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Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

Jen Psaki - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons she's learned on her path to success and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation.. Not many White House Press Secretaries capture...
 
 
Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

Charan Ranganath - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world's top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling...
 
 
Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

Venki Ramakrishnan - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

"Utterly fascinating." - Bill Bryson"An incredible journey." - Siddhartha MukherjeeA groundbreaking exploration of the science of aging and mortality - from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki RamakrishnanThe knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live...
 
 
The Last Murder at the End of the World: A Novel

Stuart Turton - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover

FIRST PRINT RUN WITH SPRAYED EDGES!From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water comes an inventive, high-concept murder mystery: an ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, and an audacious solution.Solve the murder to save what's...
 
 
You Never Know: A Memoir

Tom Selleck - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck has lived every one of those miles in his own iconoclastic and joyful way. Frank, funny and open-hearted,...
 
 
You Know What You Did: A Novel

K. T. Nguyen - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

In this heart-pounding debut thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Celeste Ng, a first-generation Vietnamese American artist must confront nightmares past and present. . . . Annie "Anh Le" Shaw grew up poor, but seems to have it all now: a dream career, a stunning home, and a devoted...
 
 
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

Kathleen DuVal - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A magisterial history of Indigenous North America that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their story from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today. "A feat of both scholarship and storytelling."...
 
 
The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

Daniel de Visé - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture"They're not going to catch us," Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John...
 
 
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

Alice Wong - Vintage
Format: Paperback

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms.. What is intimacy? More than sex, more than...
 
 
Can't We Be Friends: A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe

Eliza Knight - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the Queen of Jazz, and iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe. One woman was recognized as the premiere...