Ballistics
by Billy Collins

A Billy Collins poem is instantly recognizable. "Using simple, understandable language," notes USA Today, the two-term U.S. Poet Laureate "captures ordinary life—its pleasure, its discontents, its moments of sadness and of joy."

Now, in this stunning new collection, Collins touches on a greater array of subjects—love, death, solitude, youth, and aging—delving deeper than ever before.

The Lost City of Z
by David Grann

"The Lost City of Z is at once a biography, a detective story and a wonderfully vivid piece of travel writing. . . . Mr. Grann treats us to a harrowing reconstruction of Fawcett's forays into the Amazonian jungle, as well as an evocative rendering of the vanished age of exploration." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To
by DC Pierson

"In a smart, funny and endlessly imaginative debut, the voluminously talented DC Pierson shows keen insight into the rocky emotional terrain of adolescence and the nuances of geek culture. . . . Pierson has written a trenchant, briskly readable and ultimately sad novel about the greatest, most fantastical and mind-bending adventure of all: growing up." —Nathan Rabin, Head Writer, The A.V. Club

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot

"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks brings to mind the work of Philip K. Dick and Edgar Allan Poe. But this tale is true. Rebecca Skloot explores the racism and greed, the idealism and faith in science that helped to save thousands of lives but nearly destroyed a family. This is an extraordinary book, haunting and beautifully told." —Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation