Books published by WW Norton & Co

Patrick McGovern-part modern scientist, part Indiana Jones-uncovers and re-creates the oldest alcoholic beverages ever found.

A moving exploration of the most common but most mysterious procedure in medicine.

A celebrated scholar's rich account of Jewish humour: its nature, its development and its vital role throughout Jewish history.

"An engaging piece of historical detective work and narrative craft." -Chicago Tribune

The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific.

The fascinating story of how creative cooperation inspired two of the world's most celebrated musical acts.

Hamlet, Shakespeare's most famous play, is now available in an all-new, illustrated Norton Critical Edition.

"Finally, a novel of literary suspense that gets almost everything right-forensically and psychologically." -Sarah Weinman, Baltimore Sun

The long-awaited new collection from Lee K. Abbott, "Cheever's true heir, our major American short story writer" (William Harrison).

A doctor's bold analysis of the cultural disease that afflicts us all.

A comprehensive new guide to the best fly-fishing for trout and landlocked salmon in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

"Brilliant.... A loving and detailed celebration of a diverse, beautiful and often astounding people."-Laurence Gonzales, Chicago Tribune

"It is difficult to imagine a juicier subject, or a more thoughtful, fluent, trustworthy guide for its exploration."-San Francisco Chronicle

A seminal discussion of literature by the author of The Revolt of the Masses.

"A work of extraordinary distinction, one which is surely destined to be a permanent landmark in the long history of Homeric studies." -Whitney J. Oates, American Scholar

Here is Jemima Shore at her cleverest and Antonia Fraser at the top of her form.

An introduction to the nature of poetry and the poetic experience.

This new novel features Jemima Shore, the delightful heroine of Antonia Fraser's highly praised first mystery, Quiet as a Nun.

Once patriarchal and phallocentric, psychoanalysis has now become strongly mother-centered. This book tells the story of that revolution through biographical portraits of four pioneering figures in the early institutions of psychoanalysis: Helene Deutsch, Karen Horney, Anna Freud, and Melanie Klein.

The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within the same conceptual frame are heavenly and musical harmonies, romantic love, materialism, and racism.

"As old as time itself and as fleet as its flying moments," the Arabian horse has remained practically unchanged throughout the more than 3,500 years of the history of the breed.

Discover the powerful natural properties of cannabidiol oil.

The one hundred years that preceded the French Revolution witnessed the rise of kings to unmatched power and influence in European affairs.

Plant proteins that deliver all the meaty satisfaction of your favorite comfort foods

"Genuinely open-minded and inquiring. . . .it intelligently summarizes and shrewdly questions four central topics of Marxist thought-the dialectical approach to philosophy, the materialist interpretation of history, the socio-analysis of capitalism and the commitment to socialism." -Raymond Williams, Cambridge University