How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like

by Paul Bloom
Yale psychologist Paul Bloom presents a striking and thought-provoking new understanding of pleasure, desire, and value. Drawing on insights from child development, philosophy, neuroscience, and behavioral economics, How Pleasure Works shows how certain universal habits of the human mind explain what we like and why we like it.
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The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century

by Peter Watson

In this absorbing cultural and intellectul history, Peter Watson goes back through time to explore the origins of the German genius, and he explains how and why it flourished, how it shaped our lives, and, most important, how it continues to influence our world.

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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

by Sam Kean

The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the frequently mad scientists who discovered them.

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Farm to Fork: Cooking Local, Cooking Fresh

by Emeril Lagasse and Steve Freeman

In this extraordinary new book, Emeril Lagasse continues his lifelong commitment to using fresh, local ingredients in his restaurants and home kitchen. This is simply another of Lagasse's highly competent creations, full of flavorful recipes presented with simplicity and minimal chitchat.

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Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion through the Astonishing World of Math

by Alex Bellos

Alex Bellos's enthusiasm for mathemateics shines from every page. His exploration of mathematics deserves to become an instant classic, and may well do so. If you want to get anyone interested in math, yourself included, then this engaging series of encounters is just what you need.

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97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement

By Jane Ziegelman
In 97 Orchard, Jane Ziegelman explores the culinary life that was the heart and soul of New York's Lower East Side around the turn of the twentieth century — a city within a city, where Germans, Irish, Italians, and Eastern European Jews attempted to forge a new life.
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Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age

by William Powers
Using his own life as laboratory and object lesson, Powers demonstrates why this is the moment to revisit our relationship to screens and mobile technologies, and how profound the rewards of doing so can be. Lively, original, and entertaining, this book will challenge you to rethink your digital life.
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The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

by Jeff Yeager
From simple money-saving tips to truly life-changing financial strategies, the cheapskates next door know that the key to financial freedom and enjoying life more is not how much you earn, but how much you spend.
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Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Dawn of the Modern Woman

by Sam Wasson
In this meticulously researched gem of a book, Wasson delivers us from the penthouses of the Upper East Side to the pools of Beverly Hills, presenting Breakfast at Tiffany's as we have never seen it before — through the eyes of those who made it.

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Sh*t My Dad Says

by Justin Halpern

In the vein of bestselling humor collections by Chelsea Handler, David Sedaris, and Laurie Notaro, Sh*t My Dad Says is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father-son relationship from a major new comic voice.

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Pearl Buck in China: Journey to the Good Earth

by Hilary Spurling
Weaving a colorful tapestry of Pearl Buck's life (189201973) with strands of Chinese history and literature, Spurling, winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Prize for Matisse the Master, vividly correlates Buck's experiences of China's turbulent times with her novels.
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The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam

by Eliza Griswold

Award-winning journalist Griswold chronicles her travels along the 10th parallel, the line of latitude 700 miles north of the equator and home to many Christian-Muslim standoffs. Griswold does her best to counter the received wisdom of interfaith fighting by astutely pointing out where religion is simply used as a tactic in a nonreligious conflict over land, resources, or the like.

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What to Wear for the Rest of Your Life: Ageless Secrets of Style

by Kim Johnson Gross

Along with calming fashion advice about how to choose flattering clothes that will fit any woman's shape and style, Gross's engaging stories will help every woman evolve gracefully while letting her style express her inner beauty.

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The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired "Chicago"

by Douglas Perry
This jaunty retrospective of two Jazz Age trials introduces us to the real-life originals of the killer ladies of the musical Chicago — and to the society that adored them.
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