55 minute read
March 2021
Innite Country
A Novel By Patricia Engel Read by Inés del Castillo
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I often wonder if we are living the wrong life in the wrong country. “Patricia Engel is a wonder; her novels are marvels.”
—Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author
—O, The Oprah Magazine
Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her ight, she might also miss her chance to nally be reunited with her family in the north.
How this family came to occupy two different countries, two different worlds, comes into focus like twists of a kaleidoscope. We see Talia’s parents, Mauro and Elena, fall in love in a market stall as teenagers against a backdrop of civil war and social unrest. We see them leave Bogotá with their rstborn, Karina, in pursuit of safety and opportunity in the United States on a temporary visa, and we see the births of two more children, Nando and Talia, on American soil. We witness the decisions and indecisions that lead to Mauro’s deportation and the family’s splintering—the costs they’ve all been living with ever since.
Award-winning, internationally acclaimed author Patricia Engel, herself a dual citizen and the daughter of Colombian immigrants, gives voice to all ve family members as they navigate the particulars of their respective circumstances. And all the while, the metronome ticks: Will Talia make it to Bogotá in time? And if she does, can she bring herself to trade the solid facts of her father and life in Colombia for the distant vision of her mother and siblings in America? PATRICIA ENGEL is the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the International Latino Book Award; and was a nalist for the Pen/Hemingway and Young Lions Fiction Awards, New York Times Notable Book, and winner of Colombia’s national book award. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Born to Colombian parents, Patricia teaches creative writing at the University of Miami. MARKETING
Print run: 75,000 International Latino Book Award–winning author National print and online media campaign National radio interview campaign Local and online publicity
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Come As You Are: Revised and Updated
The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life By Emily Nagoski Read by Emily Nagoski, with Nicholas Boulton
A revised and updated edition of Emily Nagoski’s game-changing New York Times bestseller Come As You Are, featuring new information and research on mindfulness, desire, and pleasure that will radically transform your sex life “This is the best book I have ever read about sexual desire and why some couples just stop having sex, and what they can do about it. Come As You Are is an absolutely necessary guide for all couples who want to understand the ups and downs in their own sex life. It is a must-read!”
—John Gottman, PhD, author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work For much of the 20th and 21st centuries, women’s sexuality was an uncharted territory in science, studied far less frequently—and far less seriously—than its male counterpart.
That is, until Emily Nagoski’s Come As You Are, which used groundbreaking science and research to prove that the most important factor in creating and sustaining a sex life lled with condence and joy is not what the parts are or how they’re organized but how you feel about them. In the years since the book’s initial publication, countless women have learned through Nagoski’s accessible and informative guide that things like stress, mood, trust, and body image are not peripheral factors in a woman’s sexual wellbeing; they are central to it— and that even if you don’t always feel like it, you are already sexually whole by just being yourself. This revised and updated edition continues that mission with new information and advanced research, demystifying and decoding the science of sex so that everyone can create a better sex life and discover more pleasure than you ever thought possible. EMILY NAGOSKI is the wellness education director and lecturer at Smith College, where she teaches women’s sexuality. She has a PhD in health behavior with a doctoral concentration in human sexuality from Indiana University, and a master’s degree in counseling, with a clinical internship at the Kinsey Institute Sexual Health Clinic. She has taught graduate and undergraduate classes in human sexuality, relationships and communication, stress management, and sex education. MARKETING
Print run: 100,000 New York Times bestselling author Will appeal to fans of The Sex-Starved Marriage by Michele Weiner Davis and The Hormone Cure by Sara Gottfried Author website: EmilyNagoski.com
Yolk
By Mary H. K. Choi Read by Joy Osmanski
From New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi comes a funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters and how far they’ll go to save one of their lives—even if it means swapping identities. “Blushingly tender and piquant.”
—New York Times on Emergency Contact “Choi has a real gift for creating a character so real and complex that she can crack his psyche open like a melon and pick through all the gnarly seeds.”
—NPR on Permanent Record
Jayne and June Baek are nothing alike. June’s three years older, a classic rst-born, know-it-all narc with a problematic nance job and an equally soulless apartment (according to Jayne). Jayne is an emotionally stunted, self-obsessed basket case who lives in squalor, has egregious taste in men, and needs to get to class and stop wasting Mom and Dad’s money (if you ask June). Once thick as thieves, these sisters who moved from Seoul to San Antonio to New York together now don’t want anything to do with each other.
That is, until June gets cancer. And Jayne becomes the only who can help her.
Flung together by circumstance, housing woes, and family secrets, will the sisters learn more about each other than they’re willing to confront? And what if while helping June, Jayne has to confront the fact that maybe she’s sick, too? MARY H.K. CHOI is a writer for The New York Times, GQ, Wired, and The Atlantic. She has written comics for Marvel and DC, as well as a collection of essays called Oh, Never Mind. Her novels Emergency Contact and Permanent Record were New York Times bestsellers. She is the host of Hey, Cool Job!, a podcast about jobs, and Hey, Cool Life!, a podcast about mental health and creativity. Mary grew up in Hong Kong and Texas and now lives in New York. Follow her on Twitter @ChoitotheWorld.
