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The Red Thread: Twenty Years of NYRB Classics

A Selection

Edited by Edwin Frank ...

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of NYRB Classics, a handpicked anthology of selections from the series.In Greek mythology, Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of red thread to guide him through the labyrinth, and the Red Thread offers a path through and a way to explore the ins and outs and twists and turns of the celebrated NYRB Classics series, now twenty years old. The collectionbrings together ... Read more

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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of NYRB Classics, a handpicked anthology of selections from the series.In Greek mythology, Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of red thread to guide him through the labyrinth, and the Red Thread offers a path through and a way to explore the ins and outs and twists and turns of the celebrated NYRB Classics series, now twenty years old. The collectionbrings together
... Read more
Stranger Than Fiction

Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel

by Edwin Frank ...

**One of the Washington Post’s 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 | A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice | A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024**“Ambitious, intelligent, and happily unpretentious.” —Louis Menand, The New Yorker**“Convincing, idiosyncratic and often felicitous.” —Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book ReviewA legendary editor’s reckoning with the tw... ... Read more

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**One of the Washington Post’s 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 | A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice | A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024**“Ambitious, intelligent, and happily unpretentious.” —Louis Menand, The New Yorker**“Convincing, idiosyncratic and often felicitous.” —Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book ReviewA legendary editor’s reckoning with the tw...
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A New World

by Amit Chaudhuri ...

A newly divorced professor returns home to Calcutta and contends with his disconnection from his son, his parents, and life itself in this atmospheric, lushly descriptive novel of loss and the difficulty of continuing on in spite of it.A New World is a tale of a man recovering from a difficult divorce and a story about the way we live now. Set in the 1990s, the book describes a world become, in ... Read more

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A newly divorced professor returns home to Calcutta and contends with his disconnection from his son, his parents, and life itself in this atmospheric, lushly descriptive novel of loss and the difficulty of continuing on in spite of it.A New World is a tale of a man recovering from a difficult divorce and a story about the way we live now. Set in the 1990s, the book describes a world become, in
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At the Louvre: Poems by 100 Contemporary World Poets

Edited by Edwin Frank, Antoine Caro, Donatien Grau ...

New poems from 100 of the world’s brightest contemporary poets, all about a common subject: the Louvre—exploring the many pleasures, provocations, and surprises that the museum and its collection inspire.Of the world's great museums, the Louvre is the most encompassing, a sumptuous collection that includes not only some of the most celebrated works of art of all time, but fascinating, perplexing, ... Read more

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New poems from 100 of the world’s brightest contemporary poets, all about a common subject: the Louvre—exploring the many pleasures, provocations, and surprises that the museum and its collection inspire.Of the world's great museums, the Louvre is the most encompassing, a sumptuous collection that includes not only some of the most celebrated works of art of all time, but fascinating, perplexing,
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Stranger Than Fiction

Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel

by Edwin Frank ...

Narrated by BJ Harrison ...

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18 hours 36 min

"How can we live differently?" a young woman demands in Virginia Woolf's novel The Years. It is the 1930s, war and death are in the air, but her question was asked again and again in the course of a century where things changed fast and changed all the time. The century brought world wars, revolutions, automobiles, movies, and the internet, votes for women, death camps. The century brought ... Read more

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"How can we live differently?" a young woman demands in Virginia Woolf's novel The Years. It is the 1930s, war and death are in the air, but her question was asked again and again in the course of a century where things changed fast and changed all the time. The century brought world wars, revolutions, automobiles, movies, and the internet, votes for women, death camps. The century brought
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Yesterday Will Make You Cry

by Chester Himes ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite itJimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. Terror and chaos reign in the prison, where corrupt, racist guards mete out capricious punishments like time in "the hole," where inmates' sense of reality slips ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite itJimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. Terror and chaos reign in the prison, where corrupt, racist guards mete out capricious punishments like time in "the hole," where inmates' sense of reality slips
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The Hive and the Honey

by Paul Yoon ...

