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Sometimes the door we fear most is the one that leads us home.

When the house grows quiet and the crumbs go untouched, something isn't right.

Oscar, a loyal fourteen-year-old pug with gray whiskers and a slowing body, has spent his life loving his family the only way he knows how-morning patrols for scraps, hard-won leaps onto the couch, and long days waiting for everyone to come home. But today feels different. The basement door-always closed, always mysterious-stands open.

Drawn by a strange knock and an old spark of curiosity, Oscar ventures downstairs and discovers a world glowing with color, memory, and familiar faces from his past. Guided by a once-neighboring cat and reunited with beloved friends, he begins a journey through the moments that shaped his life-birthday parties, storms, snuggles, and unconditional love.

As pain fades and youth returns, Oscar must face a tender truth: this isn't an ending, but a passage. And beyond one more door waits the next adventure.

Heartfelt, whimsical, and deeply comforting, Oscar is a gentle story about devotion, letting go, and the everlasting bond between pets and the people who love them-a touching reminder that love never really says goodbye.

"This book is as persuasive as it is useful. Well-written and accessible, yet the research is excellent."-Joel Mokyr, 2025 Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences

Can you imagine even the poorest country in the world achieving the prosperity and quality of life of today's Switzerland-by 2100? Seems crazy, doesn't it? After all, we live in uncertain times. But we have pulled off marvels before. Human advances over the past 100 years have been unprecedented. Can we achieve another century of progress?

This book, a major research effort from the McKinsey Global Institute, explores the advances of the past century and what drove them-what we call the progress machine. It then investigates the possibility of a world of plenty by 2100 in which every person lives at, or above, the levels of prosperity enjoyed by Switzerland today. Such a future would require the global economy to be eight times bigger than it is today. Is this realistic? Will we have enough energy, food, metals and minerals? Can we keep innovating quickly enough? Can we deliver plenty while protecting our planet?

We ran the numbers, and the answer is yes.

But progress is a choice. Making what is possible probable needs a new narrative. A story in which growth is good, plenty is achievable, and people are inspired to innovate and build. Again and again, optimists have been on the right side of history. We believe they will be once more.

About the authors

Sven Smit is a McKinsey senior partner and the former chair of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI). During his 35-year McKinsey career he also led the firm's European region and the Strategy and Corporate Finance Practice. He is based in Amsterdam.

Chris Bradley is a McKinsey senior partner and director of MGI. Along with Sven, he was a coauthor of the best-selling book Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick. He is based in Sydney.

Nick Leung is a McKinsey senior partner and director of MGI. In his 33 years at the firm, he was chairman of McKinsey's Greater China region for over a decade, and leader of the Corporate Finance Practice in Asia. He is based in Hong Kong.

Marc Canal is an MGI senior fellow and leads research on global progress, with a focus on productivity, demographics, human capital, and technology. He is based in Barcelona.

The McKinsey Global Institute is McKinsey's independent research arm, established in 1990. This book draws on that long heritage, and on the specific contributions of our coauthor team: Janet Bush, MGI executive editor; Sherlyn Chen, engagement manager; Suhayl Chettih, MGI fellow; and MGI partners Jan Mischke and Jeongmin Seong.

Sometimes it can be hard to know how to help when your child BIG Feelings hit! Suddenly you are in a storm of emotions and just do not know what to do. And your child doesn't know either.

Myla Learns Wings Over My Heart is a practical How-to self soothe guide wrapped up in the magic of a warm, enchanting story.

This beautifully illustrated children's picture book tells the story of Myla, a deep-feeling six-year-old girl, who wakes up with a stomachache and suddenly does not want to go to school. After making a quiet wish for help in the garden, she meets Aditha, the Energy Fairy, who gently shows her that the emotions in her body might be trying to share something important.

Together, they practice Wings Over My Heart, a simple self-soothing technique modelled after the somatic practice butterfly taps. With practice, Myla learns how to comfort herself, connect with her emotions, and listen to what her feelings are trying to tell her.

Parents, you will love this book because:

It gives you a practical tool you can use without forcing the moment

It breaks big emotional ideas into simple, easy-to-understand concepts

It is genuinely enjoyable to read with your child, even on hard days

Children will love this book because:

They see a friend in Myla and Aditha and feel understood right away

The story feels gentle, magical, and comforting

Practicing Wings Over My Heart is fun, and many children ask to try it again

Join the club of families that have stepped into a world where feelings are explored through connection, play, and shared adventures

Created for children ages 4 to 7, Myla Learns Wings Over My Heart is part of the Little Stories for BIG Feelings series from Angela Thibault, the creator of Satori Kid Club, which uses imaginative, play-based storytelling to support emotional awareness, resilience, and healthy communication. Perfect for preschoolers, primary school students and toddlers. It is an excellent support tool for parents, teachers and counselors.

