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The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft

An H.P. Lovecraft-inspired cookbook with recipes to whet your appetite and threaten your sanity.

Explorers

A reimagined history of exploration featuring a new cast—including fugitives, indigenous pathfinders and immigrants—that celebrates the universal qualities ofThe impulse to seek out new worlds is universal to humanity. In a truly inclusive account of exploration, historian Matthew Lockwood interweaves stories of famous figures—including Sacagawea, Pocahontas and Dr Livingstone—with tales of

Portraits in Life and Death

The 1976 publication of Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life and Death, with an introduction by Susan Sontag, “was and remains one of the most somberly beautiful and influential photography collections of its era” (Holland Cotter, senior art critic of The New York Times). When Hujar passed away in 1987, his work was relatively unknown except for a small following. The importance and artistic mastery

The Odyssey

The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world. This vivid new translation—the first by a woman—matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer’s

Death by Black Hole : And Other Cosmic Quandaries

With ease and originality, Tyson illuminates topics ranging from the linguistic merits of astrophysics to the limits of our five senses to the search for life in the universe.

Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

A stunning, revelatory new translation of the only novel by one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, from one of “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post)

Koreas Place is the Sun

"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book Review

Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young readers to explore the mysteries of the universe.

Naked Economics

Naked Economics gives you the tools to engage with pleasure and confidence in the deeply relevant, not so dismal science.

Greek to Me

In her The New York Times best-selling Between You & Me (ISBN 978 0 393 352146), Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils, punctuation and punctiliousness over three decades in The New Yorker’s celebrated copy department. In Greek to Me, she delivers another wise and witty paean to the art of expressing oneself clearly and convincingly, this time filtered through

With Her Own Hands

A rich and intimate exploration of how women have used textile work to create meaningful lives, from ancient mythology to our current moment

The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories

Confronting “the beast within” us all, Werewolf at Dusk celebrates the singular genius of David Small

Kafkaesque

Award-winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper presents a mesmerising interpretation of fourteen iconic Kafka short stories.

Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

The Metaverse

Accessory to War

An exploration of the age-old complicity between sky watchers and war fighters, from the best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.

Fatal Abstraction

A tech insider explains how capitalism and software development make for such a dangerous mix