|
New 700 - 900s/Travel Non-Fiction Books 700 Art, Design, Sports, and Recreation 800 Literature and Poetry 900 Geography, Travel, and History
|
|
Newest items are displayed first. Click on a title for more information or to place a hold. |
|
|
There's always this year : on basketball and ascension
by Hanif Abdurraqib
One of our culture's most insightful critics and most of all, an Ohioan, reflects on the golden era of basketball during the 1990s and explores what it means to make it, who we think deserves success, the tensions between excellence and expectation and the very notion of role models.
|
|
|
Jelly Roll Blues : Censored Songs and Hidden Histories
by Elijah Wald
A bestselling music historian follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden songs of early blues and jazz. In Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories, Elijah Wald takes readers on a journey into the hidden and censored world of early blues and jazz, guided by the legendary New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton.
|
|
|
The Danish art of whittling : simple projects for the home
by Frank Egholm
The beautiful Scandinavian projects range from simple wooden toys for children, including a bird whistle, ring catcher, animal figures and a wooden sword to practical items like door hooks, butter knives and then to decorative pieces such as a wooden necklace, buttons, delicate carved flowers and a chess set.
|
|
|
Chicagoland dream houses : how a mid-century architecture competition reimagined the American home
by Siobhan Moroney
Sponsored by the Chicago Tribune, the 1945 Chicagoland Prize Homes competition solicited designs by mostly unknown architects. The goal: to provide beautiful yet practical houses for returning WWII veterans and middle-class residents of the city and suburbs. In-depth and extensively illustrated, Chicagoland Dream Houses revisits this overlooked chapter in Chicago and architectural history.
|
|
|
Frank Chance's diamond : the baseball journalism of Ring Lardner
by Ring Lardner
This book contain Lardner's columns about Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Casey Stengel, and Three-Finger Mordecai Brown as well as some fabulous lesser-known characters like Frank Schulte, Heine Zimmerman, Jim Schekard, Johnny Kling, Rollie Zeider, and Peaches Graham, as well as examples of Lardner's coverage of a number of World Series-including the notorious 1919 Black Sox Series. Ron Rapoport's introduction puts Lardner in his time and place and explains how his writing about baseball developed over the years.
|
|
|
Collaboration : A Potential History of Photography
by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
This book asks what we learn by looking at photography through the lens of collaboration, the condition of photography threat shifts focus from the single photographer of an image to those participating in its creation.
|
|
|
30 Trees : And Why Landscape Architects Love Them
by Ron Henderson
30 Trees presents the favorite trees of 30 internationally renowned landscape architects. In each case, the designers describe the characteristics that represent the essence of the selected tree, the designed landscapes they associate with it, and how it was used in completed projects.
|
|
|
The power of art : a human history of art: from Babylon to New York City
by Caroline Campbell
Unlocking the human stories behind millennia of art, the eminent curator, taking us from ancient Babylon to contemporary Pyongyang, explains art's power to illuminate our lives and reveals how great art resonates powerfully by transcending the boundaries of time.
|
|
|
Loaded : the life (and afterlife) of the Velvet Underground
by Dylan Jones
Celebrating the impact and legacy of The Velvet Underground, the first major American rock group with a mixed-gender lineup, this definitive oral history draws on contributions from the remaining members and charts the band's subversive influence during an era when the rest of the world was singing about peace and love..
|
|
|
Warhol after Warhol : secrets, lies, & corruption in the art world
by Richard Dorment
A story spanning a decade and starring a cast of characters straight out of novel—from rock icons and film stars, art dealers and art forgers—brings to life the bitter debate over the authenticity of a series of paintings by the most famous American artist of the 20th century.
|
|
|
Listen : on music, sound and us
by Michel Faber
Drawing on a wide range of factors that shape our experience of sound, this lyrical exploration of music examines how we listen it and why we listen to it in the first place, challenging the very dichotomy between ‘good' and ‘bad' music and changing our relationship with the heard world.
|
|
|
Outrageous : a history of showbiz and the culture wars
by Kliph Nesteroff
From Mae West through Johnny Carson, Amos n' Andy through Beavis and Butt-Head, a celebrated cultural historian chronicles the controversies of American show business and the ongoing attempts to change what we watch, read and hear.
