The Plague Year
America in the Time of COVID
Written by Lawrence Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 461 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2021
Price: $30.00
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, whose best-selling thriller The End of the October all but predicted our current pandemic, comes another momentous account, this time of COVID-19: its origins, its myriad repercussions, and the ongoing fight to contain itBeginning with the absolutely critical first moments of the...
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The Power of Giving Away Power
How the Best Leaders Learn to Let Go
Written by Matthew Barzun
Format: Trade Paperback, 410 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2021
Price: $29.00
How do great leaders thrive in uncertain times? By changing their mindsets about power.Why do some organizations grow and thrive with complexity, while others collapse under their own weight?
The answer is simple, but transformative: When power is hoarded and lorded over others, it is finite. But when leaders allow power...
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Power Play
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
Written by Tim Higgins
Format: Trade Paperback, 614 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2021
Price: $32.00
Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car.Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he's a genius and a visionary; to others he's a mercurial huckster. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his...
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Rationality
What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Written by Steven Pinker
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2021
Price: $34.00
Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why there is so much irrationality in the world? These are the goals of Rationality, Steven Pinker’s follow-up to Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates’s "new favorite book of all time”).
The topic is urgent. In the 21st century, humanity is...
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The Soul of a Woman
Written by Isabel Allende
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 30, 2021
Price: $25.00
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes “a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more” (Associated Press).
“The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende’s most liberating book yet.”—Elle
“When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating,&rdquo...
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This Is Your Mind on Plants
Written by Michael Pollan
Format: Trade Paperback, 563 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2021
Price: $29.00
From number one New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos
Of all the things humans rely on plants for—sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber—surely the most curious is our use...
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