Shelf Life

Will that make it better or worse? Scott Galloway, professor at the NYU Stern School, weighs in with his new book, “Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity.”

In this book excerpt, veteran style journalist Elizabeth Holmes writes about how Meghan Markle used fashion to respond to media criticism.

Like all Kentucky bourbons, the famous whiskey brand owes its origin to American tax law.

In this book excerpt, Deborah Stone examines the way we calculate unemployment numbers.

In this book excerpt, author Benjamin Lorr explains how cardboard boxes, cardstock and tin cans led to a revolution in consumer products.

In this book excerpt, Dianne Stewart writes about the costs facing Black women with incarcerated partners.

In his new book, Jeff Selingo looks at how some colleges must compete for applicants, and why the COVID-19 pandemic could make this competition even tighter.

In this excerpt, Daniel Yergin writes about a man’s determination to extract gas from underground rock denser than concrete.

In this book excerpt, Hastings describes how he and co-founder Marc Randolph offered to sell the company to Blockbuster for $50 million.

A look at how advertising execs sold computers before any of us knew what they were.