The intimate biography of the charismatic, hugely talented, influential, and troubled Willie Morris—star editor of Harper's in the 1960s and author of North Toward Home and My Dog Skip.

The experts at Baseball Prospectus examine the subtle, hidden aspects of baseball, bring them out into the open, and show us how our favorite teams could win more games. This is a book that every fan, every follower of sports radio, every fantasy player, every coach and every player, at every level, can enjoy and learn from.

In this first volume of her much-praised, best-selling trilogy, Esmeralda Santiago brilliantly recreates the idyllic landscape and tumultuous family life of her earliest years from the barrio to Brooklyn to high honors at Harvard.

Change the Way You See Everything looks and works like no other business or self-help book—because it IS like no other book. It’s a revolutionary approach to every aspect of life that bears not just reading, but re- reading, and sharing with people in your circle.

Counterpoint is saddened by the recent passing of acclaimed author Sybille Bedford. Here we present a collection of some of her most beloved books.

"Bedford possesses a compassionate, autumnal view of the world, as well as a darting, quicksilver prose."
—The Washington Post

Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Nonfiction - The acclaimed “hip-hop intellectual” exposes the raw nerve of class and generational warfare in black America with this provocative defense of impoverished African Americans.

The field of inequality emerged out of a set of classic texts - important works that students and scholars continue to read and inform their ongoing research. Often controversial and deeply influential, these texts formed the field as we know it and serve as cornerstones even today. For the first time, these 20 classic texts have now been brought together in a new reader.