This illustrated guide to history’s most famous battles explores military history from ancient battles to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and beyond. Featuring stunning illustrations and in-depth analysis, this military history book uses maps, paintings, and photographs to reveal the stories behind more than 90 of the [More]

Winner of the Autumn House Nonfiction Contest, selected by Alison Hawthorne Deming (2017) Set in a public housing project in San Francisco, Lam’s memoir explores his transformation from a teenage graffiti writer to a high school teacher working with troubled youth while navigating the secret violence in his immigrant’s family’s past.

With kaleidoscopic, trenchant, path-breaking insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses Grant’s Memoirs yet published. One hundred and thirty-three years after its 1885 publication by Mark Twain, Elizabeth Samet has annotated this lavish edition of Grant’s landmark memoir, and expands the Civil War backdrop against which this monumental American life [More]

Invest with the Best is a step-by-step guide for young people who want to learn how to begin investing in the stock market at an early age. Making money through investing is possible at any age, and you are never too young to learn the fundamentals. It’s also very flexible, so you can invest in [More]

Monsters are more than things that go bump in the night… Monsters are lurking in the woods, beneath the waves, and within our favorite books, films, and games–and there are good reasons why they appear so often. Monsters are manifestations of our fears and symbols of our society–not to mention they’re a lot of fun–but [More]

The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novellas 2015 inaugurates a new annual series of anthologies featuring some of the year’s best novella-length science fiction and fantasy. Novellas, longer than short stories but shorter than novels, are a rich and rewarding literary form that can fully explore tomorrow’s technology, the far reaches of the future, [More]

An internationally respected neurologist offers a revolutionary look at the brains of adolescents providing surprising insights-including why smart kids often do stupid things-and practical advice for adults and teens In this groundbreaking accessible book Dr Frances E Jensen a mother teacher researcher and internationally known expert in neurology introduces us to the mystery and magic [More]

Soups that simmer for minutes, not hours, and salads that know no season: 75 inviting recipes revolutionize this familiar hot-and-cold combo. “Soup’s on!” will become everyone’s favorite words when you serve up luscious Creamy Asparagus with Mushrooms and Gruyere Croûtes; a coconut-flavored and substantial Brazilian Shrimp Soup; Chicken Avogolemo (a Greek specialty), and Mexican Pozole. [More]

Within this book, Real Estate Investing Business: How to Flip Houses for Profit, is the information that can start you on a career of flipping houses. Everything about flipping and selling, from the first look at a property to the final sale, is covered in one of these chapters within these pages. We answer the [More]