Books

Book excerpt: "Table 4 at The River Cafe" by Ruthie Rogers

The chef and podcaster's new book features interviews with famous names who reminisce about the comforts of food.

• Mar 21

Book excerpt: "The Meaning of Your Life" by Arthur C. Brooks

In his latest book, the New York Times bestselling author writes of a cultural crisis: an increase in anxiety and depression, concurrent with a rise in social media use, during what he terms an "Age of Emptiness."

• Mar 20

Book excerpt: "Stand" by Cory Booker

At a time when our nation is splintered in many areas of public life, the New Jersey Senator writes how virtue is a strategy to rekindle the belief that Americans' destiny is bound together.

• Mar 22

Book excerpt: "When Caesar Was King" by David Margolick

David Margolick's biography of Sid Caesar explores how the 1950s comic reinvented the art of comedy in the new medium of television.

• Mar 22

Book excerpt: "Apple: The First 50 Years" by David Pogue

The "CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent's latest book examines how, in its first half-century, the company founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs remade the culture – and then, incredibly, remade itself.

• Mar 8

Book excerpt: "Judge Stone" by Viola Davis & James Patterson

The Academy Award-winning actress and the bestselling writer team up for a courtroom thriller that touches on the lightning-rod issue of abortion.

• Mar 6

Book excerpt: "Streetwise" by Lloyd Blankfein

In his new memoir, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs writes about a life that stretched from the projects of New York City to the pinnacle of Wall Street.

• Mar 8

Book excerpt: "Never Mind the Happy" by Marc Shaiman

In his memoir, the Tony Award-winning composer of such hits as Broadway's "Hairspray" writes of his half-century in show business, which grew in part from his youthful worship of Bette Midler - an adoration that would grow into a collaboration.

• Feb 27

Book excerpt: "We the Women" by Norah O'Donnell

In her new book, the CBS News journalist highlights women who pushed America to live up to its founding promises of liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness for all.

• Feb 22

Book excerpt: "The Let Them Theory" by Mel Robbins

In her latest bestseller, the motivational speaker discusses how personal growth is only possible when you stop pouring energy into things you cannot control – which includes changing other people.

• Feb 1