BYOB: Bring Your Own Book Club

In Northern Sámi, the word Ædnan means the land, the earth, and my mother. These are all crucial forces within the lives of the Indigenous families that animate this groundbreaking book: an astonishing verse novel that chronicles a hundred years of change

This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria.

A cookbook for the real world: a beautifully illustrated, inclusive, and inspiring collection of delectable and doable recipes for home cooks of all kinds that shows you don't have to be an aspiring chef to make great food--or for cooking to be a delight.

In Counter-History of the Present Gabriel Rockhill contests, dismantles, and displaces one of the most widespread understandings of the contemporary world: that we are all living in a democratized and globalized era intimately connected by a single, overarching economic and technological network.

You Can Save Thousands a Year on Your Grocery Bill Without Cutting Coupons Imagine grocery shopping once-a-week or less, eating healthier, and having more free time--all while saving money.

The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the nation's first HBCUs.

A widow discovers an unexpected chance to start over--right in her own backyard.

100 all-new super-simple and incredibly delicious one-pot, one-pan, one-sheet--one-everything!

Learn the incredible story of Illinois senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth and see what inspired her to follow the path that made her who she is today.

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate, by New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer.

Save time, money, and stress while serving up healthy delicious food your whole family will love.

The foods featured in the New York Times bestseller Flat Belly Diet! not only help women lose belly fat, they also happen to make delicious and healthy meals for the whole family.

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

How to Be a Victorian is an enchanting manual for the insatiably curious, the "the cheapest time-travel machine you'll find" (NPR). Readers have fallen in love with Ruth Goodman, an historian who believes in getting her hands dirty.

In this concise narrative history, authors Mathieu W. Billings and Sean Farrell bring together both familiar and unheralded stories of the Irish in Illinois, highlighting the critical roles these immigrants and their descendants played in the settlement and the making of the Prairie State.

Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger.

An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China--perfect for fans of Lisa See's classics Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.

A rhyming tale about what happens when a family decides to take every word to heart--and the hilarious consequences that follow.

The spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and how a great earthquake sparked a devastating and preventable firestorm.

Look who's making dinner! Twenty-one of our favorite writers and chefs expound upon the joys-and perils-of feeding their families.

101 super-quick and ultra-easy recipes for each of the four seasons--totaling a whopping 404 recipes--from award-winning cookbook author and popular New York Times columnist Mark Bittman.

Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment.

As soon as Gail and Jon Durbin bring home their adopted baby Maya, she becomes the glue that mends their fractured marriage. But the Durbin's social worker, Paige, can't find the teenage birth mother to sign the consent forms.

Pam Anderson shares her secret for having people over without breaking stride: Make just one dish.

This extensive guide shows how the history and culture of Illinois are embedded in the names of its towns, cities, and other geographical features.

Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump's GOP, he has made headlines in recent years for standing alone against the forces he believes are poisoning the party he once led.

A groundbreaking account of Schumann, a major composer whose music is becoming increasingly popular over the years.

In the waning years of the nineteenth century, women journalists across the United States risked reputation and their own safety to expose the hazardous conditions under which many Americans lived and worked.

Slow cooking is the perfect mealtime solution for anyone who wants to enjoy delicious food with a minimum of effort.

This classic story of bad decisions leading to worse consequences takes place in a small Illinois Rust Belt city circa 1979.

This novel by Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple.

If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again--by whatever means necessary.