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  • Quincas Borba: A Novel

    Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Margaret Jull Costa, Robin Patterson

    Paperback

    A satirical tale of a young man flush with newfound wealth who promptly gets swindled, Quincas Borba is an inspired critique of nineteenth-century Brazil

  • The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time

    Keith Houston

    Paperback

    “Everybody who has ever read a book will benefit from the way Keith Houston explores the most powerful object of our time. And everybody who has read it will agree that reports of the book’s death have been greatly exaggerated.”—Erik Spiekermann, typographer

  • Norse Mythology: The Illustrated Edition

    Neil Gaiman, Levi Pinfold

    Hardback

    The #1 New York Times bestseller—a “gripping, suspenseful” (Washington Post) retelling of Norse myths—now with spectacular illustrations.

  • Letters to a Young Poet: The Norton Centenary Edition

    Rainer Maria Rilke, M. D. Herter Norton, Julia Reidhead, Damion Searls

    Hardback

    A gorgeous reissue of one of the most beloved classics of the twentieth century, published in celebration of Norton’s 100th anniversary

  • Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

    Leah Myers

    Hardback

    A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore and the search for identity in a fierce debut work of personal history