Non Fiction
SENSITIVE: THE HIDDEN POWER OF THE HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON IN A LOUD, FAST, TOO-MUCH WORLD
Written by Sólo, Andre
A paradigm-shifting look at a long-undervalued yet hugely beneficial personality trait, from the creators of the world's largest community for highly sensitive people "Don't be so sensitive!"
HOW BASKETBALL CAN SAVE THE WORLD: 13 GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR REIMAGINING WHAT'S POSSIBLE
Written by Hollander, David
A thought-provoking exploration of how basketball--and the values rooted in the game--can solve today's most pressing issues, from the professor behind the popular New York University course NBA and WNBA superstars, Hall of Fame players, coaches, and other cultural figures have all dropped by New York University Professor David Hollander's course "How Basketball Can Save the World" cour
TRUE WEST: SAM SHEPARD'S LIFE, WORK, AND TIMES
Written by Greenfield, Robert
An intimate portrait of the iconic playwright, actor, and director Sam Shepard, whose wide-ranging and enduring body of work places him at the center of the American canon, from an award-winning biographer True West: Sam Shepard's Life, Work, and Times is the story of an American icon, a lasting portrait of Sam Shepard as he really was, revealed by those who knew him best.
STILL LIFE WITH BONES: GENOCIDE, FORENSICS, AND WHAT REMAINS
Written by Hagerty, Alexa
An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice. Exhumation can divide brothers and restore fathers, open old wounds and open the possibility of regeneration--of buildi
PATHOGENESIS: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN EIGHT PLAGUES
Written by Kennedy, Jonathan
A sweeping look at how the major transformations in history--from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism--have been shaped not by humans but by germs According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their brains and brawn, to actions undertaken individually and collectively that have bent the arc of history.
CURSE OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE: A NOTORIOUS SCOUNDREL, A MYTHICAL MANUSCRIPT, AND THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN LITERARY HISTORY
Written by Warner, Joel
The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written--Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom--landed at the heart of one of the biggest scams in modern literary history.
GOSPELS: A NEW TRANSLATION
An "electrifying [and] compulsively readable" new translation of the Gospels, destined to become a definitive edition of these canonical texts, from "one of our greatest living translators" (The Christian Science Monitor) "For anyone wanting to read the Gospels anew . . .
PUBLISHING MANIFESTOS: AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY FROM ARTISTS AND WRITERS
Manifestos by artists, authors, editors, publishers, designers, zinesters explore publishing as artistic practice. Contributors
TRAP DOOR: TRANS CULTURAL PRODUCTION AND THE POLITICS OF VISIBILITY
Essays, conversations, and archival investigations explore the paradoxes, limitations, and social ramifications of trans representation within contemporary culture. The increasing representation of trans identity throughout art and popular culture in recent years has been nothing if not paradoxical.
DESIGNING MOTHERHOOD: THINGS THAT MAKE AND BREAK OUR BIRTHS
Written by Winick, Amber
More than eighty designs--iconic, archaic, quotidian, and taboo--that have defined the arc of human reproduction. While birth often brings great joy, making babies is a knotty enterprise.
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