Summer love in a village committed to colonial reenactment.

The life of the "first person of African descent in the Americas to publish a book."

An ingenious way to prevent sexual harassment becomes big business.

A study of urban sustainability in Phoenix finds troubling realities.

Plucked from her California home, a young girl discovers a world of magical potions in 1950s London.

When a street urchin's sister is framed, he must venture into the cesspool of New York City to clear her name.

The morning after a crazy night forces a young woman to ask herself some serious questions.

A book of gastronomic meditation that lingers over food the way guests linger at a good dinner party.

A bracing account of one man's decades-long struggle to stanch urban violence.

An apprentice in the disciple of "monstrumology" must choose between an ordinary life and the thrill of the hunt.

The lead singer of the Decembrists pens a novel filled with characters you might find in one of his songs.

Something strange is afoot in this new novel about a "B student with a body count."

An arresting new novel-in-verse follows four Nevada teens as they try to come to terms with their flaws and limitations.

In a corner of medieval France, one man's stand against the Inquisition.

The celebrated Nigerian novelist's tale of a child's journey into a larger world appears in its first American edition.

Three girls from very different worlds find camaraderie in an old-fashioned boarding school facing radically changing times.

Good food and evil deeds in the French countryside.

What the science of attention can tell us about the world, and what we're likely missing.

Harry Benson's photos capture the chess titan at the height of his powers.

A rebellious Hollywood auteur's genius and self-destruction.

A magical ramble through the borderlands of East and West.

Growing up allergic to almost everything, the world becomes a dangerous place.

A guide in "four walks" that take the reader on a tour of Manhattan fit for a superstar.

A modern exploration of the mysterious Incan city, and the history of its rediscovery.

The real story behind the storied showdown in a Tombstone, Arizona vacant lot.

The globe-trotting author celebrates the art of travel writing in a collection aimed to spark the reader's wanderlust.

In one of the Cold War's most resonant skirmishes, Nikita Khruschev  put the new American leadership to the test.

Past and present collide in an assemblage of poems "whipped together by windstorm and fire."

The high flights and disastrous crashes of the cycle-jumping daredevil.

The Aerosmith singer's memoir offers self-reflection and self-promotion in equal measure, and at full volume.