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In celebration of Native American Heritage Month this November, Penguin Random House Education is highlighting books that explore Native American culture, history, and experiences. Browse our collection here: Books for Native American Heritage Month

A finalist for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction The Insider is a delightful and majestic reckoning with the ascent of American fiction in the twentieth century through the prism of the under-known man who had an astonishing amount to do with it.   One. BOY IN SUNLIGHT Although he wrote two

For World Television Day on November 21st, we recognize the significant impact that television has on decision making as well as being an ambassador for the entertainment industry. We are sharing a collection of books about television, a symbol of communication and globalization that educates, informs, and entertains.

From one of the definitive journalists of this era—acclaimed historian, Pulitzer Prize finalist, staff writer at The New Yorker, and Dean of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism—comes a kaleidoscopic, real-time portrait of the turbulent past decade.   I The Parameters of Hope Eras have a way of defining themselves. We navigate the random scroll of life and

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From one of our most acclaimed chroniclers of the forces eroding America’s social fabric, her most personal and powerful work: a reckoning with the changes that have rocked her own beloved small Ohio hometown.   It was June 2023, and Silas James had just graduated from Urbana High School, forty-one years after I wore that

Dear Reader, With heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods becoming ever more deadly, the urgency of climate action is increasingly understood. Unfortunately, people are unsure what to do beyond choosing a more fuel-efficient vehicle or other options that are out of reach for most college students. When faced with the need to transform our systems,

Settler capitalism has been so effective that the very identities of Indigenous people have been usurped, misconstrued, and weaponized. In Who Gets to Be Indian?, scholar and writer Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) explores how ethnic fraud and the commodification of Indianness has resulted in mass confusion about what it means to be Indigenous in the United

Black transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQIA+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy.   Chapter 1 Marsha, the Jersey Kid On a rainy day in early June 1992 Marsha sat in

For Transgender Awareness Week, which takes place November 13th – November 19th we are sharing books by and about transgender people. Their stories and experiences give insight on the joy they feel in living as their true selves and the discrimination they face. Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th is an observance that honors

How to Foster Civil Discourse in the Classroom Using the Science of Group Dynamics to Help Your Students Disagree Well By Colin M. Fisher, professor at University College London and author of The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups   Universities were once celebrated as places where ideas could be challenged, debated, and

You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists, which include Abnormal and Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Physiological Psychology, and  Social and Applied Psychology. Abnormal and Clinical Psychology Cognitive Psychology Developmental Psychology Evolutionary Psychology   Experimental Psychology Physiological Psychology Social and Applied Psychology

Contributed by Alexa Hagerty, author of Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains. In the wake of genocidal violence, anthropologist Alexa Hagerty works with forensic teams at mass grave sites and in labs, discovering how bones bear witness to crimes against humanity and how exhumation can bring families meaning after unimaginable loss. She