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In this inimitable, beloved classic—graceful, lucid and lyrical—Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age; love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down d

Jeanne Rose is one of America's best known herbalists and Kitchen Cosmetics is her most intimate guide to natural health and beauty. Over 100 of Jeanne's favorite recipes and tips provide safe and sim

Analyzes the Bible in regard to its authorship and teachings, and discusses the topics of abortion, Adam and Eve, the Ten Commandments, the devil, the flood, humanism, Moses, and the Resurrection

A clear and thorough exposition of the practice and theory of Buddhist logic and epistemology.

Tells how to prepare and garnish appetizers, noodle and rice dishes, soups and salads, meat and seafood dishes, and desserts from Thailand

A master work of observation and description about the lives and rituals of the Haitian mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion.

The laws of physics provide clear-cut principles defining what is possible - and not possible - in the physical world. This book examines and critiques many widely held pseudoscientific beliefs in lig

In this collection of essays the noted writer conjures up pleasures--and pangs--of sight, sound, and taste, in California, in France, and at sea, and evokes a world that is splendidly colored, keenly

This book tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake, his visions, and the moral and religious revitalization of an Amer

In the explosive first novel of an epic dark academia fantasy series, a young woman enters a gothic academy in the wilderness of upstate New York and uncovers the mysteries of a secret order of witches on the brink of war.Vic Wood knows her priorities: scrape by on her waitressing wages, take care of her younger brother Henry, and forget their mother ever existed. But Vic’s careful life crumbles when Henry reveals that their long-missing mother belonged to the Acheron Order—a secret society of witches tasked with keeping the dead at bay. What’s worse, Henry inherited their mother’s magical abilities while Vic did not, and Henry has been chosen as the Order's newest recruit.Determined to keep him safe, Vic accompanies him to the isolated woods in upstate New York that host to the Order’s academy, the sprawling and eerie Avalon Castle. As she joins the academy despite not having manifested powers, she risks not only the Order’s wrath, but also her brother’s. And then there is Xan, the he

When you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you. Step on board the train that can take you to your life’s purpose, in this cozy and inspiring fantasy from the author of Water Moon.What happens when you lose your way in life? The Elsewhere Express finds you. It's a magical train carrying very rare and special cargo: a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging.Raya is one of those lost souls. She dreamed of being a songwriter, but when her brother died, she gave up on her dream and started living his instead.One day, as her thoughts wander while on the subway, she's swept off to the Elsewhere Express. There she also meets Q, a charming, handsome artist who, like her, has lost his place in the world.Together they find a train full of wonders, from a boarding car that's also a meadow to a dining car where passengers can picnic on lilypads to a bar where jellyfish and whales swim through pink clouds.But they also discover that the train harbors secrets--and danger: a

Are you sleepwalking through life?New York Timesbestselling author Deepak Chopra offers an accessible, powerful guide to personal transformation so you can unlock the power of awakened consciousness and grasp your limitless potential.In this groundbreaking guide to spiritual and personal wellness, Deepak Chopra unveils profound discoveries on how we can connect with our true self and construct a life free from fear. Building on decades of spiritual teachings, Chopra illustrates through enlightening sutras how to move from a state of simply surviving to leading an awakened life that unlocks the dormant potential within each of us. He also offers a Wellbeing Index by which we can track our progress on this journey towards awakening, helping increase intuition, access to insight, and a growing sense of ourselves as constantly changing beings which are part of a larger whole.Awakeningoffers the power to free you from the limitations of ego into a life marked by inner and outer peace, purpo

FromNew York Timesbestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine.Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents—both gods, albeit minor ones—she dreams of leaving her family’s island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home.In Athens’ colorful market streets and the clandestine chambers of the temple, Meddy flourishes in her role as Athena’s favored acolyte, getting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noticed by another Olympian, Poseidon, a drunken night between girl and god ends in violence, and the course of Meddy’s promising future is suddenly and irrevocably altered.Her locs transformed

The renowned psychic medium andNew York Timesbestselling author ofSignsexplains how our loved ones who have passed continue to communicate with us, steering us to discover our purpose and create lives of meaning, connection, and love.Who am I, really? Why am I here? How can I endure this grief?According to Laura Lynne Jackson, to answer these questions is to live an “illuminated life.”Jackson knows that her psychic gifts are not unique to her. She believes that everyone is capable of perceiving energy, identifying, and interpreting messages sent to us by the Other Side. InGuided, Jackson shows that our loved ones who have passed form our Teams of Light, and that they never stop sharing their wisdom with us. By embracing the connections they reveal, we are put on a path to our best life--a life that Jackson callsilluminated. An illuminated life is one characterized by connectedness and creativity. It is one of alignment with purpose. It is a life of peace and confidence. And it is a lif

From internationally renowned, award-winning author Salman Rushdie, an inventive collection of fiction that explores life, death, and what comes into focus at the proverbial eleventh hour of lifeRushdie turns his extraordinary imagination to life’s final act with a quintet of stories that span the three countriesin which he has made his work—India, England, and America—and feature an unforgettable cast of characters.“In the South” introduces a pair of quarrelsome old men—Junior and Senior—and their private tragedy at a moment of national calamity. In “The Musician of Kahani,” a musical prodigy from the Mumbai neighborhood featured inMidnight’s Childrenuses her magical gifts to wreak devastation on the wealthy family she marries into. In “Late,” the ghost of a Cambridge don enlists the help of a lonely student to enact revenge upon the tormentor of his lifetime. “Oklahoma” plunges a young writer into a web of deceit and lies as he tries to figure out whether his mentor killed himself or

In an economic future centered on artificially-intelligent platforms, how can their power be balanced to ensure a broad prosperity for everyone?Our world is dominated by a handful of tech platforms. They provide great conveniences and entertainment, but also stand as some of the most effective instruments of wealth extraction ever created, seizing immense amounts of money, data, and attention from all of us.An economy driven by digital platforms and AI influence offers the potential to enrish us, but also threatens to marginalize entire industries, widen the wealth gap, and foster a two-class nation.Tim Wu—the preeminent scholar and former White House official who coined the phrase “net neutrality”—explores the rise of platform power and details the risks and rewards of working within such systems.The Age of Extractiontells the story of an Internet that promised widespread wealth and democracy in the 1990s and 2000s, only to create new economic classes and aid the spread of autocracy i

From the founder of Wikipedia, a sweeping reflection on the global crisis of credibility and knowledge, revealing “the rules of trust” that transformed Wikipedia from a scrappy experiment into a global utility used by billions of people—and how those rules can help others build things that lastFrom the beginning, people predicted Wikipedia’s demise. Instead, this global experiment in sharing knowledge and expertise online has become part of the fabric of modern, connected life. Today, every month, people view Wikipedia 11 billion times—just in the English language. The Internet’s encyclopedia has become a global utility, like water or electricity, and we rarely pause to consider the extraordinary fact of its existence.Long before it became the biggest collection of knowledge in the history of the world, Wikipedia had to overcome its greatest challenge: getting strangers on the Internet to trust each other. They had to trust that others would not be abusive or uncivil. They had to trust

A one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death, and human connection—an unprecedented collaboration between the globally acclaimed author of bestselling love stories likeThe Notebookand the renowned writer and director of blockbuster thrillers likeThe Sixth SenseWhen New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home, he is hoping to make a fresh start. Recently discharged from an upscale psychiatric facility where he was treated for acute depression, he is still wrestling with the pain of losing his beloved sister. Sylvia’s deathbed revelation—that she can see spirits who are still tethered to the living world, a gift that runs in their family—sits uneasily with Tate, who struggles to believe in more than what reason can explain. But when he takes up residence at a historic bed-and-breakfast on the Cape, he encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren who will challenge every assumption he hasabout his logic

The "best woman" in her brother's wedding tells a little white lie in her quest to get the girl—her lifelong crush and the maid of honor—in this wildly entertaining debut novel about bad decisions and life's messiest transitions.Julia Rosenberg loves her brother.Reallyloves him. Enough to: be the "best woman" at his wedding; leave behind her hard-won New York life, brilliant best friends, and drag brunches for Boca Raton, Florida; entertain the uptight bride-to-be and her vicious cronies; try (and fail) to dodge the hometown hookup buddy she can’t resist; and navigate the tricky dynamics with her divorced parents.She’s notthatnervous. Her family stood by her when she came out as a woman a few years ago. And it’s just one week in Florida—a week of old memories and sisterly duties that will force Julia to confront the tensions that have been bubbling beneath the surface of her closest relationships. No big deal.When it turns out that Kim Cameron, the gorgeous, self-assured girl that she

