<div>From a New York Times&ndash;bestselling and National Book Critics Award&ndash;winning author comes a &ldquo;small masterpiece&rdquo; of fatherhood, childhood, and bottle-feeding (Publishers Weekly). In a novel Entertainment Weekly called &ldquo;intensely funny and moving,&rdquo; Nicholson Baker takes the reader on an intellectual odyssey over the course of the twenty minutes it takes a new father to give his baby daughter her bottle. Through inspired moments of mental flight, Mike&rsquo;s thoughts on his newfound parenthood lead him back to his own childhood and to reflections on the objects of his youth. From glass peanut butter jars to French horns, from typography to courtship, Baker reveals &ldquo;some of the tenderest, most delicate interaction between husband and wife, adult and infant, in modern fiction&rdquo; (Los Angeles Times). &ldquo;Sparkling . . . frequently hilarious . . . This is a big novel unfolding . . . so subtly that one is scarcely aware of its magnitude until the last page.&rdquo; &mdash;The Boston Globe &ldquo;A delightful book . . . Every page provokes the shock, or at least the smile, of recognition.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post &ldquo;A major cosmic drama . . . It is a delightful book . . . a real charmer, a breath of fresh air, a show-stopping coloratura aria made of the quirks of memory and the quiddities of daily life.&rdquo; &mdash;The Sacramento Union &ldquo;[A] small masterpiece by an extraordinarily gifted . . . writer.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

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<div>A National Book Critics Circle Award&ndash;winner elevates the ordinary events that occur to a man on his lunch hour into &ldquo;a constant delight&rdquo; of a novel (The Boston Globe). In this startling, witty, and inexhaustibly inventive novel, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Nicholson Baker uses a one-story escalator ride as the occasion for a dazzling reappraisal of everyday objects and rituals. From the humble milk carton to the act of tying one&rsquo;s shoes, The Mezzanine at once defamiliarizes the familiar world and endows it with loopy and euphoric poetry. Baker&rsquo;s accounts of the ordinary become extraordinary through his sharp storytelling and his unconventional, conversational style. At first glance, The Mezzanine appears to be a book about nothing. In reality, it is a brilliant celebration of things, simultaneously demonstrating the value of reflection and the importance of everyday human experiences. &ldquo;A very funny book . . . Its 135 pages probably contain more insight into life as we live it today than anything currently on the best-seller list.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times &ldquo;Captures the spirit of American corporate life and invests it with a passion and sympathy that is entirely unexpected.&rdquo; &mdash;The Seattle Times &ldquo;Among the year&rsquo;s best.&rdquo; &mdash;The Boston Globe &ldquo;Baker writes with appealing charm . . . [He] clowns and shows off . . . rambles and pounces hard; he says acute things, extravagant things, terribly funny things.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times Book Review &ldquo;Wonderfully readable, in fact gripping, with surprising bursts of recognition, humor and wonder.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post Book World</div>

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<div>Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America today, has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy -- a wide-ranging, astonishingly fresh perspective on the political and social landscape that gave rise to World War II. Human Smoke delivers a closely textured, deeply moving indictment of the treasured myths that have romanticized much of the 1930s and '40s. Incorporating meticulous research and well-documented sources -- including newspaper and magazine articles, radio speeches, memoirs, and diaries -- the book juxtaposes hundreds of interrelated moments of decision, brutality, suffering, and mercy. Vivid glimpses of political leaders and their dissenters illuminate and examine the gradual, horrifying advance toward overt global war and Holocaust. Praised by critics and readers alike for his exquisitely observant eye and deft, inimitable prose, Baker has assembled a narrative within Human Smoke that unfolds gracefully, tragically, and persuasively. This is an unforgettable book that makes a profound impact on our perceptions of historical events and mourns the unthinkable loss humanity has borne at its own hand.</div>

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<div>Nicholson Baker, who &#8220;writes like no one else in America&#8221; (Newsweek), here assembles his best short pieces from the last fifteen years. The Way the World Works, Baker&#8217;s second nonfiction collection, ranges over the map of life to examine what troubles us, what eases our pain, and what brings us joy. Baker moves from political controversy to the intimacy of his own life, from forgotten heroes of pacifism to airplane wings, telephones, paper mills, David Remnick, Joseph Pulitzer, the OED, and the manufacture of the Venetian gondola. He writes about kite string and about the moment he met his wife, and he surveys our fascination with video games while attempting to beat his teenage son at Modern Warfare 2. In a celebrated essay on Wikipedia, Baker describes his efforts to stem the tide of encyclopedic deletionism; in another, he charts the rise of e-readers; in a third he chronicles his Freedom of Information lawsuit against the San Francisco Public Library. Through all these pieces, many written for The New Yorker, Harper&#8217;s, and The American Scholar, Baker shines the light of an inexpugnable curiosity. The Way the World Works is a keen-minded, generous-spirited compendium by a modern American master.</div>

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