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The Last Ocean by John Weller
This stunningly beautiful celebration of an extremely remote and starkly beautiful setting is perfect for the armchair traveler, the ecologically minded, or the photo enthusiast. Visually compelling,...
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Games to Play with Babies by Jackie Silberg
This is an essential collection for new parents that provides inspiration and instructions to help you interact with your new bundle. With plenty on information on how the games help encourage...
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Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman
Perfect For: Your niece or nephew who kind of baffles you around the holidays. What exactly ARE they into these days? Chances are, it's this book. Parks and Recreation is one of the best sitcoms I've...
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On the Map by Simon Garfield
Perfect For: The trivia buff who studies maps for fun (and has already read through Bill Bryson and Ken Jennings!)On the Map presents the idea that maps have been more important to the development of...
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The End of Night by Paul Bogard
You might not realize how much you're missing in the night sky until you go somewhere that is truly dark. In the US, 3/4 of the population live in places so brightly lit, their eyes never switch to...
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Schottenfruede by Ben Schott
Ever needed to explain a complex feeling and wished that there was a word for it? In German, those words are possible, and Ben Schott has created some, such as wintersturmwonnemondwende, the delight at...
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This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett’s collection of essays chronicles her life as a writer, wife, friend, daughter, dog lover and bookseller. Although not every experience matched my own, each essay made me take a moment to...
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Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted by Jennifer Armstrong
If you like witty female-driven TV comedies like Girls and 30 Rock, then you have The Mary Tyler Moore Show to thank. You can read all about the behind-the-scenes decisions and drama, as well as the...
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The White Album by Joan Didion
Joan Didion is anxious, neurotic, vague, and absolutely brilliant. These essays paint a perfect portrait of a country at the end of its innocence: post-1960s America. Reading it through the first time,...
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I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Full of hilarious personal tales about bosses from hell, an embarrassing drawer full of toy ponies, and killing off middle school math teachers one by one on computer game The Oregon Trail, these...
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The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan
Much is being written right now about the dangers and potential of media and technology, but this timeless collage of trippy images and quotes from famous media theorist Marshall McLuhan is really the...
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All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
Every once in a great while, there is a book that breaks your heart because it is so purely true. bell hooks has a knack for hitting the nail right on the head, and this meditation of a book is no...
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Ten Years in the Tub by Nick Hornby
Hornby would make a good bookseller. For the past ten years, he's been writing reviews for The Believer, wherein he recounts the books he's bought, the books he's read, and his thoughts on everything...
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Collect Raindrops, Reissue by Nikki McClure
As a longtime Nikki McClure fan, I’m in constant awe of her complex paper cut prints, and several grace my walls; so I’m delighted that Collect Raindrops has been reissued. Divided by the seasons, each...
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1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars...
“1954 is a book that should be read by all who love the game and its history. This is the year when baseball and the country truly found out, against the backdrop of Brown vs. Board of Education, the...
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Soccernomics, Third Edition
Just in time for the 2014 World Cup comes an updated edition of the book that the San Francisco Chronicle called “the most intelligent book ever written about soccer.” The subtitle alone gives you an...
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On Looking: A Walker’s Guide to the Art of Observation
The bestselling author of Inside of a Dog shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary in her new book. Structured around a series of eleven walks Horowitz takes, On Looking features experts on a...
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
I have read everything David Sedaris has ever written and you should, too! This is his latest book of humorous essays, which explore everything from a cross-country train ride to a bout of cleaning...
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
This vividly detailed book follows the lives of several slum dwellers in Mumbai, India, all with different positions and castes, whose lives intersect through one event. Boo completely removes herself...
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Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
Three months after George Saunders gave a convocation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of the New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message...
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