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Why We Can't Sleep

Women's New Midlife Crisis

by Ada Calhoun ...

The acclaimed author explores the hidden crises of Gen X women in this "engaging hybrid of first-person confession, reportage [and] pop culture analysis" ( The New Republic).Ada Calhoun was married with children and a good career—and yet she was miserable. She thought she had no right to complain until she realized how many other Generation X women felt the same way. What could be behind this ... Read more

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The acclaimed author explores the hidden crises of Gen X women in this "engaging hybrid of first-person confession, reportage [and] pop culture analysis" ( The New Republic).Ada Calhoun was married with children and a good career—and yet she was miserable. She thought she had no right to complain until she realized how many other Generation X women felt the same way. What could be behind this
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Crush

A Novel

by Ada Calhoun ...

**Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, Elle, and Marie Claire“Ada Calhoun writes with absolute clarity about the giddiest and most destabilizing feeling—the crush. This novel made me feel dizzy and I loved every second. Calhoun can seduce me any day of the week.”—Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time TomorrowWhen a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from ... Read more

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**Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, Elle, and Marie Claire“Ada Calhoun writes with absolute clarity about the giddiest and most destabilizing feeling—the crush. This novel made me feel dizzy and I loved every second. Calhoun can seduce me any day of the week.”—Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time TomorrowWhen a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from
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Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

by Ada Calhoun ...

Seven essays celebrating the beauty of the imperfect marriage.We hear plenty about whether or not to get married, but much less about what it takes to stay married. Clichés around marriage—eternal bliss, domestic harmony, soul mates—leave out the real stuff. After marriage you may still want to sleep with other people. Sometimes your partner will bore the hell out of you. And when stuck paying for ... Read more

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Seven essays celebrating the beauty of the imperfect marriage.We hear plenty about whether or not to get married, but much less about what it takes to stay married. Clichés around marriage—eternal bliss, domestic harmony, soul mates—leave out the real stuff. After marriage you may still want to sleep with other people. Sometimes your partner will bore the hell out of you. And when stuck paying for
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St. Marks Is Dead

The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street

by Ada Calhoun ...

**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA vibrant narrative history of three hallowed Manhattan blocks—the epicenter of American cool.**St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O’Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of miscreant denizens believes that their era, and no other, marked the ... Read more

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**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA vibrant narrative history of three hallowed Manhattan blocks—the epicenter of American cool.**St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O’Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of miscreant denizens believes that their era, and no other, marked the
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Also a Poet

by Ada Calhoun ...

A staggering memoir from New York Times-bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relationship with her father and their shared obsession with a great poetWhen Ada Calhoun stumbled upon old cassette tapes of interviews her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, had conducted for his never-completed biography of poet Frank O’Hara, she set out to finish the book her father had ... Read more

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A staggering memoir from New York Times-bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relationship with her father and their shared obsession with a great poetWhen Ada Calhoun stumbled upon old cassette tapes of interviews her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, had conducted for his never-completed biography of poet Frank O’Hara, she set out to finish the book her father had
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Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible

The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet

by Tim Gunn, Ada Calhoun ...

In the beginning there was the fig leaf...and the toga. Crinolines and ruffs. Chain mailand corsets. What do these antiquated items have to do with the oh-so-twenty-first-century skinny jeans, graphic tee, and sexy pumps you slipped into this morning? Everything! Fashion begets fashion, and life—from economics to politics, weather to warfare, practicality to the utterly impractical—is reflected in ... Read more

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In the beginning there was the fig leaf...and the toga. Crinolines and ruffs. Chain mailand corsets. What do these antiquated items have to do with the oh-so-twenty-first-century skinny jeans, graphic tee, and sexy pumps you slipped into this morning? Everything! Fashion begets fashion, and life—from economics to politics, weather to warfare, practicality to the utterly impractical—is reflected in
... Read more
Instinctive Parenting

Trusting Ourselves to Raise Good Kids

by Ada Calhoun ...

