Posts by jfpbase

From the bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia–a memoir in essays reflecting on radiance, resilience, and the constantly changing nature of reality.

The stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-topping podcasts 2 Bears 1 Cave and Your Mom’s House, hilarious real-life stories of parenting, celebrity encounters, youthful mistakes, misanthropy, and so much more.

Rabbi Steve Leder, the bestselling author of The Beauty of What Remains, presents a guide to writing a meaningful letter about your life. He is the senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles and is the author of five books: “The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things,” “More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul,” and the bestseller “More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us.”

David Koepp has written more than two dozen feature films in a wide variety of genres, including the first two Jurassic Park films, Death Becomes Her, Carlito’s Way, The Paper, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, Panic Room, War of the Worlds, Angels and Demons, and Inferno.

Eliza Reid, the First Lady of Iceland, examines her adopted homeland’s attitude toward women―the deep-seated cultural sense of fairness, the influence of current and historical role models, and, crucially, the areas where Iceland still has room for improvement. Reid’s own experience as an immigrant from small-town Canada who never expected to become a first lady is expertly interwoven with interviews with dozens of sprakkar (“extraordinary women”) to form the backbone of an illuminating discussion of what it means to move through the world as a woman, and how the rules of society play more of a role in who we view as “equal” than we may understand. Secrets of the Sprakkar is a powerful and atmospheric portrait of a tiny country that could lead the way forward for us all.

Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy are the duo behind the bestselling book No Hard Feelings:The Secret Power of Embracing Emotion at Work, and the wildly popular @LizandMollie Instagram account. Their new book is an insightful and approachable illustrated guide to handling our most difficult emotions.  are the co-authors (and Liz is the illustrator) of the bestseller No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotion at Work. Their new book is Big Feelings: How To Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay. 

Celebrated actor, personality, and all-around nerd, Wil Wheaton updates his memoir of collected blog posts with all new material and annotations as he reexamines one of the most interesting lives in Hollywood and fandom–and now for the first time in audio, narrated by Wil himself!

An emotional, funny, and fabulous memoir by trailblazing and award-winning Trans actor and activist Alexandra Billings — an actor, singer, author, teacher, and activist who has appeared on numerous television shows, including Amazon’s Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning Transparent.

Emmanuel Acho is the New York Times bestselling author of “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man,” a call to break through our limits and say yes to a life of infinite possibility. His new book is “Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits.”