Perched on a Kabul hilltop, the Inter-Continental Hotel was built to embody modern Afghanistanâthen spent decades surviving everything that tried to erase it. In The Finest Hotel in Kabul, BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet tells the countryâs recent history through one building and the people who kept it running: the young manager trying to stay calm […]
Sheâs Alive. Or Is She? đâ¨
Twenty-two years ago, Sami Kierce woke up in a small apartment in Spainâcovered in blood, gripping a knife, and staring at the aftermath of a nightmare heâs never been able to explain. He ran. He built a new life. And he tried to bury the question that never stopped chasing him: What really happened to […]
Get Your Feet Back Under Youâ¨
Strong leadership isnât louder or tougherâitâs grounded. In Strong Ground (2025), BrenĂŠ Brown argues that the real advantage in todayâs chaotic workplace is the ability to stay connected, accountable, and clear-eyed when everything feels uncertain. She opens with a personal wake-up call: a painful injury that revealed how âstrongâ parts of her life were compensating for […]
Hopkinsâ Best Role: Himselfđâ¨
Anthony Hopkins wasnât âmeantâ to make it. A lonely kid from Wales, labeled inept at school, he learned early to survive with stubborn grit and a sharp edge. Then one spark â Hamlet â cracked something open, and he chased acting with a mix of fear, discipline, and raw hunger. In We Did OK, Kid, […]
Malala, Unfiltered (At Last)
The world knows Malala Yousafzai as a symbolâbrave, composed, unwavering. But Finding My Way reveals what the headlines never could: the private work of becoming yourself when everyone else thinks they already know who you are. In this deeply personal memoir, Malala writes about Oxford freedom and relentless scrutiny, tight friendships and lonely moments, first […]
One Sentence, Big Stakesđâ¨
What if Americaâs most famous idea came down to a few fiercely debated words? In The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, Walter Isaacson unpacks the Declaration of Independenceâs second sentenceââWe hold these truthsâŚââand shows how a small committeeâs edits helped shape a nationâs biggest promise. Youâll see how Jeffersonâs original phrasing evolved through collaboration (including Franklinâs […]
House Hunt, High Stakes
What if finding your âforever homeâ became the one thing youâd sacrifice everything for? In Best Offer Wins, 37-year-old publicist Margo has spent 18 months losing bidding wars in the ruthless Washington, DC suburbs. When she finally spots the perfect Colonial in her dream neighborhood, she decides she wonât lose this one, not to cash […]
Tea, Treason, and a Spyđ
In a Berlin apartment in 1943, a small circle of well-connected Germans gathered for tea and spoke the unspeakable: Hitler had to go. They werenât soldiers in hiding, but aristocrats, diplomats, educators, and quiet helpers who sheltered Jews, traded forbidden truths, and imagined a post-Nazi Germany. Their meetings felt almost ordinary, until one guest arrived […]
A Man, in 3 Verbs
What does it actually mean to âbe a manâ in 2025, when so many boys and men feel broke, isolated, and stuck? In Notes on Being a Man, Scott Galloway makes a blunt, surprisingly tender case that weâre failing young men, and paying the price in loneliness, âdeaths of despair,â and a widening gap between […]
Miracles, But Make It Medicineđ
What if âmiraclesâ arenât just lightning-bolt moments, but the quiet result of hope meeting extraordinary care? In The Miracles Among Us, Dr. Marc Siegel reframes medical miracles as something we may be surrounded by more often than we thinkâwhere expert clinicians, resilient patients, and faith intersect in ways science canât always neatly explain. Through unforgettable […]
