New Titles, Fall 2025

Updated September 15, 2025
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GED test prep
Paper Book
PROUD PARTICIPANT IN THE GED PUBLISHER PROGRAM!* Get the help you need to ace the test and earn your GED credential with 2 full-length practice tests, content reviews that are 100% aligned with GED test objectives, and 860 drill questions in the book and online. Techniques That...
Make your own job : how the entrepreneurial work ethic exhausted America
Baker, Erik
Paper Book
A sweeping new history of the changing meaning of work in the United States, from Horatio Alger to Instagram influencers. How Americans think about work changed profoundly over the course of the twentieth century. Thrift and persistence came to seem old-fashioned. Successful...
Job moves : 9 steps for making progress in your career
Bernstein, Ethan
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller "The ultimate guide to changing jobs and advancing your career." --Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the TED podcast WorkLife Three innovators offer a road-tested framework for career...
The Eurasian century : hot wars, cold wars, and the making of the modern world
Brands, Hal
Paper Book
We often think of the modern era as the age of American power. In reality, we're living in a long, violent Eurasian century. That giant, resource-rich landmass possesses the bulk of the global population, industrial might, and potential military power; it touches all four of the great oceans....
Never not working : why the always-on culture is bad for business, and how to fix it
Clark, Malissa
Paper Book
The always-on, hustle culture creates an unhealthy, counterproductive relationship with work. Many workers believe that to compete with other top talent, they must embrace a culture that rewards long hours and a constant connection to work. Businesses and society endorse busyness,...
Creating a business plan
Curtis, Veechi
Paper Book
Learn how to create a sound, profitable business plan that will take your business to the next level Whether you're starting a new business or you're looking to revitalise your strategy, Creating a Business Plan For Dummies covers everything you need to know. This step...
Billionaire, nerd, savior, king : Bill Gates and his quest to shape our world
Das, Anupreeta (Journalist)
Paper Book
From the finance editor of The New York Times, an insightful and illuminating examination of Bill Gates--one of the most powerful and provocative figures of the past four decades--and an exploration of our national fixation on billionaires. Few billionaires have been in...
The genetic book of the dead : a Darwinian reverie
Dawkins, Richard
Paper Book
From a renowned biologist and best-selling author, a whole new way of looking at living organisms: reading them as documents describing ancient worlds   A Financial Times Best Book of 2024: Science * Named Science Book of the Year by Times...
May contain lies : how stories, statistics, and studies exploit our biases - and what we can do about it
Edmans, Alex
Paper Book
Adam Grant's "8 New Idea Books to Start Spring" Next Big Idea Club's Must-Read Books for May 2024 "A wonderful litany of the myriad ways in which we can be deceived, and deceive ourselves."--The Guardian "Entertaining,...
The decline and fall of the human empire : why our species is on the edge of extinction
Gee, Henry
Paper Book
By the award-winning author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: a history of humanity on the brink of decline. A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Selection We are living through a period that is unique in human history. For the first time in more...
Emotional labor the invisible work shaping our lives and how to claim our power
Hackman, Rose
Paper Book
"An urgent look at emotional labor....Hackman's words reveal the agency of women is still possible while the power of care, empathy, and love in action can lead us to the best in our humanity." ― Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play From...
The last tsar : the abdication of Nicholas II and the fall of the Romanovs
Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi
Paper Book
"Elegantly written and magisterially researched" (Robert Service, author of A History of Modern Russia), the definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world's foremost expert When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power...
Selected Amazon reviews
Killian, Kevin
Paper Book
A book-length selection from Kevin Killian's legendary corpus of more than two thousand product reviews posted on Amazon.com. An enchanting roll of duct tape. Love Actually on Blu-ray Disc. The Toaster Oven Cookbook, The Biography of Stevie Nicks, and...
Slouch : posture panic in modern America
Linker, Beth
Paper Book
The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America--from eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of "paleo posture" In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century...
Free speech a history from Socrates to social media
Mchangama, Jacob, 1978-
Paper Book
"The best history of free speech ever written and the best defense of free speech ever made." --P.J. O'Rourke Hailed as the "first freedom," free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in...
Pain killer : an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic
Meier, Barry
Paper Book
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who first exposed the roots of the opioid epidemic and the secretive world of the Sackler family behind Purdue Pharma, Pain Killer is the celebrated landmark story of corporate greed and government negligence that inspired the...
Free agents : how evolution gave us free will
Mitchell, Kevin J. (Professor of genetics)
Paper Book
An evolutionary case for the existence of free will Scientists are learning more and more about how brain activity controls behavior and how neural circuits weigh alternatives and initiate actions. As we probe ever deeper into the mechanics of decision making, many conclude...
Be data literate the data literacy skills everyone needs to succeed
Morrow, Jordan
Paper Book
WINNER: International Book Awards 2023 - Business: Technology In the fast moving world of the fourth industrial revolution not everyone needs to be a data scientist but everyone should be data literate, with the ability to read, analyze and communicate with data....
The gig economy : the complete guide to getting better work, taking more time off, and financing the life you want!
Mulcahy, Diane
Paper Book
Today, most Americans are working in the gig economy--mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. Learn how to embrace the independent and self-sufficient world of freelance! The Gig Economy is your guide to this uncertain but ultimately...
The college student's guide to mental health : essential wellness strategies for flourishing in college
Nosanow, Mia
Paper Book
Easy, accessible guidance for addressing an essential element to college success: mental health While being in college can be an exciting time, it can also be a period of uncertainty, anxiety, loneliness, and even depression. The College Student's Guide to Mental Health is for any...
Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality
Shestakofsky, Benjamin
Paper Book
"Readers . . . will find a real-life 'The Office,' Silicon Valley version, alternately comical and poignant."―New York Times​ This systematic analysis of everyday life inside a tech startup dissects the logic of venture capital and its...
Our kindred creatures : how Americans came to feel the way they do about animals
Wasik, Bill
Paper Book
A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the...
Taming the machine ethically harness the power of ai
Watson, Nell.
Paper Book
AI promises to transform our world, supercharging productivity and driving new innovations. Taming the Machine uncovers how you can responsibly harness the power of AI with confidence. AI has the potential to become a personal assistant, a creative partner, an editor...
On Book Banning : Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy
Wells, Ira
Paper Book
The freedom to read is under attack. From the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today's state-sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases, literary controversies, and philosophical...

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