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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism; Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • His lifelong love of basketball leads Abdurraqib into a lyrical, historical, and emotionally rich exploration of success, excellence, and role models, all of which he expertly weaves together with intimate, personal storytelling.

From Slate staff writer Aymann Ismail comes an exquisite memoir about fatherhood, religion, and the search for identity in an ever-shifting world.

Adam Met, Columbia University professor and member of the multiplatinum band AJR, shows how your students can apply fan-building strategies from the music industry to message effectively about causes they care about and rally others to help them achieve shared goals.

Alison Wood Brooks—a celebrated Harvard Business School professor and leading expert on the psychology of conversation—shows why conversing a little more effectively can make a big difference in the quality of our close personal relationships as well as our professional success.

A stunning narrative from one of the most powerful young writers at work today, and the director of the Oscar®-nominated documentary, Sugarcane, We Survived the Night interweaves oral history with hard-hitting journalism and a deeply personal father-son journey into a searing portrait of Indigenous survival, love, and resurgence.