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Biography
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain

Biography
Black trans luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQ+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy.

Business
A smart, incisive look at the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the drawbacks and pitfalls of technology sold under this banner, and why it’s crucial to recognize the many ways in which AI hype covers for a small set of power-hungry actors at work and in the world.

Business
An illuminating tour through the manufacturing world and its seismic influence on our lives, from internationally renowned expert Tim Minshall

Business
The rise, fall, and revival of the Caesar of Silicon Valley.

Cooking
From TikTok sensation Condiment Claire, a quirky and informative guide to the flavor enhancers we can’t get enough of, with dozens of recipes for making and using condiments of all descriptions

Cooking
The dad’s guide to getting dinner on the table; more than 80 unfussy, uncompromising recipes for weeknights and beyond. With a foreword by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Cooking
From teacher-turned-grillmaster and TikTok sensation The Meat Teacher comes the ultimate BBQ lesson plan: a fiery cookbook packed with mouthwatering recipes and easy-to-follow tips that will guarantee you graduate with an A+ at the pit.

Cooking
BBQ Hall of Famer and founder of Amazingribs.com Meathead presents an unmatched guide to the science of great barbecue, grilling, griddling, and outdoor cooking with the latest cutting-edge science, covering even more cooking techniques-plus more than 110 creative and inspiring recipes.

Cooking
Charlise Rookwood, the vegan influencer and host of The Black Vegan Cooking Show, brings a vegan approach to African and Caribbean-style cooking

Health
From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Overeating comes an illuminating understanding of body weight, including the promise—and peril —of the latest weight loss drugs.

Health
From the most visible woman writing about weightlifting today, a "profoundly engrossing" memoir and manifesto about how lifting helped dissolve her allegiance to diet culture; taught her to be at home in her body; and led her to grow every kind of strength (Elizabeth Greenwood).

Science
Award-winning broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough and longtime collaborator Colin Butfield present a powerful call to action focused on our planet's oceans, exploring how critical this habitat is for the survival of humanity and the earth's future.

Memoirs
A searing, unflinchingly intimate memoir about one young couple caught up in the machinery of America's military system, learning to live and love through war and all that comes after

Memoirs
From one of the hottest stand-up comedians, Nate Bargatze brings his everyman comedy to the page in this hilarious collection of personal stories, opinions, and confessions.

Memoirs
A MacArthur “Genius” shares her inspiring story, from undocumented newcomer to leader in a powerful immigrant youth movement

Memoirs
Jill Bialosky, the poet behind the “tender, absorbing, and deeply moving memoir” (Entertainment Weekly) History of a Suicide, returns with a lyrical portrait of her mother’s life, told in reverse order from burial to birth.

Memoirs
On July 1, 1975, Kelsey Grammer's younger sister, 18-year-old Karen Grammer, was raped and murdered---now, for the first time, Kelsey discusses how it has affected him and the hope and healing he has found in the decades since.

Memoirs
From filmmaker, writer, producer and actor Tommy Dorfman—currently starring in Broadway's ROMEO+JULIET—comes a beautifully written, bracingly original memoir, structured through the profound revelations of a single tarot card reading—chronicling her troubled teen years, the highs and lows of her creative career, and her journey to self-acceptance.

Memoirs
Yiyun Li's remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance as she considers the loss of her son James.

Memoirs
From “a writer who’s absolutely going places” (Roxane Gay), a remarkable, inventive debut memoir about a mother-daughter relationship across cycles of poverty, separation, and illness, exploring how we forge identity in the face of imminent loss.

Memoirs
In this darkly humorous and wrenchingly sincere memoir, a young Indian American woman’s dreams of being a well-adjusted college student get wildly derailed when her struggles with mental health land her in the office of a charismatic alternative therapist and his Mormon self-help cult.

Memoirs
From acclaimed fashion designer Prabal Gurung comes a captivating, courageous literary memoir, a testament to the transformative power of creativity, and a celebration of the power of femininity and individuality

Memoirs
Pulitzer Prize winning writer, editor and TV host Jonathan Capehart recounts powerful stories from his life about embracing identity, picking battles, seizing opportunity and finding his voice.

Self Help
Dad, your new life begins in one hour.

