A brilliant debut by lawyer and critic Hawa Allan on the paradoxical state of black citizenship in the United States.
A probing and commanding final volume from a master poet facing his own mortality.
A desperate sea battle, a fortune risked on the turn of a card and a duel at dawn with the loser…Patrick O’Brian meets James Bond
A fascinating look at four of the most spectacular cities in human history—and why they were all abandoned.
“At once thoughtful and thought-provoking”, Beloved Beasts tells the story of the modern conservation movement through the lives and ideas of the people who built it, making “a crucial addition to the literature of our troubled time” (Elizabeth Kolber)
From the acclaimed master of historical fiction comes an epic saga about a reluctant hero, the Roman Empire, and the rise of a new faith
An entertaining and informative voyage through cultural fantasies of the North, from sea monsters and a mountain-sized magnet to racist mythmaking
A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph, decades of secrecy and the unimaginable destruction wrought by the creation of the atomic bomb
A mesmerising breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent
Theoretical, sociocultural and clinical essays on the psychology of today’s young adults.
Equality is not equity, tolerance is not inclusion and access is not opportunity.
Discussing the outsized role that fear, anxiety and other distressing emotions play in forming fundamental aspects of who we are.