Elena Kosteiiuchenko

Aug 16, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Prachi Gupta |Michael Willrich |Helena de Bres |Elena Kosteiiuchenko

Sean Nam. Rushcutters Bay, $22.99 trade paper (332p) ISBN 979-8-218-13729-8Journalist Nam delivers a knockout debut that shines a light on the underbelly of the boxing industry in 1970s Philadelphia. In 1976, 23-year-old Tyrone “the Butterfly” Everett was a rising star in the ring. His reputation suffered, however, when he lost the WBC super featherweight crown in a shocking upset that some reporters and boxing insiders attributed to a ref who was paid off by the Mafia.

Aug 7, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Prachi Gupta |Michael Willrich |Helena de Bres |Elena Kosteiiuchenko

Taylor Lorenz. Simon & Schuster, $29.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-982146-86-3This astute debut from Lorenz, a Washington Post technology columnist, traces the tumultuous history of social media from the early 2000s to the present. She describes how such platforms as Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter evolved from the humblest of beginnings, noting that YouTube launched as a dating site in 2005 before broadening its focus.

Aug 2, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Prachi Gupta |Michael Willrich |Helena de Bres |Elena Kosteiiuchenko

Kenneth Miller. Hachette, $32.50 (400p) ISBN 978-0-306-92495-8Journalist Miller’s eye-opening debut explores the lives and work of four researchers who pioneered the scientific understanding of sleep. He begins with Nathaniel Kleitman, the “patriarch” of sleep science, who fled Russian pogroms and landed in the U.S. in 1916 at age 20.