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At some point early in life it hits us all: the adults around us, who we assumed knew what they were doing, have no more idea than we do. Most of the time we are all making it up as we go. Even in science there are few absolute truths. And yet uncertainty makes us deeply uncomfortable. Our...

The story behind cult classic Repo Man, the movie that bought punk rock to the masses and became an underground sensation. In 1984, punk rock was on the ropes—clubs shuttered by violence, bands dropped by labels, and mainstream America eager to forget punk ever existed. Then a scrappy...

A journalist’s incisive and darkly entertaining look at self-improvement spirituality—in which new age practices like astrology, tarot, and manifestation are reconfigured through the lens of social media algorithms and wellness culture to create a religion of the highly-optimized self. If...

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends Beginning in the mid-1970s, Chris Claremont’s run on X-Men – including the storylines "Dark Phoenix Saga," "Days of Future Past," "Inferno," "Mutant Massacre," "Fall of the Mutants," and "X-Tinction Agenda" – catapulted the mutant heroes to the top of...

From the bestselling author of Palo Alto, a kaleidoscopic and thought-provoking history of how America came to pursue convenience—the feeling of getting what you want, when you want it—at all costs, to the detriment of our health, happiness, and even our efficiency. We are drowning in...

This is the true story of how one side lost its ability to laugh and the other side won the culture. Since 2016, the Left has struggled to be funny. Comedy that once skewered power while connecting with everyday Americans has become sanitized, moralizing, and politically correct, while the Right...

New Republic TV critic, NYT Magazine contributor, and embarrassing dad Phillip Maciak tells the bumbling, beautiful story of modern fatherhood through the famous (and infamous) TV dads who brought it to life on-screen. There are good dads and bad dads, rich dads and poor dads. . . . A little...

Tell Me About Myself, a new HarperCollins book, full description to follow when available...

Simon & Schuster has a great audiobook for every listener...

From the creator of Under The Desk News comes a blend of history, politics, and commentary exploring the hot-button issues of America’s past and present, and how we’ve solved them, showing readers that regardless of our current times there’s always hope for a better future. During the...

An engaging memoir about one writer’s struggle with grief, mental illness, identity—and one all-consuming, life-wrecking obsession Growing up, Jaime Weinman loved pop culture, but he was never a superhero nerd. He preferred literature and opera, musicals and sitcoms, all loves he shared with...

Punk started much earlier than we think: enter the seductive subculture created by three rebellious boys navigating the sparkling world of the Elizabethan court Three young noblemen – heirs to some of the greatest titles in the land – come of age under the watchful eye of William Cecil, the...

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends In the mid-1970s, Misty Knight burst onto the pages of Marvel Comics. Before Storm, Shuri, or Riri, Misty opened the doors of comics as Marvel’s first Black woman super hero. A detective and martial artist with a bionic arm that gives her heroic strength...

El autor best seller de La mente parasitaria muestra por qué la empatía en la política puede conducir al colapso de la civilización. En su nuevo libro, Empatía suicida, el autor best seller del New York Times Gad Saad presenta una crítica provocadora y fundamentada sobre una de las fuerzas...

The history of modern America… With a twist. In December 1933, the "Noble Experiment" of Prohibition ended, having run America's alcohol industry into the ground. Nevertheless, the drinks were flowing on December 5th: “Repeal Day” celebrations took place and criminal bootleggers pivoted...

The history of modern America… With a twist. In December 1933, the "Noble Experiment" of Prohibition ended, having run America's alcohol industry into the ground. Nevertheless, the drinks were flowing on December 5th: “Repeal Day” celebrations took place and criminal bootleggers pivoted...

The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic hit television series Girls, capturing the show's improbable rise, the illustrious forces behind the production, and how its success—and controversy—made the show the voice of a generation. When Girls first premiered on HBO in 2012, little did Hannah...

A rollicking, star-studded memoir from the trailblazing New York Times bestselling author and Vanity Fair journalist Maureen Orth, who tackled the power and privilege of celebrity for five decades In Maureen Orth’s teens, a fortune teller told her that before she died she would have met...

From the editor-in-chief of the cult-favorite literary magazine Taco Bell Quarterly comes a narrative history of the branded objects that have shaped our culture and identities—from Happy Meal Toys to POGs to Coca-Cola bottles. Junk: We all have it. Branded collectibles we hoarded as kids, the...

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends The unforgettable and unexpected deaths of three indelible heroes in the early 1980s shattered the status quo and shook the Marvel Universe to its core. In this age of relentless online spoilers, there may never again be comics events of such powerful shock...