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Skinnytaste Simple

By Gina Homolka

Cooking

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A delectable collection of 120 healthy dishes that use seven ingredients or fewer to deliver big flavor without the fuss—the easiest, simplest recipes yet from #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Skinnytaste Cookbook…

Sitting Pretty

By Rebekah Taussig

History

A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most. Growing up as a paralyzed…

Shoe Dog

By Phil Knight

Biographies and Memoirs

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan.…

Shameless

By Brian Tyler Cohen

Nonfiction

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler Cohen takes a step back from the day-to-day news cycle to explain how American politics has turned into such a dumpster…

Shakespeare

By Judi Dench

Biographies and Memoirs

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... These are just a few of…

See No Stranger

By Valarie Kaur

Biographies and Memoirs

#1 LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE • An urgent manifesto and a dramatic memoir of awakening, this is the story of revolutionary love. “In a world stricken with fear and turmoil, Valarie Kaur…

SELL LIKE CRAZY

By Sabri Suby

Advice and How-To

In this groundbreaking book, Sabri Suby, the founder of Australia's #1 fastest growing digital marketing agency, reveals his exclusive step-by-step formula for growing the sales of any business, in any market or niche! The 8 phase 'secret selling system' detailed…

Second Class

By Batya Ungar-Sargon

General Nonfiction

A personal, journalistic ethnography of the modern American working class, based on the travels and interactions of the author through the American heartland. "Second Class is the most important book you will read all year. A political realignment is coming,…

Scrappy Little Nobody

By Anna Kendrick

Biographies and Memoirs

"A collection of whimsical autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air recounts memorable milestones from her New England upbringing to the blockbuster films that have made her one of Hollywood's most popular actresses,…