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Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announced the four winners and three finalists of the 2025 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards. The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards, established in 1998, recognize excellence in nonfiction that exemplifies the literary grace and commitment to serious research and social concern that characterized the

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant,

Publishing on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine: The gripping, heartrending story, told in her own words, of a formidable 29-year-old woman serving as a commander on the front lines of the War in Ukraine — and an intimate, hair-raising look at modern warfare.   lynove, 2016 The Ukrainian army gives me very

Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the working homeless in cities across America.   1 Britt scrutinized her face in the bathroom mirror, hoping she looked less tired than she felt. Sleep had been hard

For Earth Day on April 22nd, we are sharing books that educate students on the current major risks to the environment and provide solutions for environmental protection that will aid in securing the future of our planet.

By: Anna Lembke, MD The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook is a companion guide to Dopamine Nation, the book I published in 2021 exploring the neuroscientific, cultural, and evolutionary contributors to addiction in the modern age. The Workbook can be used as a classroom supplement to Dopamine Nation, or as a standalone guide for those wanting to implement the ideas from Dopamine

In honor of Lesbian Visibility Week, which takes place April 21st – April 27th, and Lesbian Visibility Day on April 26th, we are sharing books by and about lesbians, and their experiences and history.

In honor of International Day of Human Space Flight, which is held on April 12th, the anniversary of the first human space flight, we are sharing books about those who have explored outer space and recorded their inspiring experiences.

Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the possible demise of civilization. Here, Paul Hawken looks at the flow

Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English. Here the titles published by Penguin Random House that are among the NBCC Award winners:   Fiction category: My Friends by Hisham Matar (Random House)   Autobiography category: Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny, translation by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel

For Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we are sharing books to educate and raise awareness about mental health and the various factors that may affect it, and to provide tools and resources for student wellness. Find our full collection of titles here.

Dear fellow educator, I’m delighted to share with you the paperback edition of my latest book, The Black Box: Writing the Race, which grew out of the Introduction to African American Studies course I’ve taught at Harvard for the last many years. It was exciting to transpose the magic that takes place in the classroom