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Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era
by Clinton FernandesWhat is Donald Trump trying to achieve and where does Australia end up in all of this? What we do now will affect our destiny for the rest of this century.Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era is an indispensable manual for understanding the present and navigating the future. It addresses the serious challenges Australia faces as Trump upends geopolitical tectonic plates and shows that a shrewd calculus is at work behind the chaos. Trump wants the United States, not China, to define and control the technical standards of the global economy: in finance, telecommunications, space, robotics, bioengineering, nanotechnologies and manufacturing methods. That means full-spectrum rivalry with China. If economic control is not possible, Trump&’s plan B is global economic separation from China. For him to achieve these goals, there are three key front lines: Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Taiwan. In Turbulence, Clinton Fernandes explores the forces at work in each of these front lines, and the implications for Australia. Trump wants to create an illiberal order of reactionary states with undemocratic political systems committed to weakening non-Western international associations that seek a more democratic order. Fernandes investigates how Australia is trying to remain on the winning side of the global confrontation between a US-led West and an increasingly dissatisfied rest of the world, to whom China&’s outreach seems enticing. Written with deep insight and a technical mastery of many disciplines, Turbulence is required reading for all those concerned about the world and Australia&’s role in it.
Scary Stories to Tell at Night: 13 More Terrifying Tales to Give You Nightmares!
by Stephen JonesTHIS IS A WARNING! The baker&’s dozen of stories in this book will scare you! They may really terrify you! While you read these thirteen terror tales and stare at the diabolical drawings, don&’t be surprised if they give you nightmares. You have been warned! However, if you are not afraid of monsters, ghosts, witches and other unspeakable things, and are not worried about being unable to sleep or being creeped out by horrors lurking in the shadows, then you&’re going to love this volume! Inside you will discover spine-tingling tales about what happens when you wake up in the middle of the night, including: • a young girl&’s new bedroom haunted by a warlock&’s cat-familiar • a couple who find refuge in a deserted farmhouse that is home to something unspeakably horrible • a man who is visited by a ghostly company seeking revenge • a group of friends menaced by the dead at a Halloween party • and other stories too frightening to mention here! Compiled by award-winning horror editor Stephen Jones and illustrated by acclaimed artist Randy Broecker, Scary Stories to Tell at Night features fear-filled fiction from Ramsey Campbell, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Mia Dalia, Sharon Gosling, Garry Kilworth, Stephen King, Dana Middleton, Lisa Morton, Kim Newman, Lynda E. Rucker, Robert Silverberg, Angela Slatter and Michael Marshall Smith. Get ready to hide under the covers and be really chilled!
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution: Fully Revised Third Edition
by Josh BlackmanA Neutral and Thorough Accounting of the Constitution's Original MeaningOver the past two decades, the federal judiciary has increasingly grounded its cases in the Constitution&’s original meaning. Students, scholars, lawyers, and judges are now expected to understand and apply the text, history, and tradition of the Constitution. The Third Edition of The Heritage Guide to the Constitution will provide a comprehensive starting point to research these issues from before, during, and after the Constitution&’s adoption. The Heritage Guide will provide all Americans with an authoritative and accessible introduction to our foundational charter.The 216 essays in the Third Edition of The Heritage Guide were authored by more than 150 distinguished jurists, scholars, and practitioners. Each essay was carefully reviewed to ensure they were of the highest quality and accuracy, while maintaining a neutral approach. This once-a-decade publication strives to be the definitive compendium about each provision of the Constitution.
Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation
by Eric TrumpIn this eye-opening memoir, Eric Trump relays surprising and gripping moments throughout his life and career as part of America&’s most powerful family. From his earliest memories of growing up as part of the Trump family to pivotal roles in the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections, spearheading strategies to combat lawfare, and leading the Trump Organization, Eric has been deeply invested in all aspects of his family&’s legacy. As one of his father&’s original apprentices, Eric has always strived to build on that foundation.As the Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization since 2015, Eric has navigated the dual worlds of politics and business, growing the company, while battling unprecedented opposition from the media, Democrats, and ongoing legal challenges.From raids on his childhood home, Mar-a-Lago, to near assassination attempts, from Russiagate to cold and corrupt court rooms, the fake news media, censorship, and character smears—this wasn&’t just an attack on a president, or even his family. America itself was under siege.In this book, Eric offers an unfiltered look at the highs and lows of life in the Trump world; how he took the reins of a multibillion-dollar empire at thirty-three years old; enlightening stories from real estate to the boardroom of The Celebrity Apprentice, and the chaos of the campaign trail.
