Pulitzer finalist Shoshana Walter exposes the country's failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry. Our country's leaders all seem to agree: People who suffer from addiction need treatment....

The origins and influence of Jim, Mark Twain's beloved yet polarizing literary figure   "Astute. . . . Sheds new light on a much-studied character."--Publishers Weekly   Mark Twain's Jim, introduced in Adventures of...

An incisive, culturally observant analysis of the evolving mores, manners and taboos of social justice ("anti-racist") orthodoxy, which has profoundly influenced how we think about diversity and freedom of expression, often with complex or paradoxical consequences. "Summer of our...

"That rarest phenomenon: a war novel that feels at once timeless and precisely of the moment..." --Washington Post A poignant coming-of-age story with the sensitivity and haunting power of What Belongs to You and Swimming in the Dark, about a young boy wrestling with his...

Chronicles the devastating impacts of immigration raids--and the enduring resistance of immigrant communities in the aftermath. Across the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) upends small towns and rural communities by staging dramatic raids and rounding up...

In this fearless novel from the award-winning author of Girls Burn Brighter, a couple from India-so different from generations of white colonialists who came before them-move to Montana, only to discover how brutal and unforgiving hubris can be. "Rao's prose is so...

Gender nonconforming thought leader and bestselling author Jacob Tobia offers a paradigm-shifting argument for fundamentally reframing how we think about men. "A reckoning, a manifesto, a wellspring of curiosity, and an invitation to consider better ways of imagining...

A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work.  As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia...

From an award-winning journalist, a reflective, smart, and deeply reported look at the millennial generation that draws on the experiences of five diverse individuals and explores where we go from here What happened to millennials? At the birth of America's largest...

Women built the popular song industry of Tin Pan Alley, yet many of their stories have seldom been told. They blazed the trail for women in music today and set an inspiring example for generations to come. Songs She Wrote celebrates women's contributions to popular music by looking...

Every Screen on the Planet is the first major book on one of the most dramatic business stories of our time. Touching on politics, finance, data, and technology, the struggle over TikTok has enormous implications for our information landscape and the technological cold war between the United...

"Ari is at the front of the front. He gets it. I've read a hundred how-to-make-it-in-the-music-biz books, and this one is today's definitive, comprehensive manual." --Jack Conte, 150+ million YouTube views, Pomplamoose, CEO of Patreon Forget everything you think you know about the...

WINNER OF THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION A TIME 10 Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 . An NPR Book We Love 2024 . A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 . A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024 "A work of extraordinary reportage and compassion... it...

From the acclaimed founder of environmental neuroscience, Dr. Marc Berman, comes a groundbreaking guide that reveals how interacting with nature can be the secret to improved mental and physical health. Dr. Marc Berman, the pioneering creator of the field of environmental...

This groundbreaking study reveals how social connections are far more important than we thought, showing us the steps we can take to build better relationships and improve our lives. Social connection is as essential for our health and happiness as a balanced diet and regular...

A clear, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to communicating and understanding numbers and data--from bestselling business author Chip Heath. How much bigger is a billion than a million? Well, a million seconds is twelve days. A billion seconds is...thirty-two years....

Chatbots are sure to have a significant impact on the way we read, write, and think. For better or worse, they are being used to find information, influence public opinion, diagnose illness, and shape political discussion online. How did we get to this point, and what can we do to prepare?

This inaugural edition of what will be a yearly collection offers a fascinating variety of essays and crime reporting, taken from regional, national, and international publications. The stories range from reports of homicide at a Toronto massage parlor to blackmail and murder-for-hire in Austin,...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER . Discover the sweeping story of how Indigenous, European, and African traditions intertwined to form an entirely new cuisine, with over 90 recipes for the modern home cook-from the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Famer and star of the Netflix docuseries High on the Hog.<...

From the true crime author of Murderabilia, a geographic telling of some of the most notorious but lesser-known murders for each US State.   Filled with hundreds of entries organized by location, 50 States of Murder is a lively and chilling work...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The ultimate story of the Scream movie franchise, featuring interviews from more than eighty key players and an in-depth exploration of the creation and legacy of the films that revived a dying genre In Your Favorite...

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual,...

**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Pharmacology** Choose the drug handbook trusted by nurses for over 35 years! Mosby's 2026 Nursing Drug Reference makes it easy to find the most vital information on the drugs you administer most...

