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Thank you so much, @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social . It is such a deep honor to be recipient of the 2025 #McGraw Prize in Higher Education--and to be in an incredible "think tank" session today with present and past winners. A true brain trust of the kind I envisioned in "The New Education!"
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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A thoughtful review of CRICK - “vivid and authoritative” - in @nytimes.com.
The Building Blocks of Life Were Just the Beginning
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November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Vivid and authoritative... [an] intriguing portrait of a gifted, self-absorbed, exuberant, and intuitive man." Read what @nytimes.com is saying about "CRICK: A Mind in Motion," @matthewcobb.bsky.social's new, definitive biography of the man who co-discovered DNA. 

Read it here: bit.ly/4nWULiC
Book Review: ‘Crick,’ by Matthew Cobb
In “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” the British biologist Matthew Cobb provides a biography both vivid and authoritative.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A huge congratulations to Basic Books author @cathyndavidson.bsky.social, WINNER of the 2025 McGraw Prize in Higher Education! 

Read here about her incredible career: bit.ly/4phcKBz
Cathy N. Davidson, 2025 Prize Winner
Cathy N. Davidson has spent her career reimagining higher education for a rapidly changing world.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Happy US publication day to CRICK, from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social Different cover, shorter title, same content!
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Happy publication day to "DIOGENES: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic," a new intellectual biography of the ancient Greek thinker who inspired Stoicism, by Inger N. I. Kuin! 

Available now: bit.ly/4n2Wtyq
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"THE TRILLION DOLLAR WAR MACHINE: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home," an extraordinary investigation by William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman, is available now!

Learn more: bit.ly/4oo73kD
 
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are so excited to announce that "THE PRICE OF DEMOCRACY: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History," by @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social, is now available! 

Learn why battles over taxation have always been battles over democracy itself: bit.ly/4nK7J3N 
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy publication day to "CRICK: A Mind in Motion," a major new biography of the 20th-century genius who co-discovered DNA, by Matthew Cobb!

Learn more: bit.ly/48PLdCg 
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Today! @taylearningpodcast.bsky.social fans! #Swifties! St Paul (right next to Minneapolis, we love it)! 11am Central! See you there? I shall be talking about my book and our girl @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social twincitiesbookfestival.com
Twin Cities Book Festival
Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Book Festival is the annual Minnesota gathering for readers, writers, publishers, and purveyors of literature.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Learn how @jackelhai.bsky.social and @jamesvanderbilt.bsky.social worked together to bring the story of Hermann Goering and Douglas Kelley to the big screen in NUREMBERG -- based on El-Hai's book, THE NAZI AND THE PSYCHIATRIST. 
How World War II Drama 'Nuremberg' Put Nazi War Criminals On Trial
Written and directed by James Vanderbilt, the film stars Russell Crowe as high-ranking Nazi Hermann Goring and Rami Malek as American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM