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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ADVENTURES IN HUMAN BEING AND RECOVERY This book is about the contours and landscapes of mental health. We experience the world through the filter of our emotions, but those emotions can be fickle as well as misleading. As human beings we have power over them, and...

Erewhon began as a ten-by-twenty-foot basement on Newbury Street in 1960s Boston: planks on cinder blocks, barrels of brown rice and miso, and a macrobiotic couple convinced that changing what people eat could change how they live. Half a century later, the same name has become global shorthand for twenty-dollar smoothies, paparazzi-stalked parking lots, leather grocery totes on a Balenciaga runway, and a Tribeca gourmet market instantly christened “the Erewhon of New York.

For fans of the witty and evocative writing of Anne Helen Petersen and Amanda Montell, a sharply clever exploration of what it means to be a “bad mom” by delving into the world of momfluencers, stage moms, trad wives, and more. We all have an idea what it means to be a good mom: little...

Top political strategist Maya Rupert reveals how, for people of color, being real comes at a cost and authenticity is a privilege the marginalized cannot afford—that is, unless we change the system that keeps sending us the bill. . . One of Maya Rupert’s earliest memories was learning how to...

An audacious and inspiring debut social history that explores how entrepreneurial members of the tight-knit hardcore punk scene within the vibrant heart of Boston cashed in on one of baseball's greatest rivalries. For eighty-six years Boston Red Sox baseball fans lived in the shadow of their...

In today’s digital world, your attention is the most valuable currency—and Big Tech wants every second of it. Your favorite apps, social platforms, streaming services, and online stores aren’t just convenient tools; they are carefully engineered environments designed to influence your behavior, guide your choices, and keep you endlessly scrolling, tapping, reacting, and buying.

Bloomsbury presents You Know You Love Me by Lindsay Denninger, read by Olivia Kustermans. Growing up is hard to do, but the kids on Gossip Girl sure made it look easy—and sexy, to boot. Set in the always-alluring penthouses and exclusive clubs of New York City, Gossip Girl followed, as its...

An exuberant, behind-the-scenes look at the designers and the company that brought us Mario, Zelda, Pokémon, and so much more, illuminating Nintendo's singular ethos, its massive cultural impact, and the innovative solutions behind its creative triumphs “Comprehensive but never too dense...

This is a book about ideas. Specifically, this is a book about the evolution of a certain set of ideas, and how these ideas have come to dominate every important discussion about race, gender, and identity today. Have you heard someone refer to language as literal violence, or say that science is sexist? Or declare that being obese is healthy, or that there is no such thing as biological sex? Or that valuing hard work, individualism, and even punctuality is evidence of white supremacy?

In the age of comfort, a quiet collapse is happening inside people—not in governments, not in economies, but in the minds of ordinary adults who can no longer handle ordinary life. The Weak Generation tears apart the myths we hide behind and exposes why emotional weakness is rising while real resilience is disappearing.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé aren't just pop megastars. They are working women whose astounding accomplishments defy patriarchal norms. And while not all women can be Rihanna or Dolly Parton or Reese Witherspoon, their successes help us understand the central role of everyday women in today's economy. Swiftynomics assesses the complex economic lives of American women. Drawing insights from pathbreakers like Taylor Swift, Misty Heggeness digs into the data, revealing women's hidden contributions and aspirations—the unexamined value they create by following their own ambitions. 

THE CURATORS OF CULTURE: Celebrate Black digital art in this essay collection revealing how Black artists have shaped everything from TikTok dances to viral memes Steven Underwood digs into the current Black digital arts movement that has shaped popular culture for the last decade. He connects...

After the calamity of the Great War, there was a desire in Britain for escapist fun - the lights of the Jazz Age, radio comedies and the pictures were a welcome respite from the grim reality of the Great Depression. Yet the storm clouds were gathering, and Britain between the wars was a...

Bloomsbury presents Listening In by Toby Heys, David Jackson, and Marsha Courneya, read by Angus King. In 1945, W. Averell Harriman, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, was presented with a carved wooden plaque of the Great Seal of the United States as a 'gesture of friendship' by a delegation...

A radical cultural and political history of exorcism and possession from the 1950s to the present day. Once considered an outdated embarrassment, demands for exorcism have increased since the mid-twentieth century, becoming a popular product in our therapeutic marketplace and a weapon against...

“Enchanting, unexpected, and razor-sharp. Jeanette Winterson and Shahrazad are the perfect copilots to take us into new worlds on the wings of old stories.” —Kamila Shamsie, award-winning author of Home Fire I can change the story because I am the story. “One of the most daring and...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Could this be the best book on football ever?” —Tyler Cowen "Another masterwork from one of our greatest minds.” —Esquire “[An] essential playoff-season read.” —People A hilarious but nonetheless groundbreaking contribution to the argument...

A captivating, uncanny journey to the frontier of human-computer interaction. 'It's hard to imagine a timelier book right now than this . . . you probably won't look at ChatGPT the same again.' GQ 'Urgent, humane' GUARDIAN 'Engrossing' INDEPENDENT 'Existentially chilling' THE TIMES 'Thoughtful...

The training in women’s gymnastics is long and hard. After their Olympic competition, the USA’s bus is pulled over by special agents from Iran. The girls’ instincts take over and save them from becoming victims of the Israeli / Palestinian conflict.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER. Channeling the subversive and sharp-eyed voice showcased in her popular column for The Cut, this memoir stylishly interrogates the aspirations of young adulthood, early middle age, motherhood and life after ambition— for readers of Ada Calhoun, Jia Tolentino, Jessi Klein...