Abandon your insecurities. Trust your instincts. Enjoy raising a happy, considerate child.SMART CHILDREARING SENSE FROM THE FOUNDING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF BABBLE.COMWhat’s the right way to parent? Any playground or online message board will supply as many opinions as there are adults. Every subject—from sleep training to time-outs to pacifiers—has its supporters and detractors, and every viewpoint ... Read more

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Abandon your insecurities. Trust your instincts. Enjoy raising a happy, considerate child.SMART CHILDREARING SENSE FROM THE FOUNDING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF BABBLE.COMWhat’s the right way to parent? Any playground or online message board will supply as many opinions as there are adults. Every subject—from sleep training to time-outs to pacifiers—has its supporters and detractors, and every viewpoint
... Read more
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Crush

A Novel

by Ada Calhoun ...

Narrated by Robyn Maryke ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

**Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, Elle, and Marie Claire“Ada Calhoun writes with absolute clarity about the giddiest and most destabilizing feeling—the crush. This novel made me feel dizzy and I loved every second. Calhoun can seduce me any day of the week.”—Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time TomorrowWhen a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from ... Read more

$18.00 USD

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**Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, Elle, and Marie Claire“Ada Calhoun writes with absolute clarity about the giddiest and most destabilizing feeling—the crush. This novel made me feel dizzy and I loved every second. Calhoun can seduce me any day of the week.”—Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time TomorrowWhen a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from
... Read more

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Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give

by Ada Calhoun ...

Narrated by Ada Calhoun ...

Unabridged

3 hours 17 min

Inspired by her wildly popular New York Times essay The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give, Ada Calhoun provides a funny (but not flip), smart (but not smug) take on the institution of marriage. Weaving intimate moments from her own married life with frank insight from experts, clergy, and friends, she upends expectations of total marital bliss to present a realistic—but ultimately optimistic—portrait ... Read more

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Inspired by her wildly popular New York Times essay The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give, Ada Calhoun provides a funny (but not flip), smart (but not smug) take on the institution of marriage. Weaving intimate moments from her own married life with frank insight from experts, clergy, and friends, she upends expectations of total marital bliss to present a realistic—but ultimately optimistic—portrait
... Read more

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St. Marks Is Dead

The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street

by Ada Calhoun ...

Narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O'Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of miscreant denizens believes that their era, and no other, marked the street's apex. This idiosyncratic work of reportage tells the many layered history of the street—from its beginnings as Colonial ... Read more

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St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O'Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of miscreant denizens believes that their era, and no other, marked the street's apex. This idiosyncratic work of reportage tells the many layered history of the street—from its beginnings as Colonial
... Read more

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Bad Bad Girl

A Novel

by Gish Jen ...

Narrated by Gish Jen, Jen Zhao ...

Unabridged

11 hours 59 min

**L.A. TIMES 15 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • TIME "100 BEST" • RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK • An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.“A transcendent work of art.” —Boston Globe“Gish Jen has written the multigenerational mother-daughter epic of our new century.” —Junot Díaz“Heart-piercingly personal. . . . Suffused with love.” —Los ... Read more

$24.00 USD

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**L.A. TIMES 15 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • TIME "100 BEST" • RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK • An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.“A transcendent work of art.” —Boston Globe“Gish Jen has written the multigenerational mother-daughter epic of our new century.” —Junot Díaz“Heart-piercingly personal. . . . Suffused with love.” —Los
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My Documents

A Novel

by Kevin Nguyen ...

Narrated by Kelly Marie Tran ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

**The paths of four family members diverge drastically when the U.S. government begins detaining Vietnamese Americans, in this “rich, gripping novel that lands squarely as a mirror of our contemporary moral squalor” (Los Angeles Times).“Comically macabre . . . Nguyen [is] a stellar satirist who takes bold imaginative risks.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, THE ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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**The paths of four family members diverge drastically when the U.S. government begins detaining Vietnamese Americans, in this “rich, gripping novel that lands squarely as a mirror of our contemporary moral squalor” (Los Angeles Times).“Comically macabre . . . Nguyen [is] a stellar satirist who takes bold imaginative risks.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, THE
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