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Happy #PubDay to LOST SON, a masterwork of investi

Happy #PubDay to LOST SON, a masterwork of investigative journalism in which WSJ reporter Brett Forrest builds on his viral 2019 article “The FBI Lost Our Son” to tell a haunting true story that reads like a thriller.

When a young American named Billy Reilly vanished in Russia, his parents embarked on a desperate search for answers. An amateur drawn into professional intelligence, Billy had become a Confidential Human Source, one of thousands of civilians who assist FBI agents with investigations—often at great hazard and with little recourse. Unsure whether their son’s disappearance was connected to his mysterious work for the FBI or a personal quest gone wrong, Billy’s parents turned to Forrest, an award-winning national-security reporter for the Wall Street Journal whose investigative work focuses on the former Soviet Union. Now, in LOST SON, Forrest reveals the results of his years-long research to uncover precisely what brought Billy to Russia and what happened to him there, and what the FBI’s role really was in this small-town Midwestern family’s worst nightmare. Divided into two compelling sections, LOST SON tells the story of Billy and his family and the evolution of the national security complex that would entangle them, then picks up with Forrest’s involvement in the case—an account of his own international search for Billy and the dangers of probing guarded secrets. Both a reportorial feat and a devastating, intimate account, LOST SON is a harrowing rendering of the post-9/11 American intelligence machine and the tragic outcomes it creates.

“LOST SON grabs you from the jump and never lets go as the story careens around the globe with the velocity of a stray bullet.” —Christopher Leonard, New York Times bestselling author of Kochland

#OnShelvesNow: Bina Shah’s thrilling, timely new

#OnShelvesNow: Bina Shah’s thrilling, timely new novel THE MONSOON WAR.

When Shah’s dystopian tale of patriarchy and authoritarianism Before She Sleeps was first published in 2018, it was met with critical acclaim, drawing comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale—and praise from Margaret Atwood herself. Then, after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the novel landed on recommended reading lists from publications like The Atlantic. Now, at a crucial cultural and political moment, Shah returns to the futuristic setting of Before She Sleeps in an epic and prescient new story of autonomy and resistance. THE MONSOON WAR unfolds in a post-nuclear Middle Eastern world where, in the near-future nation of Dhofar, government leaders maintain a stranglehold over women’s liberty and reproductive lives. But in a neglected southern province, an all-women armed resistance bands together as the Hamiyat, the protectors of those who are too weak to withstand. There, they plan a daring attack in pursuit of the ultimate prize: freedom. An urgent read in a post-Roe world, THE MONSOON WAR powerfully harnesses the metaphor of women’s bodies as the battleground on which the wars of the future will be played out.

“Betrayals, reversals, action and nail-biting suspense make for an addictive story…and the characters and their incandescent fellowship will keep you obsessed.”
—Washington Post

Happy #PubDay to THE YELLOW PAD, a guide to making

Happy #PubDay to THE YELLOW PAD, a guide to making better decisions in an uncertain world from Robert Rubin, the former secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs.

Rubin has spent his more than five decades in markets, business, and government grappling with an essential question: How do we make sound decisions in the face of uncertainty, especially when the stakes are high? Throughout his life and career, when making a critical call, Rubin has turned to his most trusted tool: a simple yellow legal pad. Now, in this new book, Rubin shares his decision-making philosophy. Today the uncertainty we must deal with is even greater, and the existential stakes higher, than at any point in Rubin’s lifetime. Though our culture encourages us to seek out a false sense of certainty, THE YELLOW PAD shows that recognizing uncertain conditions actually enables us to make better choices. Demonstrating how probabilistic thinking can be applied to today’s most urgent issues, such as climate change, and breaking down how the yellow pad approach has guided him on personal and professional matters, Rubin empowers readers to adopt a similarly effective framework.

“With intellectual heft and plenty of actionable items, this is a smart prescription for better thinking.”
—Kirkus Reviews

A lovely night celebrating the PEN Faulkner Awards

A lovely night celebrating the PEN Faulkner Awards with the Shreve Williams team

Happy #PubDay to THE SEA BETWEEN TWO SHORES, a pow

Happy #PubDay to THE SEA BETWEEN TWO SHORES, a powerful novel based on real events from bestselling author Tanis Rideout.

Rideout tells the story of two families—the Tabés, indigenous to the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, and the Stewarts, missionaries from Canada—who encountered each other in the early 1800s with devastating results. Now decedents of the two families, each mourning the loss of a child, have come together on the island where it all started in an attempt to understand what transpired and to cleanse themselves of the transgressions of their ancestors. In both families, there are those who wish to honor the past and those who wonder what’s to be gained by looking back instead of forward. Heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, and morally complex, THE SEA BETWEEN TWO SHORES is a meditation on the complications of history, the possibilities for redemption, and the meaning of the stories we tell ourselves.

