K-DRAMA SCHOOL: A Pop-Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television, Grace Jung
From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean television has emerged onto the global pop culture scene as compelling television—but what exactly makes these shows so irresistibly bingeable? And what can we learn about our societies and ourselves from watching them? From stand-up comedian and media studies PhD Grace Jung […]
THE COCKTAIL PARLOR: How Women Brought the Cocktail Home, Nicola Nice
” At last, a celebration of women’s roles in the invention and evolution of the cocktail! In The Cocktail Parlor, Nicola Nice looks beyond the male-dominated cocktail cannon to find the women who were there all along, brewing cordials and filling punch bowls. She uncovers a treasure trove of inventive and witty cocktail writing and recipes, by […]
MANIPULATED, Theresa Payton–NOW IN PAPERBACK!
In Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth, cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton tells battlefront stories from the global war being conducted through clicks, swipes, internet access, technical backdoors and massive espionage schemes. She investigates the cyberwarriors who are planning tomorrow’s attacks, weaving a fascinating tale of Artificial Intelligent mutations carrying out […]
A completely revised and updated values-based guide full of practical tools and advice that students need to navigate the first year of college and get the most out of their experience.In the twelve years since its initial publication, The Freshman Survival Guide has helped tens of thousands of first year students make a successful transition […]
BIG TIME, Ben H. Winters
In this “virtuoso,” “jaw-dropping” and “stellar technological thriller” (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review), a mother engulfed by her own mid-life crisis stumbles upon a dark conspiracy to harvest and sell people’s time. What if time could be taken from us—the minutes, the hours, the years of our lives, extracted like organs taken for transplant? What would it mean […]
RECLAIMING BODY TRUST, Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant
Now in paperback! RECLAIMING BODY TRUST: Break Free from a Culture of Body Perfection, Disordered Eating, and Other Traumas, by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant (Tarcher Perigee, August 2022; paperback February 2024) A holistic and powerful framework for accepting and liberating our bodies, and ourselves. “Essential reading for anyone who has struggled to feel at […]
THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust, Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa
NOW IN PAPERBACK! “Powerful. . . . A heart-wrenching profile of resilience, ingenuity, and heroism.” ― Publishers Weekly “A fine delineation of personal heroism amid an era of utter human depravity.” ― Kirkus Reviews “Holocaust historians White and Sliwa masterfully piece together the previously untold story of a Jewish mathematician who, during the Nazi occupation of Poland, […]
HOW TO GET ON PODCASTS, Cultivate Your Following, Strengthen Your Message, and Grow as a Thought Leader through Podcast Guesting
How to leverage podcast guesting to elevate yourself as a thought leader, generate more revenue, and promote your business―all for little to no costThe explosion of social media, AI-enabled online advertising, and the overall cacophony of the internet has made it harder than ever to connect a message with an audience. One of the most […]
AN ASSASSIN IN UTOPIA, Susan Wels
Now in paperback! AN ASSASSIN IN UTOPIA: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Cult and a President’s Murder, by New York Times bestselling author Susan Wels (Pegasus, January 2024) “Packed with colorful characters and well-chosen details, this book is an engrossing account of Victorian-era American eccentricity. I was thoroughly immersed. The ending is a page turner as […]
CHILDHOOD NARCISSISM, Mary Ann Little PhD
Notice the signs of narcissism in your child, and act to curb them before it’s too late Raising empathetic and unselfish young people in today’s “all about me” world might seem impossible, but parents can take meaningful action to protect children from these harmful influences. Written by a psychologist with decades of clinical experience, CHILDHOOD […]