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The Drought Dilemma: States, Innovation, and the Politics of Water Quantity (Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics)
by Jonathan Farley Jonathan Fisk John C. MorrisWater policy in United States is one of the most complex topics in the field of public policy. This book, a comparative study of Texas, California, and Alabama’s drought response, provides for the first time a common framework for analysis to investigate how water scarcity and droughts have interacted with various state-level factors to produce a wide degree of variance in policy innovations. Using Toddi Steelman’s (2010) conceptual framework, the authors examine multiple variables that impact water policy innovation, while showing how one policy solution does not fit all. They expertly demonstrate divergence in water policies due to the environmental cultures, water distribution, and structures in each case, despite similar drought conditions.As water is increasingly stressed in the future, the ability to draw on lessons learned by these states will provide valuable insight to other entities that face droughts and water shortages. The Drought Dilemma is a must read for all those looking for recommendations for the construction of drought policy, as well as future approaches to understand comparative state drought policy.
Prophecy and Politics in the Early Carolingian World (Apocalypse and the Global Middle Ages)
by Andrew SorberProphetic and apocalyptic rhetoric play critical roles in the development and articulation of political authority in the reigns of Charlemagne (d. 814) and Louis the Pious (d. 840). The rhetorical authority derived from claims of receiving revelation, interpreting divine communication, speaking for God, and foreseeing calamities became a competitive medium through which individuals legitimized political behaviour, debated their long- and short-term aspirations, and struggled for political supremacy. Ranging from claims of revelations, dreams, and visions, to the adoption of rhetorical voices based on biblical prophets, to the interpretation of signs and portents, prophetic rhetoric enjoyed extensive experimentation and varied application throughout early medieval political discourse.Prophecy and Politics in the Early Carolingian World argues that claims of divine revelation, resistant to any attempts to monopolize them, provided a powerful means of speaking with authority for all participants in Frankish political discourse. This authority proved instrumental in the articulation and dismantling of effective Carolingian royal authority from 768 to 840. The volume introduces and reinterprets early Carolingian political discourse and intellectual activity, as well as the centrality of apocalypticism in the Carolingian period, by emphasizing prophecy, or revelation and authority, rather than prediction and calamity.Early Carolingian political discourse was a dialogue that took place across royal proclamations, legal statements, historical texts, visions, scriptural commentaries, and manifestations of the natural world, and in this dialogue, the ability to interpret God’s will was as powerful as it was problematic.
China’s Urbanization in the New Round of Technological Revolution, 2020-2050: Impact, Prospect and Strategy (Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy)
by Wang Wei Deng Yusong Niu Sanyuan Wang Ruimin Shao Ting Zhao Yong Liu XinBased on a major research project undertaken by a team at the Institute of Market Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council of China, a project which included extensive survey research, and involved also many international scholars including researchers at the World Economic Forum Research Center and OECD, this book explores the possible future trajectories for urbanization in China. The book argues, drawing on examples from around the world, that technological advances have a huge impact on the exact nature of urbanization, and that institutions and policies have a significant role too, institutional arrangements such as modern education systems, patents and intellectual protection, and modern corporate systems. The book goes on to assess how current technological advances are likely to affect future urbanization and concludes by setting out how China should seize the opportunities from new technological advances and the associated transformation and upgrading of economic and social structures, and coordinate the development of "technology, factors of production, industry and institutions" as an integrated engine for high quality future urbanization.
Language Ideologies and Linguistic Identity in Heritage Language Learning (Routledge Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics)
by Rachel Showstack Diego Pascual y Cabo Damián Vergara WilsonLanguage Ideologies and Linguistic Identity in Heritage Language Learning addresses the ways in which discourses about language value and identities of linguistic expertise are constructed and negotiated in the Spanish heritage language (HL) classroom, and how the classroom discourse shapes, and is shaped by, the world outside of the classroom.The volume examines the sociopolitical contexts, personal histories, and communicative practices of Spanish teachers and students in two diverse geographic regions: the US states of Texas and Kansas. Adopting an integrated sociocultural approach, it considers the ways in which individuals draw from multiple linguistic resources and social practices in daily interaction and how they articulate their beliefs about language through storytelling. Rich interactional data, examples from social media, and stories of community engagement are utilized to demonstrate how Spanish heritage speakers use language creatively and proactively to legitimize and claim power in their home and community linguistic practices.This is an invaluable resource for applied linguists who seek to better understand the relationship between language, ideology, and identity and for graduate students and researchers in the fields of linguistics, Spanish, and HL education.
