Summer Reads

Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism - gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium -...

With his fabulous restaurants and bestselling Ottolenghi Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi has established himself as one of the most exciting talents in the world of cookery and food writing. This exclusive collection of vegetarian recipes is drawn from...

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2022'Impeccable, precise poems, sometimes shocking and strange, but always startling' Irish TimesA lover of strict form, best-selling poet Victoria Chang turns to compact Japanese waka, powerfully innovating on tradition while...

(Available after 3-20 days)In this remarkable debut, which marks the beginning of Multiverse—a literary series written and curated by the neurodivergent—Hannah Emerson’s poems keep, dream, bring, please, grownd, sing, kiss, and listen. They move with and...

(Available after 3-20 days)Chosen by Randall Mann as a winner of the Jake Adam York Prize, Brian Tierney's Rise and Float depicts the journey of a poet working--remarkably, miraculously--to make our most profound, private wounds visible on the page.With...

What happens when everything falls away, when those you call on in times of need are themselves calling out for rescue?In his highly anticipated second collection, Chen Chen continues his investigation of family, both blood and chosen, examining what one...

(Available after 3-20 days) The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice The pushback that shows up in conversations...

(Available after June 30th, 2023)An epic fantasy of the powerful human hero who hates humans and aims to become the next Demon Lord!After the demon lord is slain at the hands of a lone human warrior, humans rejoice over the end of his reign of terror...

(Available after 3-20 days)For fans of Nichijou and Monster Musume comes a comedic tale of a young woman's relationship with a magical transformation dragon maid—now with an anime adaptation! Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid is a delightful, ongoing comedy...

(Available after 3-20 days)How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracyHitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been...

An urgent call to arms from Time’s Person of the Year, the Ukrainian leader whose unwavering courage in the face of the Russian invasion has inspired the world and turned him overnight into a global beacon of democracy The words of a man. The message of...

An iconic poetry collection from American luminary Leonard Cohen, containing some of his most significant verse   Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing—his first book of poetry in more than twenty years after 1984's Book of Mercy—during his...

Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world's greatest hero, but greatness won't come easy.What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks"? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere!...

From celebrated Lebanese-Canadian poet and speaker, Najwa Zebian, comes this revised and expanded edition of her debut collection.Mind Platter is a compilation of reflections on life as seen through the eyes of an educator, student, and human who...

The Tense Aftermath Unfolds!   Souma has now proven his military might in the successful siege of Van, but the Amidonian foothold he’s secured continues to be a hotbed of contention. Disgruntled Prince Julius calls upon the Gran Chaos Empire in an...

Contains the full Volume 3 and 4!The Subjugation War Begins! With supplies in place, plans made, and alliances forged, Souma's mission to subdue the rebelling nobility has begun. With a pocket full of tricks, loyal subjects, and modern knowledge, this...

The Battle Continues!Souma presses Elfrieden’s siege on the Amidonian principality, whose soldiers fight tooth and nail to keep him at bay. The violence on the front lines is bad enough, but a surprise attack at the rear will confound the bloody battle...

Contains the full Volume 1 and 2! "O, Hero!"With that cliched line, Kazuya Souma finds himself summoned to another world and his adventure in administration begins! Upon presenting a plan to strengthen his new land economically and militarily, the...

(Available after 3-20 days)This translation of The Science of Logic (also known as 'Greater Logic') includes the revised Book I (1832), Book II (1813) and Book III (1816). Recent research has given us a detailed picture of the process that led Hegel to...

The appearance of this translation is a major event in English-language Hegel studies, for it is more than simply a replacement for Wallace's translation cum paraphrase. Hegel's Prefaces to each of the three editions of the Enzyklopadie are translated...