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05/05/2026

Coming this August from PBS, a documentary on the life and legacy of Mary Oliver.

"I got saved by poetry, and I got saved by the beauty of the world." —Mary Oliver

Watch the trailer now.

Official website: http://www.pbs.org/americanmasters | Celebrate the life and career of Pulitzer Prize...

05/05/2026

Al Pacino’s bestselling and acclaimed memoir is now available in paperback.

“The rare celebrity memoir that’s also a literary read. As funny as it is reflective, it shares stories behind Pacino’s hardscrabble upbringing, classic films and journey to icon status.” People Magazine

04/28/2026

Now in paperback! What happened to feminism in the twenty-first century? In GIRL ON GIRL, Sophie Gilbert explores the darker side of early 2000s culture from the leering gaze of the paparazzi to the cruelty of reality TV and the rise of an internet culture hostile to women. A blistering look at the misogyny that defined an era and still shapes our world today.

“Fans of pop culture analysis need to add this non-fiction book on their TBR ASAP!" –E! News

"A reminder of where we come from as a culture, and a reinvigorating exhortation not to return there.” —Los Angeles Times

04/28/2026

Transform your writing with Pulitzer-Prize winning author ’s Verb Your Enthusiasm, on sale now. ✍️📓

04/24/2026

We’re delighted to announce Sleeping Beauties – a new book about good ideas, and why some of them are ahead of their time from musician, visual artist, and the bestselling author of How Music Works David Byrne.

It’s available to pre-order now from Penguin Press (US) and Canongate (UK) here: https://sites.prh.com/sleepingbeauties

A ‘Sleeping Beauty’ is a brilliant idea that is ahead of its time. So many breakthroughs in arts or science were like this, lost on their initial audience and only later revived and acknowledged to be great. This book asks, why do some ideas fall asleep? And how do they wake up?

Sleeping Beauties publishes October 6.

04/21/2026

🎸 On sale today! 🎸 All great music is a threat, and no songs have danced on the knife’s edge more than those of the Rolling Stones. Bob Spitz, bestselling author and chronicler of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, brings us the full story of The Rolling Stones. ⁠
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"For anyone who loves or even likes the Stones, it’s indispensable.” (Los Angeles Times) • “You won’t look at the Stones the same way again.” (Wall Street Journal) • “Sure to titillate Stones fans with its many insider stories." (The Observer)⁠
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Now available wherever books are sold.

04/21/2026

So pleased to launch Homesick for a World Unknown today!

“Meticulously researched, gripping… Horn’s biography is a magnificent tribute not only to a giant of a scientist but also to a nearly vanished way of doing fieldwork: A science-trained person yearns to connect with other animals, observes them at length with binoculars and notebook in hand, and fires up to protect them from forces such as poaching and livestock overgrazing, government corruption, and climate change. Horn accurately sums up Schaller’s legacy: His work reminds us that ‘every being has an equal claim on life and freedom.’” —Science

04/20/2026

"Hundreds of books have been written about the Rolling Stones, but few sparkle quite like Spitz’s. For anyone who loves or even likes the Stones, it’s indispensable." — Los Angeles Times raves about The Rolling Stones: The Biography, on sale tomorrow.

'The Rolling Stones: The Biography' by Bob Spitz is a magisterial work that charts the 60-year journey of 'the greatest rock and roll band in the world.'

04/20/2026

Coming May 19! Early readers are calling A TIME TO GATHER by Bruce Feiler “profound,” “timely,” and “an incredible read for anyone passionate about human connection.” From Arthur C. Brooks to Esther Perel, these voices capture why this book is resonating right now.

In A TIME TO GATHER, Feiler travels across six continents to explore a surprising truth: as traditional rituals fade, people everywhere are creating new ways to come together rebuilding meaning, belonging, and community in the process.

04/16/2026

“𝐀 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬…𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫.” — 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥

We’re thrilled to announce The Frenchmen by Emily Eakin: a stylish, searching, and deeply personal history of French theory and its unlikely takeover of American culture.

From Derrida to Foucault, Barthes to Lacan, Eakin revisits the dazzling (and often mystifying) thinkers who reshaped how we understand language, power, truth, and the self, while also uncovering the complicated, sometimes scandalous lives behind the ideas.

Part intellectual love story, part cultural reckoning, The Frenchmen asks: how did these radical ideas take hold and why do they still shape the way we think today?

Learn more: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317335/the-frenchmen-by-emily-eakin/

04/15/2026

Critically acclaimed actor Emma Thompson is the narrator of Gisèle Pelicot’s powerful memoir, A Hymn to Life. Listen to a clip now. 🎧📚