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by Matthew Desmond

In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to sh…

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Penelope did not write American Mermaid for fame or fortune- she is quite content with her life teaching highschool e…

by Rick Rubin

Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day. Rick Rubin is known for something else:…

by Bernie Sanders

It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism presents a vision that extends beyond the promises of past campaigns to reveal w…

by Donna Leon

In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti’s own youthful pa…

by Dacher Keltner

Up until fifteen years ago, there was no science of awe, the feeling we experience when we encounter vast mysteries t…

by Carlo Rovelli

Over two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology, physics, geography, meteor…

by Claire Jimenez

The Ramirez women of Staten Island orbit around absence. When thirteen‑year‑old middle child Ruthy disappeared after …

by Rebecca Makkai

It’s been over twenty years since Bodie Kane graduated from Granby Academy when she is invited to return to her board…

by Katherine May

“Enchantment cannot be destroyed. It waits patiently for us to remember that we need it.” Feeling drained, anxious an…

by Catriona Ward

Rob’s childhood was not normal. It’s taken her years to carefully construct and curate a facade of normalcy, which sh…

by Sarah Winman

It’s 1944, somewhere in the Italian countryside, when Evelyn Skinner and Ulysses Temper first meet. He’s a 24 year-ol…