Join us for an absolutely dazzling presentation with the curator of the Smithsonian's National Gem Collection, Dr. Jeffrey E. Post, as he talks about The Smithsonian National Gem Collection Unearthed: Surprising Stories Behind the Jewels. Unearthed explores the scandals, mysteries, and human stories behind the world's greatest gems. Dr. Post will reveal fresh information and…

Join us for a captivating conversation with bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave, as she chats with us online about her newest book The Night We Lost Him.  The Night We Lost Him focuses on estranged siblings who discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years,…

Join bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles series, which introduces us to Linus Baker, a by-the-book caseworker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth who is tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world, and Arthur Parnassus, who hopes…

Author Amanda Montell will delve into a cornucopia of cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the “halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the “sunk cost fallacy” can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. This event will be recorded and…

Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts will talk about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves. With its expansive, evolutionary perspective, the book explains how humanity will continue to face new pandemics because humans cause them, by the ways that we are and the things that…

The bestselling author will chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves. In the book, Evan and his 15-year-old daughter, Nangohns, are elected to lead a small scouting…