What happens when hardcore punk collides with metal-and refuses to choose sides?

Tear It Down: How Crossover Bridged Metal and Hardcore Punk captures the violence, creativity, and friction that defined one of the most misunderstood movements in underground music. From widely recognised names such as Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, The Accused, and D.R.I., to overlooked but essential bands like Beyond Possession, Sacrilege B.C., Lobotomia, and Lethal Aggression, and further into the deepest underground with Ugly But Proud, Whoppers Taste Good, Dresden, and Capitalist Alienation, the book dismantles the idea of a single crossover narrative.

Based on more than 180 interviews with bands worldwide, ranging from original 1980s participants to post-2000 and current bands, Tear It Down centres on the formative years 1980-1990, while tracing crossover's long-term impact and mutations. The book also broadens the conversation through interviews with record labels, visual artists, fanzine creators, and even a blogger, recognising crossover as a culture rather than a style. Alongside, more than 1300 bands are namedropped or reviewed from all over the world.

At 220,000 words and featuring a foreword by Parris Mayhew (founding member of Cro-Mags, White Devil, Aggros), Tear It Down stands as the most extensive document ever produced on the crossover phenomenon.

Murphy's Law isn't just a grown-up thing. Kids live it every single day.

This funny, painfully relatable book turns the chaos of school mornings, friendships, family life, food disasters, tech problems, and embarrassing moments into a collection of scarily accurate truths every kid will recognize instantly. From the day your homework gets collected only when you forget it, to the moment your voice cracks right when you finally try to be funny, Murphy always seems to show up at the worst time with perfect timing.

MURPHY'S LAW BOOK FOR KIDS: Scarily Accurate is written for kids who have ever felt like the universe is playing jokes on them, and for parents who want their children to laugh at life's messiest moments instead of feeling ashamed of them. It's not just a comedy book. It's a confidence book disguised as humor, teaching kids how to recover fast, stay calm under pressure, and stop letting small disasters ruin their mood.

Inside, kids will discover relatable chapters packed with laugh-out-loud scenarios, real-life "of course that happened" moments, and smart survival lessons for handling everything from school stress to social awkwardness. Each chapter builds toward one powerful idea: you don't need perfect days to be confident. You just need the ability to bounce back when things go wrong.

If you're raising a kid who overthinks, gets embarrassed easily, or feels like bad luck follows them around, this book will feel like a friend that finally gets it.

Get ready to laugh, nod your head, and say the same thing on every page: scarily accurate.

A más de diez años de su primera publicación, esta edición definitiva de Balón dividido se mantiene como un cruce perfecto entre literatura y deporte: «Villoro se ha ganado el brazalete de capitán», Los Angeles Review of Books.

Como ningún otro deporte, el futbol representa una peculiar manera de reunir a la gente. «La expresión "balón dividido" se refiere a un momento primordial del juego, cuando dos futbolistas tienen las mismas posibilidades de adueñarse de la pelota. Se trata, también, de una impecable definición de otra actividad: entre el autor y el lector hay un objeto mágico --un libro-- que es de uno sin dejar de ser del otro».

Las crónicas de Balón dividido abarcan a excepcionales figuras del balompié --Piqué, Messi, Guardiola, Cristiano Ronaldo, Hugo Sánchez-- y establecen conexiones con la literatura, la historia y la psicología. El tono general del libro es celebratorio, pero no faltan historias trágicas, como la de Robert Enke, portero de la selección alemana que se tiró a las vías del tren, o la de los hermanos Boateng, que reactivan la vieja rencilla entre Caín y Abel.

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More than ten years after its first publication, this definitive edition of Balón dividido remains a perfect intersection of literature and sport: "Villoro has earned the captain's armband," Los Angeles Review of Books.

Like no other sport, soccer represents a unique way of bringing people together. "The expression 'balón dividido' refers to a crucial moment in the game, when two players have the same chance to take possession of the ball. It is also an impeccable definition of another activity: between the author and the reader there is a magical object--a book--that belongs to one while still belonging to the other."