The Age of Reformation: The Tudor and Stewart Realms 1485–1603 (Religion, Politics and Society in Britain)
by Alec RyrieNow in its third edition, The Age of Reformation has been fully updated and extended, offering a comprehensive study of the relationships between religion, politics, and social change in the sixteenth century.The book charts the new challenges and crises facing the English, Scottish, and Irish states in the early modern age as they contended with the spread of Protestantism and a powerful Tudor monarchy. Constructing a clear narrative of the events and actors of this era of reformations, both political and religious, the book provides an accessible entry point for studying a period of upheaval and transformation, synthesising key research and drawing unexpected connections. Each chapter of the third edition has been revised, with additions including expanded treatments of popular politics, the implementation of the Reformation in the parishes, and England’s global expansion and the Tudor roots of the ‘British empire’.Accompanied by new maps and drawing on the latest research, this book is essential reading for all students of religion, reformation, and politics in early modern British history.
Ancestor Worship in the Diaspora Chinese and China Universes: The Making of a Collaborative Cultural Basin (ISSN)
by Khun Eng KuahKuah explores the centrality of ancestors and ancestor worship of the Chinese in the Diaspora Chinese and China universes. Building on the original work and book on “Rebuilding the Ancestral Village: Singaporeans in China”, this book goes beyond the premise of remaking the ancestral home.Ancestor worship and the ancestors, together with selected cultural practices, constitute an important aspect of the broad Chinese culture shared by these two groups of Chinese and leads to the making of a collaborative cultural basin. This book takes the audience on an ancestor worship journey to uncover the complexity of ancestors and ancestral souls crossing transnational spaces, their choices of ancestral soul homes, the significance of the lineage ancestral house and the engagement of women through food offering contesting patriarchy. It also explores the increasing role of the Mainland Chinese state in appropriating ancestor and ancestor worship as a cultural icon and during the Qingming festival as a socio-moral capital and cultural bridge to foster closer ties with the Diaspora Chinese in its attempt to bring them into its “Chinese civilizational polity”. The book also takes the audience on a photographic journey to visually experience the various rituals and the vibrancy of the ritual performances conducted during the different stage from pre-communal to communal ancestor worship.An essential read for scholars of Chinese society and religion, Chinese migration and diaspora studies.
Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice
by Eddie AhnA moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and his family&’s expectations.Born in Texas to Korean immigrants, Eddie grew up working at his family&’s store with the weighty expectations that their sacrifices would be paid off when he achieved the &“American Dream.&” Years later after moving to San Francisco and earning a coveted law degree, he then does the unthinkable: he rejects a lucrative legal career to enter the nonprofit world.In carving his own path, Eddie defies his family&’s notions of economic success, igniting a struggle between family expectations, professional goals, and dreams of community. As an environmental justice attorney, he confronts the most immediate issues the country is facing today, from the devastating effects of Californian wildfires to economic inequality, all while combatting burnout and racial prejudice. In coming fully into his own, Eddie also reaches a hand back to his parents, showing them the value of a life of service rather than one spent only seeking monetary wealth.Weaving together humorous anecdotes with moments of victory and hope, this powerful, deeply contemplative full-color graphic novel explores the relationship between immigration and activism, opportunity and obligation, and familial duty and community service.
What Kingdom
by FINE GRABOL&“An incredibly moving and gripping novel . . . so sure-footed, clear, vibrating, like chiffon or a cigarette.&” — Olga RavnAn incandescent debut about young adults learning how to care for themselves — from within the limits of the psychiatric systemPerfect for fans of Tove Ditlevsen and devotees of Sylvia PlathIn honest, crackling investigations of the psychiatric system and the young people trying to find their way, Gråbøl&’s soaring debut offers a critique of institutionalization and an urgent recalibrating of the language and conceptions of care.&“I&’m not inarticulate, but I leave language to the room around me,&” says Fine Gråbøl&’s nameless narrator as she dreams of furniture flickering to life in the room she occupies at a temporary psychiatric care unit for young adults. A chair that greets you, or shiny tiles of floor that follow a peculiar grammar of their own. Our narrator is obsessed with the way items rise up out of their thingness, assuming personalities and private motives. She also cannot sleep, and practices her daily routines with the urgency of survival – peeling a carrot, drinking prune juice – all an acutely calibrated exploration into having a home.Structured as a series of intimate vignettes like those of Olga Ravn, What Kingdom thrums with the swirling voices of this shared home. Hector blares Michael Jackson from the recreation room and recalls a past in Peru when his psychoses were treated with exorcism. The town would shake the devil out of his small, teenage body before he was relocated to Denmark. Or Marie, who has lived in the temporary unit since she was eighteen, has no idea that her mother lives just four floors below in a permanent care unit.Echoing the aching writings of Janet Frame on electroconvulsive therapy, or Linda Boström Knausgård&’s mythical meditations on silence and mental health, Fine Gråbøl renders a delicate and deep uncoupling from the world.
Dear Bi Men: A Black Man's Perspective on Power, Consent, Breaking Down Binaries, and Combating Erasure
by J.R. YussufAn unapologetic guide for readers who are Black, masc, and bi—unlearning biphobia, coming out, combatting erasure, and embodying your whole selfThrough cutting social analysis, personal stories, and need-to-know advice, Dear Bi Men reclaims bi+ visibility in a culture of erasure—and unapologetically centers Blackness in a practical and deeply researched guide to navigating life, work, and relationships as a Black bi+ man.Popular representation of bi and pansexual men is growing, but we&’re not there yet: It&’s mostly white. It collapses bisexual identity into tired, hypersexualized tropes. And it fails to interrogate the deeply entrenched stereotypes that insist: You&’re confused. You just don&’t know you&’re gay. You&’re greedy. You must be great in bed.Author, peer counselor, and creator of #bisexualmenspeak J.R. Yussuf pushes back against these stigmas and misconceptions, exploring how white supremacy reinforces biphobia and dictates what society thinks it means to &“be a man.&” He contextualizes discourse around queerness and bisexuality within a larger framework that honors readers&’ intersecting identities. And he offers deeply practical advice, sharing how to:Unlearn internalized biphobia and homophobiaNavigate an increasingly hostile digital landscapeThink about coming out: who to tell, why to tell them, and how to do itFight back against erasure and stigmaNavigate sex, dating, partnerships, marriage, friendship, and workUnderstand your bi+ sexuality through a political lensProcess Black bi+ representationRich with personal narratives, insightful analysis, and practical advice, this book is a powerful resource for Black bi+ men to reclaim their identity, counter biphobia, and get empowered—and an offering to all readers looking to fight back against the erasure and dehumanization wrought by patriarchy.
woke up no light: poems
by Leila MottleyA poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, Californiawoke up no light is a Black girl&’s saunter turned to a woman&’s defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation of poetry. Young, alive, yearning. A mouth swung open and ready to devour. A quest for home in a world that knows only wasteland and wanting.Moving in sections from &“girlhood&” to &“neighborhood&” to &“falsehood&” to, finally, &“womanhood,&” these poems reckon with themes of reparations, restitution, and desire. The collection is sharp and raw, wise and rhythmic, a combination that lights up each page. From unearthing histories to searching for ways to dream of a future in a world constantly on the brink of disaster, this young poet sets forth personal and political revelation with piercing detail.woke up no light confirms Leila Mottley&’s arrival and demonstrates the enduring power of her voice—brave and distinctive and thoroughly her own.
Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World
by Katie ArnoldA Zen study wrapped in a memoir of destruction and healing written by an elite ultrarunner as she struggles to make it to the other side of a life-shattering injury with her sanity, and her marriage, intactAfter flipping her raft days away from help on a trip down the remote Salmon River, Katie Arnold&’s shattered leg tests both her spirit and her marriage for years to come. It also reignites her meditation practice and motivates her to dive into Zen in search of healing. Before the accident, Katie was an elite ultrarunner with a simmering but adequate marriage who avoided being indoors whenever possible. But who is she afterwards?In the midst of hardship, Katie turns for support to the Zen practice she had long dabbled in. Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World is a Zen study wrapped in a memoir that tells the story of a search for stillness by a woman born for wildness. Spanning roughly two years, from shortly before the accident through the long, uncertain healing of both leg and marriage, it is a personal narrative of that tumultuous time nested inside meditations on Zen. Having gone from a reluctant spiritualist to a Zen practitioner over the course of a decade, Katie Arnold offers unique company for those seeking nature&’s exquisite highs as well as for creatives, spiritualists, and sensualists who want to slow down and examine the possibilities of a well-lived life. As the late Japanese master Shunryu Suzuki wrote, &“Sometimes a flashing will come through the dark sky.&” These brief flashings are enlightenment—moments when we suddenly feel as if we&’re part of everything, and everything&’s part of us. This book is about how to experience the flashings when they come, and about what they mean for how we live our lives.
