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An award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller with over 100,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: A lawyer shares his stirring true story of a life spent protecting vulnerable people ensnared in the criminal justice system. “Inspiring and powerful” (John Grisham).

A National Book Award finalist called “deeply moving” (The Wall Street Journal): Following the dangerous journeys of six defectors, this insider’s look at North Korea paints a haunting picture of life under the totalitarian regime. With nearly 28,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the hit show: When her past returns to haunt her, Piper is thrust into the dizzying world of a correctional facility. But the women she meets will transform her in surprising ways… “Absorbing” (Booklist), with over 33,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Thoreau advocates for nonviolent protest in his classic manifesto Motivated by his disgust with the US government, Henry David Thoreau…

A New York Times bestseller with over 19,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Celebrate the life, career, and blistering legal opinions of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “Deeply original… I plan to give a copy to both of my daughters” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Gilbert King).

In Chris Matthews’s New York Times bestselling portrait of Robert F. Kennedy, “Readers witness the evolution of Kennedy’s soul. Through…

An “eye-opening” National Book Critics Circle Award winner (Publishers Weekly): This unflinching look at the opioid crisis in America examines how the epidemic began and what allowed it to grow. “A driven and important narrative” (The Wall Street Journal).

HE CALLED HER MRS. KENNEDY. SHE CALLED HIM MR. HILL.For four years, from the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in…

At the age of 17, Hyeonseo Lee escaped from North Korea. This extraordinary memoir follows her struggle for survival in a completely new land — and her eventual return to the border to rescue her family. A New York Times bestseller with over 37,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A provocative #1 New York Times bestseller with nearly 15,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Reexamine Jesus of Nazareth in this “superb” portrait (Publishers Weekly starred review). “Riveting… Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to create an original account” (The New Yorker).