"India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world. For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilization, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics, and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific.

"From the time she was young, Suleika Jaouad has kept a journal. She's used it to mark life's biggest occasions and to weather its most ferocious storms. Journaling has buoyed her through illness, heartbreak, and the deepest uncertainty. And she is not alone: For so many people, keeping a journal is an essential tool for navigating both the personal peaks and valleys and the collective challenges of modern life.

"A century ago, the new Bolshevik government began sending Soviet citizens abroad as deep-cover spies, training them to pose as foreign aristocrats, merchants, and students. Over time, this became the most ambitious espionage program in human history. Many intelligence agencies use undercover operatives, but the KGB was the only one to go to such lengths, spending years training its spies to pass for foreigners, then sending them on missions that could last for decades. These spies were known as the illegals.

"It is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to experience it firsthand--and yet another to raise children as it happens. The Last American Road Trip is one family's journey to the most beautiful and bizarre places in the United States during one of its most tumultuous eras. While working as a journalist covering politics in 2016, Sarah Kendzior becomes determined that her young children see all of America before it is too late. So Kendzior, her husband, and their kids hit the road--again and again.

"The right idea, invoked at the right time, can change our lives. Drawing from her long studies of happiness, and also from the challenges she's faced herself, Gretchen Rubin has discovered the 'Secrets of Adulthood' that can help us manage the complexities of life. To convey her conclusions, she turned to the aphorism--the ancient literary discipline that demands that a writer convey a large truth in a few words.

"Go beyond burgers with 100 recipes for showstopping mains, salads, even desserts--all cooked outside--from the host of Symon's Dinners Cooking Out, BBQ USA, and BBQ Brawl on the Food Network. In Symon's Dinners Cooking Out, Michael Symon offers 100 recipes for barbeque, grilling, and outdoor cooking. Featuring 50 fan-favorite recipes from his popular Food Network show, Symon's Dinners Cooking Out, and 50 brand new recipes, this cookbook is sure to excite budding and expert grillers alike.

"An accessible guide to the life-changing benefits of astrology by renowned psychotherapist and astrologer, Debra Silverman. In a chaotic, confusing, and divisive world, Debra Silverman introduces astrology as the medicine for accepting our human nature--its idiosyncrasies and dilemmas. Through an application of both therapy and astrology, this breakthrough guide equips readers with tools that release self-judgment, inner criticism, negativity, and misunderstanding.

"Ask people what they most fear about aging, and one culprit is likely to top their list: memory loss. Whether we've watched loved ones suffer from diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer's, or we have begun to experience scary moments of forgetfulness ourselves, losing our cognitive abilities--and our independence--is a terrifying prospect.

"You Got This" is filled with 100 delicious pantry-staple meals that anyone can rely on to feed their family and friends--or just themselves. Some are classics with a twist, and some are pumped up with a little more flair but no fuss. Whether you cook daily or rarely, these dishes will remind you: cooking doesn't have to be complicated.--Back cover.

"From award-winning sustainability expert Ashlee Piper, a witty, no-nonsense guide to regaining control over your time, consumerist impulses, and financial and mental wellness For nearly two years, Ashlee Piper challenged herself to buy nothing new. And in the process, she got out of debt, cut clutter, crushed her goals, and became healthier and happier than ever--all the things she'd always wanted to do but "never had time to" (because she was mindlessly scrolling, shopping, spending, and stressing). After a decade of fine-tuning,

"Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen's To Save and to Destroy is a deeply personal reflection on outsiders in literature and in US society. Across six essays, first delivered as the Norton Lectures, Nguyen offers insightful readings of authors who shaped his craft, culminating in a poignant and vigorous call for a solidarity of the devastated"-- Provided by publisher.

"In America today, everyone loves nonna’s cooking--think spaghetti, lasagna, and pizza. Italian families arrived in the U.S at the beginning of the twentieth century, and mammas brought with them the skills and ingredient know-how to fashion a whole new cuisine in spite of living in poverty and ostracization from their new country. Their fathers, husbands, and sons then monetized these dishes outside the home in the form of Red sauce joints.

"Groundbreaking research has given us many remarkable new medicines, but America's drug evaluation process, once the envy of the world, is being seriously compromised. Under pressure from drugmakers, the FDA has been lowering its approval standards and has let poorly effective or risky products enter the market--while our prescription prices, the highest in the world, put crucial treatments beyond the reach of many.

