For fans of The Reader and Elena Ferrante comes a novel based on the true story of a young woman who moved to a village near the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's secret headquarters, and became one of his food t
National BestsellerBest Book of the Year: NPR, Shelf AwarenessIn prose filled with hilarious and heartbreakingly accurate one-liners, Stephen McCauley has written a novel that examines how we define h
Pure wish fulfillment for anyone who hasn’t gotten over the One Direction breakupCharlie Bloom is happiest behind her camera, unseen and unnoticed. When former classmate Olly Samson gets in touch out
David Hedges’s life is coming apart at the seams. His job helping San Francisco rich kids get into the colleges of their (parents’) choice is exasperating; his younger boyfriend has left him; and the
Your City. Judged. A sharp tongued and fierce witted full-color collection of maps of America’s greatest cities in all their brutally honest glory. When you move to a new city you look at a map to ge
Ed Ward covers the first half of the social history of rock & roll in this definitive book. Beginning in the 1920s when blues, country, and black popular music played over the air waves and the first
From Gates Scholar and First Lady of Stockton, CA, Anna Malaika Tubbs, comes The Three Mothers, the first book to celebrate the three great women who raised and shaped America's most pivotal heroes: MLK, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Much has been written about the Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them, who themselves were all born within six years of each other, all contending with the very specific prejudices faced by Black women during Jim Crow. Berdis, Alberta, and Louise all possessed an unrelenting belief in education--from Louise asking her children to read to her from the dictionary, to Berdis's faith and encouragement in her son's preternaturally gifted writing, to Alberta's unwavering dedication to Martin's higher education. These women used their strength and motherhood to push their sons toward greatness, all with a conviction that all hu
An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man”“You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.” So begins Emmanuel A
From Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor, and noted human rights activist Dr. Denis Mukwege comes an inspiring clarion call-to-action to confront the scourge of sexual violence and better learn from
L.A. Weather is a fun, fast-paced story of an affluent Mexican American couple who announce their impending divorce after nearly forty years of marriage, forcing their three grown daughters to take a
From the hosts of the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast comes an inspiring celebration of women who changed the world.Tracy V. Wilson and Holly Frey are fascinated by history-especially when i
The internationally bestselling novel based on the untold true story of the women conscripted to be Hitler’s food tasters."They called it the Wolfsschanze, the Wolf’s Lair. 'Wolf' was his nickname. As
A sweeping historical novel about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy whose fates entangle over an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers.When 11-year-old Ren’s master dies, he makes o
The serial killer isn’t on trial. He’s on the jury.“Outstanding - an intriguing premise, a tense, gripping build-up, and a spectacular climax. This guy is the real deal. Trust me.” —Lee Child“A dead b
“One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read… Every word is near perfect.” —David BaldacciA small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by an award-winning new auth
What if some of the artists we feel as if we know—Meryl Streep, Neil Young, Bill Murray—turned up in the course of our daily lives? This is what happens to Rose McEwan, an ordinary woman who keeps hav
Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis. Designer. Cabaret singer. Talk show host. He’s a pop culture icon unlike any fashion designer of recent memory, just as likely to be recognized walking down Main Street U
