"Walter Schmidt has lived his whole life within the narrow, "comfortable" confines of traditional gender roles: he has made it to retirement without learning how to fry an egg or use a vacuum cleaner. After all, he could always count on his wife, Barbara. But when one morning she can't get up from bed anymore, everything changes. With biting humor and great warmth, Alina Bronsky writes about how Walter, nearing the end of his life, is suddenly forced...

"Katty Kay and Claire Shipman delve into the nature of power in the workplace, in politics, and at home-explaining how our existing power structures were designed for men, and how a new structure, one determined by and for women, is emerging and will be better for all"--

"Inspired by generations of her family's unwavering belief in the power of education, Pashtana Durrani recognized her calling early in life: to educate Afghanistan's girls and young women, raised in a society where learning is forbidden. In a country devastated by war and violence, heeding that call seemed both impossible and dangerous. Pashtana founded the nonprofit LEARN and developed a program for getting educational materials directly into the...

"This book is for all the dreamers who follow their heart in whatever they do. Beautiful illustrations bring this story to life balancing the rigid world we live in and the imaginative world we dream about. A young boy named Tommy defies those around him who tell him he can't be or do something because of outdated gender rules. This story stresses the importance of being inclusive, being brave, and listening to your own voice."--

"Illustrations and simple text demonstrate that words can be neutral and not tied to a specific gender."--

"Attempting to answer society’s weirdly unasked question: What About Men?, the New York Times best-selling author, interviewing men in her orbit, bringing up very difficult and candid topics and receiving vulnerable and honest responses about perceptions and expectations, opens a genuinely new debate about how to reboot masculinity for the 21st century."--

"From the author of Mr. Malcolm's List comes a delightful romantic comedy set in Regency England about a widow who takes high society by storm. Diana Boyle, a wealthy young widow, has no desire to ever marry again. Particularly not to someone who merely wants her for her fortune. So when she discovers that she's listed in a directory of rich, single women she is furious, and rightly so. She confronts Maxwell Dean, the man who published the Bachelor's...

Anarchically hilarious and unexpectedly emotional, Barbie is a magical cinematic confection of absurdity, heart, and Technicolor musicals. Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have created a deeply personal and idiosyncratic film from the polarizing icon that is the doll Barbie. The movie celebrates the perfection of imperfection, and affirms that everyone, even Allan, is Kenough. In addition to the screenplay, this volume contains an exclusive introduction...

"It's warm up time in this newest installment in the Brinkley Yearbook series. Will Alexandra make the cut and help the historically boys baseball team defend their 9-year championship title? Alexandra, also known as Al, has been playing baseball with her older brothers for as long as she can remember. But when she ages out of Little League, it seems like it's the end of the road for Al and the sport she loves. Until, that is, her friend Sammy suggests...

Every guy's been a creep at one point or another. That's just the way it is. Or at least, that's what Cleo tells herself once she finds out her boyfriend might not be the man she thought he was. Is it possible to keep loving someone you're not sure you can trust? More to the point, should you? Once the fabric of Cleo's relationship rips at the seams, the life she had built with him--abroad and away from those closest to her--unravels right before...