More than a cookbook, In Late Winter We Ate Pears is a love affair with a culture and a way of life. In vignettes taken from their year in Italy, husband and wife Caleb Barber and Deirdre Heekin offer glimpses of a young, vibrant Italy: of rolling out pizza dough in an ancient hilltown at midnight while wild dogs bay in the abandoned streets; of the fogged car windows of an ancient lovers' lane amid the olive groves outside Prato.The recipes in In Late Winter We Ate Pears are every bit as ...

The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif...

The highly anticipated sequel to International Booker and Dublin Impac Award-shortlisted The UnseenNo-one can be alone on an island . . . But Ingrid is alone on Barrøy, the island that bears her name, and the war of her childhood has been replaced by a new, more terrible present: the Nazi occupation of Norway. When the bodies from a bombed vessel carrying Russian prisoners of war begin to wash up on the shore, Ingrid can’t know that one will not o...

**Instant New York Times Bestseller!New York Times Editors' ChoiceOne of People's 15 Most Anticipated Books of SummerThe Next Big Idea Club's July 2026 Must-Read BooksOne of the New York Times Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This SummerSunset Magazine's 15 New Books You Don't Want to MissFrom Annie Jacobsen, the author of the bestselling Nuclear War: A Scenario, a book on a subjec...

In the last few decades sixty-five million Americans who once regular attended a local congregation, no longer do. About thirty-five million of those no longer self-identify as Christian, but over thirty-one million still do. This last group has been tagged “The Dones”, those who still seek to follow Jesus and find real community but have given up hope that the local congregation is still relevant to their journey. What do we make of this phenomenon? As one who has spent twenty years helpi...

25 days, 25 chapters. This December, the countdown to Christmas will chill you to the bone.Hoping to bring his family closer together, Adam Gray arranges a vacation in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain. Things take a dark turn, however, when someone starts leaving gifts in the Christmas stocking mounted on the barn door.Each morning brings something new, and with every passing day, the contents become more terrifying. Soon, the family makes a spine-chilling realization: th...

Over 20 Great Projects for the Home from Woodworking's Top Experts! This book is for any woodworker that loves to be in the shop, but doesn't always have the time or materials to tackle that large project. Selected from the pages of Woodworker's Journal, these 22 practical and beautiful projects are small in size, but big on design and will satisfy woodworkers of all skill levels. Among the projects featured are a walnut burl humidor, a bird's-eye maple lamp, jewelry boxes, picture frames,...

Vintage Erotica: 20 Must-Read Memoirs & Classic Novels surveys erotic literature as a capacious, contested tradition in which desire becomes a lens for power, class, gender, aesthetics, and transgression. Spanning libertine confession, epistolary intrigue, Decadent stylization, psychological fiction, bawdy tale, and modernist interiority, the volume places notorious provocations beside formally ambitious explorations of intimacy. Its selections illuminate how erotic writing has repeatedly ...

A revealing study of how the arrival of refugees affects and transforms citiesCities all over the world experience large humanitarian influxes, and refugees and citizens alike must navigate the related risks and opportunities. Over the past twenty-five years, Karen Jacobsen has studied the interaction of refugees and cities and has trained scores of graduate students, many of whom now work with United Nations agencies or humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. ...

‘I have been learning to heal and reclaim my identity. I will not wear the title of his victim any longer. I am a Survivor.’‘I learnt I had the strength and courage to walk away, because I’m worth it.’In Violence to Victory each story starts with a fairy tale of living in the beautiful Australian bush... and turns into a nightmare. Ten women describe their unique experiences in rural, regional or remote Australia, in the silent spaces where everyone knows your busi...

The novel follows the life of Niels Lyhne, a young man growing up in Denmark. The story is told in a semi-autobiographical style, reflecting Jacobsen's own philosophical and existential concerns. Niels Lyhne is portrayed as an intelligent and sensitive individual who struggles with his beliefs and the meaning of life.The narrative explores Niels’s development from childhood to adulthood, focusing on his inner conflicts and his relationships with the people around him. The novel begins with...