The chronicles of Balón dividido cover exceptional figures of soccer --Piqué, Messi, Guardiola, Cristiano Ronaldo, Hugo Sánchez-- and establish connections with literature, history, and psychology. The overall tone of the book is celebratory, but tragic stories are also present, such as that of Robert Enke, goalkeeper of the German national team who threw himself onto the train tracks, or that of the Boateng brothers, who reignite the old feud between Cain and Abel.

Conoce a Sadie, una chica que, pese a todo pronóstico, no se dejará intimidar por los tres alfas que deben entrenarla como guerrera.

Tras crecer en la miseria, por fin encontré la manera de ser libre: descubrí que soy una cambiaformas, una guerrera capaz de transformarse en monstruo. Ahora, lo único que debo hacer es sobrevivir al entrenamiento y esperar a que mi bestia ancestral despierte. Fácil, ¿no?

Desafortunadamente, no contaba con que también tendría que lidiar con mis tres entrenadores (y roomies) de casi dos metros. Ninguno de ellos se parece a los hombres que he conocido antes... sobre todo porque no tenían cuernos ni el cuerpo cubierto de tatuajes y joyas.

Creen que no pertenezco a este lugar, que no puedo cambiar de forma, que soy incapaz de luchar como ellos y que jamás estaré preparada para sobrevivir a la guerra. En pocas palabras, creen que estoy condenada a morir. Pero les demostraré que se equivocan. Jax, Ascher y Cobra se arrepentirán cuando descubran que no soy la chica indefensa que ellos creen... esperen a que vean en qué me transformo.

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Meet Sadie, a girl who, against all odds, refuses to be intimidated by the three alphas assigned to train her as a warrior.

After growing up in misery, I finally found a way to be free: I discovered that I am a shapeshifter, a warrior capable of turning into a monster. Now, all I have to do is survive the training and wait for my ancestral beast to awaken. Easy, right?

Unfortunately, I didn't expect to also deal with my three trainers (and roommates)--towering men nearly two meters tall. None of them resemble the men I've known before... especially since they have horns and bodies covered in tattoos and jewels.

They believe I don't belong here, that I can't shift, that I'm incapable of fighting like them, and that I'll never be ready to survive the war. In short, they think I'm doomed to die. But I'll prove them wrong. Jax, Ascher, and Cobra will regret underestimating me when they see what I can become.

De la galardonada y exitosa autora Elizabeth Chadwick llega una épica historia de amor ambientada en la alta caballería, la guerra mortal, la devastadora peste y la feroz rivalidad del siglo XIV: la primera de dos partes que narra la extraordinaria historia de una mujer que pasó de ser una rebelde real a convertirse en reina sin corona.

1338. Inglaterra le ha declarado la guerra a Francia, y Jeanette de Kent, prima del rey Eduardo III, se despide de su familia para acompañar a la corte real al otro lado del mar.

En Amberes, en medio de intrigas palaciegas y de las obligaciones que conlleva su rango, conoce al valiente caballero Thomas Holland, de quien se enamora perdidamente. Aunque ambos saben que su amor está prohibido, la pasión que sienten es tan grande que deciden casarse en secreto. Pero antes de poder revelar su unión, Thomas es enviado a la guerra y, en su ausencia, Jeanette es obligada a contraer un segundo matrimonio, convirtiéndose así en la pieza clave de un juego de poder donde otros quieren controlar su destino. Cuando Thomas regresa, la verdadera batalla comienza. Con prácticamente toda su familia en contra, los desafiantes amantes harán todo por volver a estar juntos, sin importar el costo.

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From award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick comes an epic love story set against the backdrop of high chivalry, deadly war, devastating plague, and fierce rivalry in the 14th century: the first of two parts that tells the extraordinary tale of a woman who rose from royal rebel to become a queen without a crown.

1338. England has declared war on France, and Jeanette of Kent, cousin to King Edward III, bids farewell to her family as she joins the royal court across the sea.

In Antwerp, amidst palace intrigues and the duties of her rank, she meets the brave knight Thomas Holland, with whom she falls deeply in love. Though they both know their love is forbidden, their passion is so strong that they secretly marry. But before they can reveal their union, Thomas is sent to war, and in his absence Jeanette is forced into a second marriage, becoming a key piece in a power struggle where others seek to control her fate. When Thomas returns, the true battle begins. With nearly her entire family against them, the defiant lovers will risk everything to be together, no matter the cost.

El primer libro que revela cómo las hormonas del estrés tienen relación con los picos de insulina, cómo influyen en nuestra salud y bienestar, y qué podemos hacer al respecto.

¿Por qué nos estresamos y cómo podemos cambiarlo?

