Harper Perennial

How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor provides general advice for reading nonfiction as a whole and genre specific…

This funny and thoughtful guide collects stories, tips, and advice form 42 celebrity atheists on how to enjoy the…

A collection of episodes from the second season of the international hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale. Includes lots…

In this latest addition to the "Edge Question Series" author John Brockman has compiled a fascinating collection of…

This biography and critical analysis focuses on rock superstar David Bowie's most influential—and strangest—decade,…

Neal Pollack’s hilarious memoir about his transformation from overweight, balding, failed rock star yoga skeptic to…

This is a classic for good reason. The US history book you wish you'd had as a textbook in college, or high school, or…

Paperback. A commercial lobster fisher penned this lovely, compelling natural history of the relationship between…

Whether you're a reforming bro wondering how you got to the place you are, or if you're someone else wondering why…

Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, successful.. and slowly going under. Plath masterfully…

One of America’s most prominent environmentalists and defenders of the country’s wilderness mixes comedy and chaos…

When Titanic hit the iceberg on April 14th, 1912, and a thousand men, lighting their last cigarettes, prepared to die,…

The road paved by our civilization’s best books is a long and noble one, but it is also lined with unexpected potholes…

A comprehensive biography of the groundbreaking actor, comedian, and writer Richard Pryor. From his heartbreaking…

If your parents were waaaay too much in charge of your inner life and every decision, you may be having trouble…

This history of friendship between women chronicles the shifting social landscape in western society, from the Bible and…

Have you ever wondered just what purpose those warning labels on mattresses are supposed to serve? Or why people don’t…

How do you finally break free from a fair-weather bud who sticks like glue when she’s single and then flees the scene…

Trivia buffs, science factoid lovers, and the generally curious will enjoy this entry in David Feldman's Imponderables…

Most infertility advice and books are geared towards people planning to do the actual childbearing. This book is for…

Sharpen your enjoyment of fiction reading with this entertaining guide to the novel. Learn about the parts that go into…

All hail the glow cloud! This novel is the perfect companion to the long-running science fiction podcast by the same…

Both deeply personal and broadly empathizable, people typically can relate to stories of romance, and yet it can be…

The word slut gets a variety of reactions. While it can be a compliment for the 'virile male', it is an effective weapon…

This popular, acclaimed book debunks just about everything you ever thought you knew about sex. Using evidence from…

Hailed as an “eco-bible” by Time magazine, E. F. Schumacher’s riveting, richly researched statement on…

Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature is a searching vision of an unequal,…

The uninterrupted energy of Ginsberg's remarkable career is clearly revealed in this collection. Seen in order of…

A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother…