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How Christianity both abolished and absorbed sacrifice

From the beginning, sacrifice lived a double life in Christianity, both abandoned and essential. Christ's death on the cross was the sacrifice to end all sacrifice, eclipsing the temple sacrifices of Judaism and paganism. And yet at the center of the lived faith was the repetition of sacrifice: the offering of Christ's body, the sacrifices of ancient patriarchs, and the sacrifices of martyrs woven through liturgy, theology, and popular devotion.

But this double life collapsed in the Reformation. Quarreling heirs to Christian truth discovered that the sacrifices they once called Christian might be nothing of the sort. To build their new faiths--to discover the truth of Christian sacrifice--they turned to the past, learning from Christianity as it was how Christianity ought to be.

In On the Altar, Jonathan Sheehan offers a new account of sacrifice both sacred and secular. His story is in part a history of the Christian imagination across the centuries of the Reformation, when new martyrs and holy warriors fought for the truth of their sacrifices, when the empire of New World sacrifice was recruited to settle Christian conflicts, and when the sacrifices of the ancient Hebrews were weaponized for orthodoxy. But it is a history of the secular imagination as well, as the vast archive of Christian sacrifice was dispersed and applied to things that humans make, their religions, politics, and societies. With On the Altar, Sheehan reveals a new history of both Christianity and the secular world in which we still live.

Young girls and their loved ones will enjoy fifteen themed tea party celebrations as they make special memories one warm sip at a time.

Whether your special guests were dolls, stuffed animals, parents, or friends, do you remember having tea parties as a child? Now you can share this special tradition with your tween daughter with this collection of fun and unique teatime parties.

Alongside fifteen themed teas, you'll find inspired ideas for holidays, beach parties, book clubs, birthdays, and more. Each tea party includes suggestions for invitations, table settings, decor, menus, recipes, activities, and crafts. These parties are easy to create and suitable for any budget.

Let's Have a Tea Party also features attractive watercolor artwork throughout, making this a thoughtful gift for your daughter or another mom. Recapture the joy of teatime with this wonderful book.

WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE

How a system of colonial trusteeship converted Native wealth into settler capital

From the earliest days of its founding, the United States set its sights on Native territory. Amid better-known "Indian wars," the federal government quietly built an empire by treaty, offering payments to Native peoples for their land. Routinely inadequate, these payments were nonetheless pivotal because federal officials chose not to deliver them as a lump sum. Instead, the government kept the bulk of payments owed to Native nations under its own control as a trustee, and made access to future installments contingent on Native compliance. In Vested Interests, Emilie Connolly describes how a system of "fiduciary colonialism" seized a continent from its original inhabitants--and, ironically, furnished Native peoples with financial resources that sustained their nations.

Connolly documents two centuries of dispossession in the guise of fiduciary benevolence. Acting as both dispossessor and trustee, the federal government invested Native wealth in state bonds that financed banks, canals, and other infrastructural projects that enabled the country to expand further westward. Meanwhile, Native peoples protected the money they did receive for future generations, investing it in their own institutions and mounting legal challenges to hold their trustees accountable. Still, federal trusteeship placed tight constraints on Native economies with the aim of containing Native power, forcing nations to endure through sheer resilience and ingenuity. By chronicling the long history of Native land dispossession through financial paternalism, Vested Interests reveals the unequal dividends of colonialism in the United States.

Brave the night with Ron Keres and Arthur Lin as they unravel a spooky tale that will have young readers saying eek in this 2022 Readers' Choice Book Awards Gold Medal Winner!

Darkness falls... The power goes out... Two brothers hear a creaaaaaaak and a scraaaatch. If they ever want to fall asleep, they must uncover the spooky source of all the crunch, thumps, and strange sounds...or else!

With age-appropriate scares and a silly twist, the award-winning The Scariest Story You've Ever Heard is a delightful, spooky romp for young horror fans. Delightful illustrations capture both the eerie and comical in this story for young readers ages 3 to 8. Full of creepy text and clever art, this book is perfect for read-aloud during Halloween or any time of year!

