Explore what we're most excited to put on our shelves this August. For more, check out:
Biography
From the finance editor of The New York Times, an examination of Bill Gates—one of the most powerful, fascinating, and contradictory figures of the past four decades—and an eye-opening exploration of our national fixation on billionaires.
Biography
A new, revolutionary look into the brilliant life of Pat Nixon.
Biography
A new history of Nat Turner's rebellion and its aftermath.
Biography
A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde.
Cooking
African cuisine is infused with Californian culture to create delicious, unique meals in this beautiful fusion cookbook.
Cooking
A collection of contemporary, extra-special Vietnamese recipes, from beloved classics like Hanoi-Style Vermicelli with Grilled Pork and three variations of phở, to dishes with a New Orleans twist, like Southeast Asian Jambalaya and Sticky Fried Shrimp Bánh Mì—from Top Chef contestant and acclaimed chef Nini Nguyen
Cooking
Savor the boundary-breaking dishes and rich tastes of Alta California, Tex-Mex, Floribbean, and other quintessentially American culinary traditions.
Cooking
From nutritionist and social media star @plantbasedrd, more than one hundred, nourishing, feel-good, and easy-to-follow recipes, inspired by Mexican and Dominican flavors, for mindful, creative plant-based meals
Cooking
The New York Times bestselling author and beloved social media star @PreppyKitchen delivers simple, everyday recipes that anyone can cook regardless of cooking level or busy schedule that is sure to delight the whole family.
Essays
A vital, intimate inquiry into the astonishing connections between personal and ecological loneliness
Memoir
The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker—how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance.
Memoir
Fashion icon Iris Apfel shares her philosophy for living, unique perspective on design, and the key moments that shaped her life, along with 300 photographs from her personal collection.
Memoir
A penetrating, compulsively readable memoir chronicling the four-decade career of America's top courtroom sketch artist, for fans of Lab Girl and Working Stiff
From America’s top courtroom sketch artist, a penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about her dramatic four-decade career
Memoir
From Moon Unit Zappa, the daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age in the Hollywood Hills in the 1980s as the “Valley Girl,” gaining momentum as an accidental VJ on a new network called MTV, and finding herself after losing her father, then her mother, and the testing of her most important relationships.
Memoir
The sequel to the internationally bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by National Book Award finalist Anton Hur.
Poetry
Written after two years of artistic silence, during which the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Minneapolis became the epicenter of protest following the murder of George Floyd, Bluff is Danez Smith’s powerful reckoning with their role and responsibility as a poet and with their hometown of the Twin Cities.
Science
An ode to trigonometry, the most important idea in mathematics and the key concept that enables our modern world, from the internationally bestselling author of Humble Pi
Science
The New York Times bestselling authors of The Genius of Dogs take us into their "Puppy Kindergarten,” a center to study how puppies develop, to show us what goes in to raising a great dog.
Science
One of the world’s leading astrobiologists takes us on an awe-inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity’s most profound questions: Are we alone in the universe? And, how did life on Earth begin?
Science
Earth is vibrantly alive and full of wisdom for those who learn to listen.
True Crime
How states are making their legal systems more equitable, seen through the story of a Black man falsely imprisoned for thirty years for murder.
True Crime
In this shocking memoir, a former FBI informant reveals what he learned from successfully infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in the backwoods of the Sunshine State, uncovering details about the hate group’s structure and its modern far-right spinoffs which are operating to achieve the same goal: inciting a second civil war by whatever violent means necessary.
US History
A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirteen months in the Trump White House.
US History
A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences.
US History
No Democracy Lasts Forever argues that the Constitution has become a threat to American democracy and must be dramatically changed or replaced if secession is to be avoided.
World History
A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin invaded Ukraine, Midnight in Moscow is the first behind-the-scenes account of how U.S.-Russia relations hit their nadir—and a playbook for our unfolding confrontation.
World History
The unforgettable story, decades before Ted Lasso, of the real-life Watford Football Team, transformed into a powerhouse by coach Graham Taylor and owner Elton John.