When you search for “the best books for learning improv,” Stephen Nachmanovitch’s Free Play is always near the top of the list. With more than 200,000 copies sold, it’s in its 27th year of publication and still going strong. Nachmanovitch’s long-awaited second book is finally here! The Art of Is: Improvising as a Way of Life shows exactly how the passion and immediacy of improvisation can be cultivated and how, in fact, we all improvise all the time. From Martin...

You know you are in a relationship that just isn’t working, but how do you break up with someone in a healthy way? Marriage and family therapist Dr. Marni Feuerman has answers. In her new book Ghosted and Breadcrumbed: Stop Falling for Unavailable Men and Get Smart about Healthy Relationships, women are inspired to take back their power in asking for what they want in their relationships and intimate connections. We hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from the book.