“Rideout traverses the textures and echoes of grief, asking difficult and important questions: How does loss imprint itself upon our hearts? Can we find meaning through forgiveness? What is it to both respect our histories and write a future of integrity and compassion? Her language is poetic, her vision resonant. This book speaks powerfully to the challenges we all confront.”
—Vincent Lam, author of The Headmaster’s Wager

Happy #PubDay to IMPOSSIBLE TAKES LONGER, a master

Happy #PubDay to IMPOSSIBLE TAKES LONGER, a masterful new book in which two-time National Jewish Book Award winner Daniel Gordis deconstructs the first 75 years of the country’s history.

In this nuanced examination of Israel’s past, present, and future, published to coincide with the nation’s 75th anniversary, Gordis puts forth an even-handed evaluation of the ways in which Israel has succeeded, and also in the ways in which it has fallen short of the goals of its founders. The state they created, says Gordis, is “the most hated nation in the world but also the most beloved,” and its story is one of both unprecedented human triumph and great suffering. Using the country’s Declaration of Independence as his measure, Gordis offers a deft assessment of Israel’s economy, ongoing war with Palestine, distinctly Israeli form of Judaism, and more. Introducing new angles of thinking, IMPOSSIBLE TAKES LONGER brings depth, moderation, and clarity to the prevailing discourse.

“Gordis has done the seemingly impossible by writing yet another seminal work on the State of Israel. Based on exhaustive research and with a penetrating view of the past, Gordis analyzes Israel’s success—and sometimes, lack of it—in achieving its founding goals…This book is essential.”
—Michael Oren, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States, member of Knesset, and bestselling historian

Happy #PubDay to CHARLESTON, an incredible study i

Happy #PubDay to CHARLESTON, an incredible study into race, rising sea levels, and the cost of climate change denial from Harvard Law School professor and author Susan Crawford.

As climate change inexorably pushes sea levels higher round the world, the future of countless coastal cities, from New York to Miami to Shanghai, is foreshadowed by the flooding increasingly engulfing Charleston, South Carolina. In this deeply reported and urgent book, Crawford details how Charleston’s streets find themselves underwater one day out of five, with much higher sea levels and chronic inundation inevitable in the years ahead. Meanwhile, denial, boosterism, widespread development, and complacency around racial issues compound, and low-income and minority communities are left vulnerable. Crawford reveals the depth and consequences of these issues and more as she chronicles the tumultuous recent past in the life of the city—from protests to hurricanes—while illuminating the escalating riskiness of its future. Weaving science, narrative history, and the stories of Black Charlestonians, Crawford argues that the situation in Charleston, as a bellwether for other communities along global coastlines, is one we can’t afford to ignore. CHARLESTON reveals the scope of the problem—and what we can still do to solve it.

“By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, this is an eye-opening look behind Charleston’s genteel facade.”
—Publishers Weekly

#OnShelvesNow: Christine Barker’s THIRD GIRL FRO

#OnShelvesNow: Christine Barker’s THIRD GIRL FROM THE LEFT, a compelling memoir of loss and the power of art in the time of the AIDs crisis.

In the late ’70s, New York City was a haven for artists seeking community, opportunity, and a permissive, energetic lifestyle. Christine Barker was one of the success stories of that period: an aspiring dancer, she left behind a large traditional military family and made it quickly to Broadway. Now, in THIRD GIRL FROM THE LEFT, she recounts finding a life full of freedom and creative fulfillment—and the suffering witnessed and endured by the generation of artists devastated by AIDS. Alongside her brother—a divorced father and former military man who followed her to the city and there built a life with his partner, the fashion designer Perry Ellis—Christine was abruptly thrust into a nightmarish reality. In time, the disease attacked Christine’s colleagues, friends, and, eventually, the people she held dearest. Elegiac, intimate, and defiant, THIRD GIRL FROM THE LEFT is a deeply moving account from one of the survivors left in the wreckage of an unforgettable era.

“A beautifully written memoir of life on the Broadway stage at the onset of the 1980s AIDS epidemic...Time is an enemy and choices dwindle as the author is an eyewitness to a disaster that shapes her future even as it claims the lives of men she loves.”
—Mara Liasson, national political correspondent, NPR

Happy #PubDay to THE MERCENARY, a remarkable story

Happy #PubDay to THE MERCENARY, a remarkable story of brotherhood, terror, friendship, and war from Jeffrey E. Stern!

