Algonquin Books imprint: 445 books
The One-Cent Magenta
Inside the Quest to Own the Most Valuable Stamp in the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
An inside look at the obsessive, secretive, and often bizarre world of high-profile stamp collecting, told through the journey of the world’s most sought-after stamp.
When it was issued in 1856, it cost a penny. In 2014, this tiny square of faded red paper sold at Sotheby’s for nearly $9.5...
All-Night Party
The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2004
They were smart. Sassy. Daring. Exotic. Eclectic. Sexy. And influential. One could call them the first divas--and they ran absolutely wild. They were poets, actresses, singers, artists, journalists, publishers, baronesses, and benefactresses. They were thinkers and they were drinkers. They eschewed...
Empire of Deception
The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million—upward of $400 million today—in phantom timberland...
Tab Hunter Confidential
The Making of a Movie Star
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2006
Welcome to Hollywood, circa 1950, the end of the Golden Age. A remarkably handsome young boy, still a teenager, gets "discovered by a big-time movie agent. Because when he takes his shirt off young hearts beat faster, because he is the picture of innocence and trust and need, he will become a...
by Stella Suberman
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2001
"For a real bargain, while you're making a living, you should make also a life." --Aaron Bronson
In 1920, in small-town America, the ubiquitous dry goods store--suits and coats, shoes and hats, work clothes and school clothes, yard goods and notions--was usually owned by Jews and...
My Father's Paradise
A Son's Search for His Family's Past
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers and humble peddlers who dwelt in harmony with their...
Fay
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2000
She's had no education, hardly any shelter, and you can't call what her father's been trying to give her since she grew up "love." So, at the ripe age of seventeen, Fay Jones leaves home.
She lights out alone, wearing her only dress and rotting sneakers, carrying a purse with a half...
Midnight Assassin
A Murder in America's Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
In 1900, Margaret Hossack, the wife of a prominent Iowa farmer, was arrested for bludgeoning her husband to death with an ax while their children slept upstairs. The community was outraged: How could a woman commit such an act of violence? Firsthand accounts describe the victim, John Hossack, as a...
by Paula Poundstone
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
**“A remarkable journey. I laughed. I cried. I got another cat.” —Lily Tomlin
“Paula Poundstone is the funniest human being I have ever known.” —Peter Sagal, host of Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! and author of The Book of Vice**
“Is there a secret to happiness?”...
Rock On: An Office Power Ballad
An Office Power Ballad
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
How do you land a sweet six-figure marketing gig at the hallowed record label known for having signed everyone from Led Zeppelin to Stone Temple Pilots? You start with a resume like Dan Kennedy's: Dressed up as a member of Kiss every Halloween Memorized Led Zeppelin IV at age ten Fronted a lip-sync...
Very New Orleans
A Celebration of History, Culture, and Cajun Country Charm
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
The exquisite antebellum mansions of the Garden District. Giant oaks stretching across boulevards and back in time to before the Civil War. The decadence of Bourbon Street. The vibrant sounds of jazz, blues, and Cajun music coming from every doorway or right from the street. Lacy iron balconies that...
Candyfreak
A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2004
Perhaps you remember the whipped splendor of the Choco-Lite, or the luscious Caravelle bar, or maybe the sublime and perfectly balanced Hershey's Cookies 'n Mint. The Marathon, an inimitable rope of caramel covered in chocolate. Oompahs. Bit-O-Choc. The Kit Kat Dark.
Steve Almond certainly...
by Julia Alvarez
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
In a story that travels beyond borders and between families, acclaimed Dominican novelist and poet Julia Alvarez reflects on the joys and burdens of love—for her parents, for her husband, and for a young Haitian boy known as Piti. In this intimate true account of a promise kept, Alvarez takes us...
by Laila Lalami
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2010
Raised by his mother in a one-room house in the slums of Casablanca, Youssef El Mekki has always had big dreams of living another life in another world. Suddenly his dreams are within reach when he discovers that his father—whom he’d been led to believe was dead—is very much alive. A wealthy...