American boys are failing to meet their potential—the author of the New York Times bestseller The Collapse of Parenting explains why, and what we can do about it, in this updated edition.A growing proportion of American boys are failing. From kindergarten to college, boys are becoming less resilient and less ambitious, and the gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates ...

Beginning with our nation's earliest promises of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, this thought-provoking book explores how our pursuit of power, prominence, and control often reflects the absence of a shared foundation rooted in principled character. It argues that the health of a nation ultimately depends upon the character of the individuals who comprise it.Drawing from historical examples, contemporary research, and literary parallels, this work demonstrates that las...

Four experts with the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University provide the essential—and now newly updated—guide to becoming a more effective crisis leader while equipping yourself with the tools for everyday transformative leadershipToday, every leader must be ready to lead through a crisis. In You’re It, the faculty from the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University draws on their expansive field research ...

This anthology gathers modern one-act and short plays chosen for their literary and dramatic value, with a special eye to classroom use, little theatres, and the growing appetite for contemporary drama. Its foreword and introduction champion live performance, simple staging, and experimental theatre as essential to a richer dramatic culture, while showing students and readers how conflict drives comedy, farce, and tragedy alike. Through examples and practical guidance, it invites imaginati...

THE INSPIRATION FOR JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL ON FX“As gritty and hard-driving a thriller as you’ll find….The action never stops, the language sings and stings.” —Washington PostThe City Primeval in Elmore Leonard’s relentlessly gripping classic noir is Detroit, the author’s much-maligned hometown and the setting for many of the Grand Master’s acclaimed crime novels. The “Alexander the Great of crime fiction” (Pittsburg...

When writer Brendan Leonard found out he was going to become a dad, he was excited-but also terrified. He read parenting books, but didn't find exactly what he was looking for. So he started interviewing the people who already had the job he would be starting soon: Regular dads.So Far, So Good: 40 Dads Talk About Becoming Parents and How They Figured It Out distills the best stories and wisdom from those interviews, sharing the experiences and knowledge of those dads in an...

A year has passed since the civil war ended and Millicia became empress. Unfortunately, peace has yet to settle in the Garnet Empire. Because of Millicia’s reforms, discontented nobles have been revolting one after another, necessitating Caim’s constant intervention. And as if that weren’t enough, the Holy Spirit Church also has decided to make its move, sending an envoy to observe Caim in the guise of celebrating Millicia’s ascension to the throne. Meanwhile, Caim is starting to feel unsa...

The New York Times bestselling true story of an Australian ultramarathon runner and a little dog who formed an unbreakable bond in the middle of the Gobi desert.Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name Gobi, went step for step with Dion over the Tian Shan ...

“My favorite Leonard book….He writes the way Hammett and Chandler might write today, if they sharpened their senses of ironic humor and grew better ears for dialogue.”—Dallas Morning News“The best writer of crime fiction alive.”—NewsweekDangerously eccentric characters, razor-sharp black humor, brilliant dialog, and suspense all rolled into one tight package—that’s The Switch, Elmore Leonard’s classic tale of a kidnapping gone wrong…...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A whirlwind tour of fundamental physics and cosmology.”—The Wall Street Journal“Fascinating . . . a wealth of ideas [that] leave us with a clearer understanding of modern physics in all its invigorating complexity.”—Los Angeles TimesWhen and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevo...

“Elmore Leonard can write circles around almost anybody active in the crime novel today.”—New York Times Book ReviewThe revered New York Times bestselling author, recognized as “America’s greatest crime writer” (Newsweek), brings back U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, the mesmerizing hero of Pronto, Riding the Rap, and the hit FX series Justified.With the closing of the Harlan County, K...

Thirteen years ago, a terrible monster called the Poison Queen attacked the Jade Kingdom. A brave party of adventurers defeated her, but in the process one of them was stricken with a curse. In order to survive, she had to pass it down to her own son.Scorned as a cursed child since birth, Caim Halsberg is hated by everyone except his late mother and Tea, a maid working for his family. While his father and twin sister reside in their mansion, Caim is forced to live alone in a forest...