The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions
by Adam KuperA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From one of the world&’s most distinguished anthropologists, an important and timely work of cultural history that looks at the origins and much debated future of anthropology museums&“A provocative look at questions of ethnography, ownership and restitution . . . the argument [Kuper] makes in The Museum of Other People is important precisely because just about no one else is making it. He asks the questions that others are too shy to pose. . . . Required reading.&” –Financial Times (UK)In this deeply researched, immersive history, Adam Kuper tells the story of how foreign and prehistoric peoples and cultures were represented in Western museums of anthropology. Originally created as colonial enterprises, their halls were populated by displays of plundered art, artifacts, dioramas, bones, and relics. Kuper reveals the politics and struggles of trying to build these museums in Germany, France, and England in the mid-19th century, and the dramatic encounters between the very colorful and eccentric collectors, curators, political figures, and high members of the church who founded them. He also details the creation of contemporary museums and exhibitions, including the Smithsonian, the Harvard&’s Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, and the famous 1893 World&’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago which was inspired by the Paris World Fair of 1889.Despite the widespread popularity and cultural importance of these institutions, there also lies a murky legacy of imperialism, colonialism, and scientific racism in their creation. Kuper tackles difficult questions of repatriation and justice, and how best to ensure that the future of these museums is an ethical, appreciative one that promotes learning and cultural exchange.A stunning, unique, accessible work based on a lifetime of research, The Museum of Other People reckons with the painfully fraught history of museums of natural history, and how curators, anthropologists, and museumgoers alike can move forward alongside these time-honored institutions.
Betty & Veronica Decades: The 1970s (Archie Graphic Novels #1)
by Archie SuperstarsJump back to the Bronze Age with America's Sweethearts, Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge, as the pair were both best friends and raging rivals in the Spectacular Seventies!Continue the 80+ year celebration of Archie Comics with this special retrospective collection! Betty & Veronica shined bright in the 1970s when their standalone title proved to be interesting, hilarious and unforgettable -- and their fashion was always top-notch! "Decades" features some of the iconic stories that cemented their lasting imprint on the world.
The Evolution of Annabel Craig: A Novel
by Lisa GrunwaldA young Southern woman sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial tests her faith and her marriage in this moving novel from the author of Time After Time and The Irresistible Henry House. &“Lisa Grunwald is a national treasure. . . . An essential American story from a master craftsman.&”—Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left UndoneI had never questioned a miracle, witnessed a gunfight, or seen a dead body. . . . I had thought I knew exactly what I wanted and what I didn't. Before the summer was over, all that and much more would change. Annabel Hayes—born, baptized, and orphaned in the sleepy conservative town of Dayton, Tennessee—is thrilled to find herself falling quickly and deeply in love with George Craig, a sophisticated attorney newly arrived from Knoxville. But before the end of their first year of marriage, their lives are beset by losses. The strain on their relationship is only intensified when John T. Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin&’s theory of evolution at the local high school.Foreshadowing today&’s culture wars, the trial against Scopes is a spectacle unlike any the country has seen. William Jennings Bryan—a revered Southern politician—joins the prosecution, pitting himself and his faith against the renowned defense attorney Clarence Darrow. Journalists descend in a frenzy, thrusting the town and its citizens into the national spotlight. And when George joins the team defending Scopes, Annabel begins to question both her beliefs and her vows.As the ongoing trial divides neighbor against neighbor, it also divides the Craigs in unexpected ways. But in the midst of these conflicts—one waged in an open courtroom, the other behind closed doors—Annabel will discover that the path to her own evolution begins with the courage to think for herself.
