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  • Book cover for Burn After Writing (Hearts)

    Burn After Writing (Hearts)

    Burn After Writing (Hearts)

    The national bestseller.

    Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you're in.

    "This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me."
    -TikTok user camrynbanks

    Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself?

    Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expression--even if through a few tears!

    Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that's about you, and just for you. This is not a diary, and there is no posting required. And when you're finished, toss it, hide it, or Burn After Writing.
  • Book cover for Sex Work Today: Erotic Labor in the Twenty-First Century

    Sex Work Today: Erotic Labor in the Twenty-First Century

    Sex Work Today: Erotic Labor in the Twenty-First Century

    A cutting-edge volume on current trends in sex work, from sugar relationships and cyber brothels to financial domination, sex worker activism, and feminist porn

    Sex is for sale in more ways than ever. It can be bought and sold online, in sex clubs, on the street, and around the world. As with many industries, discrimination, exploitation, and inequality persist in sex work. Yet it also offers autonomy, job satisfaction, and even pleasurable experiences for those involved. Sex Work Today explores these contradictions, offering an intimate look at the benefits and challenges of sex work across geographic contexts.

    Featuring thirty-one original essays by sex workers, advocates, researchers, and activists, Sex Work Today is the first compilation of research on new forms of digital sex such as camming, sugar dating, and AI sex dolls. Providing a lens to understand contemporary labor dynamics and the nature of sex work itself, this collection captures formerly ignored aspects of the sex industry including: fatphobia and disability; transmasculine and nonbinary sex workers; racialized emotional labor in the digital sex industry; high job satisfaction among professional dominatrixes; and sex worker scholars.

    With federal policies ostensibly aimed at combating sex trafficking-affecting all sex workers-understanding this industry is more vital than ever. Decentering Western, white, cisgender voices, Sex Work Today underscores the global repercussions of these misaligned policies, which make sex work more challenging and less safe, and provides valuable insights for those seeking to shape policies, challenge prejudices, and foster a safer and more equitable world for all.
  • Book cover for The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

    The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

    The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER - A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.

    "[A] groundbreaking compendium . . . bracing and urgent . . . This collection is an extraordinary update to an ongoing project of vital truth-telling."--Esquire

    NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES - FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms. magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist

    In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defines the United States.

    The New York Times Magazine's award-winning 1619 Project issue reframed our understanding of American history by placing slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. This book substantially expands on that work, weaving together eighteen essays that explore the legacy of slavery in present-day America with thirty-six poems and works of fiction that illuminate key moments of oppression, struggle, and resistance. The essays show how the inheritance of 1619 reaches into every part of contemporary American society, from politics, music, diet, traffic, and citizenship to capitalism, religion, and our democracy itself.

    This book that speaks directly to our current moment, contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we operate today. It reveals long-glossed-over truths around our nation's founding and construction--and the way that the legacy of slavery did not end with emancipation, but continues to shape contemporary American life.

    Featuring contributions from: Leslie Alexander - Michelle Alexander - Carol Anderson - Joshua Bennett - Reginald Dwayne Betts - Jamelle Bouie - Anthea Butler - Matthew Desmond - Rita Dove - Camille T. Dungy - Cornelius Eady - Eve L. Ewing - Nikky Finney - Vievee Francis - Yaa Gyasi - Forrest Hamer - Terrance Hayes - Kimberly Annece Henderson - Jeneen Interlandi - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers - Barry Jenkins - Tyehimba Jess - Martha S. Jones - Robert Jones, Jr. - A. Van Jordan - Ibram X. Kendi - Eddie Kendricks - Yusef Komunyakaa - Kevin M. Kruse - Kiese Laymon - Trymaine Lee - Jasmine Mans - Terry McMillan - Tiya Miles - Wesley Morris - Khalil Gibran Muhammad - Lynn Nottage - ZZ Packer - Gregory Pardlo - Darryl Pinckney - Claudia Rankine - Jason Reynolds - Dorothy Roberts - Sonia Sanchez - Tim Seibles - Evie Shockley - Clint Smith - Danez Smith - Patricia Smith - Tracy K. Smith - Bryan Stevenson - Nafissa Thompson-Spires - Natasha Trethewey - Linda Villarosa - Jesmyn Ward
  • Book cover for The Duck Never Blinks

    The Duck Never Blinks

    The Duck Never Blinks

    Can you make a duck blink?

