Amanda Ripley, author portrait
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Amanda Ripley

Amanda Ripley is a New York Times bestselling author, Washington Post contributor, and co-founder of Good Conflict, a company that helps people get smarter about how they fight. Her work has appeared in Time, Politico, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, and Harvard Business Review. Her other books include The Smartest Kids in the World and High Conflict.
The Unthinkable (Revised and Updated)

Books

The Unthinkable (Revised and Updated)

2025 Catalog for First-Year & Common Reading

We are delighted to present our new First-Year & Common Reading Catalog for 2025! From award-winning fiction, poetry, memoir, and biography to new books about science, technology, history, student success, the environment, public health, and current events, the titles presented in our common reading catalog will have students not only eagerly flipping through the pages,

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Videos from the 2024 First-Year Experience® Conference are now available

We’re pleased to share videos from the 2024 First-Year Experience® Conference. Whether you weren’t able to join us at the conference or would simply like to hear the talks again, please take a moment to view the clips below.   Penguin Random House Author Breakfast Monday, February 19th, 7:15 – 8:45 am PST This event

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