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In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a series of conversations on their shared passion: music. Over the course of two years, Murakami and Ozawa discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from Bartók to Mahler, and from pop-up orchestras to opera. They listen to and dissect recordings of some of their favorite performances, and Murakami questions Ozawa about his career conducting orchestras around the world. Culminating in Murakami's ten-day visit to the banks of Lake Geneva to observe Ozawa's retreat for young musicians, the book is interspersed with ruminations on record collecting, jazz clubs, orchestra halls, film scores, and much more. A deep reflection on the essential nature of both music and writing, Absolutely on Music is an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of two maestros.

Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino. <br/><br/> Celebrating its fortieth anniversary,<i> The Color Purple</i> writes a message of healing, forgiveness, self-discovery, and sisterhood to a new generation of readers. An inspiration to authors who continue to give voice to the multidimensionality of Black women's stories, including Tayari Jones, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Jesmyn Ward, and more, The Color Purple remains an essential read in conversation with storytellers today. <br/><br/> Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award! <br/><br/>A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature,<i> The Color Purple</i> depicts the lives of African American women in early-twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other, the novel draws readers into a rich and memorable portrayal of Black women-their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. <br/><br/> Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, <i>The Color Purple</i> breaks the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, and carries readers on an epic and spirit-affirming journey toward transformation, redemption, and love. <br/><br/> <i>"Reading The Color Purple was the first time I had seen Southern, Black women's literature as world literature. In writing us into the world-bravely, unapologetically, and honestly-Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay."</i> -Tayari Jones <br/><br/> <i>"The Color Purple was what church should have been, what honest familial reckoning could have been, and it is still the only art object in the world by which all three generations of Black artists in my family judge American art."</i> -Kiese Laymon

<b>A Good Morning America Buzz Pick<br/><br/>INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER<br/><br/>"Electrifying." - <i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i></b> <br/><b><br/>Named a Best Book of 2020 by <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>,&#160;NPR<i>, </i>USA TODAY,<i> Vanity Fair</i>, <i>Elle</i>,<i> Harper's Bazaar</i>, <i>Marie Claire</i>, Shondaland, <i>Teen Vogue,</i> <i>Vulture, Lit Hub, </i>Bustle,&#160;Electric Literature, and BookPage<br/><br/>What does it mean for a family to lose&#160;a child they never really knew?</b> <br/><br/>One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover her son's body, wrapped in colorful fabric, at her feet. What follows is the tumultuous, heart-wrenching story of one family's struggle to understand a child whose spirit is both gentle and mysterious. Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienting blackouts, moments of disconnection between self and surroundings. As adolescence gives way to adulthood, Vivek finds solace in friendships with the warm, boisterous daughters of the Nigerwives, foreign-born women married to Nigerian men. But Vivek's closest bond is with Osita, the worldly, high-spirited cousin whose teasing confidence masks a guarded private life. As their relationship deepens-and Osita struggles to understand Vivek's escalating crisis-the mystery gives way to a heart-stopping act of violence in a moment of exhilarating freedom.&#160;<br/><br/>Propulsively readable, teeming with unforgettable characters, <i>The Death of Vivek Oji</i> is a novel of family and friendship that challenges expectations-a dramatic story of loss and transcendence that will move every reader.

<b>The influential masterpiece of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant-and neglected-science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called "the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced."-now in development as a miniseries directed by Johan Renck.<br/></b> <br/><b>"[Wyndham] avoids easy allegories and instead questions the relative values of the civilisation that has been lost, the literally blind terror of humanity in the face of dominant nature. . . . Frightening and powerful, Wyndham's vision remains an important allegory and a gripping story."-<i>The Guardian</i> </b><br/><br/><i>What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind-and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants?&#160;<br/></i><br/>Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he quickly realizes that surviving in this strange new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids-plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers.

<b>A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia-from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature</b><br/><br/><b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF&#160;THE YEAR BY</b><br/> <b><i>The Washington Post</i>&#160;-&#160;<i>The Guardian</i>&#160;- NPR -&#160;<i>The Economist</i>&#160;-&#160;<i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i>&#160;-&#160;<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br/><br/>For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of "a new kind of literary genre," describing her work as "a history of emotions . . . a history of the soul."<br/><br/> In <i>The Unwomanly Face of War, </i>Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women-more than a million in total-were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten.<br/><br/> Alexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than a hundred towns to record these women's stories. Together, this symphony of voices reveals a different aspect of the war-the everyday details of life in combat left out of the official histories.<br/><br/> Translated by the renowned Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, <i>The Unwomanly Face of War</i> is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the twentieth century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war.<br/><br/> <b>THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE</b><br/> <b>"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."</b>&#160;<br/><br/>"A landmark."<b>-Timothy Snyder, author of&#160;<i>On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century</i></b><br/><br/> "An astonishing book, harrowing and life-affirming . . . It deserves the widest possible readership."<b>-Paula Hawkins, author of&#160;<i>The Girl on the Train</i></b><br/><br/> "Alexievich has gained probably the world's deepest, most eloquent understanding of the post-Soviet condition. . . . [She] has consistently chronicled that which has been intentionally forgotten."<b>-Masha Gessen,&#160;National Book Award-winning author of&#160;<i>The Future Is History</i></b>

<b>A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER </b><br/><br/><b>"One of the most important books of the current moment."-Time </b><br/><br/><b>"A rousing call to action... It should be required reading for everyone."-Gabrielle Union, author of We're Going to Need More Wine </b><br/><br/><b>"A brutally candid and unobstructed portrait of mainstream white feminism.</b><b>" -Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist </b><br/><br/><b>A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black feminism</b><br/><br/>Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. That feminists refuse to prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the age-old problem of both internecine discord and women who rebuff at carrying the title. Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. <br/><br/>How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? In her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization, along with incisive commentary on politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, Hood Feminism delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux. An unforgettable debut, Kendall has written a ferocious clarion call to all would-be feminists to live out the true mandate of the movement in thought and in deed.

<b>Delve into the history of the sinister Count Dooku in the original script to the thrilling&#160;<i>Star Wars&#160;</i>audio production!</b><br/><br/>Darth Tyranus. Count of Serenno. Leader of the Separatists. A red saber, unsheathed in the dark. But who was he before he became the right hand of the Sith? As Dooku courts a new apprentice, the hidden truth of the Sith Lord's past begins to come to light.&#160;<br/>&#160;<br/>Dooku's life began as one of privilege-born within the stony walls of his family's estate, orbited by the Funeral Moon where the bones of his ancestors lie interred. But soon, his Jedi abilities are recognized, and he is taken from his home to be trained in the ways of the Force by the legendary Master Yoda.<br/>&#160;<br/>As he hones his power, Dooku rises through the ranks, befriending fellow Jedi Sifo-Dyas and taking a Padawan of his own, the promising Qui-Gon Jinn-and tries to forget the life that he once led. But he finds himself drawn by a strange fascination with the Jedi Master Lene Kostana, and the mission she undertakes for the Order: finding and studying ancient relics of the Sith, in preparation for the eventual return of the deadliest enemies the Jedi have ever faced.<br/>&#160;<br/>Caught between the world of the Jedi, the ancient responsibilities of his lost home, and the alluring power of the relics, Dooku struggles to stay in the light-even as the darkness begins to fall.