Books for World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

For World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21st, we are sharing a collection that includes titles that advise on communicating with others with differing opinions about complex topics and books that give insight on systemic societal issues that individuals might face in their personal and professional lives. Our goal is

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Three Penguin Random House Authors Win Pulitzer Prizes

On Monday, May 5, three Penguin Random House authors were honored with a Pulitzer Prize. Established in 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes are the most prestigious awards in American letters. To date, PRH has 143 Pulitzer Prize winners, including William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Josh Steinbeck, Ron Chernow, Anne Applebaum, Colson Whitehead, and many more. Take a look at our 2025 Pulitzer Prize

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Mustafa Suleyman’s The Coming Wave

The Coming Wave is an urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of Microsoft AI.     The Containment Problem Revenge Effects Alan

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Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual + (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live

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Art

Do You Teach Art?

You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists, which include Art Appreciation, Contemporary Art, Art Since 1940, Renaissance Art, and more. Art Appreciation Contemporary Art Art Since 1940 Renaissance Art  

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A Letter to Readers from Eve J. Chung, author of Daughters of Shandong

Dear Reader, When I was born, my parents could not afford childcare. So they could make ends meet, they sent me to Taiwan to live with my maternal grandmother, my Puo Puo, while they studied and worked in the United States. She and I developed a special relationship that continued even after I returned to

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Eve J. Chung’s Daughters of Shandong

Daughters of Shandong is a propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story.   1 Heirless Nai Nai said whores weren’t allowed in the house, so she kicked Mom out, slamming the

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Congratulations to the 2025 Lukas Prize Winners and Finalist

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

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