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Print run: 150,000 New York Times bestselling author Choi is a writer for the New York Times, GQ, Wired, and The Atlantic Author website: ChoiToTheWorld.com Also available by Choi: Permanent Record and Emergency Contact
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Charlie Thorne and the Lost City
The Charlie Thorne Series, Book 2 By Stuart Gibbs Read by Emily Woo Zeller
In this sequel to the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation—which #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein called “a real page-burner”—Charlie searches for Charles Darwin’s hidden treasure in South America.
—School Library Journal on The Last Musketeer
Charlie Thorne is a genius.
Charlie Thorne is a fugitive.
Charlie Thorne isn’t even thirteen.
After saving the world, Charlie is ready to take it easy in the Galapagos Islands. That is, until she’s approached by the mysterious Esmeralda Castle, who has a code she knows only Charlie can decipher.
In 1835, Charles Darwin diverted his ship’s journey so he could spend ten months in South America on a secret solo expedition. When he returned, he carried a treasure that inspired both awe and terror in his crew. Afterward, it vanished, never to be seen again …
But Darwin left a trail of clues behind for those brave and clever enough to search for it.
Enter Charlie Thorne.
In a daring adventure that takes her across South America, Charlie must crack Darwin’s 200-year-old clues to track down his mysterious discovery—and stay ahead of the formidable lineup of enemies who are hot on her tail.
When an ancient hidden treasure is at stake, people will do anything to nd it rst. Charlie may be a genius, but is she smart enough to know who she can trust?
STUART GIBBS is the author of several series of children’s books, including the FunJungle, Spy School, Moon Base Alpha, and the Last Musketeer series. He has written the screenplays for movies such as See Spot Run and Repli-Kate, worked on animated lms, and developed television shows for Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, ABC, and Fox. MARKETING
Print run: 200,000 New York Times bestselling author Gibbs has written the screenplays for movies like See Spot Run and Repli-Kate and has worked on many animated lms Gibbs has developed TV shows for Nickelodeon, Disney, ABC, and Fox Author website: StuartGibbs.com
The Marathon Don't Stop
The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle By Rob Kenner Read by Landon Woodson
The rst in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvy—before he was tragically shot down in the very neighborhood he was dedicated to building up. In the ten years since he rst met Nipsey Hussle in the offices of Vibe, journalist Rob Kenner followed Hussle’s career, paying close attention to the music and business movement he was building in Los Angeles. Ten years later, they spoke again. To Kenner, it became clear that Hussle had been underestimated his entire life—not just for his artistry but also for his intellect and intentions.
For Nipsey Hussle, “The Marathon” was more than a mixtape title or the name of a clothing store; it was a way of life, a metaphor for the relentless pursuit of excellence and the willpower required to overcome adversity day after day. Hussle was determined to win the race to success on his own terms, and he wanted to see his whole community in the winner’s circle with him.
Combining on-the-ground reporting and candid interviews with Hussle’s friends, family, and peers, The Marathon Don’t Stop traces the life and work of an extraordinary artist, placing him in historical context and unpacking his complex legacy. For the rst time ever, members of his inner circle will speak about the man they knew and his determination to maintain integrity amidst the treacherous extremes of street life and the rap game.
The Marathon Don’t Stop is a journalistic account of Nipsey Hussle’s life and times, making sense of the forces that shaped a singular gure in hip hop culture. ROB KENNER is one of the most prolic and inuential voices in hip-hop publishing. A founding editor of VIBE, Rob worked on the New York Times bestseller Tupac Shakur as well as Unbelievable, a biography of The Notorious B.I.G. Currently an executive editor at Mass Appeal, his writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Billboard, Complex, and Poetry magazine. He lives in New York City. MARKETING
Print run: 75,000 The rst in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, artist, and activist who inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvy Kenner’s writing has appeared in Complex, Genius, Mass Appeal, Pigeons & Planes, Ego Trip, Poetry, the New York Times, and Billboard Kenner has also produced and directed documentary shorts on the likes of De La Soul, Nas, and Post Malone Will appeal to fans of Shook One by Charlamange Tha God
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The Barbizon
The Hotel That Set Women Free By Paulina Bren Read by Andi Arndt
From award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the rst history of New York’s most famous residential hotel—The Barbizon—and the remarkable women who lived there.
—Booklist (starred review)
Welcome to New York’s legendary hotel for women.
Built in 1927 at the height of the Roaring Twenties, the Barbizon Hotel was intended as a safe haven for the “Modern Woman” seeking a career in the arts. It became the place to stay for any ambitious young woman hoping for fame and fortune. Sylvia Plath ctionalized her time there in The Bell Jar, and, over the years, its almost 700 tiny rooms with matching oral curtains and bedspreads housed Titanic survivor Molly Brown; actresses Grace Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Ali MacGraw, Jaclyn Smith, Phylicia Rashad, and Cybill Shepherd; writers Joan Didion, Diane Johnson, Gael Greene, and Meg Wolitzer; and many more. Mademoiselle magazine boarded its summer interns there, as did Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School its students and the Ford Modeling Agency its young models. Before the hotel’s residents were household names, they were young women arriving at the Barbizon with a suitcase and a dream.
