CITY OF DREAMS: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York by Tyler Anbinder. By an acclaimed historian, a sweeping history of the peoples who have come to New York for four centuries: a quintessential American story.
THE AFRICAN SVELTE: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense by Daniel Menaker (illustrations by Roz Chast, foreword by Billy Collins). Inspired by his tenure at the New Yorker, this collection of comical, revelatory errors foraged from the wilds of everyday English comes with erudite commentary by the author, illustrations by Roz Chast, and a Foreword from Billy Collins.
EINSTEIN’S GREATEST MISTAKE: A Biography by David Bodanis. From the best-selling author of E=mc2, a brisk intellectual biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and fallibility of the titan of modern physics.
SMOKE AND MIRRORS by Elly Griffiths. In the captivating sequel to the "enormously engaging" (Daily Mail) Zig Zag Girl, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto hunt for a killer who stages his victims in horrific tableaus of very grim fairy tales.
THE EASTERN SHORE by Ward Just. From an American master comes another “beautifully languid, emotionally intense tale” (Entertainment Weekly), this time of a newspaper editor’s fateful decision to expose a small-town fugitive.
THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE by Philip K. Dick. In Philip K. Dick's alternate history classic, the United States lost World War II and was subsequently divided between the Germans in the east and the Japanese in the west.
THE RED ROOSTER COOKBOOK: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson. By the New York Times best-selling superstar chef Marcus Samuelsson, multicultural recipes and Southern comfort food from his restaurant Red Rooster, reflecting Harlem's storied past and vibrant present.
DEEP SOUTH: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux. One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked.
ROSEMARY: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Larson. The revelatory, poignant story of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest and eventually secreted-away Kennedy daughter, and how her life transformed her family, its women especially, and an entire nation.
STEAL THE SHOW: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life by Michael Port. A powerful way to master every performance in your career and life, from presentations and sales pitches to interviews and tough conversations, drawing on the methods the author applied as a working actor and has honed over a decade of coaching salespeople, marketers, managers, and business owners.
JUNIOR SEAU: The Life and Death of a Football Icon by Jim Trotter. From a longtime NFL reporter and San Diego insider, a moving portrait of the life and legendary career of one of the NFL’s most beloved players, felled by the tough guy culture and concussion crisis that pervades the sport.