Deep Is the Fen
by Lili WilkinsonGet lost in the newest fantasy from the author of A Hunger of Thorns, on a beguiling journey behind the closed doors of a sinister secret society. Featuring a steamy enemies-to-lovers romance and a fight for the witching world that will get your heart racing.Merry doesn&’t need a happily-ever-after. Her life in the charming, idyllic town of Candlecott is fine just as it is. Simple, happy, and with absolutely no magic. Magic only ever leads to trouble.But Merry&’s best friend, Teddy, is joining the Toadmen—a secret society who specialize in backward thinking and suspiciously supernatural traditions—and Merry is determined to stop him. Even if it means teaming up with the person she hates most: her academic archnemesis, Caraway Boswell, an ice-cold snob who hides his true face under a glamour.An ancient Toad ritual is being held in the sinister Deeping Fen, and if Merry doesn&’t rescue Teddy before it&’s finished, she&’ll lose him forever. But the Toadmen have been keeping dangerous secrets, and so has Caraway. The farther Merry travels into Deeping Fen&’s foul waters, the more she wonders if she&’s truly come to save her friend . . . or if she&’s walking straight into a trap.There&’s nothing the Toadmen love more than a damsel in distress.
Pharaoh's Gold
by Thomas KrugA band of mercenaries fight deadly enemies and solve ancient riddles to plunder the tomb of Egypt&’s robber pharaoh in this break-neck historical adventure-thriller.701 BCE. Assyria lays siege to Jerusalem, last stronghold of the Judeans.In an audacious raid, a band of Kushite mercenaries—the Desert Mice—help force the Assyrians back from the gates of Jerusalem. But when a greedy general cheats them of their payment, the mercenaries must turn to plundering the dead: a fabled tyrant and his long-lost tomb.In crossing an ancient pharaoh, the mercenaries will befoul themselves in an Egyptian power struggle and draw the gaze of a wrathful foreign king. Pursued by scheming nobles and a malevolent torturer, the Desert Mice set sail down the Nile—toward the Valley of the Kings.
Meghan and Harry: The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims
by Lady Colin Campbell**A Wall Street Journal bestseller** An updated edition of this blockbuster narrative provides the first behind-the-scenes, authoritative account of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex&’s marriage, by the New York Times bestselling author of Diana in Private.Meghan and Harry: The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims presents the reader with a strikingly forthright analysis of what happens when a vulnerable male, raised in the traditions of the Old World and protected by a lifetime of privilege, falls head over heels in love with a steely and ambitious doyenne of the New, who is careless of tradition, ignorant of its purpose, contemptuous of its consequences, and convinced that her own way is the best way even as the evidence to the contrary mounts. Exposing as she does a titanic clash of two civilisations, mores, and attitudes divided by a common language, Sunday Times best-selling author Lady Colin Campbell scrutinizes with insight, clarity, and precision the evidence of the circumstances, actions, and motives of Meghan and Harry with an impeccable and aristocratically experienced vision honed by five decades in the public eye. She catalogues in depth how this apparently brilliantly-favoured couple came to lose their way, how they exhibited profound contemptuousness for practices built up by a treasured institution over a millennium, and how they were unable to understand the potential benefits of their destiny to such an extent that they managed to turn their fate on its head. Contrary to their statements, Meghan and Harry prove through their own actions that they are ill-judged characters, unable to bring the dynamism of the New to the Old or represent the dignity of the Old to the New. Falling between these two stools, they conspire time and again against themselves and others, inviting nothing but unnecessary controversy and unintended failure, despite the fact that the vast majority of onlookers, who would ultimately become critics, originally wished them well and hoped they would successfully forge a unique way forward in their ground-breaking union. Lady Colin&’s pen allows the couple no escape from the consequences of their actions, whether these be royal and aristocratic customs governed by tradition, precedence, and conservation; the racial furore they unleashed and the damage they wrought throughout the Commonwealth; the speculation they engendered with regards even to something as straightforward as pregnancy; the very different laws on each side of the Atlantic and how these affect inheritance as well as other important factors; the differing attitudes to money of those who have had it for many a year and those for whom it is newly minted; the merits of position versus celebrity; the benefits of freedom of the press and the efforts of the couple to curtail them; the dangers of suppression of civil liberties or even simply the choice of everyday activities which Meghan and Harry have shown time and again will involve themselves and onlookers in controversy after controversy. <br Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system,
Happy Days: From Aaaay to Zucchini Bread