A powerful and vibrantly illustrated account of the resilience and dedication of the unsung Black heroines who played a major role in World War II. Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures, Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free, and Tyler Perry's blockbuster film The Six Triple Eight.

In 1944, the United States was facing a unique wartime crisis--too much mail! Millions of letters and packages, stacked from floor to ceiling, sat unsent in cold, dark warehouses, with no one to sort through the backlog and no way to deliver mail to the troops.

Enter the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.

Formed of Black women who had advocated fiercely for their right to enlist in the U.S. military, the "Six Triple Eight" battalion had one special task: sort and send the mail. It wasn't easy, but the Six Triple Eight got to work!

Putting in long hours to send out each piece of mail in record time, they had a four-word motto that powered them through: "No mail, low morale!" As they helped deliver support to the soldiers on the frontlines, these women proved there was nothing they couldn't do!

Former teacher turned multigenre writer and editor Tonya Abari and debut illustrator Lance Evans honor these women with a stunning nonfiction picture book sure to educate and inspire future generations.

The Six Triple Eight is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!

The second book in an action-packed middle grade fantasy duology by Gail D. Villanueva, steeped in Tagalog mythology and perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky.

Lulu should never have let Maligno get away. Corrupt souls are escaping the Underworld in droves, unrest is plaguing the Middleworld, and factions are pitting gods in the Upperworld against each other. Nothing Lulu, Bart, and Kitty can't handle, right?

Then Lulu finds outs that the Maligno intends to awaken the king of destruction, the primordial serpent god Ulilang Kaluluwa, in order to control the god's power with the Sacred Niyog of legend--a powerful and ancient magical artifact that has been broken in three and kept hidden by the Salamangkeros of the past. But the Maligno isn't the only one in search of the niyog. Bathala, the god of gods, wants to use it to vanguish Ulilang Kaluluwa once and for all in a battle that would destroy the universe.

To protect all three Realms, Lulu, Bart, and Kitty set off on a secret mission to find the three parts of the niyog before their enemies. But will they be able to keep the universe from falling into total chaos before it's ripped apart?

A poetic debut picture book, inspired by Baltimore, that celebrates community action.

Sometimes, a neighborhood feels forgotten.

But in the vibrant imagination of one young girl, there are dreams of a different city.

In her dreams, her city is a fantastic place.

And together with her neighbors, she can make it better.

More beautiful.

Safe.

Maybe Something Beautiful meets Something, Someday in this deeply touching ode to cities and urban spaces that reveals the transformative power of communal love, creativity, and hope.

Since the Reagan era, conservatives in the United States have championed cutting taxes, especially for wealthy individuals and corporations, as the best way to achieve economic prosperity. In his new book, Pay Up!, John L. Campbell shows that while these claims are highly influential, they are also wrong. Using historical and cross-national evidence, the book challenges and refutes every justification conservatives have made for tax cuts - that American taxes are too high; they hurt the economy; they facilitate government waste; they constitute an unfair downward redistribution of income; and they threaten individual freedom - and conversely shows that countries can actually benefit from higher taxes, especially when tax increases fall most heavily on those most able to pay them. Through clear prose and a well-reasoned argument, Campbell's book provides an accessible, engaging, and much-needed perspective on the role of taxes in American society.

A riotous, Fellini-esque memoir from the famous artist and fashion photographer whose work helped define the look of a generation. A Shot in the Dark includes nearly one hundred photos, spanning decades of D'Orazio's incomparable career.

Whether or not you know his name, you know his work.

As one of the top fashion photographers in the industry, Sante D'Orazio played a seminal role in shaping how we define what it is to be beautiful, cool, glamorous, and hot. The résumé of A-listers he has shot includes top supermodels--Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, and Naomi Campbell, among others--as well as a myriad of actors, artists, and athletes, including Pamela Anderson, Prince, Keith Richards, Axl Rose, Sophia Loren, Mickey Rourke, and Mike Tyson. In this intimate, riotous, rough-and-tumble memoir, D'Orazio writes of his many adventures and how he fought his way to the top while navigating a life of sex, drugs, hustlers, and panic attacks.

