The Man Who Lost the War
“I particularly like [this book].” – Anthony Bourdain
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Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan’s Food Culture
2016 Travel Book of the Year by the Society of American Travel Writers Finalist for the 2016 IACP Awards: Literary Food Writing Named one of the Financial Times’ “Best Books of 2016” An innovative new take on the travel guide, Rice, Noodle, Fish decodes Japan’s extraordinary food culture through a mix of in-depth narrative and insider advice, along with
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Prune: A Cookbook
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE SEASON BYTime • O: The Oprah Magazine • Bon Appétit • Eater A self-trained cook turned James Beard Award–winning chef, Gabrielle Hamilton opened Prune on New York’s Lower East Side fifteen years ago to great acclaim
The Wind in the Willows (Sterling Illustrated Classics)
For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists–Mole, Mr. Toad, Badger, and Ratty–have enchanted children of all ages. Whether the four friends are setting forth on an exciting adventure, engaging in a comic caper, or simply relaxing by the River Thames, their stories are among the most charming in all English
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The White Album: Essays (FSG Classics)
First published in 1979, Joan Didion’s The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era―including Charles Manson, the Black Panthers, and the shopping mall―through the lens of her own spiritual confusion, Joan Didion helped to define mass culture as we now understand it. Written with
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Under the Volcano: A Novel (P.S.)
“Lowry’s masterpiece. . . has a claim to being regarded as one of the ten most consequential works of fiction produced in [the twentieth] century.” — Los Angeles Times Under the Volcano remains one of literature’s most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man’s constant struggle against the elemental
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You’re Better Than Me: A Memoir
In the spirit of Mindy Kaling, Kelly Oxford, and Sarah Silverman, a compulsively readable and outrageously funny memoir of growing up as a fish out of water, finding your voice, and embracing your inner crazy-person, from popular actress, writer, and comedian Bonnie McFarlane. It took Bonnie McFarlane a lot of time, effort, and tequila to
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Crash: Deluxe Edition
eaturing an introduction by Zadie Smith; “Jim’s Desk” and introductory notes by Chris BeckettThe short stories “Crash,” “Tolerances of the Human Face,” and “Mae West’s Reduction Mammoplasty” by J. G. BallardTreatments and letters about the BBC2 Review short film about J. G. Ballard titled “Crash!” that aired in February 1971Introduction to the French edition of CrashAn excerpt of
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Adios, Motherfucker: A Gentleman’s Progress Through Rock and Roll
The riotous and unbridled confessions of a debauched rock and roller and his adventures in excess while touring Middle America on the ’80’s hair-metal nostalgia circuit The Unband emerged from the suburbs of late ’80’s New England and drank, drugged, crashed, and burned their way across the United States until, on the brink of the
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something to food about: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs
In conversations with ten innovative chefs in America, Questlove explores what makes their creativity tick, how they see the world through their cooking and how their cooking teaches them to see the world. The conversations begin with food but they end wherever food takes them. Food is fuel. Food is culture. Food is history. And
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