|
|
|
A House That Made History : The Illinois Governors Mansion: Legacy of an Architectural Treasure
by M. K. Pritzker
In an extraordinary restoration project, Michael S. Smith, interior designer for the Obama White House, recently redecorated the Illinois Governor’s Mansion in collaboration with First Lady MK Pritzker, utilizing the best of Illinois’s long tradition of fine craftsmanship to allow the mansion’s prodigious history, exceptional decorative arts, and superb art to shine.
|
|
|
Opposable thumbs : how Siskel & Ebert changed movies forever
by Matt Singer
An award-winning editor and film critic raises the curtain on the often-antagonistic partnership, which later transformed into genuine friendship, between Robert Ebert and Gene Siskel, whose signature “Two thumbs up!” would become the most trusted critical brand in Hollywood—one that still lives on today.
|
|
|
When the game was war : the NBA's greatest season
by Rich Cohen
In this no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a New York Times best-selling author, drawing on interviews with NBA insiders. tells the story of this thrilling year through the four teams and the four players who dominated it—Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan.
|
|
|
Shakespeare : the man who pays the rent
by Judi Dench
Interweaving anecdotes on audiences, critics, company spirit and rehearsal room etiquette, Dame Judi Dench opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her 70-year career, serving up priceless revelations on everything from the craft of speaking in verse to her personal interpretations of some of Shakespeare's most famous scenes.
|
|
|
We loved it all : a memory of life
by Lydia Millet
In her first nonfiction book, the celebrated novelist, drawing on her 25 years of wildlife and climate advocacy, marries scenes from her life with moments of nearness to the animals and plants with whom we share the earth, asking we extend to other living beings the simple grace of continued existence.
|
|
|
Somehow : thoughts on love
by Anne Lamott
Full of her trademark compassion and humanity, the New York Times best-selling explores the transformative power of love in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity and guides us forward.
|
|
|
Knife : meditations after an attempted murder
by Salman Rushdie
The internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner speaks out for the first time about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, when an attempt was made on his life, in this deeply personal meditation on violence, art, loss, love and finding the strength to stand up again.
|
|
|
Joy is the justice we give ourselves
by J. Drew Lanham
In gorgeous and timely pieces, Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves is a lush journey into wildness and Black being. Lanham notices nature through seasonal shifts, societal unrest, and deeply personal reflection and traces a path from bitter history to the present predicament.
|
|
|
You are here : poetry in the natural world
by Ada Limo´n
The 24th U.S. Poet Laureate presents 50 previously unpublished poems from some of the nation's most accomplish poets, including Joy Harjo, Jericho Brown and Aime Nezhukumatathil. They offer an intimate model of how we relate to the natural world, illuminating the many ways our landscapes—both literal and literary—are changing.
|
|
|
No judgment : essays
by Lauren Oyler
In her first collection of essays, the national best-selling novelist and essayist encapsulates the world we live and think in with precision and care, delivering a groundbreaking work of cultural criticism and its role in our ever-changing world.
|
|
|
The ancient art of thinking for yourself: the power of rhetoric in polarized times
by Robin Reames
For most of the 2,000-plus years since its foundation as a discipline by ancient Greek thinkers, rhetoric-the art of using language to persuade-was a keystone of a Western education. But in the early 20th century, studying rhetoric fell out of fashion. In The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself, Robin Reames, one of the world's leading scholars of rhetoric, argues that it's high time to bring it back.
|
|
|
A year of last things : poems
by Michael Ondaatje
The influential and internationally acclaimed author of seven novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The English Patient that became a major film that won Academy Awards, returns to poetry with a collection of prose that merges memory with the present.
|
|
|
Shakespeare's sisters : how women wrote the Renaissance
by Ramie Targoff
Shedding new light on the Renaissance by offering a much-needed female perspective on everyday life in Shakespeare's England, this remarkable work introduces four extraordinary women, who despite little support for their art, defined themselves as writers against all odds.
|
|
|
The collected essays of Ralph Ellison
by Ralph Ellison
An exploration of literature and folklore, jazz and culture, and the nature and quality of lives that Black Americans lead. With newly discovered essays and speeches, The Collected Essays reveals a more vulnerable, intimate side of Ellison than what we've previously seen. "Ralph Ellison," wrote Stanley Crouch, "reached across race, religion, class and sex to make us all Americans."
|
|
|
The bloodied nightgown and other essays
by Joan Ross Acocella
In agile, inspired prose, she moves from J. R. R. Tolkien's translation of Beowulf to the life of Richard Pryor, from surveying profanity to untangling the book of Job. Her appetite (and reading list) knew no bounds. This collection is a joy and a revelation, a library in itself, and Acocella is our dream companion among its shelves.