    Probably not.

    But you can try, in this irreverent and hilarious staring contest between you and a duck that never, ever blinks.

    Do you see that duck over there?

    That duck doesn't blink.
    Even if you look away then look back real quick.
    Even if you tell it a really funny joke!

    Perfect for fans of interactive stories like Do Not Lick This Book and Duck! Rabbit!, The Duck Never Blinks will have kids and adults alike bawling with laughter as they spend time with this one very sly duck.
  • Book cover for Ship of Dreams

    Ship of Dreams

    Ship of Dreams

    'A dream of a read!' New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn'Emotional, raw, and beautifully written' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    From the author of the internationally bestselling novel, WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT, comes a breathtaking tale of secrets, betrayal, and the enduring power of friendship.

    Aboard the Titanic, where opulence knows no bounds and the horizon seems limitless, two women fight for the futures they dream of, fraught with secrets that could change everything.

    Hannah Martin is clinging to the hope that six days on this grand ship will heal the wounds in her marriage to Charles. Beneath her poised exterior lies a desperation to mend what was shattered and conceal a secret that could upend their lives forever.

    Louisa Phillips, spirited and uncompromising, is escaping her family's insistence on a passionless marriage. But this daring step could also sever the deepest bond in her life.

    As the 'unsinkable' ship strikes the iceberg, amidst the chaos and icy waters, lives are changed forever. In the face of impending doom, what dreams will Hannah and Lou decide are worth saving, and at what cost?

    This evocative historical fiction will stay with you long after you've turned the last page. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, this is a poignant tale of love, choice, and survival against the odds.

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    Praise for Ship of Dreams:

    'An enthralling and beautiful story of love, loss and courage. Just dazzling.' Kate Thompson, author of The Little Wartime Library

    'A vividly written historical fiction about marriage and suffrage, loyalty, grief and the gift of forgiveness. A magnificent achievement.' Shelly Sanders, author of The Night Sparrow

    'It's a novel that will break your heart and mend it again, all within the grip of one unforgettable, compulsive read.' Jenni L. Walsh, USA Today bestselling author of Sonora

    'You will be up well past your bedtime, glued to the page.' Maia Caron, bestselling author of The Last Secret

    'A deeply satisfying reimagining of the Titanic story - one that moves beyond the familiar tragedy to uncover new layers of humanity, resilience, and hope.' Jennifer Robson, bestselling author of Our Darkest Night

    'A sweeping tale of unraveling secrets, romance, and the tragedies that threaten to drown us if not for the lifeline of enduring friendship.' Genevieve Graham, bestselling author of The Forgotten Home Child

    'A heart-wrenching story that explores the strength of friendship and the power of love. A highly recommended 5 ⭐ read.' Glynis Peters, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and USA TODAY bestseller

    'Carefully crafted historical fiction ... Alward restores lived experience to an event now ossified by familiarity.' Historical Novel Society

    'A heartfelt, sweeping historical fiction that will whisk you away on a journey of love, loss, resilience, and second chances.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    'A wonderful Titanic story. Well researched, great characters. I enjoyed every word. Titanic stories are so mesmerizing.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    'I will be adding this wonderful book to my shelf of favorites' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    'Donna Jones Alward is fast becoming one of my favorite authors.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    'This is a story of deep friendship, and sharing of deep loss. This is also a story of moving on, forgiveness, and being there for one another.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    'My heart certainly got a dramatic squeeze, too, to the point it physically hurt! Such is a sign of a good writer who can move you to tears as that means the story is connecting at the deepest levels.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    'It had my attention from page one.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    'This breathtaking and emotional Titanic story will truly leave you wanting more and give you a new perspective on life.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • Book cover for Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance - A Global Story for Our Times

    Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance - A Global Story for Our Times

    Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance - A Global Story for Our Times

    France has long been feted for its unsurpassed cultural and historical riches. Gothic architecture, Louis XIV opulence, revolutionary spirit, café society . . . what could be more quintessentially French? Rarely do we think of France as a melting pot, and yet historian Colin Jones asserts it's no less a mélange of foreign ingredients than the United States--and by some measures, more so.

    The Shortest History of France reveals a nation whose politics and society have always been shaped by global forces. With up-to-date scholarship that avoids the traps of national exceptionalism, Jones reminds us that it was only after the first millennium of French history--after constant subjugation to the Roman Empire and Germanic tribal forces--that a nation-state began to emerge, while absorbing influences from its European neighbors. Later, the Crusades and subsequent overseas colonization paved the way for cultural exchange with Africa, the Caribbean, East Asia, and elsewhere.

    France has been home to the Enlightenment, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Paris Agreement . . . but also to the Vichy regime, the Algerian War, and persistent racism and civil unrest. By turns serious and spirited, The Shortest History of France is a dynamic, global story for our times.

  • Book cover for Storytelling with Data: Before and After - Practical Makeovers for Powerful Data Stories

    Storytelling with Data: Before and After - Practical Makeovers for Powerful Data Stories

    Storytelling with Data: Before and After - Practical Makeovers for Powerful Data Stories

    How do you turn a forgettable graph into a compelling data story?

    For more than a decade, the team at storytelling with data has helped leading organizations and countless professionals transform their business communications into action-inspiring narratives. Now, they're bringing the best of those lessons to you--in the beloved before-and-after format synonymous with their popular workshops. Through twenty powerful makeovers, watch ineffective charts evolve into engaging visuals that captivate, inform, and lead to smarter decisions.

    World-renowned data storytellers Mike Cisneros, Alex Velez, and SWD founder Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic guide you through proven methods to strengthen your communications, sharing the thought process behind each redesign so you can confidently apply the concepts to your work. Building on core principles from the international bestseller storytelling with data, refined through thousands of workshops, they demonstrate the straightforward, intentional changes--like simplifying visuals, eliminating clutter, and emphasizing key insights--that will transform your graphs and slides from the expected to the extraordinary.

    In storytelling with data: before and after, you'll learn how to:

    • Structure stories that connect with your audience
    • Create visuals that clarify complex information
    • Apply color, layout, and design to focus attention on what matters most
    • Overcome common challenges like time constraints and poorly designed templates
    • Craft narratives that make an impact and influence outcomes

    Every page of storytelling with data: before and after is packed with insights drawn from real-world experience, distilled into easy-to-implement strategies. No matter your role, experience level, or comfort with data, you'll learn practical lessons you can apply right away. Each transformation delivers meaningful takeaways to help you create data stories that resonate--and get results.

    This book is your ultimate blueprint for turning graphs into persuasive, decision-driving stories.

  • Book cover for Tacos: Recipes and Provocations: A Cookbook

    Tacos: Recipes and Provocations: A Cookbook

    Tacos: Recipes and Provocations: A Cookbook

    Superstar chef Alex Stupak's love of real Mexican food changed his life; it caused him to quit the world of fine-dining pastry and open the smash-hit Empellón Taqueria in New York City. Now he'll change the way you make--and think about--tacos forever.

    Tacos is a deep dive into the art and craft of one of Mexico's greatest culinary exports. Start by making fresh tortillas from corn and flour, and variations that look to innovative grains and flavor infusions. Next, master salsas, from simple chopped condiments to complex moles that simmer for hours and have flavor for days. Finally, explore fillings, both traditional and modern--from a pineapple-topped pork al pastor to pastrami with mustard seeds.

    But Tacos is more than a collection of beautiful things to cook. Wrapped up within it is an argument: Through these recipes, essays, and sumptuous photographs by Evan Sung, the 3-Michelin-star veteran makes the case that Mexican food should be as esteemed as the highest French cooking.
  • Book cover for Story of McLaren: A Tribute to Automotive Excellence

    Story of McLaren: A Tribute to Automotive Excellence

    Story of McLaren: A Tribute to Automotive Excellence

    Explore the revolutionary history of one of the biggest names in motorsport in this photographic tribute to McLaren.

    For more than 60 years, the McLaren name has been synonymous with racing success and automotive innovation. The Story of McLaren gives readers a fascinating look into the people, the technology and, of course, the cars that have propelled this marque to the pinnacle of motorsport.

    From its founding in 1963 by legendary Bruce McLaren, right through to its current position as one of the world's premier motoring brands, this beautifully designed pocket guide celebrates McLaren's major achievements across Formula 1, the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and beyond. It also highlights the host of legendary drivers who have sat behind the wheel of a McLaren on the grid, from Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost to Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris.

    The brand's phenomenal road cars are also included here, from the record-breaking McLaren F1 to the revolutionary GTS. Filled with beautiful photography and insightful text, The Story of McLaren charts the history of this extraordinary marque in perfectly giftable package.
  • Book cover for Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth

    Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth

    Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth

    A NATIONAL BESTSELLER & FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH

    "Full of powerful, practical lessons on changing how we think and act." -Eric Schmidt, former CEO and Chairman of Google

    "A must-read for board members, executives, and investors." - Amy Bance, investor and Fortune 500 Board Member

    The Venture Mindset is a playbook on how to adapt to a rapidly changing world, make smarter bets, launch new ventures, and transform traditional organizations into hubs for innovation, from a top Stanford professor and a technology executive.

    Venture capitalists are known for their extraordinary ability to spot opportunities. They know how to identify emerging trends, how to bring new industries into being, and when to hold them and when to fold. Their unique mindset has made them the force behind world-changing companies such as Amazon, Google, Moderna, SpaceX, and Zoom.

    Stanford Professor Ilya Strebulaev has devoted two decades to studying VCs' counterintuitive approaches to decision-making and the reasons behind the successes and failures of corporate innovations. Alex Dang has witnessed up close how VCs' thinking and mechanisms can create successful businesses at companies like Amazon and McKinsey.

    Combining their insight and extensive experience, they present nine distinct principles that will help you make better decisions, transform your business, and achieve remarkable results, no matter your industry.

    In The Venture Mindset, you'll learn:

    - One question VCs ask that will change the way you evaluate opportunities
    - Why you should encourage dissent and be wary of consensus
    - The number one killer of innovation in traditional corporate environments
    - Why it's crucial to learn when to 'pull the plug' on initiatives
    - Why failure is not just an option, but a necessity

    Packed with entertaining stories and scientific precision, The Venture Mindset is a must-read for anyone who wants to be better equipped for the era of uncertainty when industry, company, and career can be disrupted overnight. The Venture Mindset will teach you more than how to simply survive. It'll teach you how to win big.
  • Book cover for Sterling City

    Sterling City

    Sterling City

    A moon explodes and a marriage dies. An impossible creature rises from the tall grass, watches a farmer's circle system crawl across the field like a giant insect. That farmer watches back. His wife's footprints are there in the dirt. The fire in the sky leaves his shadow crisp and deep. This is Texas without the cowboy hat. This is Texas with a soft rain of cosmic debris sifting down over it. This is a dark, dangerous thing hiding in the cellar, but this is also a girl threading her bangs out of her face and smiling with her eyes at a boy. This is that impossible creature, love. This is Sterling City.
  • Book cover for Wild Folk [North American Edition]: Tales from the Stones

    Wild Folk [North American Edition]: Tales from the Stones

    Wild Folk [North American Edition]: Tales from the Stones

    From a unique collaboration between the co-author of The Lost Words and The Lost Spells and an acclaimed visual artist comes seven richly illustrated fables of transformation and power, summoned from the ancient stones beneath our feet and transformed by word and image into portals between past and future.

