**A BEST BOOK OF 2025 IN THE NEW YORKER AND ESQUIRE • ONE OF NPR'S "BOOKS WE LOVE" • LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE AND THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTIONA taut, elegiac novel about a man trying to uncover the truth about the father who left him behind**“Porter has quietly become one of the United States’ most reliably great fiction writers.” —NPRSteven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son h...

**Award-winning, internationally acclaimed writer Andrew Porter returns to the short story form in this masterful and elegiac new collection.“Porter has quietly become one of the United States’ most reliably great fiction writers.” —NPR**Enter the world of San Antonio, Texas. All of these gorgeously contemplative stories are set there, in an eclectic neighborhood lined with old historic houses, coffee shops, and bars, where writers and artists, filmmakers and musicians gath...

“Andrew Porter is a born storyteller . . . He makes his own space instantly and invites you in. Hats off!” —Barry HannahFrom a commanding new voice in fiction comes a novel as perceptive as it is generous: a portrait of an American family trying to cope in our world today, a story of choices and doubts and transgressions.The Hardings are teetering on the brink. Elson—once one of Houston’s most promising architects, who never quite lived up to expectations—i...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025'Fascinating - a great read' - Miriam O'Callaghan'Brilliant, absolutely terrific' - Matt CooperWith a foreword by Richie SadlierFrom the heartbreak of losing his mother to breast cancer at just 12 years old, to battling mental health struggles throughout his teens, Andrew Porter's journey is one of extraordinary resilience. In this deeply personal and inspiring accou...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge developments in materials science and industrial practices that support next-generation manufacturing. It covers innovative approaches to processing advanced materials—including smart materials, superalloys, nanomaterials, and biomaterials—alongside strategies for optimization, automation, and sustainability in production. It also addresses simulation and prediction techniques for quality control and explores emerging trends in proc...

The Spring 2024 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Spring 2024 Issue, guest-edited by Laila Lalami, features poetry and prose by Mosab Abu Toha, Nathalie Handal, January...

The Winter 2023-24 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Winter 2023-24 Issue, edited by Ladette Randolph, features poetry and prose by Richard Bausch, Jesse Lee Kercheval,...

**A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Theory of Light and Matter“What a beautiful book about the profound mystery of ordinary life.” —Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want**A husband and wife hear a mysterious bump in the night. A father mourns the closeness he has lost with his son. A friendship with a married couple turns into a dangerous...

Given our dire circumstances – climate change, species loss, environmental crises – we need a new paradigm. Wholeness explores the psychology and philosophy of a better realtionship with the planet. It invites the reader to be thoughtful about ways we can better adapt to the natural world we inhabit.

Time is a fascinating subject. What is its nature? How does the range of experience convert it? The Mysteries takes a philosophical look at all aspects of time, exploring them in bite-size-mini-essays. This book is designed to spur contemplation and conversation. Thoughtful and wide-ranging, it appreciates time's flexibility and, of course, its mysteries.

The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understan...

Deepest Ecology: A Philosophy for Saving the Earth explores the philosophical and psychological aspects of a new, sustainable paradigm, for individuals and societies. The book outlines the problems and tracks various successes -- individuals, technologies, thinkers, places -- that point the way and inspire. The work articulates a philosophy critical to our times and develops a paradigm for a better relationship with the Earth. It delves into climate change, culture, and the frame of a soun...