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A groundbreaking, deeply reported work from CNBC's Julia Boorstin that reveals the key commonalities and characteristics that help top female leaders thrive as they innovate, grow businesses, and navigate crises--an essential resource for anyone in the workplace"--

Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insider reporting on the battle for the soul of professional golf between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League.The golf world is at war, and Alan Shipnuck is our most trusted correspondent on the front lines. Following closely on the heels of his bestselling sensation Phil, Shipnuck turns to the conflict that has made Mickelson, and many...

Brando Skyhorse, the PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, returns with a riveting literary dystopian novel set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands make second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens—a powerful family saga for readers of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind.Iris Prince is starting over. After years of drifting apart, she and her hus...

“Crackling and bighearted...A powerhouse [that] echoes with the truth that we find harmony when we listen first to ourselves.” —Oprah Daily * “Takes off with magnificent speed and never lets up.” —The New York Times * “Revolutionary.” —NPR’s Morning Edition * A Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A provocative and “darkly funny” (Cosmopolitan) novel about a woman who desperately wants a child but struggles to accept t...

From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People's Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A rollicking good time." ?Golfweek * "Thoroughly engaging." ?The Washington Post Now with a new afterword: a juicy and freewheeling biography of legendary golf champion Phil Mickelson?who has led a big, controversial life?as reported by longtime Sports Illustrated writer and bestselling author Alan Shipnuck.Phil Mickelson is one of the most compelling figures in sports. For more than three decades he has been among...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Terrifying…buckle up for a chilling summer read." ?People (Best Books of the Week) "The perfect thriller! A must-read." ?Gillian Flynn "Stunning and relentless. This is Jaws at 35, 000 feet." ?Don WinslowYou just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don't know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot's family was kid...

From Jeff Benedict, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tiger Woods and The Dynasty, this is the definitive biography of LeBron James, one of the greatest athletes of all time?the king of basketball, the figure at the center of social movements, the man everyone has an opinion on?based on three years of exhaustive research and more than two hundred interviews.LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of the twenty-first century, a...

From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families, and long-buried secrets?for fans of the New York Times bestsellers The Paper Palace and Ask Again, Yes.Ken and Abby Gardner lost their mother when they were small and they have been haunted by her absence ever since. Their father, Adam, a brilliant oceanographer, raised them mostly on his own in his remote home on Cape Cod, where th...

A fascinating exploration into how the brain creates our conscious experiences?potentially revolutionizing neuroscience and the future of technology?from a Forbes 30 Under 30 scientist. Throughout history, two perspectives on the world have dueled in our minds: the extrinsic?that of mechanism and physics?and the intrinsic?that of feelings, thoughts, and ideas. The intrinsic perspective allows us to tell stories about our lives, to chart our a...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canada) A successful art dealer confesses the story of his meteoric rise in this "powerful, intoxicating, and shocking" (The New York Times) novel that's a "slow burn à la Patricia Highsmith" (Oprah Daily). "You'll struggle not to rip through in one sitting" (Vogue). In a first-class lounge at JFK airport, our narrator listens as Jeff Cook, a for...

The underdog story of Will Haskell, who became a Democratic state Senator in 2018 at age twenty-two?taking on an incumbent who had been undefeated for Haskell's entire life and earning an endorsement from President Obama?is "an inspiring and wise blueprint for how you can change the world...get engaged and fight for the future you want" (Tammy Duckworth). President Obama left office with these parting words for Americans: "If you're disappoint...

Delightful…cathartic, devious, and terrifically entertaining." ?The New York Times "A deliciously dark fable of sex and power." ?Esquire "Seductively subversive." ?USA TODAY A provocative, razor-sharp, and timely debut novel about a woman whose husband is facing a slew of sexual misconduct allegations at the college where they both teach?a situation that becomes more complicated when she herself develops an obsession of her own... "When I was ...

In the tradition of Random Family and Evicted, a gripping blend of rigorous, intimate on-the-ground reporting and deep social history that follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and childbirth in today's America.In Birth, journalist Rebecca Grant provides us with a never-before-seen look at the changing landscape of pregnancy and childbirth in America?and the rise of midwifery?told through the eyes of three women who all...

Beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir returns with a call to witness the transformative power of tenderness, rooted in his lifetime of experience counseling gang members in Los Angeles.Over the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention progra...

From Ray Dalio, the legendary investor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles?whose books have sold more than five million copies worldwide?comes a guided reflection journal that empowers readers everywhere to develop their own principles for success in work and life."Principles are fundamental truths that serve as the foundations for behavior that gets you what you want out of life." ?Ray Dalio In his #1 New York Times bestsel...

Andrew Sullivan, "one of the most influential journalists of the last three decades" (The New York Times) and founding editor of The Daily Dish presents a collection of 60 his most iconic and powerful essays of social and political commentary from The New Republic, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, New York magazine, and more.Over the course of his career, Andrew Sullivan has never shied away from staking out bold positions on social ...

From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, made into the Academy Award?winning movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, comes a poignant and hopeful novel about a widower who takes in a grieving teenager and inspires a magical revival in their small town.Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic se...

Outliers meets Lean In in a groundbreaking, deeply reported work from CNBC's Julia Boorstin that reveals the odds-defying leadership and counterintuitive approaches of women running the world's most innovative (and successful) companies?and what we can learn from them.Julia Boorstin was thirteen when her mother told her that, by the time she grew up, women could be just as powerful as men, "captains of industry, running the biggest companies!"...

From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes a wise and moving memoir about aging, affliction, and optimism after partially losing his eyesight.One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience. Overnight, a rare stroke had cut ...