Books

Hachette, Barnes & Noble and Waterstones Team Up to Get Kids Excited About Reading

By NEW YORK TREND / September 27, 2026 / Comments Off on Hachette, Barnes & Noble and Waterstones Team Up to Get Kids Excited About Reading

Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK are teaming up with Barnes & Noble and Waterstones for a three-day celebration designed to encourage children and families to rediscover the joy of reading together. The partners will launch Raising Readers Storytimes, an extension of Hachette’s #ReadingIsGolden campaign, from September 18 through September 20. The initiative will bring…

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Vicky Oliver’s ‘Firebrands’ Brings Gilded Age Women’s Struggles to Life

By NEW YORK TREND / September 27, 2026 / Comments Off on Vicky Oliver’s ‘Firebrands’ Brings Gilded Age Women’s Struggles to Life

More than a century after women fought for greater economic and political freedom, author Vicky Oliver is taking readers back to 1908 Manhattan to explore the struggles, ambitions and complicated choices facing women during the Gilded Age. Oliver’s upcoming historical novel, Firebrands, scheduled for release October 15, 2026, transports readers to a sharply divided Manhattan…

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‘The Slander of Billy the Kid and the Abrams Tintypes’: A Flea Market Discovery That Could Rewrite Wild West History

By Ann Brown / September 22, 2026 / Comments Off on ‘The Slander of Billy the Kid and the Abrams Tintypes’: A Flea Market Discovery That Could Rewrite Wild West History

A routine trip to a local flea market led attorney and author Frank Abrams to an extraordinary discovery—five tintype photographs that would ultimately challenge more than a century of accepted history surrounding one of America’s most legendary outlaws, Billy the Kid. In 2011, Abrams purchased the photographs without knowing their potential historical significance. Five years…

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Therapist Explores How the Nervous System Can Help Break Trauma’s Stuck Patterns

By NEW YORK TREND / September 21, 2026 / Comments Off on Therapist Explores How the Nervous System Can Help Break Trauma’s Stuck Patterns

For people living with the effects of childhood trauma, understanding why certain emotional and behavioral patterns persist can be an important part of the recovery process. Psychotherapist Connie Jones explores that connection in her new book, Green Glitter Girl: A Journey of Hope and Trauma Recovery, combining her personal experience as a trauma survivor with…

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Beyond the Meme: Beatrice Chestnut Takes the Enneagram Deeper

By NEW YORK TREND / September 19, 2026 / Comments Off on Beyond the Meme: Beatrice Chestnut Takes the Enneagram Deeper

The Enneagram has become a familiar fixture in the wellness and lifestyle world, moving from personality-typing circles to Instagram memes, podcasts and viral TikTok videos. Millions of people now identify themselves as Type Two, Type Seven or one of the system’s other nine personality types. But according to Enneagram expert Beatrice Chestnut, PhD, MA, understanding…

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Don Gregori’s ‘The Emergent Leader’ Offers a No-Fluff Guide to Modern Leadership

By NEW YORK TREND / September 17, 2026 / Comments Off on Don Gregori’s ‘The Emergent Leader’ Offers a No-Fluff Guide to Modern Leadership

In an era when business leaders can turn to countless management books, podcasts, online courses and AI-powered productivity tools, Don Gregori believes something is still missing: practical guidance for navigating the realities of leadership. Gregori, chief operating officer of five-time Inc. 5000 honoree First Factory, addresses that gap with his first book, The Emergent Leader:…

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Thom Dennis Challenges Traditional Leadership With ‘Rewilding the Corporate Mind’

By NEW YORK TREND / September 17, 2026 / Comments Off on Thom Dennis Challenges Traditional Leadership With ‘Rewilding the Corporate Mind’

Artificial intelligence, economic uncertainty, employee burnout and rapid workplace change are creating a complicated environment for today’s business leaders. Leadership strategist Thom Dennis describes the convergence of these pressures as “the perfect storm” and argues that traditional management approaches may not be enough to navigate it. Dennis explores that idea in his new book, Rewilding…

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KimiRhochelle Fields-Porter Introduces Limited Collector’s Edition of Memoir

By NEW YORK TREND / September 16, 2026 / Comments Off on KimiRhochelle Fields-Porter Introduces Limited Collector’s Edition of Memoir

Author KimiRhochelle Fields-Porter is turning the release of her memoir, If I Could Only Tell!, into an immersive experience with a limited-edition collection designed to give readers more than just a book. Fields-Porter is creating only 100 numbered Founding Member Collector’s Editions of the memoir, with select copies being provided to media members and influencers…

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Ishmael Reed’s ‘Flight to Canada’ Returns for 50th Anniversary Edition

By NEW YORK TREND / September 15, 2026 / Comments Off on Ishmael Reed’s ‘Flight to Canada’ Returns for 50th Anniversary Edition

Ishmael Reed’s acclaimed novel Flight to Canada is returning to readers with a new 50th anniversary edition from Scribner, introducing the groundbreaking work to a new generation while revisiting one of Reed’s most inventive examinations of race, slavery and American history. The anniversary edition features a new foreword by Reed and a fresh introduction by…

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‘Perfectly Perfect’ Helps Children Build Self-Worth Through the Power of Words

By NEW YORK TREND / September 15, 2026 / Comments Off on ‘Perfectly Perfect’ Helps Children Build Self-Worth Through the Power of Words

The words children hear can shape the way they see themselves, and physician and children’s author Dr. Tiffanie Tate explores that idea in her new picture book, Perfectly Perfect. Written for children under 12, the book uses an age-appropriate story about friendship, bullying, apologies and self-talk to encourage conversations about kindness, confidence and self-worth. Tate…

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