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During Alfred Hitchcock's five-decade reign as the screen's internationally celebrated Master of Suspense, he directed 53 motion pictures. In such Hitchcock gold standard classics as The 39 Steps, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds, he staked his claim as the architect, the O.G. of the thriller. He laid down the rules and rhythm of the genre, created an immediately identifiable visual style, experimented constantly with technique, pushed boundaries, tweaked censors, and shattered the expectations of his audiences -- along with their nerves. In exploiting his private fears and vulnerabilities, Hitchcock was as brilliant as making us think and feel as he was at making us scream and invading our nightmares. His films elevated the form and were among the biggest box-office successes and most influential of their time. They were and are emulated for their fashion sense and, more lastingly, even nudged the culture forward by liberalizing attitudes toward cinematic violence and sexual frankness.

Hitchcockian Thrillers: Must-See Films in the Style of the Suspense Master is a curated, opinionated, authoritative, highly personal, lavishly illustrated guide to nine decades of international moviemaking featuring films by directors - beginning in the era of Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Sir Carol Reed and moving right up through today's David Fincher, Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Martin Scorsese - who have all tried to 'do a Hitchcock.'

Best known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance, the celebrated poet and writer Langston Hughes believed in the power of art as resistance. What can we learn from his works today?

Randal M. Jelks delivers this revelatory portrait of the celebrated poet, essayist, playwright, and American artist Langston Hughes. My America traces Hughes's journey from a child captivated by the wonder of Kansas City to cosmopolitan witness in Paris, New York, Mexico City, and Madrid. We encounter Hughes as a young man discovering the pulse of modern life in a world on the verge of exploding metaphorically and literally. His experiences informed his work and his thinking on art, democracy, and activism.

Langston Hughes is one of the few American writers who consistently wrote about democracy from a joyous perspective, and My America explores how his works speak to the political anxieties and crises we face today. Jelks deftly examines the themes in Hughes's work, including creative expression, communal dignity, class struggle, and human suffering and what they mean for our inner well-being as democratic persons and political participants.

With care and no-holds-barred insight, My America removes the veneer of respectability often placed on Hughes's work and life to reveal his political adeptness. In a world threatened by fascism, Hughes's writing wasn't afforded the luxury of subtlety. He made a spiritual and political decision to stand on the side of the oppressed. He believed art should be practiced for the sake of justice. And democracy can be practiced with joy.

An acclaimed historian's bold response to two simple, yet vexed, questions: What counts as China, and who counts as Chinese?

China became a capitalist superpower by investing in globalization. Now that it has established its credentials--and emerged as a major US competitor--its leaders are looking within, focused on suppressing dissent and fostering cohesion. The result has been an increasingly nationalist cultural agenda, celebrating a Chinese identity steeped in the mystique of the Middle Kingdom and nostalgia for heroic twentieth-century resistance. Yet Chinese nationalism, like nationalism everywhere, is fraught. Few Westerners, and even fewer Chinese, recognize that the very idea of China is up for grabs.

In this sweeping history, Xu Guoqi explores the transnational construction of Chineseness. The Idea of China describes an identity constantly under renovation. Through dialogue and confrontation with neighbors, more distant outsiders, and Chinese speakers and writers within the state, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the diaspora, the idea of China has been reshaped repeatedly across time. Even bedrock cultural formations like Confucianism have been reimported to China after their translation in Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and elsewhere. The idea of China has always been and remains a continuing process, invented, subverted, and reinvented to serve the shifting needs of kings and bureaucrats, industrialists and intellectuals, allies and adversaries.

Xu's chronicle is as provocative as it is rigorous, and his conclusion could hardly be starker: China, fundamentally, is constituted by a shared history. To accept this is to begin moving past the heated great-power rivalries that threaten international peace and stability today.

The high-stakes trials of Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent and the Wings of Night meet the forbidden romance of Keri Lake's Nocticadia in the first of the Aesymarean Duet, as twins thrust into a brutal tournament for godhood must navigate forbidden desires and their own drive for revenge.

In a world where divine power bleeds into the mortal realm, Thais Morvaren has mastered the art of deception. To her seaside village, she's just a fisherman's daughter, serving oysters to summer tourists. In secret, she hides her ability to forge weapons from starlight-a power that would force her into the deadly Trials of Ascension.

But when a priest's ritual exposes her divine heritage, Thais is seized and conscripted into the trials against her will. Now trapped in a competition she never wanted to enter, she transforms her fear into purpose: to kill Olinthar, King of the Gods-the father whose divine touch proved fatal to her mother.
To take down a god, she must become one, even if it costs her everything.

What she doesn't expect is her twin brother's powers suddenly manifesting, forcing him into the trials alongside her-leaving Thais to protect more than just herself.