by Christina WardAaaaay! Celebrate 50 years of Happy Days with the first official collection of recipes inspired by the beloved television sensation.Relish in nostalgia and relive the pop culture of the 1950s and &’60s with Richie, Fonzie, and friends from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with Happy Days: The Official Cookbook. From the Cunningham kitchen to popular &“greasy spoon&” diner, Arnold&’s, this cookbook&’s more than 90 recipes draw their inspiration from the beloved sitcom and act as a guide to the familiar flavors of mid-century America. Happy Days: The Official Cookbook offers a variety of recipes for chefs of all levels. From appetizers to main courses and from drinks to desserts, each chapter includes delicious show-focused food for fans to enjoy with family. 90+ RECIPES INSPIRED BY HAPPY DAYS: More than 90 recipes of appetizers, main courses, desserts, and drinks inspired by the long-running sitcom STUNNING PHOTOS: Includes gorgeous full-color photos of recipes to help ensure success, as well as beloved moments from the series THE FIRST OFFICIAL HAPPY DAYS COOKBOOK: Created in partnership with Paramount Consumer Products & Experiences, this is the first and only officially licensed Happy Days cookbook RECIPES FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS: With accessible step-by-step instructions and helpful cooking tips, Happy Days: The Official Cookbook is a great guide for fans of any age and skill level, from kitchen novices to seasoned chefs
Sweet Treats from Brownies to Brioche
by Mel AsserafLearn to make stunning & simple sweets from home with Sweet Treats from Brownies to Brioche.Chef Melodie &‘Mel&’ Asseraf is a two-time champion of Food Network&’s hit show, Chopped, and was trained in classical French pastry in Paris. Her simple yet elegant sweets have been a social media sensation—and now, she&’s excited to bring the joy of baking to your home. Mel demystifies French techniques and shows you how to use them, along with ten basic ingredients, to make everything from simple cookies, biscotti, bars, and the best brownies you&’ve ever tasted, to impressive French pastries and celebratory desserts. Whether it&’s making a quick sweet treat to enjoy while you&’re bingeing your favorite show, or creating a beautiful Pear Amandine tart for your most elegant dinner party, you can find any dessert your sweet tooth desires! With 100 recipes, clear, concise instructions, handy chef&’s tips, and information on everything you need in your baking arsenal, Sweet Treats from Brownies to Brioche is the only baking book you&’ll ever need! 100 RECIPES: Create mouthwatering treats sure to impress your guests, such as cakes, cookies, tarts, & pastries EASY & ELEGANT: Bring the elegance of French cuisine to your kitchen with simple recipes for stunning dishes like Chocolate Party Pavlova and Raspberry Blossom Almond Cake INSPIRING IMAGES: Filled with beautiful food photography to help inspire success in the kitchen GREAT GIFT FOR NEW BAKERS: With easy-to-follow instructions, cooking tips, and short ingredient lists, bakers of every skill level can make show-stopping sweets from the comfort of their home
It Had To Be You: The thrilling new novel from the bestselling Queens of Suspense
by Mary Higgins-Clark Alafair BurkeThe latest thrilling entry in the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke. Two identical brothers, both handsome, intelligent and popular recent college graduates, seemingly perfect in every way. That is, until the shocking summer night when one of them killed their parents in cold blood. The other has an iron-clad alibi, but which twin was where during the murders? And is it possible the two of them planned the perfect crime together? Years later, the case is still unsolved, and the brothers are long estranged. Each of them claims that the other is responsible for the deaths of their parents, and they turn to television producer Laurie Moran and her team to reinvestigate. But as the Under Suspicion crew gets closer to the truth, the danger that was assumed to be left in the past finds its way into the present . . . Featuring chilling suspense, a cast of characters whom loyal readers have come to love, and a final jaw-dropping twist, It Had to Be You is not to be missed. PRAISE FOR MARY HIGGINS CLARK AND ALAFAIR BURKE: &‘I adore Mary Higgins Clark&’ KARIN SLAUGHTER &‘Should come with a warning: start in the evening and you&’ll be reading late into the night&’ USA TODAY &‘Mary Higgins Clark&’s awesome gift for storytelling has always been the secret of her strength as a suspense novelist&’ NEW YORK TIMES
Familiarity Breeds Content: New and Selected Essays
by Joseph EpsteinA collection of personal essays from America&’s most revered essay writer, Joseph Epstein.America&’s greatest living essayist writes about life and aging and being all too nicely out of it. In these personal pieces, he takes on topics as varied as grieving for a dead son, learning Latin late in life, and the pleasures of living with cats. Epstein gives us a &“bonfire of his own vanities,&” his thoughts about why watching sports is so impossibly seductive, what it is like to be short, and why he misses smoking even decades as a health-obsessed non-smoker. Above all, he writes about the literary life and the endless joys that reading and writing have brought to a self-confessed &“lucky man.&”
Braving Our Savings: Holland and London Learn to Invest!
