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How rivers have shaped American politics, economics, and society from the beginnings of the Republic to today.Author: Martin DoylePublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: March 19,...

Chronicles the history of America's pursuit of liberty, tracing the struggles among freed slaves, union organizers, women rights advocates, and other groups to widen freedom's promiseAuthor: Eric...

A new edition of the iconic, best-selling account of America's most fascinating serial killer, "perhaps the most unnerving true-crime book ever published" (Victoria Beale, The New Yorker), with a...

The most celebrated book on counterpoint is Fux's great theoretical work GRADUS AD PARNASSUM. Since its appearance in 1725, it has been used by and has directly influenced the work of many of the...

The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)Author: Patrick O'BrianPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Nov 16, 2021Number of Pages: 368 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Describes the impact that the translation of "On the Nature of Things" by Roman philosopher Lucretius had on history, inspiring artists, great thinkers, and scientists of the fifteenth century and...

One of BookPage's 6 best parenting books of 2022. The Teen Interpreter is a generous roadmap for enjoying the most challenging, and rewarding, parenting years. Once children hit adolescence, it seems...

?I don't know why we do it. We must be crazy./Welcome, fellow poet.??Richard HugoAuthor: Richard HugoPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: August 09, 2010Number of Pages: 128...

The True American tells the story of Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladesh Air Force officer who dreams of immigrating to America and working in technology. But days after 9/11, an avowed "American...

A piercing exposé of American incompetence and corruption in Southeast Asia, The Ugly American captivated the nation when it was first published in 1958. The book introduces readers to an unlikely...

Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers...

Immediate, sensual, unrelentingly intense. --NPRAuthor: Li-Young LeePublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: March 03, 2020Number of Pages: 96 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

A sure comic touch . . . smart and sweet . . . a tribute to the pleasures of friendship. ?he New Yorker In the heart of New York City, a group of artistic friends struggles with society's standards...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River: The moving story of a daughter? quest to discover the truth about her beloved father? hidden past. Ada Sibelius is raised by David,...

One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years. The Economist"Author: Nick LanePublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: June...

A glistening narrative, crammed full of rich, pictorial description and tingling suspense. --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Book Review An intoxicating story of the thrills of exploration, the...

?[A] rollicking, eye-opening, hilarious account of the underbelly of international AIDS research.??Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer As an epidemiologist researching AIDS, Elizabeth Pisani has...

The Woman Who Fell from The Sky: PoemsAuthor: Joy HarjoPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: August 17, 1996Number of Pages: 88 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain. 1939: the Germans have invaded Poland. The keepers of the Warsaw zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, survive the...

From one of our leading social thinkers, a compelling case for the elimination of nuclear weapons.Author: Elaine Scarry, Professor of English and American Literature Elaine ScarryPublisher: W. W...

The challenge of retelling five hundred years of American history in a single volume has been so daunting that hardly any historian has attempted it in decades. When Jill Lepore's New York Times...

Kennedy describes the moral dilemma the crisis posed and describes the attitudes and actions of President Kennedy and his advisory staffAuthor: Robert F. KennedyPublisher: W. W. Norton &...

2019 selection for the One Book One Nebraska and All Iowa state reading programs "Genoways gives the reader a kitchen-table view of the vagaries, complexities, and frustrations of modern farming.....

How three key figures in Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran built ruthless irregular warfare campaigns that are eroding American power. In Three Dangerous Men, defense expert Seth Jones argues that the US...

?Beautifully wrought and impossible to put down, Daniel Sharfstein?s Thunder in the Mountains chronicles with compassion and grace that resonant past we should never forget.??Brenda Wineapple, author...

Author: Jan Harold BrunvandPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Oct 06, 2014Number of Pages: 544 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 039334715XISBN-13: 9780393347159

TrainspottingAuthor: Irvine WelshPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Jun 17, 1996Number of Pages: 348 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0393314804ISBN-13: 9780393314809

From the renowned biochemist and author of The Vital Question, an illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life. "Nick Lane's exploration of the building blocks that underlie...

Treason's Harbour (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)Author: Patrick O'BrianPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Nov 16, 2021Number of Pages: 320 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright's insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.Author: Stephen GreenblattPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date:...