Worse still, the selection ceremony binds her to a mentor: Xül. A necromancer prince with blood-soaked hands, a sharp tongue, and dark secrets of his own. From the moment they meet, sparks fly. He's insufferably arrogant, she's stubborn to the bone, and neither has any intention of yielding to the other... or to the heat between them.

Each trial survived brings her closer to godhood, but beneath the spectacle of competition, something ancient and malevolent stalks the shadows of the divine realm-a darkness that threatens to unravel the heavens themselves.

Thais may have been forced into the Trials seeking survival, but she'll finish them seeking vengeance.
And the cost of godhood is rising.

Because some stars aren't meant to be weapons.

Some stars are meant to fall.

A beginner's guide to manifesting with candle magic, spell jars, and witchcraft.

Harness the power of the universe and unlock the magic within to claim the prosperity, success, and abundance you deserve.

Manifest Like a Witch is packed with over 50 powerful yet simple spells that will show you how to access your hidden potential, align with your true path, and summon the life of your dreams.

In its pages, you'll discover:

• the essentials of candle magic, spell jars, charm bags, and abundance bowls to attract your deepest desires.
• how to manifest everything you could ever wish for, from your dream house to financial freedom, and finding your true love.
• simple ways to customize spells and incantations to your unique needs.
• helpful charts for choosing the right spell ingredients, crystal types, and candle colors to enhance your manifestations.
• how to connect with your intuition, build confidence, and incorporate witchcraft into your daily life.

Designed for both beginners and seasoned practitioners, Manifest Like a Witch will show you how to use everyday witchcraft practices--some as simple as adding cinnamon to your coffee to draw in good luck--to create the life you've always desired. Whether you're looking to attract love, friendship, wealth, confidence, healing, or protection, this book gives you the tools to make it happen.

A vital call to disrupt systemic forces that impoverish families and to reimagine accessible higher education, empowering parents to thrive in college and at home

From the former teen mom and award-winning founder of Generation Hope, a nonprofit committed to expanding education access for young parents and all caregivers

For countless American families, the promise of the "American Dream" rings hollow. They are caught in a cycle of limited opportunity, battling the sociopolitical forces that sustain generational poverty. These are parents and caregivers who yearn for a better life for their children, a reality Nicole Lynn Lewis intimately understands from her own journey as a teen mother.

Student Parent is Lewis's unflinching yet profoundly hopeful investigation into the systemic obstacles that impede marginalized parents' access to education, career advancement, and true economic mobility. Crucially, this book moves beyond identifying problems to present transformative, actionable solutions that break through access barriers in higher education.

Weaving insights from child and family health experts with vivid personal stories, Lewis outlines pathways for change to support families striving on the fringes. She champions practices like:
● subsidizing on-campus childcare
● accommodating students facing childcare, transportation, and other challenges
● establishing campus food pantries and destigmatizing their use

Student Parent isn't just a book about policy; it's a powerful testament to resilience and an advocate's guide for dismantling inequality. Lewis has an inspiring vision of an America where education is a right and generational wealth for all is a reality. This book shows us that investing in our student parents is a critical step on the path toward that bright future.

The charming and original story of a small, declining community's struggle to survive in the shadow of an all-consuming metropolis, from from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.

'A shot of serotonin in book form' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Totally joyful' THE TIMES

All over the world, people sleep blissfully in Traumbett beds. These marvellous feats of German engineering have successfully cornered the mattress market everywhere. Everywhere, except Sweden and owner Konrad Kaltenbacher Jr is desperate to expand there.

With Konrad Jr's sights set firmly on stylish Stockholm, Julia Bäck, district councillor of the small, decaying town of Halstaholm, has plans of her own. Seeing an opportunity to attract 800 new jobs, Julia jumps into spearheading a persuasive campaign to win the contract. A roundabout is hastily renamed in honour of Angela Merkel; a German school is quickly established under the leadership of a ten-year-old boy and three elderly pensioners; and the town swimming pool is rapidly transformed into a beerhouse - it had been empty for years anyway!

Julia's get-up-and-go impresses the German boss ... but has she made herself a tricky bed to lie in?

Create a stunning heirloom quilt that celebrates nature and the seasons.

Alice's Country Diary Quilt is a breathtaking fusion of English Paper Piecing (EPP), hand embroidery, and quilting, inspired by the beauty of the countryside. Featuring 25 unique embroidery designs, this quilt showcases delicate wildflowers and insects, framed by luxurious Liberty Tana Lawn fabrics - though any quilting fabric can be used.