by Sarah SamuelsHolland has her heart set on getting her ears pierced. But how will she pay for it? When Holland asks if she can get her ears pierced, she decides to use the money in her savings account to pay for it. But she&’s disappointed when she sees the balance. How will she earn the rest of the money she needs? Thankfully, her mom comes to the rescue: she&’ll teach Holland how to grow her money by investing! Children who join Holland and her younger sister, London, on their adventure will learn about the basics of investing, especially in stocks, and increase their financial vocabulary. And who knows? Maybe the adults reading this book will learn a thing or two as well! Financial literacy and learning to invest are two keys to economic freedom. With Braving Our Savings, you can give the children in your life a gift that is truly a worthy investment.
Weird Black Girls: Stories
by Elwin CotmanFrom Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black—a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction.A rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway of a tree that punishes children. A pair of old friends navigate their fraught history as strange happenings escalate in a Mexican restaurant. A pair of narcissistic friends wreak havoc on an activist community. An aloof young man finds himself living through his lover&’s memories. And a day of LARPing takes a cosmic turn. In each of the seven stories in this collection, characters pursue their obsessions on paths to glory and destruction while around them their worlds twist and warp, oscillating between reality and impossibility. On display throughout is Cotman&’s ability to reveal truths about the human experience—about friendship, love, betrayal, bitterness—through whimsy, horror, and fantasy. Elegiac in tone, imaginative and humorous in their execution, the character-driven stories in Weird Black Girls challenge, incite, and entertain.
The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
by Adam MossFrom former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making artWhat is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist&’s head, Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work—the tortuous paths and artistic decisions—that led to great art. From first glimmers to second thoughts, roads not taken, crises, breakthroughs, on to one triumphant finish after another.Featuring: Kara Walker, Tony Kushner, Roz Chast, Michael Cunningham, Moses Sumney, Sofia Coppola, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Meiselas, Louise Glück, Maria de Los Angeles, Nico Muhly, Thomas Bartlett, Twyla Tharp, John Derian, Barbara Kruger, David Mandel, Gregory Crewdson, Marie Howe, Gay Talese, Cheryl Pope, Samin Nosrat, Joanna Quinn & Les Mills, Wesley Morris, Amy Sillman, Andrew Jarecki, Rostam, Ira Glass, Simphiwe Ndzube, Dean Baquet & Tom Bodkin, Max Porter, Elizabeth Diller, Ian Adelman / Calvin Seibert, Tyler Hobbs, Marc Jacobs, Grady West (Dina Martina), Will Shortz, Sheila Heti, Gerald Lovell, Jody Williams & Rita Sodi, Taylor Mac & Machine Dazzle, David Simon, George Saunders, Suzan-Lori Parks
What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery #19)
by C. S. HarrisA seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.July 1815: The Prince Regent&’s grandiose plans to celebrate Napoléon&’s recent defeat at Waterloo are thrown into turmoil when Lady McInnis and her daughter Emma are found brutally murdered in Richmond Park, their bodies posed in a chilling imitation of the stone effigies once found atop medieval tombs. Bow Street magistrate Sir Henry Lovejoy immediately turns to his friend Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, for help with the investigation. For as Devlin discovers, Lovejoy&’s own wife and daughter were also murdered in Richmond Park, their bodies posed in the same bizarre postures. A traumatized ex-soldier was hanged for their killings. So is London now confronting a malicious copyist? Or did Lovejoy help send an innocent man to the gallows?Aided by his wife, Hero, who knew Lady McInnis from her work with poor orphans, Devlin finds himself exploring a host of unsavory characters from a vicious chimney sweep to a smiling but decidedly lethal baby farmer. Also coming under increasing scrutiny is Sir Ivo McInnis himself, along with a wounded Waterloo veteran—who may or may not have been Laura McInnis&’s lover—and a charismatic young violinist who moonlights as a fencing master and may have formed a dangerous relationship with Emma. But when Sebastian&’s investigation turns toward man about town Basil Rhodes, he quickly draws the fury of the Palace, for Rhodes is well known as the Regent&’s favorite illegitimate son.Then Lady McInnis&’s young niece and nephew are targeted by the killer, and two more women are discovered murdered and arranged in similar postures. With his own life increasingly in danger, Sebastian finds himself drawn inexorably toward a conclusion far darker and more horrific than anything he could have imagined.