Not everyone who passed through the Barbizon’s doors was destined for success—for some it was a story of dashed hopes—but until 1981, when men were nally let in, the Barbizon offered its residents a room of their own and a life without family obligations or expectations. It gave women a chance to remake themselves however they pleased; it was the hotel that set them free. No place had existed like it before or has since.
Beautifully written and impeccably researched, The Barbizon reveals a story that has, until now, never been told. It is both a vivid portrait of the lives of these young women who came to New York looking for something more and an epic history of women’s ambition. PAULINA BREN is an award-winning historian and a professor at Vassar College. She is the author of a prizewinning book about soap operas and communism behind the Iron Curtain and a coeditor of a collection on consumerism in the Eastern Bloc. She was born in the former Czechoslovakia and attended Wesleyan University as an undergraduate, later receiving an MA degree in international studies from the University of Washington and a PhD in history from New York University. MARKETING
Print run: 75,000 Weaves together the personal stories of the Barbizon residents with the political climate of the times Will appeal to fans of All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister, 740 Park by Michael Gross, and The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan The Barbizon has already earned two starred reviews
The Chosen One
The Revenge of Magic Series, Book 5 By James Riley Read by Kirby Heyborne
Fort and his friends face more perilous ancient magic as they race towards the nal battle to save humanity in this fth and nal installment in the fantastical series from the author of the New York Times bestselling Story Thieves! “This imaginative and exciting story feels like the start of something big. The brilliant premise unfolds into a thrilling rst book that has me impatient for the next one.”
—Brandon Mull, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on The Revenge of Magic
—School Library Connection on The Revenge of Magic
Fort Fitzgerald is nally reunited with his father and wants nothing more than for life to return to normal, the way things were before magic burst back into the world. But normal isn’t an option anymore. Not when the Old Ones could still return to enslave humanity and Damian is dead set on making that happen.
Convinced he’s the Chosen One the prophecy says will save the world, Damian has mastered all six books of magic and plans to summon the Old Ones to destroy them. Fort knows better though—Damian has no chance of defeating the Old Ones once they arrive.
Maybe Fort could stop Damian if he could use the magic from the dragon dictionary, but he’s consumed with strange visions each time he tries. The only hope left is for Fort, Jia, and Rachel to recruit the help of old friends—and enemies. But how can they know who to trust? Because unless they can nd the truth behind the web of secrets and lies surrounding the prophecy of the Chosen One, Fort’s visions, Arthurian legends, and even magic itself, they’ve already lost. JAMES RILEY lives in Virginia. He is the New York Times bestselling author of the Half Upon a Time, Story Thieves, and Revenge of Magic series. MARKETING
Combined print run: 80,000 New York Times bestselling author Will appeal to fans of Scorch Dragons by Amie Kaufman and The Adventurer's Guild by Zach Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos Film rights for The Revenge of Magic were acquired by Greg Silverman's Stampede Ventures, an independent lm company The rst four books in the series are also available Author website: Jamesrileyauthor.com
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Golden Gate
The City Spies Series, Book 2 By James Ponti Read by Lisa Flanagan
In this second installment in the bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies returns for another international adventure.
—Kirkus Reviews
After thwarting a notorious villain at an eco-summit in Paris, the City Spies are gearing up for their next mission. Operating out of a base in Scotland, this secret team of young agents working for the British Secret Intelligence Service’s MI6 division have honed their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, breaking and entering, observation, and explosives. All of these allow them to go places in the world of espionage where adults can’t.
Fourteen-year-old Sydney is a surfer and a rebel from Bondi Beach, Australia. She’s also a eld ops specialist for the City Spies. Sydney is excited to learn that she’ll be going undercover on the marine research vessel the Sylvia Earle. But things don’t go exactly as planned, and while Sydney does nd herself in the spotlight, it’s not in the way she was hoping.
Meanwhile, there’s been some new intel regarding a potential mole within the organization, offering the spies a lead that takes them to San Francisco, California. But as they investigate a spy who died at the Botanical Gardens, they discover that they are also being investigated. And soon, they’re caught up in an exciting adventure lled with rogue missions and double agents!
This mission is hot! The City Spies are a go! JAMES PONTI is the award-winning author of three middle-grade book series, City Spies, Framed, and Dead City. He is also an Emmy-nominated television writer and producer who has work for many networks, including Nickelodeon, the Disney Channel, PBS, the History Channel, Spike TV, and the Golf Channel. He was born in Pisa, Italy, grew up in Florida, and went to school in California. MARKETING
Print run: 75,000 New York Times bestselling author Will appeal to fans of Spy School by Stuart Gibbs and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls by Beth McMullen Ponti's books have appeared on more than fteen different state award lists Famed! won the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Novel and was a People magazine pick of "Great Reads for Kids" The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins praised Ponti's Dead City series for breathing "new life into the zombie genre"
The Accidental Apprentice
The Wilderlore Series, Book 1 By Amanda Foody Read by Steve West
A boy who accidentally bonds with a magical beast must set off on an adventure in the mysterious Woods in this whimsical and cheeky middle grade fantasy. “The worldbuilding calls forth the atmosphere of classic fantasy worlds while invoking fun and whimsy every step of the way…Wholesome, delightful, and jam-packed with adventure.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The last thing Barclay Thorne ever wanted was an adventure.
