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Author : Maria Popova
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 35,36 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Art
ISBN : 0544542703
The latest addition to the celebrated Best American series, featuring the most creative and effective visualizations of data from the past year, introduced by Brain Pickings' creator Maria Popova.
Author : Gareth Cook
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,79 MB
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0547974558
Year two of this fresh, timely, beautiful addition to the Best American series, introduced by Nate Silver The rise of infographics across virtually all print and electronic media reveals patterns in our lives and worlds in fresh and surprising ways. As we find ourselves in the era of big data, where information moves faster than ever, infographics provide us with quick, often influential bursts of art and knowledge — to digest, tweet, share, go viral. Best American Infographics 2014 captures the finest examples, from the past year, of this mesmerizing new way of seeing and understanding our world. Guest introducer Nate Silver brings his unparalleled expertise and lively analysis to this visually compelling new volume.
Author : Gareth Cook
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0544867084
“When it comes to infographics…the best work in this field grabs those eyes, keeps them glued, and the grip is sensual—and often immediate. A good graphic says ‘See what I see!’ and either you do or you don’t. The best ones…pull you right in, and won’t let you go.” —From the introduction by Robert Krulwich The year’s most “awesome” (RedOrbit) infographics reveal aspects of our world in often startling ways—from a haunting graphic mapping the journey of 15,790 slave ships over 315 years, to a yearlong data drawing project on postcards that records and cements a trans-Atlantic friendship. The Best American Infographics 2016 covers the realms of social issues, health, sports, arts and culture, and politics—including crisp visual data on the likely Democratic/Republican leanings of an array of professions (proving that your urologist is far more likely to be a Republican than your pediatrician). Here once again are the most innovative print and electronic infographics—“the full spectrum of the genre—from authoritative to playful” (Scientific American). ROBERT KRULWICH is the cohost of Radiolab and a science correspondent for NPR. He writes, draws, and cartoons at Curiously Krulwich, where he synthesizes scientific concepts into colorful, one-of-a-kind blog posts. He has won several Emmy awards for his work on television, and has been called “the most inventive network reporter in television” by TV Guide.
Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0544527968
This anthology of 20 short stories features some of today’s best mystery authors—from Lee Child to Jeffrey Deaver and Joyce Carol Oates. For the 2015 edition of The Best American Mystery Stories, guest editor James Patterson presents twenty tales with all the tension, drama, and visceral emotion of Oscar-worthy cinema. These stories features characters who must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others. In one standout entry, Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane team up to send legendary detective Harry Bosch after a child abductor. The Best American Mystery Stories, 2015 includes Tomiko M. Breland, Brendan DuBois, Janette Turner Hospital, Theresa E. Lehr, Doug Allyn, Andrew Bourelle, Joseph D’Agnese, Scott Grand, John M. Floyd, Steven Heighton, Richard Lange, Theresa E. Lehr, Lee Martin, and others. “These edgy tales strike hard and fast but Leave vivid memories behind.”—Kirkus
Author : Gareth Cook
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 0547973373
The newest volume--fresh and visually arresting--in the acclaimed Best American series, showcasing the finest examples of data visualization from the past year
Author : Lorrie Moore
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 985 pages
File Size : 33,20 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 054405606X
Witness the ever-changing history and identity of America in this collection of 40 stories collected from the first 100 years of this bestselling series. For the centennial celebration of this annual series, The Best American Short Stories, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-scenes anecdotes and examines, decade by decade, the trends captured over a hundred years. Together, the stories and commentary offer an extraordinary guided tour through a century of literature with what Moore calls “all its wildnesses of character and voice.” These forty stories represent their eras but also stand the test of time. Here is Ernest Hemingway’s first published story and a classic by William Faulkner, who admitted in his biographical note that he began to write “as an aid to love-making.” Nancy Hale’s story describes far-reaching echoes of the Holocaust; Tillie Olsen’s story expresses the desperation of a single mother; James Baldwin depicts the bonds of brotherhood and music. Here is Raymond Carver’s “minimalism,” a term he disliked, and Grace Paley’s “secular Yiddishkeit.” Here are the varied styles of Donald Barthelme, Charles Baxter, and Jamaica Kincaid. From Junot Díaz to Mary Gaitskill, from ZZ Packer to Sherman Alexie, these writers and stories explore the different things it means to be American.
Author : Jonathan Lethem
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 31,72 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0544107705
Collects original comic strips from American authors and illustrators published in comic and graphic novel format
Author : Ariel Levy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0544579216
“22 contributors explore a wide range of experiences” in this “illuminating, invaluable” anthology edited by the author of Female Chauvinist Pigs (Publishers Weekly). Writing an essay is like catching a wave, posits guest editor Ariel Levy. To catch a wave, you need skill and nerve, not just moving water. The writers featured in this volume are certainly full of nerve, and have crafted a wide range of pieces awash in a diversity of moods, voices, and stances. Leaving an abusive marriage, parting with a younger self, losing your sanity to Fitbit, and even saying goodbye to a beloved pair of pants are just some of the experience probed by essays that are unified in the daring of their creation. As Levy notes, Writing around an idea you think is worthwhile—an idea you suspect is an insight—requires real audacity.” The Best American Essays 2015 includes entries by Hilton Als, Roger Angell, Justin Cronin, Meghan Daum, Anthony Doerr, Margo Jefferson, David Sedaris, Zadie Smith, Rebecca Solnit and others.
Author : Glenn Stout
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 14,82 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0544340051
The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year.
Author : 826 National
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 27,12 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0544569636
Adam Johnson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Orphan Master's Son, works with group of high school students out of 826 San Francisco to select the year's best new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and category-defying gems aimed at readers 15 and up.