    These tales from the stones are neither new nor old. They are full of 'wild folk', shape-shifting spirits that carry the energy that connects all things. You will meet selkies and silver trout and the black fox, as big as a wolf and so fast and cunning she drives the lord of the manor to madness and oblivion; the woman of flowers who is happier living as an owl; the boy who learns to feel the songs and stories of trees through his skin; Wayland, the smith who can hammer metal to such airy thinness he makes his own wings; and the great white raven, a bird so rare it awakens the king who sleeps beneath the stones of the wild west cliffs of Wales.

    This book brings together the words of Jackie Morris and the stained-glass paintings of Tamsin Abbott, but the stories come from both, a true collaboration born out of friendship and hope. These are tales to make you see, listen and most of all feel the wild magic that links stone, tree, fox and star.
  • Book cover for Witches of Bellinas

    Witches of Bellinas

    Witches of Bellinas

    A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her marriage, only to be swept up in a hedonistic cult that isn't what it seems

    Tansy and her husband Guy are the newest arrivals in Bellinas, a lush oasis tucked into the coast of northern California where a reclusive, creative community is beginning to take shape. Helmed by Guy's cousin Mia, a famous model -turned -wellness -luminary, and her tech mogul husband, the group renounces the outside world in pursuit of purity, fashioning their own rules about what to eat and how to live.

    Everything seems perfect in Bellinas: food is abundant, flowers are always in bloom, and nearby wildfires leave the town remarkably unscathed. While Guy is happy in their new lives, Tansy becomes more and more suspicious of the community and increasingly desperate to save her already-fragile marriage. And as lonely women have throughout the ages, she wants to believe in what may only be a beautiful lie.

    The Witches of Bellinas unfolds as a confession from Tansy, filled with anguish over the life, and sense of self, she's surrendered in her desperation to belong. In J. Nicole Jones's clever reimagining of cult power and groupthink, the question isn't why join, but rather, what happens when you understand the danger, but can't conceive of a way out?
  • Book cover for RDA and Serials Cataloging

    RDA and Serials Cataloging

    RDA and Serials Cataloging

    Serials and continuing resources present a variety of unique challenges in bibliographic management, from special issues and unnumbered supplements to recording the changes that a long-running periodical can experience over time. Of this book's first edition, the Australian Library Journal declared, "Highly recommended for any situation - technical service departments or library students - where serials need to be cataloged using RDA protocols." Jones, a serials authority in the field and a major contributor to the 3R Project, here updates his authoritative text. Framing the practice within the structure of the IFLA LRM conceptual model on which RDA is now based, and its new modelling of serials, his guide

    • introduces the concept of diachronic work and explains how serials, as a type of diachronic work, can be described using the new attribute element extension plan;
    • explores new developments after the completion of the 3R Project, with references to AACR2 as a touchstone;
    • introduces the new term work group and demonstrates its usefulness in enabling relationships and supporting collocation;
    • demonstrates how serials catalogers' work fits in the cooperative context of OCLC, CONSER, and NACO; and
    • presents examples of how RDA records can ultimately engage with the Semantic Web.
  • Book cover for Spoon Carving: From Log to Spoon

    Spoon Carving: From Log to Spoon

    Spoon Carving: From Log to Spoon

    Whatever your experience, this book has all the instructions you need to carve beautiful spoons from logs of green wood. Author Alex Finberg walks you through every stage of the process with clear explanations and some 400 stunning photos. At the core of the book is a 25-step sequence that illustrates how to carve a finished, functional spoon from a log. This guide will inspire and nourish you in a craft that benefits both body and soul.
  • Book cover for Wrack & Rune

    Wrack & Rune

    Wrack & Rune

    A teenager born into a secret magical society begins to see his entire world differently after falling for a boy from the Outside.

    Nineteen year old Rory Denborough was born into magic by way of the insular society known as The Translators. For his entire life, Rory has been given control over a world of awe-inspiring wonders -- telekinesis, shape-shifting, teleportation, advanced healing, even time travel. Everything is possible thanks to his family's enchanted bloodline and an ancient language passed down through generations. Rory's life is full of miracles. But he's not happy.

