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Behind the Back Bedroom
In 1976, a quiet home in Yakima, Washington, became the center of a case that would haunt everyone connected to it. In The Back Bedroom, bestselling true-crime author Gregg Olsen investigates how a deeply isolated household fell under the influence of self-proclaimed prophet Leon Cunningham. Convinced that the end of the world was near, Leon’s […]
Can a River Be Alive?
What if a river were more than water flowing through a landscape? What if it could live, suffer, recover—and even have rights? In Is a River Alive?, acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane follows that question across three extraordinary landscapes: Ecuador’s threatened cloud forests, India’s polluted waterways, and Canada’s wild Mutehekau Shipu. Along the way, he […]
What Made Her Walk Away?
Evan Barker didn’t just support the Democratic Party—she built her career inside it. From Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign to progressive fundraising networks, congressional races, and national political organizations, Barker spent years believing she was helping build a movement for working Americans. Then, little by little, that belief began to crack. In Nothing Left, Barker takes […]
The Expedition You Don’t Know
The Lewis and Clark expedition is often remembered as a heroic journey across an untamed American West. But the real story was far larger—and far more complicated. In This Vast Enterprise, Craig Fehrman reexamines the famous expedition through the people whose contributions, ambitions, and conflicts shaped its outcome. Alongside Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were […]
Aging Wasn’t Supposed to Be This Weird
Laurie Notaro is turning 60, and she has a few things to say about it. In I’ve Got a New Complaint, the bestselling humorist takes on aging, family, disastrous workplaces, chaotic travel, stubborn parents, old enemies, scam texts, questionable retirement plans, and a beloved dog who seems determined to destroy everything she owns. Whether she’s […]
How Systems Lose Their Balance
What happens when institutions weaken, accountability fades, and too much power becomes concentrated in too few hands? In The Fix, former US Attorney Barbara McQuade explores how corruption, institutional pressure, misinformation, and declining public trust can gradually weaken democratic systems. Drawing on legal history, public policy, and real-world examples, she examines how organizations and governments […]
Some Stories Refuse to Stay Lost📖
After the Civil War, thousands of formerly enslaved people placed “Lost Friends” advertisements in newspapers, desperately searching for family members torn away by slavery. Inspired by those real-life notices, Lisa Wingate’s The Book of Lost Friends weaves together two unforgettable stories more than a century apart. In 1875, eighteen-year-old Hannie Gossett sets out across the […]
When Biology Becomes the Weapon
What if the next global catastrophe began with something no one could see? In Biological War, Annie Jacobsen imagines a genetically engineered airborne plague escaping from a high-security laboratory—and shows how quickly a single accident could spiral into a worldwide disaster. Within days, hospitals are overwhelmed, governments scramble to contain the outbreak, military forces mobilize, […]
Greatness Starts Small✨
Big goals are exciting. The daily work it takes to reach them usually isn’t. In Chop Wood, Carry Water, Joshua Medcalf follows John, a young man who travels to Japan dreaming of becoming a samurai archer. Instead of immediately picking up a bow, he’s told to chop wood, carry water, and master the small, repetitive […]
What Happens When You Stop Pretending?
After years of glamour, headlines, and reality-TV drama, Dorit Kemsley is finally telling the story viewers never saw. In Unburdened, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star looks beyond the polished image to reveal the experiences that changed her: motherhood, a marriage under strain, the terrifying home invasion that shattered her sense of safety, and […]
