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The true story of the world's largest art heist, as told by the FBI agent who investigated the case.

On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art were plucked from the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston by two subjects posing as police officers. They rang the night bell, claiming they were responding to a call of a disturbance. After incapacitating the guard and his partner with handcuffs and duct tape, the subjects spent the next eighty-one minutes inside the museum, leisurely removing some of the world's most valuable pieces of artwork from the walls, including a rare Vermeer and Rembrandt's only known seascape. The total loss associated with this robbery has been estimated at over $1 billion.

Based on meticulous investigations conducted to the standards required of an FBI special agent, Thirteen Perfect Fugitives offers author Geoffrey Kelly's insights and theories about the infamous heist.

Una novela deliciosa y conmovedora sobre la familia, el amor, el duelo y una planta de interior precoz que nos recuerda la belleza de vivir la vida en su máximo esplendor.

Morris Warner se está marchitando. Después de la repentina muerte de su marido, Fred, se ha aislado del mundo. Nada de ver pelis con amigos, o de nadar en el lago Michigan, prefiere ver episodios de Jeopardy! y que su gato sea el único testigo de sus respuestas.

La hijastra de Morris, Sloan, siente que no tiene espacio para florecer. Está a punto de casarse con el hombre de sus sueños, si tan solo su madre le deja planear su propia boda y confiar en ella para que construya su vida tras la muerte de su padre.

Jade se está secando. Literalmente. Como planta en la casa de Morris, ella y sus compañeras plantas se han echado a perder poco a poco, hoja a hoja, desde la muerte de Fred y dada la falta de atención de Morris. Necesita trazar un plan para devolver a la vida a su nuevo amo, cueste lo que cueste.

Bloom, del autor best seller de The New York Times, Robbie Couch, es una novela asombrosa donde la familia, el amor, la amabilidad y sí, la madre naturaleza, triunfan.

From the New York Times bestselling author of If I See You Again Tomorrow comes a delightful and heartwarming novel about family, love, grief, and one precocious houseplant, that reminds us of the beauty of living a life in full Bloom.

Morris Warner is withering away. After the sudden death of his husband, Fred, he has shut himself off from the world. No more going to movies with friends, or swims in Lake Michigan, instead preferring the quiet loneliness of his history books and Jeopardy episodes with only the cat to hear his answers.

Morris's stepdaughter, Sloan, feels like she has nowhere to grow. She's about to get married to the man of her dreams, if only her mother will let her actually plan her own wedding and trust her to build her own life after her father's death.

Jade is drying out. Literally. As a plant in Morris's home, she and her plant housemates have been slowly wasting away, leaf by falling leaf, since Fred's death and Morris's lack of care. She needs to come up with a plan to make her new owner come back to life, no matter what it takes.

New York Times bestselling author Robbie Couch's Bloom is a wondrous novel where family, love, kindness, and, yes, Mother Nature, triumph.

A young woman returns to the prairies, where she revisits her immigrant childhood and confronts a haunting guilt, in this debut novel by a brilliant new talent.

Anne Kim is a lawyer in New York, her success built on forgetting the past. When her father dies, she returns to Edmonton for the funeral and is shocked to discover he was from North Korea and left his brother behind.

As she reads the undelivered letters her father wrote to his brother about life in Canada, she is transported back to her childhood in the 1980s and 90s. She recalls the struggles her parents faced as immigrants who ran a grocery store in a rural prairie town. Anne and her brother, Charles, felt the weight of their father's expectations: Anne was driven to excel and overachieve, whereas Charles rebelled, determined to pursue his own dreams. His rebellion created a rift that culminated in a devastating act, irrevocably shattering their family and leaving Anne overwhelmed by an inescapable guilt.

Inheritance explores the immigrant experience, the sacrifices made by both parents and children, and how trauma transfers to the next generation. As Anne journeys to the past, she emerges to finally define life on her own terms, and her story will resonate long after the final page.

A stunning work of natural history, science and polar travelogue, Where the Earth Meets the Sky chronicles one woman's journey to study penguins in Antarctica, the most isolated place on the planet.

Antarctica is a land of extremes. It is the coldest, windiest, and most inaccessible part of our planet--and now one of the places most affected by climate change. In this moving and personal narrative, conservation scientist Louise K. Blight recounts her time researching Adélie penguins with one of the world's great Antarctic scientists.

Surrounded by hostile weather and the hypnotic splendour of Antarctica's Ross Island, Louise and pioneering penguin biologist David Ainley embark upon their research--documenting how the Earth's largest-ever iceberg is affecting the tens of thousands of breeding penguins rushing to mate and rear their young. She records details of penguin courtship, incubation, and chick-rearing against a backdrop of transcendent beauty. The narrative is interwoven with stories of early explorers and modern-day Ant­arcticans, and poetically conveys the isolation and the endless silence that ultimately allow Louise to explore the grief that has lingered since the untimely deaths of her father and sister.

Blending polar travelogue, science, and natural history, Where the Earth Meets the Sky is an unforget­table story about how the world's most unforgiving environment has shaped the psyches of Antarctica's human visitors, past and present--and how an immersion in nature can provide solace and renewal.

A Read With Jenna "Most Anticipated" book

"A modern epic."--TODAY.com

"A delightful tale of magical realism."--Woman's World

A woman from a small Greek village finds herself swept up in the long and storied history of her island--and its far-reaching impact--in this unforgettable story of love, passion, and resistance.

Chania, Crete; 1941.

When mainland Greece falls to the Germans after incredible and heroic resistance, the Greek government flees south to Crete: an ancient island of Gods and Kings, and Myths and Minotaurs.

Maria is a villager whose husband has been away fighting with the Greek army, and after she finds a British soldier that washes up on a secluded beach near her home, and helps nurse him back to health, the Germans then turn south and invade Crete, too.

Occupation, tragedy, and betrayal follow. The lives of Maria and her family change in an instant and she finds herself in a role she never thought she'd have to play--and one that generations of Cretans have had to assume before her.

Steeped in history and filled with unforgettable characters, Island of Ghosts and Dreams is a profoundly moving and decades-spanning tale of passion, honor, family, the great and enduring sacrifices all generations must make for freedom, and our sacred and immortal obligation to follow the strength and power of our heart, no matter where it might lead us.

Whose tree is this? / Reaching high, spreading wide, / this oak, so gracious, so spacious, / giving gifts throughout the year. / Acorns for eating, tree crooks for nests, / leaves that shelter many guests.

Explore an oak tree through poems written from the perspective of thirteen animals--including caterpillars, chickadees, orb weaver spiders, cicadas, katydids, big brown bats, screech owls, springtails, blue jays, squirrels, black bears, crows, and people--that rely on it for food and shelter. Readers will discover that the oak, a keystone species, belongs to all of the animals. Sidebars written in prose provide additional information about the ways each creature relies on oak trees as well as how these trees benefit the environment.

Creeaaakkkk . . . CRASH!

A mighty oak has fallen in the forest. But fifty years later, the only evidence that it was there is a dark mark on the forest floor. Where did it go?

Author and photographer Doug Wechsler invites readers to dig into this biological mystery and discover the answer to the disappearance. Trees are the basis of a lot of life in a forest--and that doesn't stop when they die. Millions of creatures depend on dead trees for food and shelter. Following the fall of an oak tree, Wechsler explains how the tree is broken down by animals, insects, and fungi over the course of fifty years. Along the way, explore parts of a tree, insect lifecycles, and the magic of mycelia. And discover how rotten wood benefits the forest by providing essential nutrients for new trees to grow.

We all feel it, the teetering toward a place in America from which there is no return. The battle to remain hopeful in spite of injustice after injustice. In this powerful story of one lawyer's fight for his community, both justice and hope are redeemed.

The Greenwood neighborhood of North Tulsa was once a promised land for African Americans, deemed "Black Wall Street." But on May 31, 1921, the deadliest race massacre in U.S. history sent Greenwood up in flames. At the time, Lessie Randle was just a child running to safety as bullets ricocheted around her. Almost a century later, lawyer Damario Solomon-Simmons knocks on her door asking if she'd be willing to run toward justice this time.

In Redeem a Nation, we follow Solomon-Simmons's fight for justice, from the courtrooms of Tulsa to our nation's capital, representing three centenarians: the last survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Documenting a race against the calendar and the courts, Redeem a Nation grapples with the truth about corruption and disenfranchisement in America through this historic legal case for reparations and the deeply moving stories of survivors and descendants of the Massacre.

Yet this isn't just a story of Tulsa. The community is a microcosm of the continued harm America inflicts through racial violence and economic injustice. The damage of generational poverty and loss of opportunity isn't some relic of the past. It is happening right now. Redeem a Nation offers a way forward for communities across the nation through systemic change and community love. The Time is now to resist, repair, and redeem a land once promised.

"You think we can win?" Randle asked that day. This story is Solomon-Simmons's answer.

A Gentle, Powerful Guide to Real Connection No Matter Where You Are in Life

Whether you're a teenager figuring out who your people are, a young adult navigating new cities and shifting circles, or someone in midlife or beyond wondering what happened to the closeness you once felt--How to Be a Friend (In an Unfriendly World) is for you.

