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Our Best Books of 2023

Our Best Books of 2023

Explore our list of bestselling titles of the year, just in time for the holiday season! Learn more about our gift guide, which offers suggestions for every reader on your… READ MORE

In the Eye of the Serpent

In the Eye of the Serpent

Whitney Barlow Robles— The serpent who beguiled Eve. Medusa’s ossifying glance. The hypnotic command of Kaa in Kipling’s Jungle Book. Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, turned upside down by a basilisk…. READ MORE

#SpeakUp: The Importance of Dignity

#SpeakUp: The Importance of Dignity

Jean E. Thomson Black— First published in 2011, Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks has become a perennial bestseller, paving the way for the release of… READ MORE

Feeling the Past to Touch the Future

Feeling the Past to Touch the Future

Henry Petroski— The bubonic epidemic known as the Great Plague broke out in London in 1665 and lasted for two years. During that time, citizens who could escape to the… READ MORE

Beneath the Feathers

Beneath the Feathers

Barney A. Schlinger— Setting humans aside for a moment, how many mammals did you see today? Any? If you have a dog and cat, you saw two species. A squirrel… READ MORE

Becoming Sleep Wise

Becoming Sleep Wise

Russell Foster— In the 1980s sleep was for “wimps,” and generally regarded as “an illness in need of a cure.” By the 2000s sleep was starting to be taken seriously,… READ MORE

Close Enough to Touch

Close Enough to Touch

Brooks Lamb— It’s 1999, and I’m five years old. I’m with my family in the long patch by the road, just a few hundred feet away from the four-way stop…. READ MORE

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