From the beloved, James Beard Award-winning author of The Geography of Oysters comes a revelatory, captivating exploration into the secretive and sensuous world of truffles, the elusive food that has captured hearts, imaginations, and palates worldwide.
From James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen, the thrilling story of the farmers, activists, and chocolate makers fighting all odds to revive ancient cacao and produce the world’s finest bar.
An unsettling journey into the disaster-bound American food system, and an exploration of possible solutions, from leading food politics commentator and former farmer Tom Philpott.
Shows that, whether in the library, office, or home, the bookshelf is where and how we create categories to sort knowledge and experience and that every bookshelf tells a different story.
Part memoir and part study of modern life, Shopping Mall examines the modern mythology of the shopping mall and the place it holds in our shared cultural history.
A lyrical, inventive, and witty look at the ways in which the hotel is the necessary complement, the flip side, of home, and how the alienated state of being in a hotel can be a welcome alternative to the demands of the hyper-connected, instantly personal modern world.
Drawing on a mix of historical, philosophical, and personal inquiry, Souvenir explores how we use mementos of travel to structure our memories and give meaning to our place in the world.
Burger, by pioneering feminist and animal rights activist Carol J. Adams, is a fast-paced and eclectic exploration of the history, business, cultural dynamics and gender politics of the ordinary hamburger.
Identifies how "dangerous" 1980s heavy metal can be analyzed through literary criticism, how heavy metal helps us understand what's dangerous about literature, and why metal music matters.
Examines the complex and contradictory uses of silence as an object that both does and does not exist, and shows that though we think we desire silence, we probably should fear it.
This is the first ever book about the Avengers and looks at one of Marvel’s key comics of the 1970s as an extraordinary mirror of an extraordinary decade.
A smart, meticulous look into the compelling and original storyline of Daredevil: Born Again, its gorgeous and unique artwork, and its overall influence in the decades since its release.
Explores Doctor Strange’s changing roles as a mystic, super hero, and leader of a chaotic team called the Defenders, and the rise of his popularity, in parallel with the counterculture of the 1960s.