This book meets you where you are and offers a drop of joy. Originally developed from a Columbia University master's course for psychologists, it's written in warm, accessible prose for anyone who's ever asked: What does it really mean to show up for someone?

In a fractured, distracted world, people aren't looking for another productivity hack. They're craving something real. How to Be a Friend is that invitation. It is not a quick fix, or a lecture, but a grounded reminder of what friendship can be. It doesn't preach. It reminds us gently, and with lasting impact.

Inside, you'll find:

• Short, powerful chapters rooted in real stories and experience
• Simple exercises and "friendship workouts" to help you practice what matters
• Tools for listening more deeply and setting boundaries with heart
• Ways to reconnect with yourself--and others--without pressure or performance
• A rare blend of psychology, spirituality, and everyday humanity
• Reflection prompts that turn good intentions into action
• A clear-eyed look at why friendships fade--and how to make them matter again

This is a how-to guide and a touchstone. A small-format companion with big impact. A book to keep on your nightstand--or give to someone you care about.

If you've ever felt like the world is a little too cold, too fast, or too lonely, How to be a Friend is your reminder that you are not alone - and never have to be.

A groundbreaking history of nuclear weapons across the world, from their invention to the end of the Cold War

How should we deal with nuclear weapons? The discovery of nuclear fission fundamentally changed the world order. Its power was harnessed, nuclear bombs invented, and the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed. In recurring international crises and calls for arms control, the threat of nuclear war has hung over humanity ever since.

David Holloway traces how these weapons shaped the last century, from the US-Soviet arms race to the rivalry between India and Pakistan. Deterrence and intimidation, alliances and war plans, international treaties and organizations have all played their role. At the centre were political leaders--among them Truman, Kennedy, and Reagan, as well as Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev--who all had their fingers on the nuclear button.

This is a global history of these fearsome weapons and our attempts to deal with the consequences of their existence--a story at once fascinating and repellent, of a very dangerous period in our history.

What do you call an elephant that won't take a bath? A smelly-phant!

Learn to tell the jokes that elephants love to hear--and watch a herd of elephant friends appear! Get ready to giggle with this book of hilarious, elephant-themed jokes for kids. It's full of silly illustrations, elephant puns and easy-to-read words that make it a blast for early readers and joke-lovers of all ages!

How to Make an Elephant Laugh is perfect for elephant fans, animal lovers, safari adventurers and more, including moms and dads! It's fun to read aloud in the car or as a short bedtime story. It's also hilarious for preschool, early learning and kindergarten teachers needing a funny children's book to share with their classrooms during story time.

This joke book offers:

• Goofy, groan-y jokes that kids (and elephants) will read and share over and over.
• Cool, full-page cartoon pictures of elephants in funny scenarios!
• Enough fun to be a surefire hit as a birthday gift, stocking stuffer and more.

Find out what tickles an elephant's funny bone with How to Make an Elephant Laugh.

And explore the whole series of How to Make Them Laugh kids' joke books, including How to Make a Robot Laugh, How to Make a Ninja Laugh, How to Make an Astronaut Laugh and How to Make a Shark Laugh.

A DEVASTATING ACCOUNT OF AMERICAN MILITARY FOLLY AND POLITICAL DYSFUNCTION BY THE WASHINGTON EDITOR OF HARPER'S MAGAZINE

Washington Is Burning reveals the inner workings of Trump's Washington -- a grotesque carnival of corruption. Andrew Cockburn sets fire to US pieties, focusing on the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation's political system.

Graft and self-interest have long typified both Democratic and Republican administrations. Cockburn charts the connections between the American military bureaucracy and the defense industry, which have created a senseless drive for ever-greater spending on arms. After the failed adventures of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon now seeks fresh rewards through inflating the threat from China and Iran, deploying time-tested techniques to boost the budget, including the invocation of supposedly superior enemy weapons development.

The American empire has reached a watershed. With Trump back in the White House, Washington Is Burning is a must-read account of unedifying practices in the US capital.

An urgent and profound history of vaccine skepticism, seeking to understand how our three most common fears about vaccines hardened into a lethal ideology--from a leading science writer

"Brimming with righteous anger, this book should infuriate you for all the right reasons, and arm you to take on the grifters and their war against science."--Adam Rutherford, author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

Since the advent of smallpox inoculation in the eighteenth century, the idea that a disease introduced to the body in some lesser, weakened form might prevent full-blown infection has been one of the greatest public health insights of the modern era, inspiring the invention of numerous vaccines and saving countless human lives. But, just as humanity acquired the god-like power to stop infectious disease in its tracks, some feared we had gone too far, leading to the skepticism that has hijacked public health discourse today.