Mucho más que el cortisol es una exploración revolucionaria sobre la ciencia del estrés y su impacto en la salud. El investigador Richard Mackenzie y el periodista Peter Walker unen fuerzas para explicar cómo las hormonas del estrés afectan nuestro metabolismo, peso, fertilidad y riesgo de enfermedades como la diabetes tipo 2.

A través de estudios científicos de vanguardia y sorprendentes historias reales, el libro revela cómo el estrés no es solo una cuestión de actitud, sino una respuesta biológica influida por el entorno, el trabajo y las desigualdades sociales. Mucho más que el cortisol desmonta mitos, como la idea de que el ejercicio HIIT y las dietas bajas en carbohidratos siempre son beneficiosos, y demuestra cómo, en realidad, pueden aumentar los niveles de cortisol y provocar efectos adversos.

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The first book to reveal how stress hormones are linked to insulin spikes, how they influence our health and well-being, and what we can do about it.

Why do we get stressed, and how can we change it?

Mucho más que el cortisol is a groundbreaking exploration of the science of stress and its impact on health. Researcher Richard Mackenzie and journalist Peter Walker join forces to explain how stress hormones affect our metabolism, weight, fertility, and risk of diseases such as type 2 diabetes.

Through cutting-edge scientific studies and surprising real-life stories, the book reveals how stress is not just a matter of attitude, but a biological response shaped by environment, work, and social inequalities. Mucho más que el cortisol debunks myths, such as the belief that HIIT exercise and low-carb diets are always beneficial, showing instead how they can raise cortisol levels and trigger adverse effects.

Following Jesus Beyond Church Walls

A Catalyst for Your Spiritual Growth

Chantal Morales McKinney

What happens to faith when the institutions meant to sustain it fail?

In Following Jesus Beyond Church Walls, ordained Episcopal priest Chantal Morales McKinney offers a searching memoir of spiritual reckoning from inside a progressive Christian community that could not live up to its own values. As cracks appear in the church's moral and relational foundations, she confronts painful historical questions about power, accountability, and the limits of institutional belonging.

Rather than walking away from Christianity, McKinney turns the church's failure into an invitation-one that leads her beyond institutional limits toward an expansive understanding of Jesus' teaching: "Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there with them." Beyond church walls, she begins to imagine a way of following Jesus grounded in relationship, moral courage, and presence rather than hierarchy or institutional authority.

Drawing on Christian mysticism, the Divine Feminine, contemplative practice, immersion in the natural world, and her own pastoral formation, McKinney reimagines what faith can look like when institutions fail. Structured around the spiritual arc of Root, Thrive, and Soar, this deeply moving memoir is both an exposé of the limits of even the most inclusive churches and a blueprint for building faith and community beyond them. Following Jesus Beyond Church Walls offers hope to those who have been harmed or disillusioned by religious institutions but still hunger for meaning, connection, and a faith that can survive the truth.

About the Author

Chantal McKinney is a mystic Christian and visionary, a faith-based entrepreneur, nationwide speaker, coach, and consultant for a wide diversity of churches, faith communities, and non-profits. She is the founder of Root Thrive Soar, the Founding Pastor for Christ's Beloved Community, and the founder of Contemporary Mystics Publishing. She has established supportive networks and circles for women affected by harm in the church and for spiritually expansive individuals. Originally ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, she now continually strives to be God's priest, with a particular heart for the millions of people who are in exile and on the margins of church. She lives in North Carolina with her family. Learn more at chantalmckinney.com, rootthrivesoar.com, and contemporarymysticspublishing.com.

Elana Allard has been relentlessly, desperately drawn to the well since she was a child. Even in her sleep, she walks toward the final resting place of the shadow eating creature who lies at the bottom.

Her family has kept her safe, ensuring she's lashed to her bed each night, leather cuffs tight around her ankles. They wish she'd marry a man who could keep her in bed, but Elana has never felt the spark of love the bards sing about with any man she's met.

When a once in a century storm cracks the stone off the well, Elana's desire to go there carves her out. She hungers, growing pale and sick, until at last she relents and goes to the well on her own.

There she finds the monster isn't what she'd thought it was. The Darkness-Nessa-wants what many young women want: a nice place to stay, a nice dress to wear, and a trip into town with Elana.

And Elana feels things with Nessa that she's never felt for a man. Most of all, she realizes there is no cure for the force that drew her toward the well. Toward the monster.

Toward the darkness.

