Books like This ain't no Holiday Inn by James Lough

Junior, a budding cartoonist from the Spokane Indian Reservation, transfers to an all‑white farm‑town high school, where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Jennifer Egan’s interlocking narratives weave the lives of Bennie Salazar, a former punk rocker turned record executive, and Sasha, a restless young woman, across decades and continents, exploring music, memory and the fragile threads that bind us.

In Mumbai’s slums, families chase better lives as India’s prosperity rises, revealing the human side of global inequality.

When a homeless man holds a top Washington, D.C. law firm hostage, senior partner Michael Brock must confront his past and choose between the lucrative legal world and the street justice he once abandoned.

Hannah Arendt’s classic examination of human activity—labor, work, and action—shows how everyday practice shapes the human condition and serves as a foundation for political freedom.

Two boys named Wes Moore, raised in Baltimore’s same streets, choose starkly different paths—one a Rhodes Scholar and business leader, the other a life‑sentenced murderer. The memoir chronicles their coincidental lives, letters, and profound reflections on choice and destiny.

ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS... Quinn knew she had to get away-from family, friends and a would-be fiance. She sought lodging in the mountains...but was sidetracked by a blizzard and a dose of destiny. MY TRUE GAVE TO ME... Santee knew it wasn't a start that drew him east that Christmas-he only knew it led him to Quinn...and a room at the quaint Mistletoe Inn. ONE GOLDEN RING There was something magical about the sleepy little town that kept holiday cheer all year round. Something wonderful, but odd... Quinn and Santee glowed with goodwill toward men-and each other. And this year, their only request from Santa was an answer: Was the magic as real as the feelings they fought?

Anthony Haden‑Guest details the rise and fall of Studio 54 and the broader nightlife world, drawing from his firsthand experiences with owners, celebrities, and club‑lords in 1970s New York.

A memoir of a young scholar’s first decade in 1950s New York, chronicling encounters with literary icons and the vibrant Greenwich Village scene.

"'Hysterically droll, touching, elegant, and wise--a coming-of-age story from someone who possibly came of age before her parents' (Patricia Marx, New Yorker writer and bestselling author), Trying to Float is a seventeen-year-old's darkly funny, big-hearted memoir about growing up in New York City's legendary Chelsea Hotel. New York's Chelsea Hotel may no longer be home to its most famous denizens--Andy Warhol, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, to name a few--but the eccentric spirit of the Chelsea is alive and well. Meet the family Rips: father Michael, a lawyer turned writer with a penchant for fine tailoring; mother Sheila, a former model and renowned artist who matches her welding outfits with couture; and daughter Nicolaia, a precocious high school junior at work on a record of her peculiar seventeen years. Nicolaia is a perpetual outsider who has struggled to find her place in public schools populated by cliquish girls and loudmouthed boys. But at the Chelsea, Nicolaia need not look far to find her tribe. There's her neighbor Storme, a tall woman who keeps a pink handgun strapped to her ankle; her babysitter, Paris, who may or may not have a second career as an escort; her friend Artie, former proprietor of New York's most famous nightclubs. The kids at school might never understand her, but as Nicolaia endeavors to fit in she begins to understand that the Chelsea's motley crew could hold the key to surviving the perils of a Manhattan childhood. Not since Holden Caulfield has there been such a fabulously compelling teen guide to New York City: Nicolaia Rips's debut is a disarming, humble, heartfelt, and wise tale of coming-of-age amid the contradictions, complexities, and shifting identities of life in New York City. A bohemian Eloise for our times, Trying to Float is a triumphant parable for the power of embracing difference in all its forms"--

Truman Capote’s memoir "Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir" pairs his lyrical essay with newly discovered photographs by David Attie, offering a vivid, 1959 portrait of Brooklyn Heights and its people.

Henry Skrimshander, a baseball star at the small Lake Michigan school Westish College, faces self‑doubt when a routine throw goes awry, unsettling the lives of five people.

There has never been and will never be another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. Now, in the first official book on the legendary club, co-owner Ian Schrager presents a spectacular volume brimming with star-studded photographs and personal stories from the greatest party of all time. From the moment it opened in 1977, Studio 54 celebrated spectacle and promised a never-ending parade of anything goes. Although it existed for only three years, it served as a catalyst that brought together some of the most famous and creative people in the world. It quickly became known for its celebrity guest list and uniquely chic clientele. From the cutting-edge lighting displays to its elaborate sets, it was the beginning of nightclub as performance art. Now, 'Studio 54' explores this cultural zeitgeist and gives us Schrager's personal firsthand account of what it was like to create and run the most famous nightclub of our age. With hundreds of photographs, many of which have never been seen before, of the celebrities and beautiful people and engaging stories and quotes from such cultural luminaries as Liza Minnelli, David Geffen, Brooke Shields, Pat Cleveland, and Diane von Furstenberg, this exciting volume depicts the wild energy and glittering creativity of the era. One of the most important cultural landmarks of the twentieth century, Studio 54 continues to inspire with its legendary glamour. This exhilarating volume is a must-have for style and fashion aficionados today.