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🏀 NOW IN PAPERBACK! 🏀 MAGIC: The Life of Earvin “Magic” Johnson by Roland Lazenby is the definitive biography of the legendary basketball player from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life. “Roland Lazenby’s big biography of Magic Johnson gives us a wealth of detail, a huge cast of characters and, in a way, the tapestry of our time.” —The New York Times Book Review "Roland Lazenby’s comprehensive tome regarding this profound legacy could only be titled Magic...with narrative clarity and observational depth of focus, Lazenby’s book carefully guides us on this epic journey through the life and times of one of the most significant cultural figures that America has ever known.” —Dr. Todd Boyd, Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture in the USC School of Cinematic Arts "Magic, a biography of basketball star Earvin Johnson, deserves to be the first sports biography ever to win a Pulitzer prize. Author Roland Lazenby has written a can’t-put-down masterpiece, combining incredible research, a remarkable story of greatness and tragedy, and a beautiful narrative to produce a timeless classic about one of the most fascinating athletes ever to fast break into America’s heart." —Peter Golenbock, author of The Bronx Zoo and Bums MAGIC is a must-read book and the perfect holiday gift for basketball fans, sports lovers, and memoir readers. Get your paperback copy today! bit.ly/4fpwZbm #MagicTheLife

📚NOW IN PAPERBACK 📚 BEING HENRY: The Fonz…and Beyond, a memoir by beloved Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler is filled with profound heart, charm, and self-deprecating humor. It is a meaningful testament to the power of sharing truth and kindness and of finding fulfillment within yourself. Recommended by The New York Times, People, Parade, AARP, Good Morning America, The View, and more! “It’s this kind of candor — coming from someone who once duct-taped deli turkey to his shoes so his dog would play with him — that makes Winkler so lovable on the page.” —The New York Times “More than anything, Being Henry is the story of a talented actor who, as his wife puts it, can “charm the pants” off of anyone…It’s about the struggle to come into oneself after decades of self-alienation, and about perseverance.”—The Daily Beast "[An] inspirational story of one of Hollywood’s most beloved figures who became an unlikely TV screen icon and later a champion for those with dyslexia." —AP Get your paperback copy today! https://bit.ly/4hg5p1J #BeingHenry

Announcing JOHN & PAUL: A Love Story In Songs by Ian Leslie! Coming April 8, 2025. John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world. The Beatles shook the world to its core in the 1960’s and, to this day, remain an active ingredient in our cultural bloodstream, as new generations fall in love with their songs and their story. At the heart of this phenomenon lies the dynamic between John and Paul. Few other musical partnerships have been rooted in such a deep, intense and complicated personal relationship. John and Paul’s relationship was defined by its complexity: compulsive, tender and tempestuous; full of longing, riven by jealousy. Like the band, their relationship was always in motion, never in equilibrium for long. John and Paul traces its twists and turns and reveals how these shifts manifested themselves in the music. Yoko Ono remarked on the resemblance of their friendship to a romantic relationship and suggested that at some point that’s what John wanted it to be. The two of them shared a private language, rooted in the stories, comedy and songs they both loved as teenagers, and later, in the lyrics of Beatles songs. In JOHN & PAUL, acclaimed writer on human psychology and creativity Ian Leslie traces the shared journey of these men before, during and after The Beatles, offering us both a new look at two of the greatest icons in music history, and rich insights into the nature of creativity, collaboration, and human intimacy. Pre-order your copy today! https://bit.ly/3BwmdB7 #JohnAndPaulBook Photograph: David Bailey

📖 NEW BOOK ALERT 📖 A story of boy meets girl meets AI therapist, SIKE by Fred Lunzer explores our aching pursuit of love and self-control. Coming May 20, 2025. Adrian earns his living writing lyrics for rappers he never meets, and finds success with a hit song about his own fruitless search for love. After his last relationship ends in a spiral of angst, Adrian decides it’s time to try Sike: the new lauded and elite AI psychotherapy app that tracks your every move and emotion, and guides you toward mental contentment. He soon falls for Maquie, a smart and pragmatic venture capitalist scouring London’s tech scene for the next business boom. She can see no potential investments though, nothing sparkles. She wants to find a business as successful as Sike, and yet she is also one of the holdouts who refuse to use it. Shifting between Adrian and Maquie’s perspectives as it tracks the fraught first year of their relationship, Sike is a story of two people wrestling with connection, identity, anxiety, success, and the limits of our obsession with self-analysis and awareness. For fans of Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun and the modern love stories of Sally Rooney, Fred Lunzer’s debut novel brings us an incisive and intimate deep dive into the reach for clarity by a curious and ambitious, anxious and irresolute generation. Pre-order SIKE today: https://bit.ly/4eLE4Cy #ReadSike

