's bigger problems, really does make an…

Funny, sad, touching, realistic, strange—you'll find here a wide range of short stories about our relationships with…

This hilarious collection of essays by Carol Leifer charts her extraordinary three-decade journey through show business,…

We all have pet problems. From pee stains on the carpet and barking at all hours of the night, to that embarrassing…

Sports are serious. Football, basketball, tennis, mixed martial arts, and beyond: these are arenas of immense power,…

From the bestselling author of 1491, this is a deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the…

If you tried to explain this book to someone, you'd probably find yourself go on for a while about conversations between…

Sometimes, whether you realize it or not, your home is deeply connected to your personal well-being. And sometimes your…

Every single day is an opportunity to perform one small act of bravery. Whether it's singing out loud, asking someone…

In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. - later known as the West Memphis Three -…

From the subway to the skyscraper, from Manhattan’s financial district to the Long Island suburbs, every inch of New…

Only The New Yorker could fetch such an unbelievable roster of talent on the seemingly simple subject of man’s best…