New and Forthcoming Titles

1. The Second Blush: Poems

   Molly Peacock

   “Peacock is in peak form in these seductive poems that swing and twirl . . . valiant, trenchant, funny, and on point.”—BooklistMore

2. Dams

   Christine Macy

   A lavishly illustrated exploration of these landscape-defining structures across the United States.More

3. Four Florida Moderns: The Architecture of Albert E. Alfonso, René González, Chad Oppenheim, and Guy Peterson

   Saxon Henry

   A colorful survey explores the diverse styles of the arbiters of modernism in Florida.More

4. The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings

   Richard Bullock, Maureen Daly Goggin

   The most successful new rhetoric in a generation, plus an anthology of 60 readings. Designed as 2 books in one, so that teachers can center their courses on the rhetoric or the readings—and draw from the other part as needed.More

5. The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook

   Richard Bullock, Maureen Daly Goggin, Francine Weinberg

   The most successful new rhetoric in a generation, with a reader and a handbook—everything students need, in one book.More

6. The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology

   Kerry Ferris, Jill Stein

   The most relevant textbook for today’s students, The Real World succeeds in classrooms because it focuses on the perspective that students care about most—their own.More

7. Tadelakt

   Michael Johannes Ochs

   The first comprehensive description of an old Moroccan plaster technique that creates unique, sensual, natural effects.More

8. Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science

   John D. Barrow

   “Dozens of short essays, each prompted by one of science’s visual creations . . . beautiful.”—George Johnson, New York Times Book ReviewMore

9. Save the Last Dance: Poems

   Gerald Stern

   The fifteenth collection by a celebrated poet whose “terrific, boisterous energy has never flagged” (Megan Harlan, San Francisco Chronicle).More

10. The Greek Poets: Homer to the Present

    Peter Constantine, Rachel Hadas, Edmund Keeley, Et Al.

    Three thousand years of the greatest Greek poetry, exquisitely translated and assembled in a handsome volume sure to be a modern classic.More

11. The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

    Michael Lemonick

    “A bright, shiny gift to popular-science collections.”—BooklistMore

12. Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War

    Donald McCaig

    Winner of the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction, the John Eston Cook Award, and the Boyd Military Novel Award: “One of the best Civil War novels . . . McCaig’s prose is gorgeous . . . stunning.”—Houston ChronicleMore

13. The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    The New York Times bestseller: “You gotta read this. It is the most exciting book about Pluto you will ever read in your life.”—Jon StewartMore

14. Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir

    Diana Athill

    The New York Times bestseller: a prize-winning, critically acclaimed memoir on life and aging —“An honest joy to read” (Alice Munro).More

15. Clinical Pearls of Wisdom: 21 Leading Therapists Offer Their Key Insights

    Michael Kerman

    Often when you attend conferences you overhear people telling their colleagues about the most exciting workshops they have attended. Even if it was a day-long workshop, people seem to be able to summarize the best nuggets of information they picked up.More