With the next election a little over a year away, it’s time to start thinking about those potential nominees, and sometimes, the best place to start, is with a book. To help, we’ve put together a list of memoirs from some of the 2020 presidential hopefuls. Promises to Keep by Joe Biden Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the author of Promise Me, Dad, tells the story of his extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obama’s beloved, influential vice president. Vice President Joe Biden has both witnessed and participated in a momentous epoch of American history. In Promises to Keep, Joe Biden reveals…
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Freshen up your reading list with these debuts from some of the most exciting new voices in fiction. Plus, be sure to check out our downloadable Fall Debut Sampler featuring excerpts of even more debut reads! Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living…
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” —John F. Kennedy No matter how you define leadership, or your experience level—these wide-ranging books offer something to inspire every reader, from CEOs to Small Business Owners to Little League Coaches! Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis and Bing West A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis—the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable strategic thinkers of our time—and Bing West, a former assistant secretary of defense and combat Marine. Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim…
The much-anticipated Downton Abbey movie premieres on September 20th—get ready to reunite with the Crawleys by checking out these historical reads and read-alikes that take the biscuit. The Real Downton Abbey: Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon The story behind Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes’s Emmy Award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Catherine Wendell. In this transporting companion piece to the New York Times bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, Catherine, a beautiful and spirited American woman who married…
Believe it or not, students are already beginning to settle in on campus and get a head start for the next school year. Whether you’re heading to college, getting ready to navigate high school, or just missing the old school days, these campus reads are for you. The Swallows by Lisa Lutz A teacher at a New England prep school ignites a gender war—with deadly consequences—in this dark and provocative novel by the bestselling author of The Passenger. When Alexandra Witt joins the faculty at Stonebridge Academy, she’s hoping to put a painful past behind her. Then one of her…
