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CNN host S. E. Cupp struggled with a severe anxiety disorder for years without knowing it—until it hit her like a truck. She chronicles her journey to recovery in this deeply personal, fresh, and ground-breaking guide that describes in haunting and often-graphic detail her battle with what she...

The definitive insider’s guide to the business of being a children’s book author or illustrator from one of the most respected and decorated voices in children’s publishing. You've written your manuscript, you’ve perfected your portfolio, and moreover, you’ve spent years refining your...

For young journalists and activists, a first-of-its-kind guidebook to movement journalism that sparks social change and transforms news media for the better Amid the shrinking of local news outlets, the rise of exploitative social media platforms, and the numbing effect of mainstream news cycles...

Essential (Brazilian) Portuguese in 2 hours with Paul Noble, a new Collins book, full description to follow when available...

Essential (Brazilian) Portuguese in 2 hours with Paul Noble, a new Collins book, full description to follow when available...

Drawing on a range of examples from classical times to the present, from Cicero to Virginia Woolf to Greta Gerwig, this Very Short Introduction considers why human beings are drawn to exchanging feelings and ideas via letters and why we continue to be fascinated by them today...

The dramatic, untold story of the world’s biggest creative rivalry This is the epic, never-before-told story of two titans of modern industry, two utterly different visionaries who came to shape the world like never before. Richard Rogers and Norman Foster studied together at Yale University...

An investigation of the narrative strategies used to keep the public divided and a roadmap for reclaiming power, resisting propaganda, and building a future grounded in equity and collective truth. The Language of Theft exposes the greatest heist of all time—how the ultra-wealthy have...

The creator and CEO of ProWritingAid uses the latest science of peak performance and psychology to reveal how, in only four minutes a day, writers can become “creative athletes” and unlock their greatest asset: their mind. The Writer’s Mind solves the biggest problem in writing: the...

In a dazzling blend of history and linguistics, a Hollywood dialect coach reveals the unexpected ways that accents shape our lives. Why do so many movie villains have British accents? Why do some New Englanders say “carr” and others “cahh”? Why does Alaskan Sarah Palin sound like she’s...

A gripping, edge-of-your-seat account on the new Cold War unfolding at the ends of the Earth – where the US, Russia and China battle for control of the North and South Poles. As the ice melts, the race for control of the Arctic and Antarctic is heating up. The Coldest War uncovers the growing...

On 9 August 1969, news trickled in that the pregnant movie star Sharon Tate and her friends had been brutally murdered in Los Angeles. Seen as a turning point in the cultural history of America, the Manson murders shocked the world and fanned the flames of a backlash against 1960s youth culture...

Brought to you by Penguin. In Future Words, Dominique Chen invites readers into a life shaped by multiple languages, cultures and disciplines. Born in Tokyo, Chen grew up moving between Japan, France and the United States, speaking several languages in overlapping ways. Here his journey – from...

From the bestselling author of the classic You Just Don't Understand, an exploration of how apologies can make or break our relationships with others Why do some apologies heal while others make things worse? Why do some people resist saying “I’m sorry,” and others can’t stop? Drawing on...

Want to help your child learn to love reading, but no idea where to start? This book will guide you every step of the way. We are living through a reading crisis. Fewer children are enjoying books than ever before. The National Literacy Trust says reading for pleasure is at its lowest level in...

Practical, fun and effective. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Brazilian Portuguese fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that...

Practical, fun and effective. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Brazilian Portuguese fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that...

An indictment of the racial terror that code-switching has wreaked upon people of color for centuries—and a vision for linguistic justice What is it like to be taught that the language that raised you is unworthy of the classroom and the workplace? To be trained to switch in and out of...

Coded messages, hidden carvings, ciphered pendants: what if the secrets of the women of Renaissance England are hidden in plain sight? Now celebrated as an artistic and literary golden age, the Renaissance was more complicated—and turbulent—than we remember, especially for women. Royals vied...

A veteran Merriam-Webster editor celebrates the world’s biggest language through the dictionary In this engaging narrative lexicographer Peter Sokolowski uncovers the history of our language in the dictionary definitions written from Shakespeare’s time to ours. English is always changing...