    Because Rory's world is also a world of secrets. Translators hide in the shadows, keeping their power from the world around them. Rory stuggles in this secrecy, sneaking out of his family's hidden highrise apartment to blend into the wonderfully normal streets and peoples of New York City.


    After sneaking out one night, Rory meets Tyson, an Outsider, who knows nothing about the Translators or their gifts. Soon, the two young men are falling in love...but this idyllic romance starts to fall apart once Rory reveals his magical origins. Tyson raises a question--one that Rory has never considered and now must contend with--why keep magic secret, when so many people could be helped by it? The truth--and terrible danger--soon follows.

  • Book cover for Do Gorillas Eat Bananas?

    Do Gorillas Eat Bananas?

    Do Gorillas Eat Bananas?

    Ape fans gather round! Join expert field guide Huw Lewis Jones and fellow primate admirer Sam Caldwell on an expedition to rainforests around the world to learn more about these amazing animals.

    We'll head high into mountain forests, and through hot, steamy jungles, to discover all the different types of apes and learn how we can best help them. From orangutans to chimpanzees, bonobos to YOU . . . this book is packed with facts, fun, and everything there is to know about our great ape family!

    Discover what gorillas eat, where chimpanzees sleep, and what we have in common with orangutans. Meet some of the first primates and come face-to-face with a giant orangutan that stomped the earth 350,000 years ago!

    Stories and movies haven't always been kind to apes, but this book shows us how incredible they really are, and it highlights the remarkable ways that they communicate with and care for one another. Funny, irreverent, informed, and entertaining, this book appeals to animal lovers and outdoor enthusiasts alike.

  • Book cover for Lightlark: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 1): Volume 1

    Lightlark: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 1): Volume 1

    Lightlark: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 1): Volume 1

    This stunning collector's edition of the #1 national bestseller--and first book in the beloved Lightlark Saga--from award-winning author Alex Aster includes a suite of sensational features:

    • Premium metallic slipcase
    • Satin cover with foil stamping
    • Full-color art insert with character and scene illustrations
    • 8-page bonus romance scene written in the POV of Isla's love interest
    • Map-illustrated endpapers
    • Stained edges with crown stenciling

    Welcome to the Centennial. Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The invitation is a summons--a call to embrace victory and ruin, baubles and blood.

    The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm's curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die.

    To survive, Isla Crown must lie, cheat, and betray . . . even as love complicates everything.
  • Book cover for Tall in the Saddle: The Life of Ben Johnson, Hollywood's Real Cowboy

    Tall in the Saddle: The Life of Ben Johnson, Hollywood's Real Cowboy

    Tall in the Saddle: The Life of Ben Johnson, Hollywood's Real Cowboy

    Tall in the Saddle: The Life of Ben Johnson, Hollywood's Real Cowboy is the definitive biography of Ben Johnson (1918-1996), the only man to win both an Academy Award and a world rodeo championship. Born on a historic Oklahoma ranch, Johnson could rope cattle before he could read, and his horsemanship took him straight to Hollywood when tycoon Howard Hughes needed horses for The Outlaw in 1943. What started as a behind-the-scenes gig turned into an acting career that spanned six decades.

    Discovered by legendary director John Ford, Johnson became a fixture in classic Westerns alongside John Wayne, before stepping into more complex roles with filmmakers like Sam Peckinpah, Steven Spielberg, and Peter Bogdanovich--who guided him to his Oscar-winning performance in The Last Picture Show. Though he worked with Hollywood greats like Steve McQueen, Marlon Brando, and Clint Eastwood, Johnson remained rooted in the authenticity of the American West, both on and off screen.

