A woman becomes the unknowing subject of an artist’s dangerous work in this intense Hitchcockian thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Incidents Around the House.After a magical night out on the town with her boyfriend Jack, Emily wakes alone in a huge bed in a beautiful, well-lit room. But the pink ceiling, the mauve walls, and the deep, dark corners are nothing like the hotel she and Jack rented.More worrisome yet: Emily...

From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series to be aired in November 2025“From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished.” —Thomas PaineIn defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the worl...

From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series to be aired in November 2025“From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished.” —Thomas PaineIn defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the worl...

A delicious and delightful narrative history of pie in AmericaFrom pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving to apple pie on the Fourth of July, nearly every American shares a certain nostalgia for a simple circle of crust and filling. But for centuries, pie has been a malleable icon, equally enjoyed at the table and coopted for social and political purposes. After all, it was a slice of cherry pie deniedat the Woolworth’s lunch counter that ignited a wave of anti-segregation protests acr...

You understand the value of time—otherwise the C-suite would have been out of reach. But are you doing everything you can to maximize your time?It’s not enough to hire an executive assistant and hope for the best. They can be your project manager, personal assistant, and chief of staff—if you know how to cultivate a partnership.In The 29-Hour Work Day, EA specialists and ProAssisting founders Ethan Bull and Stephanie Bull reveal their framework for building an alliance with t...

An illuminating and maddening examination of how gender bias skews innovation, technology, history, and work, by Swedish journalist Katrine MarçalIt all starts with a rolling suitcase.The wheel was invented some five thousand years ago and the modern suitcase in the mid-nineteenth century, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the hold up? For writer and journalist Katrine Marçal, the answer is both shocking and simple: because “r...

The first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie, titan of publishing and an unsung hero of women’s suffrageAmong the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country’s largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America indozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became ...

“Riveting . . . Blake’s deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time [is] a book that none of us can afford to miss.”—The Washington PostA gripping investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis.SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE PEN...

Drawing on his experience living at the Kopan Monastery in Nepal, meditation teacher Michel Pascal shares his new and easy method of meditating in the moment to calm the mind and break the cycle of stress addiction.Meditation for Daily Stress: 10 Practices for Immediate Well-being is more than just an exploration of why we experience stress; it is a guide to a revolutionary meditative technique for finding peace, quiet, mindfulness, and centeredness in our...

The stakes could not be higher.You love working in senior living sales but are under enormous pressure to get occupancy levels up. How you and your sales team treat a customer’s family member will impact them for the rest of their lives.When it comes to having a profitable career in senior living sales, Kelly Singleton Myers knows that one trait stands above the rest: curiosity. The More You Know, the More You Close reveals how a deep sense of curiosity can transform your s...

**The viral TikTok fantasy romance, now in audio—and including a new bonus chapter!As dark forces gather to claim the realms, Ryker, Kya, and Zalen must master their own deadly challenges to stop them in this pulse-pounding second book in the Realms In Peril series.**Ryker, a Worthy fae sworn to protect his Nation, has been driven to the edge of madness since Kya left this world. He won't let his mate escape her shadow, but enemies are determined to keep Ryker and Kya apart...

Beginning in the early 2000s, Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan exerted a mighty influence over the workings of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Under their guidance a stern warning aimed at young people spread throughout the county: follow the rules.A simple misstep could result in severe punishment.In the post-Columbine era, many believed this type of old-school discipline was just what juveniles needed to stay on the straig...