THE SEQUEL by Jean Hanff Korelitz gets a rave review from The New York Times! “Sequels are notoriously tricky. Even the characters in ‘The Sequel’ acknowledge it. ‘They’re never as good as the first book, are they?’ Well, this one is.”

📖 NOW IN BOOKSTORES: THE SEQUEL BY JEAN HANFF KORELITZ! 📖 ⭐Starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Bookpage ⭐Literary Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024 ⭐One of Book Trib’s Best Books About Books ⭐Recommended by The Wallstreet Journal, Good Housekeeping, and more After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz’s equally captivating new novel: THE SEQUEL. With her signature wit and sardonic humor, Korelitz gives readers an antihero to root for while illuminating and satirizing the world of publishing in this deliciously fun and suspenseful read. “Ms. Korelitz’s book, mixing dark wit with coldblooded suspense, provides an unforgettable tour through the life and mind of a homicidal protagonist.” —The Wallstreet Journal “Fans of Korelitz’s literary thriller The Plot will (manuscript theft! identity theft! murder most foul! soup!) get excited for the sequel: The Sequel, in which a certain author’s widow decides to write her own book—and discovers that she’s not the only one who knows a few secrets after all. Fun.” —Literary Hub “The Plot and The Sequel…take their rightful place on any shelf.” —Book Trib Head to your favorite bookstore and pick up your copy of this page-turning thriller today! https://bit.ly/3Y4UeBs #TheSequelBook

AMAZING NEWS—DOES THIS TASTE FUNNY? is an instant ✨New York Times bestseller!✨ Congratulations Stephen and Evie!! We couldn’t be prouder. Cheers! 🥂#DoesThisTasteFunny

📚THRILLERS NOW IN PAPERBACK 📚⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ From the The New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows, THE ANGEL MAKER by Alex North is a dark, suspenseful thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future. ⁣ ⭐ “Deeply complex and carefully crafted, this novel is a thrilling question mark all the way to the end, and it puts North’s storytelling skills on full display…The Angel Maker, his best so far, is a superb addition to his already impressive oeuvre.” —NPR ⭐ “A story that combines lofty philosophical inquiries about fate and free will with the grisly legacy of a sadistic serial killer.” —The New York Times Book Review ⁣ ⭐ “Terrifying, thought-provoking, and thrilling… Alex North knocked it out of the park.” —BookTrib — ⁣ For fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Stephen Amidon’s LOCUST LANE is a taut and utterly propulsive story about the search for justice and the fault lines of power and influence in a seemingly idyllic town. Can anyone be trusted? ⁣ ⭐ “A sharp portrait of class divisions and high-end dysfunction.” —The New York Times Book Review ⁣ ⭐ “Locust Lane is as perceptive as it is compulsively readable.” —The Washington Post ⭐ “A taut, twist-filled thriller.” —E! News ⁣ Get your paperback copies today! #TheAngelMaker: https://bit.ly/3TIQgfd #LocustLaneBook: https://bit.ly/3XDV9re

We loved seeing our bestselling author, Jean Hanff Korelitz, on the ✨cover✨ of Publishers Weekly! Inside: a starred review for Korelitz’s follow-up to The Plot, THE SEQUEL—a razor sharp thriller set in the publishing world. On sale Oct 1. “It’s another taut and compulsively readable spellbinder from Korelitz.” ⭐ #thesequelbook

"Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert once had a falling out over a spoon, but their new cookbook DOES THIS TASTE FUNNY? has them in the kitchen, with love, laughter and the right utensils." —The New York Times https://nyti.ms/3Twzz6G