"As an internet culture critic for The New York Times, Amanda Hess had built a reputation among readers as a sharp observer of the seductions and manipulations of online life. But when Hess discovered she was pregnant with her first child, she found herself unexpectedly rattled by a digital identity crisis of her own. In the summer of 2020, a routine ultrasound detected a mysterious abnormality in Hess's baby. Without hesitation, she reached for her phone, looking for answers.

"In recent decades, Americans have become less likely to identify with any organized religion. Yet 70 percent of U.S. adults describe themselves as spiritual in some way or say that spirituality is very important in their lives. In an era marked by atomization, polarization, and rapid change, the enduring questions of how to find community and purpose and live a meaningful life haven't gone away-they've become more urgent and crucial.

"In the wake of the financial crisis, the number of anchor-outs living in Richardson Bay more than doubled as their long-simmering feud with the wealthy residents of Marin County--one of the richest counties in the country--finally boiled over. Many of the shoreline's well-heeled yacht club members and mansion owners blame their unhoused neighbors for rising crime on the waterfront.

This historical account examines the roles of four Italian women involved in resistance efforts during World War II. Drawing on primary sources and recent scholarship, historian Suzanne Cope documents the contributions of Carla Capponi, Bianca Guidetti Serra, Teresa Mattei, and Anita Malavasi, who engaged in underground resistance, sabotage, and intelligence work against Nazi forces and Italian fascists.

"Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, yet soulful, they were 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American. They upended the restrained culture of their forebears and changed American life. They worked in different fields, and, apart from clinking glasses at parties now and then, they hardly knew one another. But they shared a historical moment and a common temperament. For all four, their Jewish heritage was electrified by American liberty. The results were explosive.

"Accounts of American Jewish history often begin in the late nineteenth century, with 'huddled masses' fleeing oppression and finding freedom, if not yet prosperity, in the tenements of the Lower East Side. In Fear No Pharaoh, the journalist and historian Richard Kreitner unearths an earlier and more complicated story: the engagement of American Jews in the moral and political dramas of the Civil War era.

"Sir Elton John is a living superlative. As the solo musical artist who has sold more records worldwide than any other, his biography is packed with mosts-buoyed by the fact that he is now in his sixth decade in the music business, enacting his retirement ("Jexit," as the British press have dubbed it) while simultaneously working as hard as ever to burnish his status as an icon not just of popular music, but of popular culture. Although the literature on John is consequently extensive, a novel approach to his career and music is here offered by historian Matthew Restall"-- Provided by publisher.

"Drawing on the intersecting experiences of Black/African American, Latine, Asian, LGBTQ+, multi-racial, and immigrant women in nonprofit, philanthropic, and higher education sectors, this book addresses the need for structural and systemic change of workplace cultures"-- Provided by publisher.

"The definitive, deluxe art book about Edward Gorey's theater work--from the iconic Broadway production of Dracula to the wildly creative productions to which he devoted the last decade of his life. Beloved for his intricate ink drawings and darkly humorous storybooks, Gorey also nurtured a lifelong passion for the performing arts. This volume is the first to showcase his extensive theatrical work, including his transition from designing major productions to crafting original community theater pieces on Cape Cod.

A unique collection of life lessons from renowned chef and humanitarian Jose Andres Jose Andres is a chef, an entrepreneur, an author, a television host, and a tireless humanitarian leader across the globe. A Michelin-starred chef with more than forty restaurants, Jose is also the founder of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit dedicated to feeding the hungry in the wake of natural and man-made disasters.

"Hasib Hourani's rock flight is a book-length poem that, over five chapters, follows a single personal and historical narrative centered on the violent occupation of Palestine. The poem uses refrains of suffocation, rubble, and migratory bird patterns to address the realities of forced displacement, economic restrictions, and surveillance technology that Palestinians face both within Palestine and across the diaspora.

"A follow-up to 'What My Mother and I Don't Talk About', this collection of essays from 16 notable writers breaks the silence on the complex--and sometimes contentious--relationships we have with our fathers. A viral sensation online, this is an essential collection that dives into the personal and poignant topics we often struggle to discuss with those who are meant to know and love us best"-- Provided by publisher.

"From the Edgar Award-winning author of The Haunting of Alma Fielding, the tale of two journalists competing to solve the notorious Christie murders in postwar London In March 1953, London police discovered the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy rowhouse in Notting Hill. On searching the building, they found another body beneath the floorboards, then an array of human bones in the garden.