|
|
|
The comfort of crows : a backyard year
by Margaret Renkl
The beloved New York Times opinion writer and best-selling author presents this stunning literary devotional that follows the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of the year, tracing the passing of the seasons, personal and natural.
|
|
|
The Iliad
by Homer
The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity's most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation.
|
|
|
A hitch in time : reflections ready for reconsideration
by Christopher Hitchens
This collection of essays, reviews, diary entries and letters from the late renowned writer includes his thoughts on Salman Rushdie, being spanked by Margaret Thatcher in The House of Lords and taking his son to the Oscars.
|
|
|
Inciting joy : essays
by Ross Gay
Considering the joy we incite when we care for each other, especially during life's challenges, a prize-winning poet and author explores how we can practice recognizing that connection, and, most importantly, how we expand it.
|
|
|
Revelation at the Food Bank
by Merrill Joan Gerber
These powerful essays share critical moments of a writer's life: scenes from sixty years of passionate married love; suicides faced and suicide contemplated; trauma at the DMV; a night lost searching for a harpsichord in the mountains of Florence, Italy; the tale of a beloved cousin whose plane is shot down by Japanese Zeros; and a precious friendship between two women writers derailed by the poisons of religion and politics.
|
|
|
How to draw a novel
by Martâin Solares
The acclaimed author of The Black Minutes explores the convention and structure of the modern novel using drawings to convey each story's ebb and flow, the invention of characters and the importance of place.
|
|
|
Songs on endless repeat : essays and outtakes
by Anthony Veasna So
Gathering together the late author's comic, soulful essays along with previously unpublished fiction, this astonishing final expression explores family, queer desire, pop culture and race.
|
|
|
Zero at the bone : fifty entries against despair
by Christian Wiman
In this intricately woven tapestry of poetry, memoir, theology and criticism, an award-winning poet, through 50 brief pieces, framed by two more, unravels the seductive appeal of despair.
|
|
|
How to say Babylon : a memoir
by Safiya Sinclair
This stunning story of the author's struggle to break free of her strict Rastafarian upbringing ruled by a father whose rigid beliefs, rage and paranoia led to violence shows how found her own power and provides a unique glimpse into a rarefied world we know little about.
|
|
|
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages : The World Through Medieval Eyes
by Anthony Bale
Using previously untranslated contemporaneous documents from a colorful range of travelers, and from as far and wide as Turkey, Iceland, North Africa, and Russia, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages is a witty and unforgettable exploration of how Europeans understood—and often misunderstood—the larger world.
|
|
|
Free Love : The Story of a Great American Scandal
by Robert Shaplen
On the night of July 3, 1870, Elizabeth Tilton confessed to her husband that she’d had an affair with their pastor, Henry Ward Beecher. This secret would soon transfix America, for Beecher was the most famous preacher of the day, founder of the most fashionable church in Brooklyn Heights, a presidential hopeful, an influential supporter of Abolition, and a leader of the campaign for women’s suffrage.
|
|
|
Native nations : a millennium in North America
by Kathleen DuVal
An award-winning historian tells the story of the Native nations, from the rise of ancient cities to the present, reframing North American history with Indigenous power and sovereignty at its center and showing how the influence of Native peoples remained a constant and will continue far into the future.
|
|
|
Takeover : Hitler's final rise to power
by Timothy W. Ryback
Drawing on previously inaccessible archival materials, the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler's Private Library provides a new perspective and insights into Hitler's personal and professional lives during the six critical months before he seized power as chancellor of Germany and dismantled democracy.
|
|
|
Putin and the return of history : how the Kremlin rekindled the Cold War
by Martin Sixsmith
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet communism, the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would henceforth be the dominant, ultimately unique, system of governance - a hubris that shaped how the West would treat Russia for the next two decades. But history wasn't over. Putin is a paradox. In the early years of his presidency, he appeared to commit himself to friendship with the West, suggesting that Russia could join the European Union or even NATO.
|
|
|
MI9 : a history of the secret service for escape and evasion in World War Two
by Helen Fry
When Allied fighters were trapped behind enemy lines, one branch of military intelligence helped them escape: MI9. The organization set up clandestine routes that zig-zagged across Nazi-occupied Europe, enabling soldiers and airmen to make their way home. Secret agents and resistance fighters risked their lives and those of their families to hide the men.