Just after graduating college, Jeff Stern—inexperienced, adventurous, and itching to establish himself as an intrepid journalist—made the audacious decision to head into the heart of a warzone. This would soon set off a series of real-life events as thrilling as a caper and affecting as a novel. Now, in THE MERCENARY, Stern shares those events in a vivid narrative account that transcends the wartime genre. It is a window into American misadventures abroad that interrogates the nebulous concepts of truth and memory. But most of all, it is the story of two ambitious young men—Stern and his driver, Aimal—born into very different worlds, and the extraordinary friendship they forged. While Aimal struggles to break the cycle of poverty, Stern finds it nearly impossible to fail. But the extent of this discrepancy is only later laid bare, when Stern receives a shocking phone call. He learns that his mild-mannered friend has become a prolific arms dealer—and now, under threat from both the Taliban and other black-market merchants, he’s on the run. As their unforgettable personal stories unfurl, so too does a rare and honest chronicle of a generation-defining conflict. Much more than a record of military failures or political fallout, THE MERCENARY spotlights the ordinary people who get caught up in the swirl of war and the culture that forms in the shadow of combat.

“THE MERCENARY is one of the most important books about America’s longest war…It reads like an immersive thriller, but it is more compelling because the events are true and riveting…A must-read.” —Qais Akbar Omar, author of A Fort of Nine Towers

“An affecting story of the human costs of a war.” —Kirkus Reviews

It’s the first day of PHILIP ROTH UNBOUND: Illum

It’s the first day of PHILIP ROTH UNBOUND: Illuminating a Literary Legacy, NJPAC’s three-day celebration of the iconic writer! Featuring Matthew Broderick, Cynthia Nixon, Sam Waterston, Ayad Ahktar, Susan Choi, and (many!) more incredible participants, the festival will offer four ticketed dramatic performances—including a star-studded and fully cast reading of The Plot Against America, and a preview of select scenes from John Turturro and Ariel Levy’s theatrical adaptation of Roth’s National Book Award-winning novel Sabbath’s Theater—as well as an array of discussions and debates designed to explore the significance and impact of Roth’s singular literary output. Stay tuned for more updates from the fantastic weekend ahead!

#OnShelvesNow DON'T THINK DEAR by celebrated write

#OnShelvesNow DON'T THINK DEAR by celebrated writer @alicelrobb is a blazingly honest and incisive exploration of ballet’s far-reaching cultural impact, told through the experiences of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.

Featured this week in @nytstyle @voguemagazine @elleusa and @vanityfair- with more to come!

"Don’t Think, Dear provides searing glimpses of life behind the curtain…will deepen readers’ understanding of the insular world of ballet.” –Publishers Weekly

“At once a tribute to the art form that shaped her and an exploration of a ‘beautiful pain cult,’ this engaging book will appeal to dance lovers and anyone interested in the entangled nature of patriarchy, race, and ballet. An elegantly incisive, meditative work.” –Kirkus Review

“A rigorous yet loving examination of a childhood passion told through a feminist lens. Don’t Think, Dear is full of clarity, even about questions that will never get completely clear answers.” — Rebecca Traister

"Neither romanticizing or decrying the dance world, Robb beautifully explores the push-pull of masochism and perfectionism—preoccupations not just relevant to aspiring dancers, but to anyone who's ever pursued an almost-impossible dream." — Ada Calhoun
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Who says print is dead?! We are thrilled to see 3

Who says print is dead?! We are thrilled to see 3 of our current projects featured in the Sunday papers yesterday:

@alicelrobb and her book DON’T THINK, DEAR: On Loving and Leaving Ballet grace the cover of the @nytimes Styles section

@nydailynews ran a double spread review of @merbagby’s THE NEW GUYS

And Roth Unbound, the weekend long literary festival at @njpac celebrating the legacy of Philip Roth on what would have been his 90th birthday garners a 2 page feature in the Newark Star Ledger!