In three sweeping essays written for our current moment of scientific mistrust, Thomas Levenson searches for the origins of the most common arguments against vaccines: that they are unnatural; that they are more dangerous than the illnesses they claim to prevent; and that they are an affront to freedom. Each arose from the earliest development of particular vaccines and the campaigns to distribute them. Even as the pattern repeats, Levenson reveals how innocent that skepticism initially was and, in each case, how very human fears and questions ultimately turned into something darker, where no truth would be enough to overcome the doubt.

Searing but ultimately empathetic, A Pox on Fools explores the human impulse to question and wonder--sometimes past the point at which the very act of questioning turns deadly.

Love and Desire in the Promised Land gives voice to a dozen real-life citizens of Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank who navigate messy boundaries in their homes and bedrooms against a background of geopolitical violence.

Collecting interviews conducted before the October 7 attack unleashed a new wave of bloody conflict, the book introduces fascinating individuals and couples who speak frankly about the transgressions that define their experiences with intimacy. The portrayals represent a diverse population, including an interfaith celebrity power couple, an Orthodox gynecologist, a young gay Muslim, a Palestinian American feminist, a Ukrainian Israeli artist, and a Palestinian lesbian in a relationship with an Israeli soldier.

Through these candid conversations, recorded by Parent-Rachdi and illustrated with a warm touch by Deloupy, the authors illuminate a culture and a people whose humanity has been shrouded by the fever pitch of politics and the tragedy of genocide. In a strict society, where norms are enforced by tradition, religion, and the threat of violence, these ordinary citizens follow their heart and risk it all in the name of love and desire.

La guía más completa de Marvel, repleta de magníficas ilustraciones y personajes de los cómics originales.

Compilado por un equipo de expertos en cómics en estrecha colaboración con Marvel Comics, esta nueva edición de La enciclopedia de Marvel, completamente actualizada y ampliada, es el libro que todo fan de Marvel debe tener, y el único que cubre todo el alcance del vibrante Universo de Marvel Comics.

¿Por qué?

• Contiene nuevos e importantes personajes importantes, así como entradas actualizadas de los favoritos de siempre, además de todos los detalles de los últimos eventos crossover del Universo Marvel.
• Nuevas ilustraciones de la mano los artistas de Marvel.
• Cubierta ilustrada por el reconocido artista de cómics Marco Checchetto.

Descubre los atributos clave, aliados, enemigos y las historias de personajes principales, como el Capitán América y los Vengadores, y también secundarios.
Un regalo imprescindible para los fanáticos de Marvel.

(c) 2025 MARVEL

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The official guide to the characters of the dynamic, ever-expanding Marvel Universe - now updated with more than 1,200 iconic superheroes and villains.

Filled with superb artwork and illustrated characters from the original Marvel Comics, this is the one book every fan has to own - and the only book that covers the full scope of the vibrant Marvel Comics universe.

The most holistic Marvel Encyclopedia ever created:

• Contains major new characters as well as updated entries for old favorites, alongside features for the latest Marvel Universe crossover events - including Judgment Day, Empyre, and War of the Realms.
• Hundreds of fresh new character artworks from Marvel's own talented pool of artists, including an original cover artwork designed by renowned comic artist Marco Checchetto.
• Perfect for Marvel Comics fans who want a reference guide to their favorite franchise.

Compiled by a team of comic book experts in close collaboration with Marvel Comics, this fully updated and expanded edition features revisited entries detailing the adventures since the best-selling previous edition (2019).

Major figures like Captain America and the Avengers have multi-spread sections, while even minor character entries contain details about their key attributes, allies, foes, and storylines.

This is the most complete guide to the Marvel Universe ever created.

(c) 2024 MARVEL

This perfect bedtime read-aloud describes that magical time, just as we're drifting off to sleep, when the moon shines brightly and life emerges from the forest.

Hello moon,
Goodbye sun.
Night is near,
Day is done.

When the sun goes down and most of us are getting ready for bed, the nighttime animals of the forest all wake up to the light of the moon. It calls to the them, from the slyest fox to the tiniest mouse, who feasts on leaves and fruit and scurries beneath the brush.

A gentle rhyming text that will appeal to the youngest child is illustrated with soft and dreamy artwork in this perfect bedtime book in the tradition of Goodnight Moon. For more bedtime rhymes, don't miss the companion book Hello, Sun, which chronicles the other side of the daily cycle.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection