Food Essays

Griffith paints an inspiring yet practical picture of empowered local communities acting collectively when it comes to renewable energy, and benefiting financially. He considers both equity and security – an end to dependence on foreign oil, for instance. He explores the rejuvenation of regional Australia, as well as the rise of a new populist movement driven by Australian women. And he explodes once and for all the trees v. jobs binary. This is an electrifying essay about building a better world, one community at a time.

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda...

Turn skeptics into fans and fans into scholars with this smart, entertaining guide to 20 influential reality shows, from The Real World to The Traitors. Much like reality itself, reality TV has one main problem: There’s just too much of it. Whether you’re a devoted fan who wants to share...

Parenting is a journey of self-discovery as much as it is about raising children. In this book, psychotherapist Riri G. Trivedi and parent coach Anagha Nagpal draw on years of expertise in psychotherapy and positive parenting to provide valuable insights and much-needed support for Indian...

Welcome to the wild, messy, wonderful world of parenting―where the nights are long, the diapers are explosive, and unsolicited advice comes at you from every direction.In Bacchon ki Doctor’s Desi Parenting Book, pediatrician and popular parenting voice Dr. Madhavi Bhardwaj brings you the...

As a gay kid in a rural town in the U.K., as an actor, a social media star, and as someone with ADHD, Theo Walker has worn many masks in his daily life. This coming-of-age memoir is a rollicking, wickedly funny, yet radically honest account of what happens when you stop performing. From the...

In this provocative memoir, award-winning publisher Kate Gale shares the harrowing story of her upbringing in an “intentional community”—a religious cult in which she faced abusive living conditions until her escape at age eighteen. When Kate Gale was four years old, her mother gave her to...

In her first major work since Holy Envy, one of our most luminous spiritual writers offers an intimate vision of the sacred work of being human, shaped by three decades of living close to the land. “Why do so many religious people look up for comfort instead of down, as if heaven were our only...

Incredible stories from the Brilliant and Bizarre World of Plants Get ready for a wild ride throughthe most shocking, inspiring and downright unbelievable stories about plant life, from the experts at Botanic Gardens of Sydney. This is your backstage pass to the drama, mystery and importance of...

We can save the planet, but first we need to break the rules. It's no surprise that the natural world around us is struggling. Climate change, destruction of vital ecosystems, loss of biodiversity—the list can feel never ending. But Forrest Galante, wildlife biologist, conservationist and...

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House...

National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Malinda Lo delivers an inspiring memoiri n verse about losing her language, finding her voice, and honoring her ancestors. In 1978 when Malinda Lo was three years old, she sat on her white American grandmother’s lap in a wheelchair as...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence comes a profound reckoning with what he has learned over five decades as an explorer of consciousness We’re all familiar with the concept of mindfulness, and most of us know that it is a harvest from Eastern thought...

Author of The Fact of a Body, and winner of this year’s Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich considers how we bear witness to trans lives, past and present. In Both and Neither, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich weaves memoir and history into a singular work shaped by the figures who...

“Riveting—a delicious odyssey full of history, humor, and jaw-dropping stories. If you want to understand the making of modern Russia, read this book.” —Daniel Stone, bestselling author of The Food Explorer A high-spirited, eye-opening, appetite-whetting culinary travel adventure by an...