Riverhead Books
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The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer
$30.00 Add to cartThe definitive book about soccer, from the author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics.
There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely … [more below]- Author: Goldblatt, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1008
- Publish Date: January 02 2008
- ISBN10: 1594482969
- Language: English
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Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966
$14.00 Add to cartBest known for his Buddhist teachings, Thich Nhat Hanh has lived in exile from his native Vietnam since 1966. These remarkable early journals reveal not only an exquisite portrait of the Zen master as… [more below]
- Author: Hanh, Thich Nhat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 01 1999
- ISBN10: 157322796X
- Language: English
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Concepcion: Conquest, Colonialism, and an Immigrant Family’s Fate
$27.00 Add to cart“Absolutely extraordinary…A landmark in the contemporary literature of the diaspora.” –Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror
“If Concepcion were only about Samaha’s mother, it would already be whol- Author: Samaha, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 11, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593086090
- Language: English
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Committed: A Love Story
$16.00 Read moreThe #1 New York Times bestselling follow-up to Eat, Pray, Love–an intimate and erudite celebration of love–from the author of Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear.
At the end of her memoir Eat, Pra… [more below]
- Author: Gilbert, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0143118706
- Language: English
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The Last American Man
$18.00 Add to cartFinalist for the National Book Award
From the New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic and City of Girls comes a riveting exploration of manhood and all its complicated meanings t- Author: Gilbert, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 27 2003
- ISBN10: 0142002836
- Language: English
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Faith Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience
$14.00 Add to cartIn this beautifully written work, one of America’s most beloved meditation teachers offers discerning wisdom on understanding faith as a healing quality. Through the teachings of Buddha and insight ga… [more below]
- Author: Salzberg, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 02 2003
- ISBN10: 1573223409
- Language: English
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God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
$18.00 Add to cartVictoria Sweet’s new book, SLOW MEDICINE, is on sale now
For readers of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air, a medical “page-turner” that traces one doctor’s “remarkable journey to the essence o- Author: Sweet, Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 02 2013
- ISBN10: 1594486549
- Language: English
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The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
$17.00 Add to cartA finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world–sand–and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After w- Author: Beiser, Vince
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 0399576444
- Language: English
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Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
$18.00 Read more“Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives.” –President Barack Obama (on Twitter)
“An important book.” –Steven Pinker, The New York Times- Author: Johnson, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0525538860
- Language: English
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American Flannel: How a Band of Entrepreneurs Are Bringing the Art and Business of Making Clothes Back Home
$29.00 Read more“I can confidently say this will be one of my favorite books of 2024.” –Stephen King, bestselling author (and onetime millworker)
“American Flannel is a wonderful book–surprising, entertaining, vivi- Author: Kurutz, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0593329619
- Language: English
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Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures
$16.00 Read moreA Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick
“At once a delicious depiction of Hollywood’s golden age and a sweet, fulfilling story about one woman’s journey through fame, love, and loss.”–Boston Globe In 192- Author: Straub, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 02 2013
- ISBN10: 1594631824
- Language: English
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My Absolute Darling
$17.00 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST
NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FINALIST
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST’S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2… [more below]- Author: Tallent, Gabriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 26 2018
- ISBN10: 735211183
- Language: English
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Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty
$16.00 Read more“A timely, sophisticated tale [that] explores what happens when a charmed life loses its luster.” –O Magazine
From the award-winning author of the new collection Awayland, an imaginative novel about a- Author: Ausubel, Ramona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 13 2017
- ISBN10: 1594634890
- Language: English
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The Return of Faraz Ali
$17.00 Read moreNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND NPR
WINNER OF THE 2023 L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE, ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION “Stunning not only on account of the author’s talent, of wh- Author: Ahmad, Aamina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593330196
- Language: English
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Shakespeare: Invention of the Human: The Invention of the Human
$32.00 Add to cart“The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer.” -Geoffrey O’Brien, New York Review of Books
A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, this book is t
- Author: Bloom, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 157322751X
- Language: English
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Strangers I Know
$18.00 Read more“Durastanti casts the universal drama of the family as the sieve through which the self–woman, artist, daughter–is filtered and known.” –Ocean Vuong
A work of fiction about being a stranger in your- Author: Durastanti, Claudia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 059308795X
- Language: English
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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
$17.00 Add to cart“Mr. Hamid reaffirms his place as one of his generation’s most inventive and gifted writers.” -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“A globalized version of The Great Gatsby . . . [Hamid’s] book is n- Author: Hamid, Mohsin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 04 2014
- ISBN10: 1594632332
- Language: English
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Affinity
$17.00 Add to cart“Gothic tale, psychological study, puzzle narrative…This is gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and senses.”–The Seattle Times
An upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, Marg- Author: Waters, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 08 2002
- ISBN10: 1573228737
- Language: English
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Caucasia
$17.00 Add to cartFrom the author of New People and Colored Television, the extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna’s literary career
“Superbly illustrates the emotional toll that politics and race- Author: Senna, Danzy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 01, 1999
- ISBN10: 1573227161
- Language: English
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Bangkok Wakes to Rain
$18.00 Add to cart“Recreates the experience of living in Thailand’s aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles.” –Ron Charles, Washington Post
“Important, ambitious, and accomp- Author: Sudbanthad, Pitchaya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0525534776
- Language: English
