Twelve imprint: 146 books
Seven
The Number for Happiness, Love, and Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2009
What is it about the number seven that has such a hold on us? Why are there seven deadly sins? Seven days of the week? Seven wonders of the world, seven colors of the spectrum, seven ages of man, and seven sister colleges? Why can we hold seven numbers or words in our working memory--but no more?...
The Leafly Guide to Cannabis
A Handbook for the Modern Consumer
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
A savvy connoisseur's guide from the editors of the world's most popular cannabis platform.
Cannabis is at the very beginning of a craft and educational renaissance. It is emerging from the legislative shadows and a second awakening is occurring: people are proactively seeking information about...
The Waxman Report
How Congress Really Works
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
At a time when some of the most sweeping national initiatives in decades are being debated, Congressman Henry Waxman offers a fascinating inside account of how Congress really works by describing the subtleties and complexities of the legislative process.
For four decades, Waxman has taken...
by Sharon Pomerantz
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
Robert Vishniak is the favored son of Oxford Circle, a working-class Jewish neighborhood in 1970s Philadelphia. Handsome and clever, Robert glides into the cloistered universities of New England, where scions of unimaginable wealth and influence stand shoulder to shoulder with scholarship paupers...
Let Me Tell You about Jasper . . .
How My Best Friend Became America's Dog
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Bestselling author of And the Good News Is... Dana Perino is back with stories of friends, family, and how America's love for a dog named Jasper is a place where even political opponents can find common ground.
Dana Perino is a popular and beloved host on...
Motherest
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2017
Marrying the sharp insights of Jenny Offill with the dark humor of Maria Semple, MOTHEREST is an inventive and moving coming-of-age novel that captures the pain of fractured family life, the heat of new love, and the particular magic of the female friendship...
No. 4 Imperial Lane
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Amazon Best Book of the Month (Literature and Fiction)
Recommended New Books/A Guide to the End of Summer's Hottest Books, Salon
"Weisman has written a tragedy of rare power and richness...If lately you've been shuffling through too many novels that feel a little unambitious, vaguely...
The Naughty Nineties
The Triumph of the American Libido
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
A sexual history of the 1990s when the Baby Boomers took over Washington, Hollywood, and Madison Avenue. A definitive look at the captains of the culture wars -- and an indispensable road map for understanding how we got to the Trump Teens.
THE NAUGHTY NINETIES: The Triumph of the American...
by Christopher Buckley
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
BOOMSDAY: One of America's most hilarious novelists and bestselling author of Thank You For Smoking takes on the plight of aging Baby Boomers in this Swiftian comedy about generational warfare. SUPREME COURTSHIP: The President of the United State, ticked off at the Senate for rejecting his nominees,...
Findings
An Illustrated Collection
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
From the celebrated Findings column in Harper's Magazine, a selection of fantastic facts, delightfully illustrated by Graham Roumieu.
Do you know that Czech and German deer still do not cross the iron curtain? Or that in Scotland, most adults say it is acceptable for a man to marry his widow's...
by Shea Serrano
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
#1 New York Times bestselling author Shea Serrano is back, and his new book, Movies (And Other Things),combines the fury of a John Wick shootout, the sly brilliance of Regina George holding court at a cafeteria table, and the sheer power of a Denzel monologue, all into one.
Movies (And Other...
Hillary Clinton Haiku
Her Rise to Power, Syllable by Syllable, Pantsuit by Pantsuit
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
An illustrated parody marrying America's favorite pantsuit-wearing politician with an ancient poetic form.
The poetic form of the haiku is pretty old, widely known, and occasionally kinda funny. In these ways it resembles Hillary Rodham Clinton. Now this insightful collection of poetry distills...
Denial
Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
The history of science abounds with momentous theories that disrupted conventional wisdom and yet were eventually proven true. Ajit Varki and Danny Brower's "Mind over Reality" theory is poised to be one such idea-a concept that runs counter to commonly-held notions about human evolution...
Man Seeks God
My Flirtations with the Divine
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
When a health scare puts him in the hospital, Eric Weiner-an agnostic by default-finds himself tangling with an unexpected question, posed to him by a well-meaning nurse. *"Have you found your God yet?"*The thought of it nags him, and prods him-and ultimately launches him on a far-flung...