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Alexander the Great

By Philip Freeman

Biographies and Memoirs

In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most…

Age of Revolutions

By Fareed Zakaria

History

A New York Times Bestseller The international best-selling author explores the revolutions, past and present, that define the chaotic, polarized and unstable age in which we live. Fareed Zakaria first warned of the threat of “illiberal democracy” two decades ago.…

Ageless Aging

By Maddy Dychtwald

Advice and How-To

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Now available in paperback, with a new chapter: A holistic plan based on cutting-edge science that helps women take advantage of the scientific, medical, psychological, and spiritual tools available to them as they age.

Abortion

By Jessica Valenti

General Nonfiction

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a stirring and succinct examination of post-Roe America, “one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation” (Washington Post) takes on what’s become the country’s most resonant political issue. In her most…

Accordion Eulogies

By Noé Álvarez

Biographies and Memoirs

Searching, propulsive, and deeply spiritual, Accordion Eulogies is an odyssey to repair a severed family lineage, told through the surprising history of a musical instrument Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez never knew his grandfather. Stories swirled around this…

A Walk in the Woods

By Bill Bryson

General Nonfiction

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body “The best way of…