    Drawing from a wealth of interviews with costars, directors, and rodeo companions, Kathryn Jones captures the grit, grace, and enduring legacy of a man who didn't just play a cowboy--he was one. Tall in the Saddle is a rich, cinematic portrait of a Hollywood legend whose real-life story is as unforgettable as any role he played.
  • Book cover for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis

    Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis

    Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis

    During the Civil War, the utility and widespread availability of opium and morphine made opiates essential to wartime medicine. After the war ended, thousands of ailing soldiers became addicted, or "enslaved," as nineteenth-century Americans phrased it. Veterans, their families, and communities struggled to cope with addiction's health and social consequences. Medical and government authorities compounded veterans' suffering and imbued the epidemic with cultural meaning by branding addiction as a matter of moral weakness, unmanliness, or mental infirmity. Framing addiction as "opium slavery" limited the efficacy of care and left many veterans to suffer needlessly for decades after the war ended.

    Drawing from veterans' firsthand accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records, government and medical reports, newspaper coverage of addiction, and advertisements, Jonathan S. Jones unearths the poorly understood stories of opiate-addicted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail, illuminating the war's traumatic legacies. In doing so, Jones provides critical historical context for the modern opioid crisis, which bears tragic resemblance to that of the post-Civil War era.

  • Book cover for G is for Greenwich

    G is for Greenwich

    G is for Greenwich

    G is for Greenwich is an A to Z book featuring all the wonderful parts of Greenwich, Connecticut.

    Author Alex Tenney is a long time resident of Greenwich, Connecticut. She lives in Greenwich with her husband and two daughters and loves everything the town has to offer.

  • Book cover for Ambivalent Souls: A True Translation of Alexander Pushkin's 'Eugene Onegin'

    Ambivalent Souls: A True Translation of Alexander Pushkin's 'Eugene Onegin'

    Ambivalent Souls: A True Translation of Alexander Pushkin's 'Eugene Onegin'

    Robert Tanner has translated Pushkin's classic novel-in-verse, Eugene Onegin, into strict rhyme and meter, while inserting himself as a character/translator into the blank spaces of the work, much as Pushkin inserted himself into his poem. Edited by Val Vinokur and Peter Scotto, who introduces the work.

  • Book cover for Earthdivers, Vol. 3: 1776

    Earthdivers, Vol. 3: 1776

    Earthdivers, Vol. 3: 1776

    Join or die! New York Times best-selling author Stephen Graham Jones and artist Davide Gianfelice are back in action for the next chapter of their heart-pounding historical sci-fi slasher Earthdivers!

    A team of time-traveling Indigenous survivors had one goal: save the world from an American apocalypse by sending one of their own on a suicide trip to kill Christopher Columbus and course-correct world history.

    Mission accomplished? Maybe not. Blood is still soaking into the sands of San Salvador as Tad's friends suffer the consequences of his actions--and their own slippery moral rationalizations--620 years in the future. Faced with a choice to watch the world crumble or double down on their cause, the path is clear for Seminole two-spirit Emily: it's personal now, and there's no better time and place to take another stab at America than Philadelphia, 1776.

    But where violence just failed them, she has a new plan: pass as a man, infiltrate the Founding Fathers, and use only wit and words to carve out a better future in the Declaration of Independence. No need to cut throats this time...right?

    The next chapter of the critically acclaimed sci-fi epic is here in Earthdivers Vol. 3. Collects Earthdivers #11-16.
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    The Sandman Book Two

    The Sandman Book Two

    From the award-winning writer of American Gods and Coraline, The Sandman is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time. Neil Gaimain's award-winning masterpiece set the standard for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era.

    Illustrated by an exemplary selection of the medium's most gifted artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven.

    In this second volume of the unforgettable epic--drawn by Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Shawn McManus, and Collen Doran, with guest art by P. Craig Russell, Bryan Talbot, Matt Wagner, and more--Morpheus of the Endless must journey into Hell to rectify a ten-thousand-year-old injustice. But that means traveling through the realm of Lucifer, who after their last encounter swore he would destroy the King of Dreams...

    Collects stories from The Sandman #21-37, The Sandman Special #1, and Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1-3, including the classic story arcs "Season of Mists" and "A Game of You," among others.
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