An illustrated exploration of how the Greater Boston area became one of the world's leading centers for innovation.

Enter critically acclaimed writer and popular journalist Victoria Finlay, who here takes readers across the globe and over the centuries on an unforgettable tour through the brilliant history of color in art. Written for newcomers to the subject and aspiring young artists alike, Finlay's quest to uncover the origins and science of color will beguile readers of all ages with its warm and conversational style

Joanne Samuel Goldblum, CEO and founder of the National Diaper Bank Network, and Colleen Shaddox, a journalist and activist, give a book shedding light on the realities faced by those living in poverty across the United States and provide a road map for eradicating poverty via policy changes.

We're bombarded with statistics: we're expected to use them to make sense of the world, figure out if the economy's doing well, and decide who to vote for. But the numbers don't tell the whole story. For example, the unemployment rate only tells you how many people have reported they're out of a job and looking for work. Those numbers don't tell how many people have given up. Award-winning journalist and economist Tim Harford has written a readable guide to making sense of the numbers that are supposed to tell us how to make sense of the world.

A law professor and cultural critic offers an eye-opening exploration of the laws of fashion throughout history, from the middle ages to the present day, examining the canons, mores and customs of clothing rules that we often take for granted..

Award-winning journalist Newitz takes us on a guided tour of the ruins of 4 lost cities: Pompeii, Catalhoyuk in Turkey, Angkor--once a megacity in medieval Cambodia--and the former Native American metropolis of Cahokia in Illinois and uses the latest archaeological research to tell us what life in these cities was like, and the political or environmental changes that led to their collapse.

The fourteen essential conversations to have with your tween and early teenager to prepare them for the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead, including scripts and advice to keep the communication going and stay connected during this critical developmental window.

The flavors of Southeast Asia are the star in this collection of recipes from Leah Cohen, the Top Chef alum and restaurateur.

Serhii Plokhy's Nuclear Folly offers an international perspective on the crisis, tracing the tortuous decision-making that produced and then resolved it, which involved John Kennedy and his advisers, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro, and their commanders on the ground.Drawing on a range of Soviet archival sources, including previously classified KGB documents, as well as White House tapes, Plokhy masterfully illustrates the drama and anxiety of those tense days, and provides a way for us to grapple with the problems posed in our present day.

The Labrador retrievers, Olive and Mabel, stars of Andrew Cotters BBC parody videos, are here in charming stories. Learn how Cotter fell in love with his dogs, and of his passion for hiking with them through the country glens of Scotland. It is beautifully written and every animal lover will love it!

Sensational presents a social history of women journalists of the Gilded Age who went undercover to champion women's rights and expose corruption and abuse in America.

By turns aggressively reckless and fiercely protective, always guided by faith and ancestry, Threa Almontaser's incendiary debut asks how mistranslation can be a form of self-knowledge and survival. A love letter to the country and people of Yemen, a portrait of young Muslim womanhood in New York after 9/11, and an extraordinarily composed examination of what it means to carry in the body the echoes of what came before, Almontaser's polyvocal collection sneaks artifacts to and from worlds, repurposing language and adapting to the space between cultures.