Narrated by Raymond J. Lee ...

Unabridged

4 hours 35 min

Winner of The Story PrizeLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates PrizeA Time Top 10 Best Fiction Book of 2023 and Must Read Book of 2023A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Library Journal, Electric Literature, and the New York Public Library<s... ... Read more

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Winner of The Story PrizeLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates PrizeA Time Top 10 Best Fiction Book of 2023 and Must Read Book of 2023A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Library Journal, Electric Literature, and the New York Public Library<s...
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All Through the Night

Why Our Lives Depend on Dark Skies

by Dani Robertson ...

Narrated by Dani Robertson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

Best New Books on Space 2024 – Forbes‘Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging’ – ForbesWhy darkness is so important – to plants, to animals, and to ourselves – and why we must protect it all costs.Darkness is the first thing we know in our human existence. Safe and warm inside the bubble of the womb, we are comfortable in that embracing dark. But as soon as we are bought into the ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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Best New Books on Space 2024 – Forbes‘Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging’ – ForbesWhy darkness is so important – to plants, to animals, and to ourselves – and why we must protect it all costs.Darkness is the first thing we know in our human existence. Safe and warm inside the bubble of the womb, we are comfortable in that embracing dark. But as soon as we are bought into the
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The Discomfort Zone

A Personal History

by Jonathan Franzen ...

Narrated by Jonathan Franzen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

Daring, honest, and written with the comic scrutiny and unqualified affection that marks Franzen's fiction, The Discomfort Zone tells of the formation of one young mind in the crucible of an everyday American family. ... Read more

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Daring, honest, and written with the comic scrutiny and unqualified affection that marks Franzen's fiction, The Discomfort Zone tells of the formation of one young mind in the crucible of an everyday American family.
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The Golden Rule

A Compassionate Guide to Ageing Well, Caring for Loved Ones and Living Later Life with Confidence

by Lucy Pollock ...

Narrated by Lucy Pollock ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In a society obsessed with staying young, how can we age with confidence?Today, we are living longer lives, and have choices now as never before about how we will age.What will make us happy?What are we frightened of, and what might allay those fears?What changes, made right now, will help us to flourish as we age?This book contains lessons Lucy Pollock learned from ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.In a society obsessed with staying young, how can we age with confidence?Today, we are living longer lives, and have choices now as never before about how we will age.What will make us happy?What are we frightened of, and what might allay those fears?What changes, made right now, will help us to flourish as we age?This book contains lessons Lucy Pollock learned from
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Monumenta

by Lara Haworth ...

Narrated by Lara Haworth ...

Unabridged

3 hours 5 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS McKITTERICK PRIZE 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST NEW DEBUT‘This is a party I’m glad I was invited to’ EILEEN MYLES‘Fizzing with ideas’ OBSERVER*Isn’t every family home a monument? The provocative debut novel from the award-winning author.Olga... ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS McKITTERICK PRIZE 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST NEW DEBUT‘This is a party I’m glad I was invited to’ EILEEN MYLES‘Fizzing with ideas’ OBSERVER*Isn’t every family home a monument? The provocative debut novel from the award-winning author.Olga...
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Woman Hating

by Andrea Dworkin ...

Narrated by Erin DeWard ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

"Reissued with a bold, modern package, Andrea Dworkin’s debut book Woman Hating argues that a deep-rooted hatred of women in history, art, politics, and beyond has reigned―and influenced and formed culture―for centuries."A classic work in the canon of radical feminist thinking, Andrea Dworkin’s 1974 debut Woman Hating is a stunning exploration of how women, and the idea of women, have been treated ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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"Reissued with a bold, modern package, Andrea Dworkin’s debut book Woman Hating argues that a deep-rooted hatred of women in history, art, politics, and beyond has reigned―and influenced and formed culture―for centuries."A classic work in the canon of radical feminist thinking, Andrea Dworkin’s 1974 debut Woman Hating is a stunning exploration of how women, and the idea of women, have been treated
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