「妳到底還在守護什麼？妳再也救不了任何人了。」曾是前途無量的鍊金術師，海蓮娜‧瑪里諾如今成了戰俘，。她的同伴被屠殺、能力被封印、舊世界早已崩壞。戰後的帕拉迪亞王國由貪腐的貴族與墮落的死靈法師掌權，他們以邪惡的不死軍團奪得勝利，世界陷入渾沌。但為什麼海蓮娜‧瑪里諾需要被囚禁？根據紀錄，她只是芸芸眾生的一員，對戰局而言微不足道。她的記憶一片空白，身分成謎，敵軍開始懷疑：海蓮娜是否藏著改變戰局的關鍵秘密？為揭開塵封記憶，她被送往冷酷無情的高階死靈法師手下。在那座崩壞的莊園裡，她必須奮力守護殘存的人性與真實，因為那裡隱藏的祕密，遠比她所遺忘的更加致命。In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.“What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.”Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring

Amgash #1-5 (共5本平裝)#1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this “spectacular” (The Washington Post) novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author ofOlive KitteridgeandThe Burgess Boys.“An aching, illuminating look at mother-daughter devotion.”—PeopleA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:Time, The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review,NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Miami Herald, The Guardian Slate, BookPage, LibraryReads, Kirkus ReviewsLucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy’s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy’s life: her escape from her troubled family, her desir

From the No. 1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Thirteenth Child, comes an irresistible blend of dark fairytale and romantic fantasy set in the beautiful but brutal Canadian wilderness."Wonderous and haunting. Erin A. Craig strikes gold again." —Marisha Pessl,New York Timesbestselling author ofNight FilmandDarklyLike everyone else in the settlement of Mistaken, Greer Mackenzie is trapped. Founded by an ambitious lumber merchant, the village is blessed with rich natural resources that have made its people prosperous—but at a cost. The same woods that have lined the townsfolks’ pockets harbor dangerous beasts: wolves, bears, and the Bright-Eyeds—monsters beyond description who have rained utter destruction down on nearby settlements. But Mistaken’s founders made a deal with the mysterious Benevolence: the Warding Stones that surround the town will keep the Bright-Eyeds out—and the town’s citizens in. Anyone who spends a night within Mistaken’s borders belongs to it forever.Greer, a

這是一套描寫青春期成長與友情的圖像小說系列。從「Picture Day 班級相片日」開始，Viv剪掉辮子、直播造型改變，意外成為校園風雲人物；「Tryouts 棒球選拔賽」中，Al挑戰傳統，全力爭取參與男子球隊的機會；到了「School Dance 校園舞會」，Milo則努力面對自己「跳舞會出事」的魔咒。三位好友在煩惱、嘗試與陪伴中，一起找尋自我、也學習成為更好的朋友。是圖文輕快溫暖的青春成長故事。Picture Day (The Brinkley Yearbooks 1)(graphic novel)Everyone knows the most stressful day of middle school is picture day! And that's exactly where this yearbook-worthy graphic novel series opener begins: with reinventing yourself, drama, popularity, and the friends who see you through.Seventh-grader Viv never looks forward to picture day. It’s just another day where she wears a boring braid and no one notices her. (Her two best friends, Milo and Al, don’t count, of course.) But enough is enough. This year, she’s taking matters into her own hands. Literally. Viv grabs a pair of scissors, her phone for live-streaming, and, well, bye-bye braid.Suddenly Viv is an over-night influencer at Brinkley Middle School. Everyone wants her help planning their next big moment—from haircuts, to dance p

In a climate-ravaged landscape where AI and humans vie for political power, a journalist must unravel a murderous plot that willeitherupend the world or save it.2050: Investigative journalist Marcus Tully is grieving his wife and unborn child ten years afterthey perished ina deadly heat wavethatgripped the Persian Gulf.Now the whole planet is both burning and drowning, and the nations of the world decide to elect a global leader to steer humanity through the climate apocalypse. The final two candidates: a former U.S. president... and Solomon, the first Artificial Intellect to hold political office.But as election day races closer, Solomon’s creator is murdered, and it's up to Tully to find the culprit.Soon Tully is unraveling a conspiracy that goes to the highest levels.As the investigation heats up and the planet hurtles ever closer to the brink, Tully must find the truth and convince the world to face it.Because salvation has a price—but is humanity willing to pay it?

