Algonquin Books imprint: 445 books
Cannibalism
A Perfectly Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
“Surprising. Impressive. Cannibalism restores my faith in humanity.” —Sy Montgomery, The New York Times Book Review
For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biological significance. Its presence in nature was dismissed as a desperate response...
Wicked Bugs
The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes—creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world’s most painful hornet, to the flies that...
Comet's Tale
How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Comet’s Tale is a story about a friendship between two former winners, both a little down on their luck, who together stage a remarkable comeback. A former hard-driving attorney, Steven Wolf has reluctantly left his job and family and moved to Arizona for its warm winter climate. There he is drawn...
Notorious Victoria
The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 1998
“A remarkable biography . . . Well written and researched, this book warrants a spot on every serious American history student’s bookshelf.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
She was the first woman to run for president. She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress and to operate...
by Ilene Beckerman
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2005
Ilene "Gingy" Beckerman's beloved and bestselling book has been adapted for the stage by Nora and Delia Ephron. The star-studded Off-Broadway show is receiving rave reviews, as did the book:
“Illuminates the experience of an entire generation of women. . . . This small gem of a...
Paris Was Ours
Thirty-two Writers Reflect on the City of Light
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Paris is “the world capital of memory and desire,” concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever.
In thirty-two personal essays—more than half of which are here published for the first time—the...
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name
News from Small-Town Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2006
Tiny Haines, Alaska, is ninety miles north of Juneau, accessible mainly by water or air—and only when the weather is good. There's no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace and funerals are a community affair. Heather Lende posts both the obituaries and the social...
A Thousand Days in Tuscany
A Bittersweet Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
American chef Marlena de Blasi and her Venetian husband, Fernando, married rather late in life. In search of the rhythms of country living, the couple moves to a barely renovated former stable in Tuscany with no phone, no central heating, and something resembling a playhouse kitchen. They dwell among...
Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs
A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small Miracles
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
The Alaskan landscape—so vast, dramatic, and unbelievable—may be the reason the people in Haines, Alaska (population 2,400), so often discuss the meaning of life. Heather Lende thinks it helps make life mean more. Since her bestselling first book, If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name, a near-fatal...
A Thousand Days in Venice
An Unexpected Romance
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Fernando first sees Marlena across the Piazza San Marco and falls in love from afar. When he sees her again in a Venice café a year later, he knows it is fate. He knows little English; she, a divorced American chef traveling through Italy, speaks only food-based Italian. Marlena thought she was done...
The Milk Lady of Bangalore
An Unexpected Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
The elevator door opens. A cow stands inside, angled diagonally to fit. It doesn’t look uncomfortable, merely impatient. “It is for the housewarming ceremony on the third floor,” explains the woman who stands behind the cow, holding it loosely with a rope. She has the sheepish look of a person...
When the English Fall
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
A riveting and unexpected novel that questions whether a peaceful and non- violent community can survive when civilization falls apart.
*Again, all are asleep, but I am not. I need sleep, but though I read and I pray, I feel too awake. My mind paces the floor.
There are shots now and...
by Heidi W. Durrow
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy after a fateful morning on their Chicago rooftop.
Forced to move to a new city, with her strict African American grandmother as her guardian, Rachel is thrust for the first time into a mostly...
My Dear Mother
Stormy Boastful, and Tender Letters By Distinguished Sons--From Dostoevsky to Elvis
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 1997
This fascinating collection of letters between sons and mothers offers an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the mind and heart of the artist. Here are letters by over fifty writers, painters, and musicians, from boyhood to manhood--including Elvis Presley, Ezra Pound, E. B. White, Paul Cezanne,...