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02/07/2025

We're thrilled to share this morning's Today Show interview with Rita Daniels, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, on her new book, HARRIET TUBMAN: MILITARY SCOUT AND TENACIOUS VISIONARY (out now!) 📚

Rita Daniels is the great, great, great grand niece of Harriet Tubman and she joins TODAY to discuss her new book “Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary” that details the accomplishments and contributions of the American abolitionist. Daniels also reveals how she found out she w...

02/07/2025

Thank you Barnes & Noble for including HARRIET TUBMAN on this list of "What to Read Next: Black History Month 2025"! 📚

February is the perfect time to take a beat and celebrate authors, old, new and rediscovered, who exemplify the greatest of Black literature.

02/07/2025

“Mr. Verkaik relates the complex stories of Lindemans and Blunt with the economy and verve of a spy novelist,” writes The Wall Street Journal in this glowing review of THE TRAITOR OF ARNHEM. 🇬🇧

An audacious Allied plan in 1944 had the potential to swiftly end the war in Europe. German forces got advance warning from double agents.

02/05/2025

“A vivid read. For eaters with an appetite for facts, there is much to enjoy. It’s the concrete details that make HOW THE WORLD EATS absorbing,” writes The New York Times Books in its review of the new book by . 🍔

In “How the World Eats,” the philosopher Julian Baggini grapples with “everything that affects and is affected by” our comestibles.

02/05/2025

“An erudite and authoritative history of the London art market,” writes The New York Times Books in this glowing review of the new book by . “Outstanding in its own field, ROGUES AND SCHOLARS nears Anthony Bourdain’s tell-all KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL.” 🎨

“Rogues and Scholars,” James Stourton’s erudite and authoritative history, doesn’t spare the color.

02/04/2025

Happy to ROGUES AND SCHOLARS by , a colorful and fast-moving account of how postwar London became the global center of the art market. 🎨

“This rollicking history of the modern London art market takes us from World War II to the present day. Stourton brings an insider’s authority to this story of big money, bigger egos and great art.” — 🖼️

01/31/2025

"This rollicking history of the modern London art market takes us from World War II to the present day, charting the shift to the glitz, hype and rivalry we know today," writes The New York Times Books on ROGUES & SCHOLARS by . 🎨

Bill Gates’s first memoir; new novels by Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and TJ Klune; a Booker Prize nominee and more.

01/31/2025

These 20 books are so good, you won’t want them to end. 🌈📚 https://ow.ly/RTCT50UJPmK

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01/29/2025

In this gripping and electric novel, the grim horrors of N***s in America collides with the manufacturing of the suburban dream—by a brilliant new voice in crime fiction. 🏘️💡🌿

“Veteran journalist Wick’s first novel uses a horrific murder in a quiet Long Island village to rip the lid off a series of outrages, fictional and not, in the past. Readers will appreciate Wick’s explosive plotting and extensive historical research. A shattering journey from Lindenhurst to Lindbergh.” — ✍️

Available on Tuesday wherever books are sold! 📚

01/22/2025

🛶BOOK GIVEAWAY🛶

To celebrate the release of PERSEVERANCE: LIFE AND DEATH IN THE SUBARCTIC by endurance adventurer, Stephan Kesting (), we’re giving away two copies of this moving account of Stephan’s journey of a lifetime—kayaking 1,000 miles alone through the Canadian sub-arctic—after recovering from a life-threatening illness. 🌊

Inspirational, vulnerable and honest, Kesting shares the lessons he learned in the wilderness that will help us hold onto hope in our darkest moments and show how we can find the strength to overcome any obstacle. 🌲

“PERSEVERANCE has the breakneck pacing of a thriller but in real life. Evocative and beautifully written, this book will satisfy both armchair adventurers and people who are moved to push themselves to superhuman feats.”
—April Henry, bestselling author of Girl, Stolen

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01/20/2025

Coming February 4th, HOW THE WORLD EATS is an exploration of how we grow, make, buy and eat our food around the world—and a proposal for a global philosophy of food. 🥕🥬🍅🫑🧅

“Global food systems have grown unsustainable and must be reworked, according to this illuminating treatise. skillfully captures the intricacies of an enormously complex system and its tangled environmental, economic, and public health consequences. A worthwhile consideration of a pressing social issue.” — ✍️

01/17/2025

“Nuanced, wise, and enthralling, ELEPHANTS IN THE HOURGLASS is ’s extraordinary memoir about her adventures investigating the plight of Asian elephants in northeastern India—inquiries that run alongside accounts of personal healing, letting go of control, humorous self-doubts, and Frank’s struggle to balance her calling as a writer abroad with her love for her daughters in Idaho. Sharp observations fill this powerful book that explains that Asian elephants are moving toward extinction at an exponential rate.”
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01/16/2025

“An enthralling study. aims to dismantle various ahistorical distortions and idealizations. Rodrigo, as she calls him throughout, was an easily customizable hero. For the most part, the real Cid was nothing like the saintly crusader and loyal vassal played by Charlton Heston in the 1961 film El Cid. Exceptionally fascinating. Being a careful, evidence-based work of scholarship, EL CID demonstrates again and again how insidiously political and religious institutions distort history for their own ends.” — ⚔️

01/15/2025

Thank you NPR Books for naming CELLO by as the NPR Book of the Day! 🎻

"A new book from writer, BBC broadcaster and cellist Kate Kennedy tackles the stories of four cellists connected by a mutual musical obsession."

A new book from writer, BBC broadcaster and cellist Kate Kennedy tackles the stories of four cellists connected by a mutual musical obsession. Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound focuses on musicians like Lise Cristiani, the first female professional cello soloist, and Pál Hermann, a Jewish-H...

01/15/2025

These new reads are ✨perfect✨ for your book club. 📚 https://ow.ly/Biik50UFpl5

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01/13/2025

"For smart espionage fiction with a human touch, Paul Vidich is in a class of his own," writes CrimeReads. THE POET'S GAME is available for pre-order now ahead of its release on May 6th! 🔎

2025 has barely begun, but it’s already shaping up to be a terrible year, full of incredible books. As per usual, we’ve assembled a great big list of all the crime, mystery, horror, and…

01/09/2025

Take a listen to 's interview with NPR Morning Edition! He discusses his new book, BORGATA: CLASH OF TITANS, part of a series on the history of the mafia. 📻

NPR's A Martinez speaks with American writer Louis Ferrante about his latest book, "Borgata: Clash of Titans: a History of the American Mafia."

01/09/2025

“An enthralling study,” writes the Washington Post in this glowing review of EL CID by . “EL CID demonstrates again and again how insidiously political and religious institutions distort history for their own ends.” ⚔️

The new book “El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary” delves into the truths and misunderstandings about the legendary knight.