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Flatiron Books nonfiction Fall 2023 on sale November 14
Now in its 40th edition, this title is a comprehensive and practical source of biographical information on the key personalities and organizations of the literary world, whether world-famous or lesser…
Andrea Long Chu
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, a bold, provocative collection of essays on one of the most urgent questions of our time: What is authority when everyone has an opinion on…
Kyle C. Lincoln
During the long reign of Alfonso VIII, Castilian bishops were crusaders, castellans, cathedral canons, and collegiate officers, and they served as powerful intermediaries between the pope and the king of…
Peter Winch
This volume makes available Peter Winch's previously unpublished manuscripts on political philosophy. Editorial notes and an interpretive essay show the development of Winch's thinking over time and situate the manuscripts…
A. P. Thornton
First published in 1966, The Habit of Authority looks at the continuity of paternalism and its attitudes in the face of the rising principle of democracy in Britain.
Dr Robert Jubb
Unjust Authority provides a realist account of the authority of liberal democratic rule.
Nnedi Okorafor
"Her best work yet... about fame and family, culture and change, the power of story, the writer's life... and robots. This one has it all." -- George R.R. Martin
In…
Multi-award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor presents a sweeping story about a disabled Nigerian American who writes a science fiction novel that becomes a global phenomenon - but at a price. A…
Various Authors
To celebrate the Australia Institute's 30th anniversary we have asked some of the greatest minds from Australia and around the world to share a big idea.
To mark The Australia…
John R Erickson
More than fifty years ago, John R. Erickson took a vow of discipline. Every day, he would retreat to some quiet place and write for four hours. For nearly as…
Eugenia Ossana
It underscores Nigerian women authors' relatively unknown or dispersed role and acknowledges the emergence of a current Generation called the Me-Generation. Straddling the trope of blackness, three contemporary novels are…
Warren Ellis, Tom Raney
Before the Authority make their big-screen debut, read the pivotal stories that paved the way to the ground-breaking team's comic book debut!
Author Korina Moss
In Korina Moss's Bait and Swiss, Yarrow Glen's newest business gives one unlucky resident the swiss of death.
It's been almost two years since Willa Bauer opened Curds & Whey…
Author Nancy Tomes
In a work that spans the twentieth century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular--and largely unexamined--idea that in order to get good health care, people must learn to shop for it…
Author Hailee Catalano
Learn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in your own kitchen with over 100 creative, seasonal recipes from Hailee Catalano
Growing up cooking the Sunday gravy, meatballs, and pasta alongside her…
Author Danielle Brown
The new cookbook from HealthyGirl Kitchen creator Danielle Brown that teaches you how to make simple, nourishing, out-of-this-world salads.
Plant-based salads don't have to be boring!
Following the success of…
Author Taku Kondo
Embark on an epic adventure up and down the Pacific Coast to sustainably harvest your own food, master preparation techniques, and make creative dishes.
Whether you want to find your…
Author Benjamin Delwiche
Benjamin Delwiche, AKA Benjamin the Baker, is a math teacher by day and a renegade baking scientist by night. His obsession with sweets began in childhood, when he could be…
Author Lindsay Moser, Author Lindsay Moser
The debut cookbook from Lindsay Moser featuring 80 incredible, easy-to-make recipes from decadent pasta to scrumptious sandwiches and tasty desserts
Satisfy your hunger for a balanced diet without compromising on…
Author Maria Avgitidis
From renowned, fourth-generation matchmaker, Maria Avgitidis, comes a fresh, modern dating book that meets anyone navigating the world of dating and relationships where they're at, helping them to attract and…
Author Vajra Chandrasekera
Rakesfall is a groundbreaking, standalone science fiction epic about two souls bound together from here until the ends of time, from the author of The Saint of Bright Doors.
Some…
Author Gigi Pandian
In heroine Tempest Raj, modern-day queen of the locked room mystery Gigi Pandian has created a brilliant homage to the greats of classic detective fiction.
There's a body in the library-and everyone is a suspect.
Author Stacy Willingham
A sharp and twisty exploration of female friendship from the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark and All the Dangerous Things.
Lucy Sharpe is larger…
Matthias Stern
How did the late Roman Empire operate in rural areas, where most of its subjects lived? The papyri from Egypt provide glimpses of state activity at the local level, how…
Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last-featuring a special alternate cover design on the hardcover case, gorgeous sprayed edges, and exclusive endpapers. This breathtaking edition…
Timothy Morton
From "our most popular guide to the new epoch" (Guardian), a new edition of the book about ecology without information dumping, guilt inducing, or preaching to the choir.
Don't care…
Multiple Authors
The Ultimate Math Catch-Up Set. This 7-Book Set includes one book per grade beginning with Kindergarten.
Families appreciate that these full-color books offers simple step-by-step explanations of each topic and…
Empower new teachers with a comprehensive three-book and two six-page guides bundle designed to foster confidence, build strong relationships, and support student-centered learning.
New teachers need support and encouragement. The…
"This volume provides a critical analysis of power and authority in Afghanistan, and how the conception and practice of these have shifted both historically and over the past twenty years…
Noah Charney
A widely-published author shares the knowledge and tools you need to become a
successful author.
The 12-Hour Author lifts the veil and invites the reader in on the secrets of…
In the Middle Ages, authority and power were linked to emotional expressions. This book, through specific cases, analyses emotional strategies used in the game of power and the emotive models…
John Maeda
A simple, enduring framework for understanding the complex world of AI and machine learning updated with a new preface.
This collective volume investigates the connection between women's holiness and the notion of time from a diachronic perspective. By looking at temporality as intertwined with the construction of social and…
An anthology of stories from sexuality workers about the therapeutic power of sex work. You'll hear from surrogate partners, sexological bodyworkers, and other intimacy professionals, including those specialising in kink…
Author Samantha Jayne Allen
From Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author Samantha Jayne Allen comes Next of Kin, a mesmerizing novel set in a hardscrabble Texas town, where the past is never far away.
At a…
Author Daniel M Ford
"Omigosh! I've just found an author to put on my list of I've got to read everything they ever wrote! The Warden is a gem of the first order. Aelis…
Katharine Radice, Dr. Stuart R. Thomson
The only exam-board approved book for OCR's Latin AS and A-Level prescription of Nepos' Life of Hannibal, Tacitus' Annals XIV and Apuleius' Metamorphoses VI for examinations in 2026-28.
