An inside account of the extraordinary effort by the New York Times to evacuate more than 200 Afghans in the wake of the fall of Kabul, highlighting four exceptional young women as they forge a new life in America.

The Last Free Women, by Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp
On sale: Sept. 9, 2026 | 368 p. | Grand Central Publishing
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We had a summer of climate disaster: Raging wildfires, record high temps, the gravest IPCC report yet — “a code red for humanity,” according to the U.N. chief.

Girls Who Green the World is an oasis of HOPE — a woman-to-woman playbook to the contemporary environmental movement. You’ll meet 34 revolutionaries on the frontlines.

GIRLS WHO GREEN THE WORLD: Thirty-Four Rebel Women Out to Save Our Planet

Endorsed by Jane Fonda, Megan Rapinoe, Bill McKibben, Al Gore

Girls Who Run the World is a blueprint for badassery and bravery. 

These are the sometimes messy, always bold, inside stories of the entrepreneurs fighting bias in hiring (Blendoor), sequencing genes to empower with personal health information (23andMe), saving premie babies (Embrace) and more. Stuffed with how-to’s, advice, worst fumbles and best comebacks, this is pure inspiration for enterprising young gals. 

GIRLS WHO RUN THE WORLD: 31 CEOs Who Mean Business
by Diana Kapp, Illustrated by Bijou Karman
(Random House Delacorte, October 2019)

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