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Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020
Salman Rushdie - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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Salman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating truths about our society and culture through his gorgeous, often searing prose. Now, in his latest collection of nonfiction, he brings together insightful and inspiring essays, criticism, and speeches that... |
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Lonely Planet Hong Kong (Travel Guide)
Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback
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Lonely Planet's Hong Kong is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the city has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Sample dim sum in the night market and cruise on the legendary Star Ferry; all with your trusted travel companion.Inside... |
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The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 19391945
Nicholas Stargardt - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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As early as 1941, Allied victory in World War II seemed all but assured. How and why, then, did the Germans prolong the barbaric conflict for three and a half more years?In The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on an extraordinary range of primary source materials... |
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Snooze: The Lost Art of Sleep
Michael McGirr - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A profound exploration of the precious resource of sleep -- and of the causes and consequences of getting too little of it. Michael McGirr always had trouble sleeping. The arrival of baby twins, however, made him realize that he'd never before known true exhaustion. And while he celebrated... |
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Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck
William Souder - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A resonant biography of America's most celebrated novelist of the Great Depression.The first full-length biography of the Nobel laureate to appear in a quarter century, Mad at the World illuminates what has made the work of John Steinbeck an enduring part of the literary canon: his capacity... |
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Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
Matt Singer - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn't check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB.. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it "two thumbs up.". On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before... |
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