A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg "A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told...

Illustration: A Concise History is a dynamic visual journey through the landscape of illustration that maps the evolution of the discipline from the industrial revolution to the postdigital age and showcases over 180 of its most iconic practitioners, including Laura Knight, Antonio Lopez, Käthe...

How culture shapes the design and use of technology--and how we can resist the one-size-fits-all approach to technology design Robots that encroach on your personal space, baffling emojis, a chatbot that gives you an answer that seems terribly rude--does any of this sound...

A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind   A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick   "Jay is a leading expert on...

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Finalist for the 2022 Edgar Award Winner of the 2021 Quinn Award An innovative biography of Edgar Allan Poe--highlighting his fascination and feuds with science. Decade after decade, Edgar Allan...

A healthier future starts with seeing the human causes of wildlife diseases.   When new diseases spread, news reports often focus on wildlife culprits--rodents, monkeys and mpox; bats and COVID-19; waterfowl and avian flu; or mosquitoes and Zika. But, in this...

A Next Big Idea Book Club March 2025 Must-Read An urgent and illuminating perspective that offers a window into how the most pernicious aspects of the venture capital ethos is reaching all areas of our lives, into everything from healthcare to food to entertainment to the labor...

From the author of Hugo and NAACP Image Award finalist Riot Baby, an original memoir in essays that interrogates how identities are shaped and informed in online spaces and how the relationship between race and the Internet has changed in his three decades online When Tochi...

A rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature   What really drives our decisions? Where do language and memory come from? Why do our minds sometimes seem to work against us? Psychologists have long attempted to answer...

A concise, practical guide to managing mood disorders for anyone suffering from these debilitating conditions. As a physician who personally suffers from depression, Susan J. Noonan draws on her own expertise and empathy to create a guide for people who suffer from the disease....

How AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of human thinking. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, impacting and...

In this magisterial book, historian Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of an extraordinary expansion of human freedom and its planetary costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich diversity of primary sources, he reckons with the ruins of Portuguese...

A compelling history of the learning style concept and how it was shaped by shifting ideas in psychology, anthropology, and education. The widely embraced notion that we all process information in one of three distinct modes--visual, auditory, or kinesthetic--has informed educational...

Would you read this book if a computer wrote it? Would you even know? And why would it matter? Today's eerily impressive artificial intelligence writing tools present us with a crucial challenge: As writers, do we unthinkingly adopt AI's time-saving advantages or do we stop to weigh what...

A definitive history of the United States' recovery from the Great Depression--and the New Deal's true part in it. FDR's New Deal has long enjoyed a special place in American history and policy--both because it redefined the government's fundamental responsibilities and because...

Two world-renowned experts on innovation and digital strategy explore how real-time data and AI will radically transform physical products--and the companies that make them. Tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, and Google can collect real-time data from billions of users. For...

Popular science writer Philip Ball explores a range of sciences to map our answers to a huge, philosophically rich question: How do we even begin to think about minds that are not human?   Sciences from zoology to astrobiology, computer science to neuroscience,...

This "smart and wonderfully readable" (New York Times) exposé shows why Silicon Valley's heartless, baseless, and foolish obsessions--with escaping death, building AI tyrants, and creating limitless growth--are about oligarchic power, not preparing for the future ...

A concise history that proves that dissent is patriotic The history of America is a history of dissent. Protests against the British Parliament's taxation policies led to the American Revolution and the creation of the United States. At the Constitutional Convention the...

A practical guide for K-12 teachers on integrating AI tools in the classroom. ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence programs are revolutionizing the way we learn, create, and think. In Learning with AI, Joan Monahan Watson offers an essential guide for harnessing AI as a...

This timely book explores the alarming rise of ransomware: malicious software blocking users from their systems or data, until they've paid money to regain access or to prevent the release of sensitive information. High-profile British examples of the twenty-first century have targeted national...

A New York Times Notable Book * An Instant New York Times Bestseller "A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not just in Silicon Valley but around the world . . . With Empire of AI, Hao is fundamentally shaping many people's perceptions and understanding...

A landmark reinterpretation of the civil rights movement that challenges reductive heroic narratives of the 1950s and 1960s and invigorates new debates and possibilities for the future of the struggle for liberation. We are all familiar with the romantic vision of the civil rights movement...