With her brother's suspicions plaguing her every move and the threat of banishment from her family to marry a man chosen for her, Elana must choose: a normal life that will keep her a prisoner forever, or a monstrous love unlike anything she's ever felt that will ensure her alienation from everyone and everything she's ever known.

"Be Better Broken: In Service to Liberation" is a vital essay collection and guide for everyone resisting fascism. It recognizes and honors those on the front lines as traumatized people doing work that further traumatizes us as we yearn for transformation. This book is call to claim responsibility for our lives and our roles in building a collectively liberated world. By providing practical steps and deep insight it transforms our shared pain into a foundation for action.

Private Investigator Hadley Cooper has a knack for finding trouble-and this time, it's wearing pearls.

Life on Sullivan's Island is about as close to bliss as it gets-bike rides at sunrise, cases that don't make headlines, and a romance with SLED agent Cash Reynolds that's finally on solid ground. They have one ironclad rule: never work the same case.

When a wealthy Charleston socialite turns up dead, Cash charges her housekeeper, Bridget Donovan, with murder. But the young single mother has a formidable ally in Carolyn Talbot, a local matriarch who implores Hadley to help. Hadley's heart overrides her head, and her agreement with Cash is gone like confetti in a hurricane.

Soon she's wading through a tangle of suspects-blue bloods with deadly secrets, her client's scheming ex-monster-in-law, and the greatest unknown country singer in Nashville. But Hadley's also grappling with a mystery closer to home-one that will shake everything she thought she knew about her family.

To find justice for Bridget, Hadley will have to risk her heart, her life-and maybe her grip on reality.

Uncertainty Advantage fundamentally reframes how leaders should think about disruption, arguing that uncertainty is the primary source of competitive advantage in modern markets. When crises emerge, value doesn't disappear; it redistributes to those who detect shifts earlier, decide faster, and act while competitors are still in analysis paralysis.

Drawing from real-world wins across various industries, Lynch exposes the fatal flaw that traditional risk management can breed inefficiency. When supply chains collapse, cyberattacks hit, or pandemics strike, defensive leaders hunker down while market winners do the opposite - they pounce.

The book bridges the gap between C-suite strategy and operational execution, dismantling the "minimize and protect" mindset that's killing competitive advantage for most Fortune 500 companies. Lynch reveals the systems, data infrastructure, and decision-making principles, that turn concurrent and relentless threats into profit opportunities while competitors play catch-up.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi comes an epic and daring novel that imagines an alternate version of 1960s India that was never liberated from the British, and a young woman's struggle to change the tides of history.

"This is the kind of fiction we need more of."--R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel

A WASHINGTON POST AND ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Kalki Divekar grows up a daughter of Kingston--a city the British built on the ashes of Bombay. The older generation, including her father, have been lost to the brutal hunt for rebels. Young men are drafted to fight wars they will never return from. And the people of her city are more interested in fighting one another than facing their true oppressors.

When tragedy strikes close to home, Kalki begins to play a dangerous game with small acts of resistance, tempered by cautious, level-headed Yashu and fortified by Fauzia, whose dreams of the future awaken Kalki's heart. Together, they found Kingston's new independence movement, obtaining jobs working for the British while secretly planning to destroy the empire from the inside out. But one wrong move means certain death, and when facing threats from all quarters, Kalki must decide whether it's more important to be a hero or to survive.

Set over the course of a decade and told as ten moments from Kalki's life that mirror the Dashavatara, the ten avatars of Vishnu, Ten Incarnations of Rebellion is a sweeping, deeply felt speculative novel of empowerment, friendship, self-determination, and the true meaning of freedom.

Winner of the Irish Book of the Year

Shortlisted for the Nero Novel of the Year

From one of the most acclaimed Irish writers today, a new novel about smalltown Ireland that explores a community on the mend and the power of love and trauma to both bring people together and divide them

"I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise. . ."

In a small town in Ireland, the local people have weathered the storm of economic collapse and now look to the future: The jobs are back, the dramas of the past seemingly lulled, and although the town bears the scars of its history, new stories have begun to unfold.

But an insidious menace now creeps through back-alley shadows and into the lives of the townspeople. Old grudges fester and new ones arise. Young people are lured by the promise of fast money while the generation above them tries to hold back the tide of an enemy beyond their control. And the peace of this town is about to be shattered in an unimaginable way.

A stunning, lyrical novel told in twenty-one voices, Heart, Be at Peace reveals a community that together looks to overcome the betrayals, secrets, and grudges that can divide families, neighbors, and entire generations.