Thankfully, as an apprentice to the town’s mushroom farmer, Barclay need only work hard and follow the rules to one day become the head mushroom farmer himself. No danger required. But then Barclay accidentally breaks his town’s most sacred rule: never ever EVER stray into the Woods, for within the Woods lurk vicious magical Beasts.
To Barclay’s horror, he faces a fate far worse than being eaten: he unwittingly bonds with a Beast and is run out of town by an angry mob. Determined to break this bond and return home, Barclay journeys to nd the mysterious town of Lore Keepers, people who have also bonded with Beasts and share their powers.
But after making new friends, entering a dangerous apprenticeship exam, and even facing the legendary Beast of the Woods, Barclay must make a difficult choice: return to the home and rules he’s always known, or embrace the adventure awaiting him. AMANA FOODY is the author of young-adult and middle-grade novels, including The Shadow Game series, the Wilderlore series, and more. She is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and formerly worked as a tax accountant.
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Print run: 100,000 The Accidental Apprentice has already earned a starred review Will appeal to fans of Cressida Cowell, Eoin Colfer, Rick Riordan, and J. K. Rowling Ace of Shades was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick Reader Steve West is an international actor and Earphones Awardwinning narrator Promotion at trade shows and through a children’s teacher/librarian e-newsletter feature Also available: Daughter of the Burning City, Ace of Shades, King of Fools, and Queen of Volts Author website: AmandaFoody.com
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New York, New York, New York
Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation By Thomas Dyja Read by Jacques Roy Introduction read by Thomas Dyja
A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City’s transformation and the lessons it offers for the city’s future “A history like no other for a city like no other.”
—Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author
—Booklist (starred review)
“An urgent, readable story of Gotham’s fortunes.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Dangerous, lthy, and falling apart, garbage piled on its streets and entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble; New York’s terrifying, if liberating, state of nature in 1978 also made it the capital of American culture. Over the next thirty-plus years, though, it became a different place—kinder and meaner, richer and poorer, more like America and less like what it had always been.
New York, New York, New York, Thomas Dyja’s sweeping account of this metamorphosis, shows it wasn’t the work of a single policy, mastermind, or economic theory, nor was it a morality tale of gentrication or crime. Instead, three New Yorks evolved in turn.
Exhaustively researched, passionately told, New York, New York, New York is a colorful, inspiring guide to not just rebuilding but reimagining a great city. THOMAS DYJA is the author of the award-winning The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream, as well as three novels. He lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. MARKETING
Print run: 60,000 This book has already earned high praise from major New York Times bestselling authors Will appeal to fans of Supreme City by Donald L. Miller and Fear City by Kim Phillips-Fein The Third Coast was named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times and Chicago Tribune Play for a Kingdom won the 1997 Casey Award, was named a Best First Novel by Library Journal, and was a Barnes & Noble Discover Fiction Award nominee
To the Greatest Heights
Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth By Vanessa O'Brien Read by Vivienne Leheny “Thrilling…O’Brien makes readers feel as if they’re on the mountain with her through her vivid descriptions and detail.”
—Publishers Weekly When Vanessa O’Brien’s career went into a tailspin, she searched for a new purpose and settled on an unlikely goal: climbing Mount Everest. When her rst attempt ended in disaster, she trudged home, humbled but wiser. Two years later, she made it to the top of the world. And then she kept going.
VANESSA O’BRIEN is an American and British mountaineer, named Explorer of the Year in 2018 by the Scientic Exploration Society. She is an advocate for woman’s causes, carrying the UN Women’s ag to the summit of K2.
Print run: 75,000 O’Brien was the rst woman to set a speed record to climb the Seven Summits, entering the Guinness Book of World Records O’Brien reached the highest peak on every continent in eleven months, one of only eight women to achieve the Explorers Grand Slam Cross-promotion on author’s YouTube channel: YouTube.com/VenessaO’Brien
SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE MARCH 30, 2021
Violence. Speed. Momentum.
By Dr Disrespect
As one of gaming’s most recognizable and provocative personalities, Dr Disrespect nally reveals what it’s really like being the biggest global streaming sensation and, in his factual opinion, the greatest gamer in history. Featuring exclusive, never-before-told stories from his career and thoughtful advice on everything from growing superior mullets to thoroughly dominating life, this memoir is as unique and unforgettable as its subject.
DR DISRESPECT is the most famous, dominant gamer in the history of the world. The Back-to-Back 1993-94 Blockbuster Video Game Champion, the Doc currently resides in his multimillion-dollar top-secret complex, where he spends his time closing monster deals on his ip phone, driving his slate-black Lamborghini Diablo, and intimidating his enemies with his mustache, Slick Daddy.
Print run: 60,000 Dr Disrespect was named Streamer of the Year at the 2017 and 2019 Esports Industry Awards Dr Disrespect had a total peak of more than 510,000 concurrent viewers upon returning to streaming on YouTube in 2020 A great gift for fans of Dr Disrespect and online streaming
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Vera
A Novel By Carol Edgarian Read by Kathe Mazur “An all-encompassing and enthralling historical novel.”