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Happy #PubDay to LOST SON, a masterwork of investigative journalism in which WSJ reporter Brett Forrest builds on his viral 2019 article “The FBI Lost Our Son” to tell a haunting true story that reads like a thriller. When a young American named Billy Reilly vanished in Russia, his parents embarked on a desperate search for answers. An amateur drawn into professional intelligence, Billy had become a Confidential Human Source, one of thousands of civilians who assist FBI agents with investigations—often at great hazard and with little recourse. Unsure whether their son’s disappearance was connected to his mysterious work for the FBI or a personal quest gone wrong, Billy’s parents turned to Forrest, an award-winning national-security reporter for the Wall Street Journal whose investigative work focuses on the former Soviet Union. Now, in LOST SON, Forrest reveals the results of his years-long research to uncover precisely what brought Billy to Russia and what happened to him there, and what the FBI’s role really was in this small-town Midwestern family’s worst nightmare. Divided into two compelling sections, LOST SON tells the story of Billy and his family and the evolution of the national security complex that would entangle them, then picks up with Forrest’s involvement in the case—an account of his own international search for Billy and the dangers of probing guarded secrets. Both a reportorial feat and a devastating, intimate account, LOST SON is a harrowing rendering of the post-9/11 American intelligence machine and the tragic outcomes it creates.“LOST SON grabs you from the jump and never lets go as the story careens around the globe with the velocity of a stray bullet.” —Christopher Leonard, New York Times bestselling author of Kochland ... See MoreSee Less

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Shreve Williams

2 weeks ago

#OnShelvesNow: Bina Shah’s thrilling, timely new novel THE MONSOON WAR.When Shah’s dystopian tale of patriarchy and authoritarianism Before She Sleeps was first published in 2018, it was met with critical acclaim, drawing comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale—and praise from Margaret Atwood herself. Then, after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the novel landed on recommended reading lists from publications like The Atlantic. Now, at a crucial cultural and political moment, Shah returns to the futuristic setting of Before She Sleeps in an epic and prescient new story of autonomy and resistance. THE MONSOON WAR unfolds in a post-nuclear Middle Eastern world where, in the near-future nation of Dhofar, government leaders maintain a stranglehold over women’s liberty and reproductive lives. But in a neglected southern province, an all-women armed resistance bands together as the Hamiyat, the protectors of those who are too weak to withstand. There, they plan a daring attack in pursuit of the ultimate prize: freedom. An urgent read in a post-Roe world, THE MONSOON WAR powerfully harnesses the metaphor of women’s bodies as the battleground on which the wars of the future will be played out.“Betrayals, reversals, action and nail-biting suspense make for an addictive story…and the characters and their incandescent fellowship will keep you obsessed.”—Washington Post ... See MoreSee Less

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Shreve Williams

2 weeks ago

Happy #PubDay to THE YELLOW PAD, a guide to making better decisions in an uncertain world from Robert Rubin, the former secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs.Rubin has spent his more than five decades in markets, business, and government grappling with an essential question: How do we make sound decisions in the face of uncertainty, especially when the stakes are high? Throughout his life and career, when making a critical call, Rubin has turned to his most trusted tool: a simple yellow legal pad. Now, in this new book, Rubin shares his decision-making philosophy. Today the uncertainty we must deal with is even greater, and the existential stakes higher, than at any point in Rubin’s lifetime. Though our culture encourages us to seek out a false sense of certainty, THE YELLOW PAD shows that recognizing uncertain conditions actually enables us to make better choices. Demonstrating how probabilistic thinking can be applied to today’s most urgent issues, such as climate change, and breaking down how the yellow pad approach has guided him on personal and professional matters, Rubin empowers readers to adopt a similarly effective framework.“With intellectual heft and plenty of actionable items, this is a smart prescription for better thinking.” —Kirkus Reviews ... See MoreSee Less

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3 weeks ago

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2 months ago

Happy #PubDay to IMPOSSIBLE TAKES LONGER, a masterful new book in which two-time National Jewish Book Award winner Daniel Gordis deconstructs the first 75 years of the country’s history.In this nuanced examination of Israel’s past, present, and future, published to coincide with the nation’s 75th anniversary, Gordis puts forth an even-handed evaluation of the ways in which Israel has succeeded, and also in the ways in which it has fallen short of the goals of its founders. The state they created, says Gordis, is “the most hated nation in the world but also the most beloved,” and its story is one of both unprecedented human triumph and great suffering. Using the country’s Declaration of Independence as his measure, Gordis offers a deft assessment of Israel’s economy, ongoing war with Palestine, distinctly Israeli form of Judaism, and more. Introducing new angles of thinking, IMPOSSIBLE TAKES LONGER brings depth, moderation, and clarity to the prevailing discourse.“Gordis has done the seemingly impossible by writing yet another seminal work on the State of Israel. Based on exhaustive research and with a penetrating view of the past, Gordis analyzes Israel’s success—and sometimes, lack of it—in achieving its founding goals…This book is essential.”—Michael Oren, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States, member of Knesset, and bestselling historian ... See MoreSee Less

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