But beneath the surface of glamour and glitz, we find surprising depth. D'Orazio informs his narrative with artful meditations on the tensions that have defined his career and life: between the sacred and the profane; the commercial demands of fashion photography versus his personal art and his true love of painting; the nature of light and the disabling darkness of mood swings; '80s glamour versus "heroin chic"; the mystic presence of Saint Padre Pio and the bacchanalia of Studio 54--from cocaine to Caravaggio.

Along the way, the author weaves together a vivid story of the Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn where he grew up and, especially, of his overly dramatic mother. The author chronicles his deeply personal, often hilarious, and always entertaining journey as he comes to terms with how the pull of his mother affected his many relationships with women--and informs the bond he has formed with his own son.

A Shot in the Dark is a shocking, sexy, and surprisingly revealing memoir that pulls you into the many frames of life.

Can you find Taylor? Piece together the ultimate Swiftie challenge with this intricately illustrated 500-piece Taylor Swift Search-and-Find Jigsaw Puzzle.

An unofficial celebration of one of Taylor's most magical chapters.

Piece by piece, you'll build a vibrant scene inspired by the Lover era--filled with hidden nods to the songs, symbols, and stories that made this chapter so iconic. Assemble the puzzle to reveal a whimsical world bursting with detail -- a visual love letter to Taylor's artistry, transformation, and joy.

But finishing the puzzle is just the beginning! Once complete, search and find hidden items that tell the story of the Lover era, from glittering hearts and pink sunglasses to cat cameos, lyric references, and Easter eggs only true Swifties will spot. And somewhere within the dreamy chaos, Taylor herself is waiting to be found.

Perfect for fans who know every lyric by heart and for anyone who just loves a good search-and-find adventure, this puzzle is your ticket to revisiting Taylor's colorful Lover world in a whole new way.

A YA paranormal fantasy about vampires in the Paris underground, where a young woman's bohemian dream turns into a chilling nightmare. Now her survival hinges on bringing to light the city's darkest and deepest secrets.

When 17-year-old Tosh Reeves moves from Portland, Oregon to Paris, it's a dream come to life. The city embraces her with its street-life, iconic architecture, and infinite gustatory delights. There's even a charming expat boy, Nick, who introduces her to sights tourists never see.

From medieval catacombs to the viciously competitive street art scene, Tosh's immersion in Paris makes her feel wholly alive in a way she's never before experienced. She belongs.

But when a series of brutal vampiric attacks creeps closer to her new circle of bohemian friends, Tosh will confront the darker side of her beloved Paris, and learn how deeply monsters can strike at a young woman's power and heart.

An irreplaceable, start-to-finish guide for entrepreneurs building high-growth companies in the era of artificial intelligence

In the first edition of The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business, Rose tackled the other half of the investor-entrepreneur relationship, explaining - in straightforward, granular detail drawn from a lifetime of successful experience in technology leadership - how to build exceptional companies that grow exponentially and lead to life-changing exits.

Now, Rose revisits the advice he offered in The Startup Checklist with a brand-new edition of his widely read entrepreneurship classic. The Startup Checklist, Second Edition, refines and builds on the concrete, step-by-step strategies of the book, adapting them for a market that's been utterly transformed by artificial intelligence and rapid technological change.

In the book, you'll not only find the down-and-dirty tasks you need to complete to plan, launch, scale, and exit your company (and exactly how to perform them), but the "why" of what you're doing, the online tools and technologies you need to save you time and money, and the resources that will multiply your efforts. You'll explore the psychology and behaviors of your potential investors so you can understand what they're thinking without being told.

You'll also find:

• Comprehensive discussions of the most common - and crippling - mistakes made by startup founders and specific strategies for avoiding them (as well as their expensive, time-consuming consequences)
• Deep insights into how the accelerated pace of technological change is impacting the types of businesses that are attracting investments today and how you can get ahead of that curve
• How to incorporate the latest artificial intelligence technologies to streamline your processes, realize permanent efficiencies, and outrun your ferocious rivals
• A complete strategy guide for building a scalable, high-growth company, including specific approaches for incorporation, hiring, IP protection, stock issuance, fundraising, growth management, and structuring your exit

Perfect for entrepreneurs at every level of experience, from brand-new founders who want a one-stop, from-scratch guide to everything they need to know to build a high-growth business to seasoned entrepreneurs looking for insights into how new technologies have changed the game, the latest edition of The Startup Checklist is the ideal roadmap to contemporary entrepreneurship.

