Algonquin Books: 449 books
by Hugh Howard
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
Imagine a house built and tailored to your every need and personal taste. Hugh Howard dreamed of such a house, and when he and his wife, Betsy, learn that they're expecting their second child, he seizes the opportunity to build a home for their growing family.
Fifteen months later and just...
Very Washington DC
A Celebration of the History and Culture of America's Capital City
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
A travel guide with character, this fact-filled keepsake offers all the history, beauty, charm, and culture of our nation's capital city. In eye-catching watercolors and detailed sketches, artist Diana Gessler captures the allure that makes Washington DC one of the most visited destinations in the...
The Day My Brain Exploded
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
After a full-throttle brain bleed at the age of twenty-five, Ashok Rajamani, a first-generation Indian American, had to relearn everything: how to eat, how to walk and to speak, even things as basic as his sexual orientation. With humor and insight, he describes the events of that day (his brain exploded...
Our Wild Calling
How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives—and Save Theirs
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
“Richard Louv has done it again. A remarkable book that will help everyone break away from their fixed gaze at the screens that dominate our lives and remember instead that
we are animals in a world of animals.” —Bill McKibben, author of Falter
Richard Louv’s landmark book, Last Child...
by William Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
William Alexander is determined to bake the perfect loaf of bread. He tasted it long ago, in a restaurant, and has been trying to reproduce it ever since. Without success. Now, on the theory that practice makes perfect, he sets out to bake peasant bread every week until he gets it right. He bakes...
by Betsy Block
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
"I'd always thought food was pretty straightforward: you're hungry, you eat; you're not, you don't. Then I became a mother." So begins Betsy Block's humorous, life-changing book on the ultimate of all makeovers: improving the family meal. But how is her plan even possible when eleven-year...
by Camille Glenn
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
A keepsake cookbook inspired by the classic meal of holidays past, from the author of THE HERITAGE OF SOUTHERN COOKING. It's divided into nineteen holiday menus, which salute seasonal activities from "Trimming the Tree" to "Ringing in the New Year." A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB'S GOOD COOK BOOK CLUB SELECTION.
Maman's Homesick Pie
A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
For Donia Bijan’s family, food has been the language they use to tell their stories and to communicate their love. In 1978, when the Islamic revolution in Iran threatened their safety, they fled to California’s Bay Area, where the familiar flavors of Bijan’s mother’s cooking formed a bridge...
Sugar Pie and Jelly Roll
Sweets from a Southern Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2000
Raised on a farm in North Carolina, Robbin Gourley started baking as a child the day she got her first toy oven. She's been producing beautiful paintings for almost as long. Her newest cookbook is a perfect combination of all of Gourley's talents, bringing together over sixty of her classic Southern...
Tasting the Past
One Man's Quest to Discover (and Drink!) the World's Original Wines
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
"A vintner’s blend of science, history, travel, and tantalizing drink recommendations." --Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist
In search of a mysterious wine he once tasted in a hotel room minibar, journalist Kevin Begos travels along the original wine routes—from...
Ginseng, the Divine Root
The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2006
The story behind ginseng is as remarkable as the root itself. Prized for its legendary curative powers, ginseng launched the rise to power of China's last great dynasty; inspired battles between France and England; and sparked a boom in Minnesota comparable to the California Gold Rush. It has made...
Let Them Eat Dirt
How Microbes Can Make Your Child Healthier
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
“A must-read . . . Takes you inside a child’s gut and shows you how to give kids the best immune start early in life.” —William Sears, MD, coauthor of The Baby Book
Like the culture-changing Last Child in the Woods, here is the first parenting book to apply the latest cutting-edge scientific...
Greasy Rider
Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Is it possible to drive coast-to-coast without stopping at a single gas pump? Journalist Greg Melville is determined to try. With his college buddy Iggy riding shotgun, this green-thinking guy—who's in love with the idea of free fuel—sets out on an enlightening road trip. The quest: to be the...
Gardener's Latin
A Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2003
For more than a decade, gardeners have been turning to a beautiful little hardcover book called Gardener's Latin, by Bill Neal. Neal understood that as Latin terms began appearing with increasing frequency on nursery tags and gardening catalogs, gardeners would need help. So he weeded through the...