Self Help
In his groundbreaking leadership book, John Wang, a top empowerment coach to Asian American professionals across Fortune 500 companies, offers research-backed guidance for Asian Americans to embody their most confident selves in business, relationships, and their everyday lives.

Self Help
A captivating and insightful deep dive into the world of human intuition, exploring the power of this elusive phenomenon and how it can be harnessed to better know and trust ourselves.

Self Help
The New York Times bestselling author, Bulletproof Coffee creator, and father of biohacking teaches you how to upgrade your brain to speed it up or slow it down at will and alter your physical and mental states.

Self Help
Do you want to experience personal growth and development? Would you like to better understand your unique strengths and weaknesses so you can live a happier life? Human design is a new way of thinking about what's right for you. It is more than a personality tool, it is a resource that awakens you to your true self and explains how you are designed and who you are. Using the time, date, and place of your birth you can see how you're uniquely wired to operate and thrive.

Self Help
A deeply researched, lively, and personal exploration of the multibillion-dollar wellness industry -- about why women are feeling so un-well and how this trend has shaped our thinking about health and self-care

Self Help
Awaken the power of your inner voice and discover tools for leading a life enriched by empathy, creativity, and boundless wisdom.

Self Help
Doctor by day and Bravo’s Real Housewife by night, Tiffany Moon has a prescription for releasing perfectionism and finding joy! "A must-read for anyone seeking more balance, purpose, and joy at home and at work.”—Barbara Corcoran

Self Help
From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Humankind and Utopia for Realists—“a more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell” (The New York Times)—comes a bold manifesto daring us to harness our talents and transform our idealism into action, all with the goal of making the world a wildly better place.

Self Help
This guidebook for being alive—by the #1 New York Times bestselling authors and award-winning podcast hosts—is a moving exploration of the 20 essential human questions.

Social Science
Across the Board is a rollicking journey through the history and culture of tabletop games and the unparalleled way that they bring people together

Social Science
A smart and thought-provoking memoir, history, and cultural critique about the turmoil and complexity of female friendship

Social Science
In this provocative dialogue, a Nobel laureate novelist and a leading translator investigate the nature of language and the challenges of translation. "An intelligent, moving, and supremely humane act of criticism that reveals just how difficult and wondrous it can be to inhabit a language that is not your own." -- Merve Emre

Social Science
A hotshot firefighter’s gripping firsthand account of a record-setting fire season

True Crime
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Prairie Fires comes a terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond—a gripping investigation of how a new strain of psychopath emerged out of a toxic landscape of deadly industrial violence

True Crime
A brilliant and bloody examination of the axe's foundational role in human history, from prehistoric violence, to war and executions, to newspaper headlines and popular culture.

US History
From an award-winning historian and New York Times bestselling author, a gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln's decision to go to war against the Confederacy.

US History
From a NAACP award-winning historian and Fulbright scholar, a history of education in the United States from the end of the Civil War to the historic ruling of Brown v. Board of Education.

US History
A “captivating and compelling” (Keisha N. Blain, coeditor of the #1 New York Times–bestseller Four Hundred Souls) narrative history of 1963, the pivotal moment in America’s long civil rights movement—the year of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and the assassinations of Medgar Evers and John F. Kennedy

US History
The inside story of the CIA’s secret mind control project, MKULTRA, using never-before-seen testimony from the perpetrators themselves.

US History
A vivid history of the American Prairie and an urgent call to understand and protect this natural wonder, which rivals the rainforest in its biological diversity and, with little notice, is disappearing even faster.

US History
From the New York Times bestselling author of Capote’s Women comes an astonishing account of the revolutionary artist Andy Warhol and his scandalous relationships with the ten women he deemed his “Superstars”.

World History
A riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II, THE ART SPY uncovers how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world's most treasured masterpieces.

World History
A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics.

World History
An enthralling exploration of the world of oriental carpets--their fascinating history, their obsessive collectors, and an exquisite meditation on their powerful allure.

World History
A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship

World History
From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington's Spies, "a page-turning thriller" (James M. Scott) about one of the greatest heists in history: the U.S. Navy’s clandestine capture of a Nazi U-boat at the climax of World War II.

World History
From the acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color—from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens—who tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural innovations, and acts of resistance.