Come along on an adventurous journey with the world's most beloved bunny, Peter Rabbit, in The Classic Tale of Peter Rabbit. This beautiful sound book features illustrations by New York Times best-selling artist Charles Santore and includes audio narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges.

Valuable lessons can be learned from the mischievous and disobedient Peter Rabbit as he ignores his mother's warning about Mr. McGregor and his vegetable garden. As Peter gets into trouble, he'll have to ask for help to find a way home. This timeless children's classic provides kids with tales about values, morals, and virtue.

This Press & Play Storybook features:

• A beautifully designed hardcover book with press and play audio
• Updated soundboard technology to hear Jeff Bridges narrate the story
• Illustrations by renowned, New York Times #1 best-selling artist Charles Santore

The Classic Tale of Peter Rabbit:

• Makes a great gift for baby showers, spring holidays such as Easter, or birthdays
• Is perfect for family and bedtime reading, or preschool lessons
• A wonderful classic to add to family collections

Critically acclaimed illustrator Charles Santore has been celebrated with recognitions such as the prestigious Hamilton King Award, the Society of Illustrators Award of Excellence, and the Original Art 2000 Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. He is best known for his luminous interpretations of classic children's stories, including The Night Before Christmas, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Aesop's Fables, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Wizard of Oz, and more!

Multi-talented athlete, actor, artist, and writer Terry Crews celebrates the joy of pursuing your passions, no matter how ambitious, in his inspirational debut picture book about dreaming boldly.

Terry is a talented kid with big dreams and a whole lot of hats. On the football field, he's a star, and when he takes off his helmet, he puts on his other hats: in his beret he becomes an artist, in his chef's hat he cooks, and in his sparkly top hat, he's a magician!

Everyone's always telling him he can only be one thing and do one thing. But Terry's just the kid to prove that his dreams--and his hats--are limitless.

Set long ago in history, Live Big with CATCH-M--part of a multi-award-winning, best-selling series--follows an extraordinary spark who discovers powerful secrets.

A little love spark named CATCH-M wakes up in the dark. No other sparks are there. CATCH-M feels alone and scared. Finally, after struggling, CATCH-M hears love's whisper . . . and listens. Love grows and grows and grows in CATCH-M's heart. BANG!

A magic moment changes everything. CATCH-M's full braveheart chooses to do good, shining and sharing love's extraordinary power everywhere. Millions of miraculous CATCH-Ms connect to create wonders like Mother Earth, where we can all experience the fun of love and friendship. But in the wilds of East Africa, Baby Cheetah and Zebra struggle with crazy emotions too. Can they find the gift of CATCH-M, love's wondrous spark in their hearts, and listen, using love's powerful secrets to live big with full bravehearts?

Live Big with Catch-M's inspirational message makes it the perfect gift for every age. Everyone, everywhere, will delight in learning love's powerful secrets--shhh--DREAM BIG, LOVE BIG, and THINK BIG--to catch CATCH-M every day and be extraordinary stars in our stories together!

A poignant, laugh-out-loud funny story about our busy lives and how we can fix our mistakes to show our friends how much we care, by world-renowned artist and picture book creator Oliver Jeffers.

It's Bridget's birthday, and she thinks it would be fun to spend the day with friends. But Royal has places to go, Rodney has to see a man about a dog, Regis has to wash his hair, and Pearl has a list of items she needs to cross off as quickly as she can. Bridget's friends are all too busy to hang out!

Will Bridget have to spend her birthday all alone?

In a story that shows how friends are more important than the busy-ness of a day, Oliver Jeffers' bold and brilliant art pair with a powerful story that helps readers realize what truly matters. Another masterpiece from the internationally bestselling picture book creator of Here We Are and Begin Again.