—O, The Oprah Magazine “Brilliantly conceived and beautifully realized.” —Booklist (starred review)
Scrappy fteen-year-old Vera Johnson narrowly survives the devastating 1906 earthquake. Relying on her wit and determination, Vera and her unlikely new family of survivors navigate a world reborn in the wake of disaster. A ravishing, heartbreaking, and profound affirmation of youth, Vera’s story brings to life legendary characters as well as an unforgettable cast in a testament to a city eternally reimagining itself.
CAROL EDGARIAN is a New York Times bestseller author and winner of the ANC Freedom Prize. Her articles and essays have appeared in many national magazines. She is cofounder, editor, and publisher of the nonprot magazine Narrative.
Print run: 75,000 New York Times bestselling author Vera has already earned praise from the O, The Oprah magazine, major New York Times bestselling authors, and earned a starred review Author website: CarolEdgarian.com
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Girls with Rebel Souls
The Girls with Sharp Sticks Series, Book 3 By Suzanne Young Read by Caitlin Davies “Highly recommended.” —School Library Journal on Girls with Sharp Sticks Reeling from one revelation after the next, Mena and her friends begin to unwind the truth of their existence and, as a result, their destiny. The girls of Innovations Academy know they are in a battle for their lives, a war for their very existence. They sharpened their sticks to ght back, have fought for justice with blood from their razor hearts. Now, the girls will choose their true nature—how they dene their rebel souls.
SUZANNE YOUNG is the New York Times bestselling author of ve series of young adult novels. After earning her degree in creative writing, she spent several years teaching middle school language arts.
Print run: 30,000 New York Times bestselling author First book in the series was a Cosmopolitan magazine pick of must-reads Will appeal to fans of Wilder Girls by Rory Power and Killing November by Adriana Mather Also available are Books 1 and 2 in this series and many more by Young Author website: AuthorSuzanneYoung.com
Sensitive Is the New Strong
The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World By Anita Moorjani Read by Anita Moorjani “If you’ve ever been told to toughen up or just get over it, this book is for you.”
—Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times bestselling author Empaths not only sense other people’s emotions, but also absorb them—sometimes to their own disadvantage, often leading to overwhelming sensory overload and feelings of confusion or low self-esteem. Their willingness to help and please others might make them prey to opportunists or cause them to give away more energy than they can afford. But Anita Moorjani argues that it’s possible to turn this onslaught of emotional burden into a powerful tool.
ANITA MOORJANI is an author and international speaker who she has dedicated her life to empowering the minds and hearts of people with her story of courage and transformation.
Print run: 50,000 New York Times bestselling author Will appeal to fans of The Empath's Survival Guide by Judith Orloff, MD, and The Highly Sensitive Person in Love by Elaine N. Aron
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Rhapsody
By Mitchell James Kaplan Read by Tavia Gilbert
—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author One evening in 1924, Katharine “Kay” Swift attends a concert. The piece: Rhapsody in Blue. The composer: a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin. Kay is transxed, helpless to resist the magnetic pull of George’s talent, charm, and swagger. Set in Jazz Age New York City, this stunning work of ction, for fans of The Paris Wife and Loving Frank, explores the timeless bond between two brilliant, strong-willed artists.
MITCHELL JAMES KAPLAN is the award-winning author of the novels By Fire, By Water and Into the Unbounded Night. A graduate of Yale, he has lived in Paris and Los Angeles, and currently lives with his family in Roanoke, Virginia.
Print run: 75,000 Author website: MitchellJamesKaplan.com Also available by Kaplan: By Fire, By Water Online promotions and features
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Sweet & Bitter Magic
By Adrienne Tooley Read by Ferdelle Capistrano and Andrea Emmes
Tamsin is the most powerful witch of her generation. But after committing the worst magical sin, she is cursed with the inability to love. The only way she can get those feelings back is to steal love from others. When a magical plague ravages the queendom, Wren’s father falls victim. To save him, Wren proposes a bargain: if Tamsin will help her catch the dark witch responsible for creating the plague, then Wren will give Tamsin her love for her father. Of course, love bargains are a tricky thing, and these two have a long, perilous journey ahead of them—that is, if they don’t kill each other rst.
ADRIENNE TOOLEY is a novelist and a singer and songwriter who has released three indie-folk EPs.
Print run: 30,000 Will appeal to fans of Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells, Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson and Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan and James Patterson Author website: AdrienneTooley.com
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
By Dawnie Walton “Lovely and lyrical; a warm and wonderful intersection between journalism and ction.”
—Kiley Reid, New York Times bestselling author Opal can’t imagine settling for a 9-to-5 job. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her at a bar’s amateur night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together. But just as she’s nding her niche, a band on her label brandishes a Confederate ag at a concert, and Opal’s bold protest sets off a chain of events whose repercussions are still playing out decades later as Opal considers a reunion.
DAWNIE WALTON is a ction writer and journalist whose work explores identity, place, and the inuence of pop culture. Previously she worked as an executive-level editor for magazine and multimedia brands including Essence, Entertainment Weekly, Getty Images, and Life.
Print run: 100,000 Will appeal to fans of Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and The Mothers by Brit Bennett Author website: DawnieWalton.com
Thaddeus Stevens
Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice By Bruce Levine Read by Landon Woodson “At last, Thaddeus Stevens, one of the nineteenth century’s greatest proponents of racial justice, gets the biography he deserves.”