From the acclaimed author ofThe Longest RideandThe Notebookcomes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change—or even make our peace with—the path we’ve taken.Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather’s military footsteps to become an Army Ranger. His whole life has been spent abroad, and he is the proverbial rolling stone: happiest when off on his next adventure, zero desire to settle down. But when his grandmother passes away, her last words to him arefind where you belong.She also drops a bombshell, telling him the name of the father he never knew—and where to find him.Tanner is due at his next posting soon, but his curiosity is piqued, and he sets out for Asheboro, North Carolina, to ask around.He’s been in town less than twenty-four hours when he meets Kaitlyn Cooper, a doctor and single mom. They both feel an immediate connection; Tanner knows Kaitlyn has a story to tell, and he wants to hear it. To Kaitlyn, Tanner is mysterious,

Two women meet on a train. Each is running from a deadly secret. When one disappears, the other decides to take her place—for better, or for worse.Jae-Young has just left everything she’s ever known, not that it was much: her thankless job, her infested apartment, and her abusive boyfriend—who happens to be dead on the kitchen floor. Murder was never the way she envisioned leaving, but times were desperate. Now on a train to the bustling city of Seoul, Jae-Young is hoping to escape her transgressions and just become invisible—safe.On the train, she meets a chatty mother fleeing with her infant son from an unfaithful husband and hoping to find refuge with the in-laws she’s never met. To avoid further conversation, Jae-Young excuses herself for a moment. When she returns, the woman is nowhere to be found. But her crying child remains with a note, pleading with Jae-Young to take him to his father’s family in a remote province far from Seoul. It’s not an ideal pit stop, but for the sake of

In the explosive sequel to the bestselling romantasyFear the Flames,two fated lovers must unite against warring kingdoms to defend their home and crowns from those who wish to destroy them.Cayden Veles, renowned Demon Commander of Vareveth, overthrew the throne to save Elowen Atarah, the woman he searched for since childhood. Now he’s determined to fulfill his quest for revenge against her father, even if it means forcing the only person he’s ever wanted into a marriage of political convenience.Elowen Atarah has everything she thought she’d ever want. Finally reunited with her dragons, she now has an army to enact vengeance, but as events transpire, she begins contemplating if she wants more. As her father’s only living heir, the Imirath throne is her right and destiny. But fighting and winning a war will require trusting Cayden Veles, her partner in crime and now king to her queen; the man she both longs for and doubts, especially after opening her heart only to become a pawn in his g

A woman who wields magical tarot cards lands herself in a false engagement to the headmaster of a mysterious academy in this first installment of an enthralling fantasy romance series from the bestselling author ofA Deal with the Elf King.Clara Graysword has survived the underworld of Eclipse City through thievery, luck, and a whole lot of illegal magic. After a job gone awry, Clara is sentenced to a lifetime in prison for inking tarot cards – a rare power reserved for practitioners at the elite Arcana Academy.Just when it seems her luck has run dry, the academy’s enigmatic headmaster, Prince Kaelis, offers her an escape – for a price. Kaelis believes that Clara is the perfect tool to help him steal from the king and recreate an all-powerful tarot card long lost to time.In order to conceal her identity, and keep her close, Kaelis brings Clara to Arcana Academy, introducing her as the newest first year student and his bride-to-be.Thrust into a world of arcane magic and royal intrigue, w

★紐約時報暢銷作家 Holly Jackson 繼《A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder》後又一力作，懸疑張力十足。★心理描寫深刻細膩，揭露主角內心掙扎與成長。★結合緊湊推理與動人情感，喜歡女性視角犯罪故事與心理驚悚讀者的必讀選擇。★多重反轉與秘密揭露，讓故事層層推進，高潮迭起。Margaret Jet Mason 從未能完成任何事情。27歲的她，輟學、放棄過有前途的事業、結束過所有感情。家鄉每年舉辦的萬聖節慶典，滿街充斥熟悉的朋友和家人臉孔，穿著鬼怪服裝的他們更讓她對自己未能展翅高飛的失落感倍增。但這次，她決心離開這座小鎮，重新開始新生活。像以往一樣，她早早離開派對，走回家。然而，當她踏入自家門口時，背後突然遭人襲擊，顱骨破裂，被人遺棄等待死亡。三十六小時後，她在醫院醒來，得到了殘酷的消息：腦部受傷殘留的骨片正壓迫動脈壁，醫生預告大動脈瘤即將形成，一旦爆裂，必致命。面臨兩難，她有兩個選擇：立即動手術取出骨片，存活機率不足十分之一；或者不做治療，死期將在未來一週內降臨。在死亡成定局的絕境中，杰特知道自己必須有所行動。她這輩子從未完成過什麼……但這一次，她要用最後的時間，找出殺害她的兇手。After she is fatally wounded in an assault, a young woman uses her last few days to try to solve her own murder, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.Margaret "Jet" Mason has never been able to finish anything. In her twenty-seven years, she's dropped out of school, quit a promising career, and dumped all her boyfriends. Her town's annual Halloween festival is a pageant of the familiar faces of friends and family, each a reminder of her failu

