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It began with a call from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. WWII. Nazis spies. Christine Kuehn was shocked and confused. When she asked her 70-year-old father, Eberhard, what this could possibly be about, he stalled, deflected,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a "captivating villain origin story" ( People Book of the Week), reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young...

A lyrical and groundbreaking exploration of the misunderstood ways women survive and forever carry trauma from the award-winning New York Times Magazine writer Jen Percy. "A groundbreaking exploration of women's often shamed and silenced...

George Packer's gripping fable of imperial collapse illuminates the crises of our times. George Packer's bestselling nonfiction work exploring American life has won many prizes, including the National Book Award. With The Emergency , he turns...

The story of a runaway mother's ten days of freedom--and the pain, desire, longing, and wonder we find on the messy road to enlightenment--from Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes. " The White Hot has the effect of pressing your hand to a...