This quilting project is perfect for quilters and embroidery lovers alike, offering a combination of hand-sewing techniques with a touch of machine piecing for final assembly. The quilt includes:

• 25 intricate embroidered blocks plus 12 border blocks, creating a 68 x 68-inch masterpiece
• 9 essential embroidery stitches and 40 DMC thread colors for rich, textural detail
• Beautiful fabric prints in the bespoke EPP rings
• Full step-by-step instructions for both stitching and quilt construction
• Iron-on embroidery transfers to effortlessly transfer designs onto fabric

Beyond technique, this book is a work of art in itself, featuring the author's original botanical drawings and plant lore, adding a storytelling element to your crafting journey.

Whether you're a seasoned quilter or an embroidery enthusiast, Alice's Country Diary Quilt is an invitation to slow stitching, nature appreciation, and creative expression.

Let your needle and thread weave a story - start your Country Diary Quilt today!

The internationally bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential illuminates how harnessing our beliefs can influence our success in the real world.

Same world. Different beliefs. Different outcomes.

The greatest predictor of your future is the beliefs you hold about the world. In this extraordinary book, world-renowned researcher and author Shawn Achor illuminates how beliefs change the math about what is possible and probable in our lives. And by changing the math, beliefs change our path.

Drawing on two decades of research, as well as his work with NASA, the NFL, and over a third of the Fortune 100 companies, Shawn has discovered that the predictive power of beliefs has increased significantly. Beliefs about ourselves, money, the world, politics, faith, and work do more than shape the lens through which we see the world. They shape what happens next. Scientifically speaking, beliefs don't just reflect reality. Beliefs bend reality.

Unfortunately, our beliefs can be empowering or they can be destructive. During what Achor calls the Great Drift, we have seen the staggering rise of the Four Horsemen of the Modern World: burnout, anxiety, loneliness, and depression. We are underperforming our true potential. But there is hope. Stunning new research in this book reveals the seven most predictive "core beliefs" that alter our future health, success, wealth, and education. Scientifically, these core beliefs take the cap off our potential, enrich us, strengthen us, and heal us.

Shawn explores the six main ways of changing your and others' beliefs using research-based strategies he has tested everywhere from Wall Street to impoverished schools in Africa, from Camp Pendleton to Camp David:

- The Disaster Elevator: change what part of the brain processes the world.
- The Memory DeLorean: change the memory.
- Stopping Negative Mantras: change the language.
- Creating a Neural Tribe: change the sources.
- Starting the Wave: change the contagious actions.
- Common Texts, Common Action: change the texts.

The Power of Beliefs shows how seven core beliefs predict your present, bend the probability of future success, and, in the modern world, are the key to creating a better life for you and for others.

The only official continuation of the hit TV series--revealing the hidden years between Babylon's Ashes and Persepolis Rising!

Return to the award-winning universe of The Expanse with this epic 12-issue story arc--now collected for the first time in a deluxe hardcover edition! Set in the years following the events of the final season of the acclaimed television series, The Expanse: Dragon Tooth reveals untold chapters in the lives of Holden, Naomi, Amos, Bobbie, and the crew of the Rocinante.

As the Transport Union rises to power and the Laconians plot in the shadows, a secretive and deadly force moves between systems, threatening the delicate peace won at great cost. When the Rocinante is drawn into a vast conspiracy, the crew must navigate shifting loyalties and dangerous technology to prevent war from consuming the Ring network once again.

Written by Andy Diggle and illustrated by Rubine and Francesco Pisa, this deluxe hardcover is the definitive continuation of the Expanse saga--answering long-standing questions while expanding the story far beyond the stars!

Collects The Expanse: Dragon Tooth #1-12.

A powerful portrait collection of over 25 extraordinary Wyoming women whose lives, work, and personal stories embody the strength, spirit, and soul of the modern American West.

Photographer and podcaster Lindsay Linton Buk crisscrossed the Cowboy State to document a wide-ranging group of trailblazing women--from an Eastern Shoshone language preservationist to a backcountry pilot, an abstract painter to a Supreme Court justice. Their stories, paired with striking portraits, celebrate identity, resilience, and purpose.

Based on the acclaimed podcast and museum exhibition, this visually rich book brings their voices to the page and invites readers to see the West--and themselves--through a new lens.

Inside this richly crafted book:

- Portraits of Resilience and Purpose: Real stories of women who are shaping their communities, preserving traditions, and breaking new ground in politics, art, education, and business.
- Stunning Visuals: Over 100 photographs that bring readers face-to-face with impactful women of Wyoming, captured in vivid detail and natural beauty.
- Cultural & Regional Insight: A rare glimpse into life across the Cowboy State, from the high plains to reservation lands, told through the lens of lived experience.
- Beyond the Myth: A modern, expansive vision of the West that celebrates authenticity over stereotype.

A compelling gift for Women's History Month, graduates, photographers, or anyone inspired by the stories of strong women, Women Shaping the West is a striking tribute to courage, connection, and the power of telling your story.