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The first book in a major new trilogy, How to Live: How We Are, How We Break, and How We Mend
We live in small worlds.
How We Are is an astonishing debut and the first part of the monumental How to Live trilogy,...
Bea is a lamb who hates her curly hair. But thanks to her friend Penny, she learns to accept the way she looks.
Eleven-year-old Charlotte is servant to an aristocratic family at court. She finds out what sort of a marriage her young mistress must make.
Christmas is very special when Baldwin the village mayor is organizing it. This year, we musn't forget koala, a new arrival from the other side of the world.
Adventurous Guné becomes separated from her band. She meets a people who know how to talk.
A boy has an amazing Christmas that changes his life forever.
John is taken by his father to be raised by Count Fébus to learn to become a good page and a loyal squire.
Kristopher meets a funny character who claims he's Santa Claus. Even though he's unsure, will Kristopher be able to trust him and enjoy Christmas?
Molly is starting kindergarten and finds it hard to be separated from her doll. How will she manage?
Mom has a strange little bird that knows everything. The little bird talks too much – how can I get it to stop?
It's not always easy to go to bed, especially when there's a monster hiding in the room. So you need to be crafty.
Romeo's a frightened little dog who loves his mistress more than anyone. When she's not around, that's when the trouble starts. How can Romeo get over his fears?
Editio succeeds in motivating Santa's elves by telling wonderful stories and reviving the magic of Christmas.
A mother wishes for blessings on all the women who matter in her life.
Victoria is getting ready to spend a happy Christmas with Mr. Pretzel, an affectionate cat, and Mother Lucy, a grandmother with lots to tell.
The nicest Christmas memories are of the family: big brothers and sisters coming home, the smells of pies, fritters and turkey, decorating the tree, piano music and Mom's shining eyes.
Ayishah lives in the Sahara desert. She is a Tuareg. She loves the story of Tin Hinan, considered to be the mother of the Tuareg people. Ayishah ponders and wonders what she'll be when she grows up.
Maneck lives in a poor district of Mumbai. Although still a child, he has to work to help his mother feed the family. He dreams of getting an education and one day becoming his own boss.
Nadia is an adventurer who lives in Romania. She persuades her younger brother, Ion, to help find Dracula's tomb. The problem is, she has to hide her fear of vampires from him.
Laëtitia has a problem. She thinks the magic of Christmas has gone. How can she get it back?
In his latest interview collection, David Jay Brown has once again gathered some of the most interesting minds of today to consider the future of the human race, the mystery of consciousness, the evolution of...
"Daum is her generation's Joan Didion." —Nylon
Nearly fifteen years after her debut collection, My Misspent Youth, captured the ambitions and anxieties of a generation, Meghan Daum returns to the personal essay...
Late on a summer afternoon in the very heart of rural France, in a small, centuries-old house newly abandoned to its ghosts, Gillian Tindall came upon a cache of letters dating from the 1860s. Neatly folded...
Ardor, inspiration, the soul, the sublime: Such terms have long since fallen from favor among critics and artists alike. In his new collection of essays, Adam Zagajewski continues his efforts to reclaim for...
Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them
Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist,...
C.S. Lewis said that Dorothy L. Sayers would be acclaimed as one of the great letter-writers of the twentieth century. His opinion is triumphantly confirmed in this collection of letters spanning Sayers's childhood...
This rich and multifaceted collection is Grace Paley's vivid record of her life. As close to an autobiography as anything we are likely to have from this quintessentially American writer, Just As I Thought gives...
Yan and Fanny live in the little town of Shush!, a very secret place. So secret that nobody knows it exists, apart from its inhabitants, of course! Yan and Fanny are going to help their friend Yolanda clear...
Since Ludo fell for Denis's mom, he's been behaving very strangely.
A mother wishes for blessings on all the women who matter in her life.
This extraordinary collection of correspondence by Paul Bowles spans eight decades and provides an evolving portrait of an artist renowned for his privacy. From his earliest extant letter, written at the age...
* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry *
* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award...
Since his first poetry collection, Lies, C. K. Williams has nurtured an incomparable reputation—as a deeply moral poet, a writer of profound emotion, and a teller of compelling stories. In Writers Writing...
Short, sharp musings on things profound and mundane (and sometimes both) from the Pulitzer Prize winning poet
C. K. Williams has never been afraid to push the boundaries of poetic form—in fact, he's known for...
The nonfiction debut from the author of the international bestseller Sacred Games about the surprising overlap between writing and computer coding
Vikram Chandra has been a computer programmer for almost as long...
A wide-ranging collection of essays by one of America's most perceptive critics of popular and literary culture
From one of America's most insightful and independent-minded critics comes a remarkable new collection...
A moving, innovative play based on one of the greatest correspondences in literary history
From 1947 to 1977, Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop exchanged more than four hundred letters. Describing the writing...
Sarah Ruhl is a mother of three and one of America's best-known playwrights. She has written a stunningly original book of essays whose concerns range from the most minimal and personal subjects to the most...
The award-winning poet Carl Phillips's invaluable essays on poetry, the tenth volume in the celebrated Art of series of books on the craft of writing
In seven insightful essays, Carl Phillips meditates on the...
“The genius of Aleksandar Hemon’s prose is a well-established, universally acknowledged fact. But his ability to read a soccer match—to really, deeply understand it—will strike readers with the force...
Marco the little alien says no to whatever you suggest. What will make him less of a grouch?
Five-year-old Cleo did 5 silly things today. What did she do to say sorry?
Editio comes from a tiny planet called Uto. He's able to travel through screens, and understands all languages. A trip to planet Earth will make him very happy.
It's not easy being a wolf in Fairytale Land. Everyone's afraid of him.
Theo feels sad and lonely since his little sister Yvonne was born. But Mom and Dad have the situation under control and soon he's smiling again.
Five-year-old Cleo has 5 booboos.
Five-year-old Cleo has 5 pairs of shoes. But where have they gone?
Molly is starting kindergarten and finds it hard to be separated from her doll. How will she manage?
Five-year-old Cleo has 5 surprising animals to meet you.
Mom has a strange little bird that knows everything. The little bird talks too much – how can I get it to stop?
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