Bøker utgitt av WW Norton & Co

A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on society.

Four decades of correspondence of Tennessee Williams's and James Laughlin's unlikely yet enduring literary and personal relationship.

An award-winning historian reinterprets the battle that launched the American Revolution.

Celebrated poet Li-Young Lee returns with a breathtaking new volume about the violence of desire and the peace of love.

An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century, published on the centenary of his birth.

This Norton Critical Edition includes the most admired of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

This Norton Critical Edition reprints the original 1850 text of Dickens' most autobiographical novel, and his own personal favorite, including all of the line drawings by Phiz.

A "raw and honest" (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States.

A deeply personal story of a woman's addiction to and recovery from the high of dangerous encounters. But the misguided search that became Silverman's life has resonance for those with other addictions, whether to food, drugs, alcohol, or work.

Salvos of sane and humorous dissent from the worship of the almighty market.

In the ninety years since the Titanic sank, countless sermons and editorials, poems, songs and ads, socialists and chauvinists, Christians, reformers, anarchists, and pitchmen have drawn on the power of the century's worst disaster to move their audience.

"A strong antidote to the growing sinophobia in the U.S."-Wall Street Journal

"A magnificent tapestry . . . a story that reaches beyond China into our world and time: a story of faith, hope, passion, and a fatal grandiosity."--Washington Post Book World

"It is, make no mistake, the best management answer for our chaotic times." -Tom Peters

"An important work on a monumental subject." -Anna Quindlen, New York Times Book Review

Thirteen of black America's most eloquent voices share their visions for a self-sufficient, self-determined future.

The second edition of this guide to the "Garden State" reveals the historic, cultural, and ecological diversity of the state. Includes extensive coverage of the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City.

Renowned for its clear prose and no-nonsense emphasis on core concepts, Statistics covers fundamentals using real examples to illustrate the techniques.

The curious wanderer's guide to the colorful history and the rich natural diversity of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay area.

A groundbreaking book about suicide.

A brilliant history that goes beyond the dazzling "I Have a Dream" speech to explore the real significance of the massive march and the movement it inspired.

A tale of fathers and sons, the ties that bind, and the barriers of class that even love cannot break, Three Bargains is a stunning first novel, as potent, heart-stopping, and epic as Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner.

For the independent traveler looking to go beyond tourist luaus and snorkel cruises, this new edition guides you to the best Oahu has to offer.

In this extremely practical introduction to musical analysis, the author explores the factors that give unity and coherence to musical masterpieces, seeking the answers mainly in the formal and harmonic structure of individual compositions.

This Norton Critical Edition looks at the full range of opinion and interpretation of this major play from its origins to the present day, from its "genius" (William Hazlitt) to its being a "hateful work, although Shakespearean throughout" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), and beyond.

"[An] engrossing survey of the history of childbirth." -Stephen Lowman, Washington Post

Intent upon letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading these classic authors, the How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon.

A new Norton Critical Edition to fuel the renewed interest in this energetic field of study.

This Norton Critical Edition of one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies is based on the First Quarto text with variants from the First Folio.