— Eric Foner, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author During the Reconstruction era following the Civil War, Stevens demanded equal civil and political rights for black Americans, rights eventually embodied in the 14th and 15th amendments. In Thaddeus Stevens, acclaimed historian Bruce Levine has written the denitive biography of one of the most visionary statesmen of the 19th century and a forgotten champion for racial justice in America.
BRUCE LEVINE, professor emeritus of history, is the author of books on the Civil War era, including Confederate Emancipation, winner of the Peter Seaborg Award and named a Washington Post top nonction book of the year.
Print run: 50,000 Booklist called this book "a ne addition to the literature of this everrelevant era” Also available from the author: The Fall of the House of Dixie
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Red Island House
A Novel By Andrea Lee Read by Bahni Turpin
—Danzy Senna, author of New People Shay, a Black American professor, marries Senna, an Italian businessman. Before she knows it, Shay has become the somewhat reluctant mistress of a sprawling household, caught between her privileged American upbringing and her connection to the continent of her ancestors. Soon the collision of cultures comes right to Shay’s door, forcing her to make a life-altering decision that will change her and Senna’s lives forever.
ANDREA LEE is the author of four books, including the National Book Award–nominated memoir Russian Journal, and others. A former staff writer for the New Yorker, she has written for the New York Times Magazine, Vogue, W, and the New York Times Book Review.
Print run: 100,000 Lee is a National Book Award–nominated writer Also available from the author: Russian Journal, Lost Hearts in Italy, Sarah Phillips, and Interesting Women
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A History of Scars
A Memoir By Laura Lee Read by Emily Woo Zeller “What Laura Lee created is a display of raw humanity that is both powerful and vulnerable.”
—Library Journal Through the vivid imagery of mountain climbing, cooking, studying writing, and growing up Korean American, Lee explores the legacy of trauma on a young queer child of immigrants as she reconciles the disparate pieces of existence that make her whole. By tapping into her own personal, emotional, and psychological struggles in these powerful and relatable essays, Lee encourages all of us to not be afraid to face our own hardships and inner truths.
LAURA LEE is a writer based in Chicago. She holds a BA in comparative literature from New York University and an MFA in creative writing from Purdue University.
Print run: 40,000 Lee here reveals eye-opening essays on a variety of taboo topics Lee's writing has been called "breathtaking and dazzling" by New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay National author publicity Local and online publicity
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Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher
Monkey's Head, the Pope's Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul By Brandy Schillace Read by Jean Ann Douglass “Engrossing. Schillace is a rst-rate historian with the perceptive eye of a storyteller.”
—Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris, New York Times bestselling author In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate scientic rivalry birthed a race to master the inner space of the human body. Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher follows Dr. Robert Whit’s decades-long quest into tangled matters of science, global politics, and faith, revealing the complex (and often murky) ethics of experimentation and remarkable innovations that today save patients from certain death.
BRANDY SCHILLACE is a historian of medicine and a critically acclaimed author. The editor-in-chief of the journal Medical Humanities, she previously worked as a professor of literature and in research and public engagement at the Dittrick Medical History Center and Museum.
Print run: 50,000 Will appeal to fans of From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty and Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller Author website: BrandySchillace.com
Lying For Money
How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of the World By Dan Davies “Swindling is never a black and white business, and Davies is good on the shades of grey in fraud-land.”
—Financial Times (London)
In Lying for Money, Davies tells the story of fraud through a genealogy of nancial malfeasance, including: the Great Salad Oil swindle, the Pigeon King International fraud, the ctional British colony of Poyais in South America, the Boston Ladies’ Deposit Company, the Portuguese Banknote Affair, Theranos, and the Bre-X scam. He reveals the big picture that emerges from their labyrinths of deceit and explains how fraud has shaped the entire development of the modern world economy.
DAN DAVIES is a former regulatory economist at the Bank of England and analyst for a number of investment banks. He has written for the Financial Times and The New Yorker, among other publications.
Print run: 50,000 Will appeal to fans of Freakonomics by #1 New York Times bestselling authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner as well as The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford National print and radio publicity campaign
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Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook
From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Prole of Who's Who in Greek Mythology By Liv Albert “[Albert] tells the familiar stories in a fresh, entertaining way and also delves into more obscure myths, origin stories, and characters —leaving no corner of Greek mythology unexplored.”
—Jenny Williamson, cohost of the Ancient History Fangirl podcast In Greek Mythology, you will discover the backstories of the heroes, villains, gods, and goddesses that enjoy popularity in today’s shows and lms. With comprehensive entries that outline each character’s name, roles, related symbols, and foundational myths, you can get to know the roots of these personas and better understand the stories they inspire today. With this character-focused, handy reference, you will never be confused about Ancient Greece!
LIV ALBERT is the creator, host, and producer of the popular podcast, Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! where she brings her modern perspective and her education in Classical Civilizations together to explore Greek myths from a casual, humorous perspective.
Print run: 40,000 Will appeal to fans of Percy Jackson Greek mythology continues to appear in popular movies and books today
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Good Eggs
A Novel By Rebecca Hardiman Read by Alana Kerr Collins, Gary Furlong, and Siobhan Waring “Bracing, hilarious, warm…You just want to pull up a chair to this novel…An absolute delight.”
