Annapurna
Publication Date: 05/06/2025
During a treacherous winter trek to the basecamp of Annapurna, one woman is forced to confront the events leading up to her best friend’s tragic death twenty years earlier as well as the nature of their friendship, the meaning of love, and the unexpected consequences of what is spoken—and what…
Kvell: A Word You Should Know
Publication Date: 05/06/2025
Kvell transforms a traditional Yiddish word into a universal practice of celebrating others’ achievements, reminding us of the joy and connection created through simple acts of acknowledgement, praise, and encouragement. Kvell celebrates an important Yiddish word that was never assimilated into the English language. But it’s a word we should all…
Transplants
Publication Date: 05/13/2025
A harrowing and poignant novel following two young women in pursuit of kinship and self-discovery who yearn to survive in a world that doesn’t know where either of them belong. On a university campus in rural Qixian, Lin and Liz make an improbable pair: Lin, a Chinese student closer to…
Mindfire: Diary of an Anxious Twenty-Something
Publication Date: 05/13/2025
When your mind is on fire, how do you extinguish the flame? Here’s one thing college doesn’t teach you: Adulting is hard. Studies show that approximately 50 percent of adults ages eighteen to twenty-four suffer from anxiety. Mindfire takes readers along on the emotional journey that is growing up, and the anxiety…
Rory Land: The Up-and-Down World of Golf’s Global Icon
Publication Date: 05/13/2025
RORY LAND is the unabashed story of Rory McIlroy, golf’s most compelling icon, the caring but conflicted soul (and lightning rod!) from a troubled Irish homeland whose swing is so immaculate it should be etched in stained glass. Timothy M. Gay writes that four-time major champion Rory McIlroy is “golf’s…
I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms
Publication Date: 06/10/2025
A vivid personal account of a Golden Age in classical music—the second half of the 20th century—providing a rare, behind-the-scenes view of the inner workings of a top symphony orchestra. Nancy Shear was only fifteen when she began sneaking into Philadelphia Orchestra concerts through the stage door, and seventeen when…
Passport to Danger
Publication Date: 05/27/2025
Passport to Danger is a thrilling story of espionage during the height of the Cold War with the action racing from posh office towers in New York City to a crescendo in the resort towns of Cuernavaca and Acapulco with stakes of nuclear proportions. The CIA-backed invasion of the Bay…
Sacred Lessons: Teaching My Father How to Love
Publication Date: 02/18/2025
In Sacred Lessons: Teaching My Father How to Love, Mike de la Rocha explores how inherited definitions of manhood profoundly impacted his ability to connect with his father, his family, and ultimately himself, inviting readers on a transformative journey of self-discovery, forgiveness, and love. Sacred Lessons is a deeply moving…
Do More Good: Inspiring Lessons from Extraordinary People
Publication Date: 06/03/2025
Distilling the wisdom of thirty extraordinary individuals, Lessons From Their Lives is a self-help book for people looking for ways to make their lives more meaningful by helping others. In today’s world, with so much that feels beyond our control, and so many people in need, many of us are…
The Retention Trap: Stop Measuring Turnover, Start Measuring Talent Investment
Publication Date: 06/03/2025
Retention strategies have failed. The demographic future is bleak. Big companies and big governments have a plan—do you? In this eye-opening book, The Retention Trap, Butterball Farms CEO Mark Peters challenges leaders of small and mid-sized businesses to break free from a cycle that prioritizes costly wages and benefits without…