The rumors are true: we’re barely into September, and people are already getting a jump on their holiday shopping. With many feeling the impact of rising costs, shoppers seem to be spreading out their spending over a few months, rather than starting to shop for everyone on their list in late November. We’ve learned that

Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked before a scheduled appearance at a literary event at the Chautauqua Institution. The author was airlifted to a local hospital, and while his condition remains critical, he is reportedly recovering. The event at the Chautauqua Institution was meant to discuss “home when it is asylum, when people are seeking a

First it was Dry January, which has steadily increased in popularity and adoption over the past five years. Then came Sober October and Dry July. An increasing number of people are reconsidering their relationships to drinking without necessarily giving up alcohol altogether. The notion of “sober curiosity” has been covered everywhere from The New York

Ikigai: the intersection of what you love, what you’re good at, what you can get paid for, and what the world needs. While ikigai is not a new concept, it is newly resonant with a global population seeking a deeper sense of purpose and fulfillment. It’s not surprising that right now, we are increasingly seeing

With costs rising across sectors, we’re all a little extra price sensitive. And while there’s still plenty of summer left to enjoy, the holidays are coming faster than we might like to admit. So how can we prepare for the holiday season while staying mindful of increasing cost consciousness? White Elephant gift exchanges. You’ve probably

With Winter approaching and the cold weather keeping us indoors, what better time to reach for your crafting projects. We have the ideal list of titles to guide you. From cooking, knitting and sewing, through paper and clay craft, to journaling and adult coloring, ideas for craft hobbies projects are endless. This list features the

There are plenty of gamers who not only love spending time playing games on their television (or monitor), but also enjoy diving into a good book. Coffee table books, strategy guides, extensive examinations of the rich lore of popular games, inspiration for next epic builds.

We’ve put together a list of the best video game books on the market that any gamer will love. These video game books will inspire, encourage, entertain, and inform you on all things gaming related. (heyyouvideogame.com)

With the holidays approaching it’s a great plan to target fans of particular genres with gift books ideal for their interests. Beyond an Albert Einstein action figure, here are top popular science titles for aficionados of the category. 

Users have been requesting collections of top titles from our major distributed clients. PRH Publisher Services is a world-class distributor of major and valuable publishing imprints beyond our own outstanding imprints.

Top-selling backlist from many of these external imprints has been collected here, with more to come over the next several weeks.

Since his time in the White House, former President Barack Obama has been sharing his favorite reads from the previous months. Here are his most recent PRH and distributed client title recommendations spanning everything from the most talked-about novels, insightful nonfiction, and everything in between.

The “Festival of Lights,” one of Judaism’s special events though not a biblical holiday, takes place in 2021 from sundown 11/28 – sundown 12/6. The eight-day celebration commemorates a Jewish victory in the second century B.C. over Greek-Syrian oppressors who sought to force the Jewish community to assimilate. It is NOT the “Jewish Christmas,” though there are some similarities. Both holidays celebrate light during a season of darkness, with symbolic candle lighting either from the branches of trees or from a menorah. Both Hanukkah and Christmas are shaped around messages of hope and miracles, a time of wonder meant to bring families together. 

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story will be published by One World Books on 11/16/19, offering a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present and a dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism.

In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defines the United States.