—Judy Blundell, New York Times bestselling author When Kevin Gogarty’s irrepressible eighty-three-year-old mother is caught shoplifting yet again, he has no choice but to hire a caretaker to keep an eye on her. Recently unemployed, Kevin is already at his wits’ end while his wife travels for work, leaving him solo with his sulky, misbehaved teenaged daughter, Aideen. Into the Gogarty fray steps Sylvia, an upbeat American home aide, who appears at rst to be their saving grace— until she catapults the Gogarty clan into their greatest crisis yet.
REBECCA HARDIMAN is a former magazine editor whose debut novel is Good Eggs.
Print run: 50,000 Will appeal to fans of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce National print and online media campaign
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Einstein's Fridge
How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe By Paul Sen Read by Malk Williams “Impressive debut…Sen’s history of hot and cold is pop-science that hits the mark.”
—Publishers Weekly The laws of thermodynamics govern everything from the behavior of atoms to the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Einstein’s Fridge tells the incredible epic story of how a group of scientists over two centuries uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, learned to harness the power of heat and ice, and formulate the universal theory essential to understanding the world as we know it.
PAUL SEN rst encountered thermodynamics while studying engineering at Cambridge. His ninety-minute lm, Oak Tree, Nature’s Greatest Survivor won the prestigious Royal Television Society Award and the Grierson Award for Best Science Documentary.
Print run: 50,000 Einstein’s Fridge brings to life one of the most important scientic revolutions of all time and captures the thrill of discovery Will appeal to fans of How We Got to Now and A Short History of Nearly Everything Social media promotion Academic outreach
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The Memory Collectors
A Novel By Kim Neville Read by Emily Woo Zeller
Ev and Harriet have a mysterious ability: they can feel the emotions people leave behind on objects. They only know of one other person like them, and they fear the dark effects these objects had on him. Together, they help each other to develop and control their gift, so that what happened to him never happens again.
—Publishers Weekly
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Eleanor in the Village
Eleanor Roosevelt's Search for Freedom and Identity in New York's Greenwich Village By Jan Jarboe Russell Read by Samantha Desz
Not much is known about why in 1920, Eleanor Roosevelt abandoned her duties as a mother of ve and moved to Greenwich Village, then the symbol of all forms of transgressive freedom. Now, in this in-depth portrait, Jan Russell pulls back the curtain on Eleanor’s life to reveal the motivations and desires that drew her to the Village and how her time there changed her political outlook.
—New York Times on The Train to Crystal City
The Agitators
Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights By Dorothy Wickenden Read by Anne Twomey, Gabra Zackman, and Heather Alicia Simms
Harriet Tubman was one of the most important conductors on the underground railroad and hid the enslaved men, women, and children she rescued in the basements of Martha Wright and Frances Seward. Beginning two decades before the Civil War and ending two decades after, Wickenden brings this extraordinary period of our history to life through the richly detailed letters her characters wrote several times a week.
—New York Times on Nothing Daunted
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What to Say Next
Successful Communication in Work, Life, and Love—with Autism Spectrum Disorder By Sarah Nannery and Larry Nannery Read by Kelsey Navarro
In What to Say Next, Sarah Nannery—who despite having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) rose to Director of Development at one of the world’s largest nonprots— offers advice, empathy, and straightforward strategies from her own tool-kit and breaks down everyday situations in granular detail, explaining not only how to understand the goals of others, but also how to frame your own.
—Liane Holliday-Willey, EdD author of Pretending to be Normal
And Never Let Her Go
Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer By Ann Rule Read by Cassandra Campbell
On June 27, 1996, thirty-year-old Anne Marie Fahey had dinner with a man she had been having a secret affair with for more than two years. “Tommy” Capano, forty-seven, was perhaps the most politically powerful man in Wilmington. But sometime after Anne Marie and Tom left a Philadelphia restaurant, something terrible happened to Anne Marie. It would be forty-eight hours before her family realized that she had disappeared entirely.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Babysitter
My Summers with a Serial Killer By Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan Read by Andi Arndt and Aida Reluzco
Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, her babysitter—the kind, handsome handyman at the motel where her mother worked—took her and her sister on adventures in his truck. He bought them popsicles and together, they visited his “secret garden” in the Truro woods. To Liza, he was one of the few kind and understanding adults in her life. Everyone thought he was just a “great guy.” But there was one thing she didn’t know: their babysitter was a serial killer.
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The House Your Stars Built
A Guide to the Twelve Astrological Houses and Your Place in the Universe By Rachel Stuart-Haas
So you know your sun sign, rising sign, and moon sign … but what about the rest of your birth chart? In order to fully understand our place in the universe we need to understand the meaning of each planet, the house it’s stationed in, and what that interaction means. Practicing astrologer and artist Rachel Stuart-Haas teaches you how to create and interpret your unique birth chart, making this often dense and complicated layer of astrology accessible for newcomers and astrology enthusiasts alike.
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To Raise a Boy
Classrooms, Locker Rooms, Bedrooms, and the Hidden Struggles of American Boyhood By Emma Brown Read by Cindy Kay
How will I raise my son to be different? This question gripped Washington Post investigative reporter Emma Brown, who was at home nursing her six-week-old son when the #MeToo movement erupted. To Raise a Boy combines assiduous reporting, cutting-edge scientic research, and boys’ powerful testimonials to expose the crisis in young men’s emotional and physical health.
