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STEVEN P INKERThe Sense of StyleThe Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st CenturyThe bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist creates a usage guide for the 21st century, applying the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, stylish prose. In this short, practical book, Pinker shows how writing depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical knowhow, and an ability to savor and reverse engineer good prose. Using examples of effective and ineffective writing, Pinker replaces dogma about usage with reason and evidence, encouraging students to apply guidelines judiciously rather than robotically. “More contemporary and comprehensive than The Elements of Style, illustrated with comic strips and cartoons and lots of examples of comically bad writing.”—The New York TimesPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 368 PAGES • 978-0-14-312779-6 • $17.00

JOHN FREEMAN, ed i t o rTales of Two CitiesThe Best and Worst of Times in Today’s New YorkThirty major contemporary writers, including Zadie Smith, Junot Díaz, and Lydia Davis, examine life in a deeply economically divided New York. Through fiction and reportage, these writers convey the indignities and heartbreak, the callousness and solidarities, of living side by side with people of starkly different means. “A bristling portrayal of New York in the tradition of Jacob Riis.”—GuernicaPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 288 PAGES • 978-0-14-312830-4 • $16.00

GORDON HUTNER , ed i t o r Immigrant VoicesVolume IIThis compelling collection of essays provides a comprehensive vision of immigration to the United States in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Filled with narratives by authors from around the world, Immigrant Voices: Volume II travels to Burundi, Afghanistan, Egypt, Cuba, Cambodia, Puerto Rico and elsewhere to deliver an intimate, global look at the challenges modern immigrants face. Featuring firsthand accounts by André Aciman, Tamim Ansary, H. B. Cavalcanti, Firoozeh Dumas, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Reyna Grande, Le Ly Hayslip, Aleksandar Hemon, Rose Ihedigbo, Oksana Marafioti, Anchee Min, Shoba Narayan, Elizabeth Nunez, Guillermo Reyes, Marcus Samuelsson, Katarina Tepesh, Gilbert Tuhabonye, Loung Ung, and Kao Kalia Yang.NAL PAPERBACK • 448 PAGES • 978-0-451-47281-6 • $15.00

YEONMI PARKIn Order to LiveA North Korean Girl’s Journey to FreedomIn this story about the resilience of the human spirit and the transcendent power of love, Yeonmi Park recounts her struggle to survive in North Korea; her harrowing escape to South Korea through China’s underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and her emergence as a leading human rights activist—all before her twenty-first birthday. “A clear-eyed and devastating autobiography…[that] tells of [Park’s] famine-struck childhood in North Korea, her defection, and the years in which she was trafficked around northern China by gangsters running forced marriage and prostitution rackets.” —The Guardian (UK) PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER • 288 PAGES • 978-1-59420-679-5 • $27.95

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DAN-EL PAD ILLA PERALTAUndocumentedA Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from aHomeless Shelter to the Ivy LeagueIn a powerful memoir that highlights the importance of immigration reform, a Columbia University classics scholar chronicles his life as an undocumented immigrant who went on to graduate at the top of his Princeton class.

“Dan-el Padilla Peralta’s story is as compulsively readable as a novel, an all-American tall tale that just happens to be true. From homeless shelter to Princeton, Oxford, and Stanford, through the grace not only of his own hard work but his mother’s discipline and care, he documents the America we should still aspire to be.”—Anne-Marie Slaughter, President, New America Foundation

“An impassioned counterargument to those who feel, as did some of Peralta’s more xenophobic classmates, that ‘illegals’…take jobs from Americans and deserve to be kicked out of the country.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

DAVE ISAYCallingsThe Purpose and Passion of WorkIn this inspiring tribute to rewarding work and the American pursuit of happiness, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents stories of passion, courage, and commitment. We meet a man from the barrios of Texas whose experiences in a family of migrant farmers inspired him to become a public defender. We meet a young man on the South Side of Chicago who became a teacher to help at-risk teenagers. We meet a woman from Little Rock who helps former inmates rejoin the workforce. Together, these and other stories demonstrate how work can be about more than making a living, that finding inspiration in unexpected places can transform a vocation into a calling.

“Isay culls and collects wise words and powerful stories about searching for meaning in work from the more than 65,000 stories recorded in StoryCorps booths across America over the past 12 years. Every one of the stories in this inspiring collection reveals the deep love that motivates the storytellers as they discover and embrace their vocations….These wonderful stories reveal that work becomes meaningful to those who choose—or are in some cases chosen by—the calling that motivates, energizes, and inspires them.”—Publishers Weekly

PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 320 PAGES 978-0-14-310933-4 • $17.00

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PAUL STROHMChaucer’s Tale1386 and the Road to CanterburyIn the politically and economically fraught London of the late fourteenth century, Chaucer was swept up in a series of events that left him jobless, homeless, separated from his wife, exiled from his city, and isolated in the countryside of Kent. Brought expertly to life by Paul Strohm, this is the eye-opening story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of The Canterbury Tales.“Strohm illuminates how 1386 marked a decisive year for Geoffrey Chaucer, one in which he went from accomplished coterie poet to the popular author of the work of genius for which he is celebrated to this day: The Canterbury Tales. In Chaucer’s Tale, Strohm, one of the finest medievalists of our time, brings this turbulent moment in Chaucer’s England to life, recovering in vivid detail the professional and creative pilgrimage that led Chaucer to compose so memorable a fictional one.”—James Shapiro, Columbia UniversityPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 304 PAGES • 978-0-14-312783-3 • $18.00