|
|
|
How to win an information war : the propagandist who outwitted Hitler
by Peter Pomerantsev
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer confronts hard questions about the nature of information war: what if you can't fight lies with truth? This book is the story of Delmer and his modern investigator, as they each embark on their own quest to manipulate the passions of supporters and enemies, and to turn the tide of an information war, an extraordinary history that is informing the present before our eyes.
|
|
|
Our ancient faith : Lincoln, democracy, and the American experiment
by Allen C. Guelzo
One of America's foremost experts on Lincoln captures the president's firmly held belief that democracy was the greatest political achievement in human history, providing us with a deeper understanding of this endlessly fascinating man and shows how his ideas are still sharp and relevant more than 150 years later.
|
|
|
Cold crematorium : reporting from the land of Auschwitz
by Jâozsef Debreczeni
This lost memoir from a Holocaust survivor, translated into English for the first time, provides an eyewitness account of his twelve horrifying months of incarceration and slave labor in World War II Nazi concentration camps. 60,000 first printing.
|
|
|
Alexandria : the city that changed the world
by Islam Issa
An award-winning British-Egyptian writer presents an authoritative history of the first modern city and how it has shaped our modern world, including its role as a global capital of knowledge as well as the site of plagues and violence.
|
|
|
Airplane mode : an irreverent history of travel
by Shahnaz Habib
A woman of color raised in a Third World country traces the power dynamics of tourism as a Euro-American mode of consumerism and explores what it means to travel amidst the ruins of colonialism and the ravages of climate change.
|
|
|
1932 : FDR, Hoover, and the dawn of a new America
by Scott Martelle
A veteran journalist looks at the most transformative year in American history when America began to emerge from the nation's worst economic crisis, rejecting years of Republican rule in favor of Franklin Roosevelt's new path forward.
|
|
|
The lost tomb : and other real-life stories of bones, burials, and murder
by Douglas J. Preston
From the haunted country of Italy to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God presents extraordinary and enthralling true stories of Egyptian burial chambers, lost treasure, mysterious murders, strange crimes and more.
|
|
|
The last outlaws : the desperate final days of the Dalton Gang
by Tom Clavin
Taking us back to the Wild West on October 5, 1892, this gripping true account of the Dalton Gang—four brothers and their rotating cast of accomplices—follows their attempt to rob two banks in broad daylight in Coffeyville, Kansas, simultaneously, which led to an epic gun battle that left eight men dead.
|
|
|
Differ we must : how Lincoln succeeded in a divided America
by Steve Inskeep
The host of NPR's Morning Edition illuminates Abraham Lincoln's life through 16 encounters, some well-known, some obscure, expanding our understanding of a politician who held strong to his moral compass while navigating between corrosive political factions—and who succeeded in uniting a nation.
|
|
|
Enough
by Cassidy Hutchinson
A former Trump White House staffer provides an account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington.
|
|
|
Fodor's Essential Italy
by Robert Andrews
A travel guide to Italy that includes maps, suggested itineraries, excursions and recommendations from locals. This is an ultimate experiences guide from designer shopping in Milan to visiting the Colosseum in Rome or hiking the Cinque Terre.
|
|
|
Fodor's Essential 2024 Spain
by Fodor's Travel Guides
Featuring maps, curated recommendations and multiple itineraries, a travel guide provides trip-planning tools and practical tips for visiting Spain, from the Alhambra to the La Sagrada Familia while enjoying tapas, wine and flamenco in between.
|
|
|
Fodor's Essential France
by Fodor's Travel Guides
From climbing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, sipping wine in Burgundy or indulging in French cuisine in Lyon, this travel guide provides maps, itineraries and an illustrated guide to the ultimate experiences to be found while visiting France.
|
|
|
Fodor's 2024 New York City
by Fodor's Travel Guides
Whether you want to explore the High Line, see a Broadway show, or grab a slice of pizza in Brooklyn, the local Fodor's travel experts in New York City are here to help! Fodor's New York City 2024 guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time.
|
|
|
Fodor's San Diego
by Fodor's Travel Guides
From Coronado to the beach or the famous zoo, this travel guide to San Diego, California, includes detailed maps, multiple itineraries and input from local writers who highlight the best restaurants, hotels, nightlife, side trips and hidden gems.
|
|
|
|
|
|