—Peg Tyre, New York Times bestselling author
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Wonderworks
The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature By Angus Fletcher Read by Jacques Roy
Literature is a technology like any other. And the writers we revere each made a unique technical breakthrough that can be viewed as both a narrative and neuroscientic advancement. These inventions can be scientically shown to alleviate grief, trauma, loneliness, anxiety, numbness, depression, pessimism, and ennui—all while sparking creativity, courage, love, empathy, hope, joy, and positive change; and they can be found throughout all literature.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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The Memory Thief
The Thirteen Witches Series, Book 1 By Jodi Lynn Anderson Read by Carlotta Brentan
All of Rosie’s life, she and her mother have lived in a windy cliff-top house on the coast of Maine. Then Rosie discovers that her ill mother was once a renowned witch hunter, responsible for foiling the thirteen witches responsible for all the evil in the world. To preserve her family legacy and ght for her mother’s life, Rosie must face two of the most sinister witches of all: Time and Forgetting.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Midnight at the Electric
Comeback Season
My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players By Cam Perron, with Nick Chiles Foreword by Hank Aaron Read by Aden Hakimi
In 2007, Cam Perron started writing letters to former Negro League baseball players, asking for their autographs and a few words about their careers. The players responded with stories about their glory days on the eld, and the racism they faced. Comeback Season is a heartfelt story about unlikely friendships, the power of memories, and just how far a childhood interest can go.
—Kirkus Reviews
The Girls Are All So Nice Here
A Novel By Laurie Elizabeth Flynn Read by Erin Mallon, with Alex Allwine
Ambrosia Wellington receives an invitation to her ten-year reunion in the mail, along with an anonymous note that reads “We need to talk about what we did that night.” At the reunion, Amb and her larger-than-life former best friend Sully, receive increasingly menacing messages, and it becomes clear that they’re being pursued by someone who wants more than just the truth of what happened that rst semester.
—Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author
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The Hemingway Stories
As featured in the lm by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on PBS By Ernest Hemingway Read by Stacy Keach and John Bedford Lloyd, with an introduction read by Tobias Wolff
The power of the Ernest Hemingway’s revolutionary style is perhaps most striking in his short stories, and here listeners can encounter the tales that created the legend: stories of men and women in love and in war and on the hunt, stories of a lost generation born into a fractured time. This collection is a perfect introduction for a new generation of Hemingway readers and a vital volume for any fan.
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Swimming Aimlessly
One Man's Journey Through Infertility and What We Can All Learn From It By Jonathan Waldman Read by Jonathan Todd Ross
In Swimming Aimlessly, Waldman shares his family’s infertility story, a years-long, crazy expensive, physically and emotionally exhausting ride. He also speaks with other couples, doctors, and fertility experts, providing not only the latest science, but more intimate advice about the ups and downs of trying to conceive, keeping the partnership healthy, and dealing with the inevitable losses that come —even when the journey ends in a baby.
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Average Expectations
Lessons in Lowering the Bar By Shep Rose Read by Shep Rose
Shep Rose, star of Southern Charm and owner of Shep Gear, shares this irreverent and relatable collection of lessons and anecdotes about living an untamed, genuine life, raising hell yet having fun along the way. Average Expectations is a chronicle of one lucky SOB and the exploits that got him where he is today, with advice and stories that will help unleash your inner rabble-rouser, inspire you to live an untamed life, and remind you that at the end of the day, life is all about having fun, having a laugh, and, most important of all, being in on the joke.
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Publishing Background: Scribner Book ISBN: 9780743230001 Retail per Carton: 80 CDs Retail Ship Date: 3/9/21 What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans By Michaeleen Doucleff Read by Michaeleen Doucleff
When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she found Western parenting guidance ineffective. She traveled across the world to observe and practice parenting strategies in the world’s most venerable communities and learned that these cultures don’t have the same problems with children that Western parents do. Hunt, Gather, Parent reveals a universal parenting paradigm adapted for modern American families.
—Amanda Ripley, New York Times bestselling author
Machinehood
By S. B. Divya Read by Inés del Castillo and Deepti Gupta
It’s 2095 and humanity is entirely dependent on pills that not only help them stay alive, but allow them to compete with articial intelligence in an increasingly competitive gig economy. Welga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and exspecial forces, is about to retire early when her client is killed in front of her by The Machinehood, a new and mysterious terrorist group who simultaneously attacks several major pill funders and issue an ultimatum: stop all pill production in one week.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Pafko at the Wall
A Novella By Don DeLillo Read by Billy Crudup, Zachary Levi, and Tony Shalhoub
Don DeLillo reassembles in ction the larger-than-life characters who on October 3, 1951, witnessed Bobby Thomson’s pennant-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jackie Gleason is razzing Toots Shor in Leo Durocher’s box seats; J. Edgar Hoover, basking in Sinatra’s celebrity, is about to be told that the Russians have tested an atomic bomb; and Russ Hodges, rawthroated and excitable, announces the game—the Giants and the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds in New York.
—New York Times on Underworld