AZAR NAF IS IThe Republic of Imagination: A Life in BooksAs a young girl growing up in Iran, Azar Nafisi, the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, came to know America through its fiction. Now an American citizen, she urges fellow Americans to rediscover their country and its fundamental ideals through its literature. Here, she blends memoir and polemic with close readings of three of her favorite novels—Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt, and Carson McCullers’s The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. “Nafisi finds the essence of the American experience, filtered through narratives not about exceptionalism or fabulous success, but alienation, solitude, and landscape. Her argument is compelling.”—Jane Smiley, The Washington PostPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 352 PAGES • 978-0-14-312778-9 • $17.00

DAVID ORRThe Road Not TakenFinding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets WrongThe poetry columnist for The New York Times Book Review offers a lively look at Frost’s most beloved poem, revealing its cultural influence, artistic complexity, and historical journey from the margins of World War One to its canonical place in American literature.“Orr is fascinated by why so many have read this poem so positively for so long, and what this fact reveals about the American soul.”—Christian Science MonitorPENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER • 192 PAGES • 978-1-59420-583-5 • $25.95

ROBERT FROSTThe Road Not Taken and Other PoemsDELUXE EDITIONEDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID ORR

Presents Frost’s best-loved poem along with other works from his early years, including “After Apple-Picking,” “The Oven Bird,” and “Mending Wall.” Award-winning poet and critic David Orr’s introduction discusses why Frost remains a central figure in American culture and how the intricacy of his poetry invites generation after generation to search for meaning in his work.PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK • 144 PAGES • 978-0-14-310739-2 • $15.00

SARAH CHURCHWELLCareless PeopleMurder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great GatsbyWhen F. Scott Fitzgerald returned to New York in 1922, his arrival coincided with a brutal double murder that greatly influenced the novel he began writing that same autumn: The Great Gatsby. In this mesmerizing journey into the dark heart of Jazz Age America, acclaimed American literature scholar Churchwell combines a forensic inquiry into an unsolved crime with a quest for the roots of America’s best-loved novel.“Blends biography, scholarship, and literary journalism to generate a narrative that is almost novelistic in its urgency….The finest achievement of Careless People may be to return The Great Gatsby to its moment….Churchwell presents a wealth of historical material that ought to inform any reading of Fitzgerald’s great novel as a product of its era.” —The Wall Street Journal PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 432 PAGES • 978-0-14-312625-6 • $17.00

MARJA MILLSThe Mockingbird Next DoorLife with Harper Lee“[A] wonderful memoir of Harper Lee and her sister….A zesty account of two women living on their own terms yet always guided by the strong moral compass….An atmospheric tale of changing small-town America; of an unlikely, intergenerational friendship between the young author and her elderly subjects; of journalistic integrity; and of grace and fortitude.”—The Washington Post“A winning, nuanced portrait….It seems unlikely we’ll ever have a better record of a remarkable American life.”—USA TodayPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 304 PAGES • 978-0-14-312766-6 • $17.00

KER I SMITHThe Wander SocietySeveral years ago when Keri Smith, author of Wreck This Journal, discovered cryptic handwritten notations in a worn copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, her interest was piqued. Those simple markings would become the basis of a life-changing exploration into a mysterious group known as The Wander Society. Here, Smith presents the results of her research: a guide to the Wander Society, a secretive group that holds up the act of wandering, or unplanned exploring, as a way of life. PENGUIN HARDCOVER • 208 PAGES • 978-0-14-310836-8 • $20.00

MATT HA IGReasons to Stay AliveThis frank account of how Haig overcame depression with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and girlfriend inspires those who feel daunted by depression and helps illuminate the disease for those who are mystified by it. “In this short, scintillating, first-hand account of depression and how he combated it, novelist Haig leaves us in no doubt as to the true, terrifying nature of the beast. Writing thirteen years after suddenly being struck down by ‘a new claustrophobic and suffering reality,’ Haig provides enough detail about the symptoms of depression to deter anyone from taking the name of this cruel condition in vain….Haig’s story of recovery will encourage anyone who feels miserable, whether they are clinically depressed or not, and offers valuable insights to family and friends.”—The Daily Mail (UK) PENGUIN PAPERBACK • 272 PAGES • 978-0-14-312872-4 • $15.00

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The Boys in the BoatNine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin OlympicsPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 416 PAGES 978-0-14-312547-1 • $17.00

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ChildhoodAFTERWORD BY JIM SHEPARDTRANSLATED BY RALPH MANHEIM

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Shakespeare’s Restless WorldPortrait of an EraPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 336 PAGES 978-0-14-312594-5 • $22.00

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The Penguin Book of WitchesINTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY KATHERINE HOWE

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On Reading The Grapes of WrathPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 224 PAGES 978-0-14-312550-1 • $14.00

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Hidden AmericaFrom Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country WorkBERKLEY PAPERBACK • 336 PAGES 978-0-425-26727-1 • $16.00

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Twelve Years a SlaveEDITED WITH AN AFTERWORD BY HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. INTRODUCTION BY IRA BERLIN FOREWORD BY STEVE McQUEEN

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Losing My CoolLove, Literature, and a Black Man’s Escape from the CrowdPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 240 PAGES 978-0-14-311962-3 • $15.00

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The Bosnia ListA Memoir of War, Exile, and ReturnPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 336 PAGES 978-0-14-312457-3 • $16.00

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GarbologyOur Dirty Love Affair with TrashAVERY PAPERBACK • 336 PAGES 978-1-58333-523-9 • $16.00

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The Penguin Book of Modern SpeechesPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 624 PAGES 978-0-241-95325-9 • $18.00

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The Omnivore’s DilemmaA Natural History of Four MealsPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 464 PAGES 978-0-14-303858-0 • $18.00

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The FamilyA Journey into the Heart of the Twentieth CenturyPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 400 PAGES 978-0-14-312589-1 • $17.00

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CodA Biography of the Fish That Changed the WorldPENGUIN PAPERBACK • 304 PAGES 978-0-14-027501-8 • $16.00

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