Non Fiction
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT INFLATION: 14 URGENT LESSONS FROM THE LAST 2,000 YEARS
Written by King, Stephen D
A FINANCIAL TIMES 'BOOK TO READ IN 2023' "Everything you wanted to know about inflation but were afraid to ask."--Mervyn King "King's lessons command our attention."--Lawrence H. Summers "Maybe you don't think inflation is back for good. That is your right.
ACE: WHAT ASEXUALITY REVEALS ABOUT DESIRE, SOCIETY, AND THE MEANING OF SEX
Written by Chen, Angela
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity. What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about gender roles, about romance and consent, and the pressures of society?
LETTERS OF GUSTAVE FLAUBERT: 1830-1880
Written by Flaubert, Gustave
Appearing in a single volume for the very first time, an illuminating and enrichingly annotated selection of correspondence from one of Western literature's most revered writers. Flaubert was not only a great novelist, one of the inventors of of the modern novel, but a great letter writer, writing letters that are among other things a remarkable exploration of the art of the novel.
GREATEST EVIL IS WAR
Written by Hedges, Chris
Now with a new preface for the paperback edition by the author, an unflinching indictment of the horror and obscenity of war by one of our finest war correspondents.
CITY OF LIONS: PORTRAIT OF A CITY IN TWO ACTS: LVIV, THEN AND NOW
Written by Sands, Philippe
The Ukrainian city Lviv's many names (Lviv, Lvov, Lwow, Lemberg, Leopolis) bear witness to its conflicted past - it has, at one time or another, belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland, Russia and Germany, and has brought forth numerous famous artists and intellectuals.
RILKE: THE LAST INWARD MAN
Written by Chamberlain, Lesley
An incisive and intimate account of the life and work of the great poet Rilke, exploring the rich interior world he created in his poetry When Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed secure. But as the tide of the critical avant-garde turned, he was increasingly dismissed as apolitical, the angels and roses of his poems deemed irrelevant.
WEIRD WALK: WANDERINGS AND WONDERINGS THROUGH THE BRITISH RITUAL YEAR
Written by Walk, Weird
The first book by iconic zine creators and cultural phenomenon Weird Walk. This is a superbly designed guide to Britain's strange and ancient places, to standing stones and pagan rituals, and to the process of re-enchantment via weird walking. In this book is a radical idea.
OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: THE LAST INTERVIEW: AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS
"I write about people who do extraordinary things. It just turned out that it was called science fiction." - Octavia E. Butler Octavia E. Butler's work broke innumerable barriers and helped open the field of science fiction to writers and readers it had never had before.
AMERICAN CONFIDENTIAL: UNCOVERING THE BIZARRE STORY OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND HIS MOTHER
Written by Stillman, Deanne
"Deanne Stillman's American Confidential takes the familiar and makes it new - makes it thrilling. You won't believe this story; it resonates with deep American echoes." - Darin Straus, author of Chang & Eng
YEAR AND A DAY
Written by Lopate, Phillip
A compelling celebration of the power of the essay, this collection of 47 writings offers a glimpse into the mind of a modern-day Montaigne as he reflects on the miscellany of daily life--movies and art, friends and family--over the course of a single year. The essay is the most pluckily pedestrian and blithely transgressive of literary genres, the one that is most at large and in need,