One hundred great folk tales and fairy tales from all over the world about strong, smart, brave heroines.
Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeWinner of the National Book AwardNew York Times Bestseller#1 on Esquire's List of the 50 Best Biographies of All Time"[A] commanding and important book." —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker
Unsparing and important. . . . An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice)
“A profusely illustrated, bemusingly unorthodox introduction to math.”—Booklist
A definitive account of the American experience in Afghanistan from the rise of the Taliban to the depths of the insurgency.
Great hikes plus the natural and human history of each area.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A work of tremendous originality and insight.… Makes you see the world differently.”—Washington Post
"The most complete collection of the Russian playwright's repertoire."—Vogue
Winner of the National Outdoor Book AwardGrand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Book Festival"Forever on the Mountain grips even non-climbers with its harrowing scenes of thorny relationships tested by extraordinary circumstances." —Washington Post
A panoramic history of the vast migration of Eastern Europeans tothe West by a recent winner of a MacArthur Fellowship.
This international bestseller shows why the Danes are happy and how we can be too.
"Citizen Coke demostrate[s] a complete lack of understanding about…the Coca-Cola system—past and present." —Ted Ryan, the Coca-Cola Company