Show yourself who's in charge using the original art of persuasion, backed by contemporary pop culture examples that make transforming your habits and achieving goals easy, even fun—from theNew York Timesbestselling author ofThank You for ArguingRhetoric once sat at the center of elite education.Alexander the Great, Shakespeare, and Martin Luther King, Jr., used it to build empires, write deathless literature, and inspire democracies. Now it will help you to take leadership over yourself; not through pop psychology or empty inspiration, but with persuasive tools that have been tested for more than three thousand years. InAristotle's Guide to Self-Persuasion,Heinrichs helps readers persuade their most difficult audiences—themselves—by usingtechniques invented by the likes of Aristotle and Cicero and deployed by our culture’s most persuasive characters. With their help, rhetoric can convert the most negative situations into positive ones.Heinrichs brings in examples from history and pop

Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multi-generational gothic horror saga from theNew York Timesbestselling author ofMexican Gothic.“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s why Minerva became a grad student focused on the history of horror literature; she’s now researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales.In the course of assembling her thesis, Minerva uncovers information that reveals that Tremblay’s most famous novel,The Vanishing, was inspired by a true story—Tremblay attended the same school as Minerva decades before, during the Great Depression, and became obsessed with her beautiful and otherworldly roommate, who then disappeared under mysterious circumstances.As Minerva descends ever deeper into Tremblay’s manuscript, she be

“Packed with fascinating facts, of-the-moment observations, and a sparkling voice,Algospeakis a gift to any word nerd. Deftly covering everything from emoji etymologies and trendbait to Taylor Swift fanilects... Adam Aleksic is the wise, yet accessible internet linguistics oracle we need.”—Amanda Montell, author ofThe Age of Magical OverthinkingandCultishFrom “brainrot” memes and incel slang to the trend of adding“-core” to different influencer aesthetics, the internet has ushered in an unprecedented linguistic upheaval. We’re entering an entirely new era of etymology, heralded by the invisible forces driving social media algorithms. Thankfully,Algospeakis here to explain. As a professional linguist, Adam Aleksic understands the gravity of language and the way we use it: he knows the ways it has morphed and changed, how it reflects society, and how, in its everyday usage, we carry centuries of human history on our tongues. As a social media influencer, Aleksic is also intimately famili

本書為《Earl and Worm》系列第二集，繼續由 Geisel 獎得主 Greg Pizzoli 帶來三則充滿笑點與暖意的故事。雖然 Earl 和 Worm 性格迥異，一個粗枝大葉，一個愛整潔、有條理，但他們卻是最好的朋友。當 Earl 的生活混亂不堪時，Worm 決心幫他整理一切；而當 Worm 因一枚「幸運」銅板情緒低落，Earl 則用樂觀與包容為她帶來陽光。他們的互動時而搞笑、時而溫柔，每段小插曲都反映出真正友情的模樣。Beloved Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli is back with book two in the fan favorite early reader series of two unlikely friends, Earl and Worm, that is sure to make kids belly laugh!Earl and Worm couldn't be more different--but they also are also the best of friends. So when Earl's mess gets out of hand, Worm is sure she can help. And when a lucky penny turns rotten, rain-soaked Earl helps Worm see the sunny side. Through it all, the pair's funny hijinks turn tender . . . and the big mess ends up where they least expect it!Come along for three giggle-inducing stories that will have kids hooting along soon after they've outgrown Elephant and Piggy.Geisel Award-winning creator Greg Pizzoli delivers three giggle-inducing stories that will have kids hooting along soon

A poignant, sharp-eyed, and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter, by the bestselling author ofSuper Sad True Love StoryandOur Country Friends"A novel you can read in one sitting that willstay with you forever."—Karen Russell"Veryfunny, very sad, very sharp, and completely delightful."—Elif Batuman"A book that attests to Mr. Shteyngart’s magic ability to write in multiple emotional octaves, his gift for both sharp-edged humor and heartfelt tenderness."—Michiko KakutaniThe Bradford-Shmulkin family is falling apart. A very modern blend of Russian, Jewish, Korean, and New England WASP, they love one another deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. There's Daddy, a struggling, cash-thirsty editor whose Russian heritage gives him a surprising new currency in the upside-down world of twenty-first-century geopolitics; his wife, Anne Mom

