Random House to Publish FROM THE GROUND UP by Starbucks’ Howard Schultz in February 2019

The Random House Group has announced it will publish long-time CEO, Chairman, and current Chairman Emeritus of Starbucks Howard Schultz’s most revelatory and visionary book yet, From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America, on February 12th, 2019.  The book will be edited by Chris Jackson, editor of such authors as Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bryan Stevenson

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Nadia Murad, Author of THE LAST GIRL, Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

On Friday, October 5, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that it had decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Iraqi human rights activist Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.” Murad recounts her extraordinary

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Shane Bauer Tackles the Private Prison Industry in AMERICAN PRISON

In 2014, investigative journalist Shane Bauer took an entry-level, $9/hour job as a guard at Winn Correctional Facility, a private prison in rural Louisiana. For the next four months, he reported for work outfitted with a hidden recording device, ready to capture the reality of life in private prisons for guards and inmates alike. For

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Khaled Hosseini’s Response to the Refugee Crisis

Join Khaled Hosseini on Tuesday 9/18 from 1:30pm ET / 5:30pm GMT on his Facebook page, where he will be responding to questions from fans all over the world.   From Khaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner, And The Mountains Echoed, and A Thousand Splendid Suns, comes an illustrated book for readers of all ages: Sea Prayer.

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On a “Shared Reading Scheme,” by Dr. Alison Baverstock (Kingston University)

This article was contributed by Alison Baverstock, Associate Professor of Publishing, Department of Journalism, Publishing and Media, Kingston University, UK. Kingston University won the Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year from Times Higher Education in 2017.    Did we steal or borrow the idea of common reading? A publisher and long-term believer in the power

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