City Squares Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of Squares Around the World by Catie Marron Hardcover, 287 pages From Tahrir To Tiananmen, 'City Squares' Can't Escape Their History
The Silk Roads A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan Hardcover, 645 pages Looks at how the Asian Silk Roads have acted as a crucible of culture throughout history, capturing the importance of these networks that linked the Atlantic with the Pacific, the Mediterranean with India, and America with the Persian Gulf. An Ancient Route Rolls On: Questions For Author Of 'The Silk Roads'
The Abundance Narrative Essays Old and New by Annie Dillard and Geoff Dyer Hardcover, 271 pages A collection of author-curated pieces celebrates the essayist's celebrated career and offers insight into her establishment of the "novelized nonfiction" form. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An American Childhood. Author Interview: Annie Dillard, Author of 'The Abundance'
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri Hardcover, 233 pages The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Unaccustomed Earth traces her enduring love affair with the Italian language that prompted her family's move to Rome, where her efforts to master the language as a writer shaped her feelings of belonging and exile. Translated by Ann Goldstein. Translator Behind Elena Ferrante Novels Says Her Job Is To Be An 'Enabler' Jhumpa Lahiri Finds Freedom In Italian Memoir: 'No One Expected Me To Do It'
The Road to Little Dribbling Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson Hardcover, 380 pages A sequel to Notes From a Small Island stands as the author's tribute to his adopted country of England and describes his riotous return visit two decades later to rediscover the country, its people and its culture. 'The Road To Little Dribbling' Is A (Mostly) Pleasant Journey
Black Dragon River A Journey Down the Amur River at the Borderlands of Empires by Dominic Ziegler Hardcover, 357 pages A journalist chronicles his journey down Amur River, one of Asia's great rivers that serves as a large part of the border between Russia and China, interspersing history, ecology and peoples throughout to show a region obsessed with the past — and what it means for the future. 'Black Dragon River' Charts History Along The Amur
The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh A Walk Through the Forest That Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood by Kathryn Aalto Hardcover, 307 pages Explores the inspiration for A.A. Milne's fictional Hundred Acre Wood, South-East England's Ashdown Forest, and how it influenced the author's famous works. 'Natural World': In Which We Make An Expotition To The Hundred Acre Wood
A Woman in Arabia The Writings of the Queen of the Desert by Gertrude Bell and Georgina Howell Paperback, 272 pages A Woman in Arabia collects the letters and writings of Gertrude Bell: Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist and spy who was instrumental in the creation of Iraq. Queen Of The Desert Gertrude Bell, In Her Own Words
A Tour of Bones Facing Fear and Looking for Life by Denise Inge Hardcover, 205 pages NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2015's Great Reads Confronting Mortality In An Unsettling, Inspiring 'Tour Of Bones'
Barbarian Days A Surfing Life by William Finnegan Hardcover, 447 pages The award-winning author of Cold New World describes his experiences as a lifelong surfer, from his early years in Honolulu through his pursuits of perfect waves in some of the world's most exotic locales. Each Wave Tells A Story In 'Barbarian Days' A Lifelong Surfer Explains Why There's No Such Thing As A 'Perfect' Wave
Skyfaring A Journey with a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker Hardcover, 352 pages Drawing from the fields of history, politics, geography, meteorology, ecology, and physics, a pilot and writer offers a comprehensive reminder of the strange combinations of forces that make modern air travel possible. 'Skyfaring': The Poetry And Science Of Air Travel
The Oregon Trail A New American Journey by Rinker Buck Hardcover, 450 pages The author took a 2000-mile trip on the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way, in a covered wagon with a team of mules. He discusses the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration and its significance to the United States. 2 Brothers And A Team Of Mules Tackle The Historic Oregon Trail
Natural Born Heroes How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance by Christopher McDougall Hardcover, 337 pages The author of Born to Run describes his investigation into ancestral training techniques that have enabled Mediterranean athletes to achieve extraordinary levels of strength and fitness. 'Natural Born Heroes' Is Self-Help The Special Operations Way
Eating Viet Nam Dispatches from a Blue Plastic Table by Graham Holliday Hardcover, 337 pages Recounting his move to Vietnam, a journalist takes travelers along for the ride as he searches for authentic Vietnamese food, which leads him all over the country and introduces him to a remarkable populace, including his wife. Adventures In Vietnam — Street Food, Love And Taking Chances
Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye A Journey by Marie Mutsuki Mockett Hardcover, 316 pages The author describes her journey visiting Zen priests and performing rituals after the death of her Japanese grandfather and her American father and her inability to bury them at her family's Buddhist temple near the Fukushima disaster site. After Father's Death, A Writer Learns How 'The Japanese Say Goodbye'
Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli Paperback, 110 pages Smashing Snow Globes: A Writer On Essays, Novels And Translation
My Paris Kitchen Recipes and Stories by David Lebovitz Hardcover, 345 pages One hundred sweet and savory French-inspired recipes culled from the ethnic neighborhoods of Paris are complemented by lighthearted stories about the quirks, trials, and joys of cooking in modern France. Best Cookbooks Of 2014 Offer Tastes And Tales From Around The Globe
A Kitchen in France A Year of Cooking in My Farmhouse by Mimi Thorisson and Oddur Thorisson Hardcover, 304 pages A French-cooking blogger describes and photographs her family's meals in their country farmhouse in Médoc, made using local ingredients. A Family's Fall Harvest Blooms In 'A Kitchen In France'
Without You, There Is No Us My Time With the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim Hardcover, 291 pages Traces the author's experiences as an English teacher to the sons of North Korea's elite during the last six months of Kim Jong Il's reign, an effort complicated by oppressive regime enforcers, propaganda, and evangelical missionaries. Among The Young And Privileged In North Korea
Midnight in Siberia A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia by David Greene Hardcover, 318 pages The co-host of NPR's "Morning Edition" describes his travels along the Trans-Siberian Railroad, from Moscow to Vladivostok, describing the people he met, from singing babushkas to entrepreneurial teens to political activists, and discusses the challenges faced by 21st-century Russia. 35,000 first printing. There's Never A Dull Moment On This Trans-Siberian Adventure