A merchant’s daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from theNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Hurricane Wars.This gorgeous hardcover edition features a reversible jacket with illustrated in-world fan art by Jester Lavorre.As the daughter of an ambitious merchant, Guinevere has a predetermined path: marry into a noble house of the Dwendalian Empire, raise her family’s station, and live quietly as a lordling’s obedient wife. But Guinevere longs for a life unbounded by expectations—for freedom and passion and adventure.Those distant dreams become a sudden reality when her caravan is beset by bandits, leaving her guards slain and Guinevere stranded alone on the dangerous Amber Road. Her only chance of survival is to travel alongside Oskar, an aloof half-orc who saved her during the attack.Unlike Guinevere’s path, Oskar’s is not set in stone. With his mother dead and his apprenticeship

Rikki Thunder, twenty-two-year-old drummer for the scorching new ’80s metal band Whyte Python, is about to have it all: absurd wealth, global fame, and a dream girlfriend. But an unwitting role as an international spy? That was definitely not part of the plan."A rock-n-roll thrill ride... Heavy Metal icon Rikki Thunder's satirical memoir is sweeter than Cherry Pie and better than a prescription from Dr. Feelgood! You need to read it."—Ernest ClineIt’s Los Angeles, 1986, and metal rules the world. For aspiring drummer Rikki Thunder, life is beautiful, just like his hair—even if he is sleeping in a condemned paint store and playing with a band that’s going nowhere. But when Rikki gets a shot to join L.A.’s hottest up-and-coming club band, Whyte Python, his young life takes a mind-blowing turn. Soon he and his new band mates have a hit single rocketing up the charts, Whyte Python is selling out major clubs, and Rikki has a gorgeous girlfriend in the audience and in his life. He literally

From the author of Oprah's Book Club pick andNew York TimesbestsellerNightcrawling,here isan astonishing new novel aboutthe joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a small town on the Florida panhandle.Adela Woods is sixteen years old and pregnant. Her parents banish her from her comfortable upbringing in Indiana to her grandmother’s home in the small town of Padua Beach, Florida. When she arrives, Adela meets Emory, who brings her newborn to high school, determined to graduate despite the odds; Simone, mother of four-year-old twins, who weighs her options when she finds herself pregnant again; and the rest of the Girls, a group of outcast young moms who raise their growing brood in the back of Simone’s red truck.The town thinks the Girls have lost their way, but really they are finding it: looking for love, making and breaking friendships, and navigating the miracle of motherhood and the paradox of girlhood.Full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifti

Love IslandmeetsThe Hunger Gamesin this must-talk-about-it read, as bingeable as the best reality TV.Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay in the Compound the longest, while competing in challenges for luxury rewards like champagne and lipstick, plus communal necessities to outfit their new home, like food, appliances, and a front door.Cameras are catching all her angles, good and bad, but Lily has no desire to leave: why would she, when the world outside is falling apart? As the competition intensifies, intimacy between the players deepens, and it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between desire and desperation. When the unseen producers raise the stakes, forcing contestants into upsetting, even dangerous situations, the line between playing the game and surviving it begins to blur. If Lily makes it to

A spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspenseabout the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by the legendary author "who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers” (The New York Times Magazine)"Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written,Foxis yet further proof Oates is one of the greatest writers among us today."—Gillian Flynn"I found it mesmerizing front to back.”—Michael ConnellyWho is Francis Fox? A charming English teacher new to the idyllic Langhorne Academy, Fox beguiles many of his students, their parents, and his colleagues at the elite boarding school, while leaving others wondering where he came from and why his biography is so enigmatic. When two brothers discover Fox’s car half-submerged in a pond in a local nature preserve and parts of an unidentified body strewn about the nearby woods, the entire community, including Detective Horace Zwender a

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:THE NEW YORKER,THE ATLANTIC, NPR • The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs."Patriotis by turns funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny’s trademark wry humor and idealism....a gutting personal account from a husband and father facing the reality that he will never be with his family again."—The New York Times"Honest"—The Washington Post • "Shocking"—The Atlantic • "Uplifting." —Vanity Fair"A testament to resilience"—Associated Press •"Will be seen as a historic text."—The EconomistAlexei Navalny began writingPatriotshortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted—and will come.In vi