The Running Bucket List: 106 Ideas to Inspire Every Runner
by Jeff HorowitzTransform your running routine with more than 100 bucket list ideas that will encourage you to try everything from little-known races and international competitions to new training techniques and travel destinations.There are a lot of reasons to run. We do it to lose or maintain weight, to be healthier, and to clear our minds. Running can do all these things, and more. But running can be, well, repetitive. For everyone, at some point, it can get boring. Predictable. Routine. Experienced runner, coach, and adventurer Jeff Horowitz wrote The Running Bucket List to provide a fun and organized way to reinvigorate your love for running. Pulling from his nearly four decades of running, which includes racing in every state in the US and on every continent, running in everything from the world's biggest races to solo runs in almost every kind of condition imaginable, Horowitz offers ideas to spice up your training and events that you might already be familiar with, as well as others that you&’ve never dreamed of before. Check items off your running bucket list like: Join a running club Get a gait analysis Participate in your local Turkey Trot Race in the Two Oceans Marathon in South Africa Run on the Roger Bannister Track in Oxford, England Become a race volunteer And so much more In this book, you&’ll find over 100 bucket list items, ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the deeply challenging to the whimsical. Pick and choose from among these adventures or work your way through the list one by one. Either way, you can be sure to banish boredom from your running.
Reflections of a Vintner: Stories and Seasonal Wisdom from a Lifetime in Napa Valley
by Karen MacNeil Tor KenwardA must-read for wine lovers: In this updated edition, acclaimed California vintner Tor Kenward shares shares a lifetime of great wines, famous friends, deep knowledge, and insider insights.Foreword by Robert M. Parker Jr. and Thomas Keller New afterword by Karen MacNeilReflections of a Vintner recounts the lessons learned, relationships forged, and observations made from an insider&’s nearly fifty-year journey through the burgeoning wine industry in Napa Valley. From the mid-seventies, when there were less than fifty wineries, to the present, with over eight hundred, Tor Kenward shares his recollections as the region became a world-class wine destination. Following the calendar year, each chapter opens with the challenges and opportunities a winemaker faces that month—in the vineyard, winery, tasting room, and out on the road. In addition to the wine knowledge Kenward imparts, the vintner shares stories of his friendships with legends of the modern American food and wine scene, including Julia Child, André Tchelistcheff, Andy Beckstoffer, and Robert Mondavi, among others. Kenward&’s hard work as a vintner was recently acknowledged and celebrated. In the October 2021 Judgment of Napa, held forty-five years after the historic Judgement of Paris, TOR Cabernet was judged to be #1, outscoring legendary Bordeaux châteaux and Napa Valley and international peers by leading critics and sommeliers. TOR wines, coveted by connoisseurs worldwide, have earned over twenty 100-point scores, and still counting. An iconic winemaker, Kenward has written, taught, and lectured on wine most of his adult life. What he is most often asked about are not facts or numbers about his wines, but the stories behind them. These are stories of inspiration and wisdom that shaped his journey. With Kenward&’s impressive connection to Napa Valley and his legacy of creating inimitable wines, Reflections of a Vintner offers entertaining insights into an often intimidating and complex but highly enjoyable world.Includes black-and-white illustrations
Remain: A Novel
by Nicholas Sparks M. Night ShyamalanA haunting love story from the minds of two brilliant storytellers: the bestselling author of The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks, and the blockbuster filmmaker of The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan.When 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, Tate 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 former bed-and-breakfast on the Cape, he encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren who will challenge every assumption he has about his logical and controlled world. Tate and Wren forge an immediate connection, one that neither has ever experienced before. But Tate gradually discovers that below the idyllic surface of Wren&’s small-town life, hatred, jealousy, and greed are festering, threatening their fragile relationship just as it begins to blossom. Tate realizes that in order to free Wren from an increasingly desperate fate, he will need to unearth the truth about her past before time runs out . . . a quest that will make him doubt whether we can ever believe the stories we tell about ourselves, and the laws that govern our existence. Love—while transformative—can sometimes be frightening. A story about the power of transcendent emotion, Remain asks us all: Can love set us free not only from our greatest sorrows, but even from the boundaries of life and death?
True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
by Lance RichardsonThe first biography of Peter Matthiessen, the novelist, naturalist, and Zen roshi, whose trailblazing work championed Native American rights and helped usher in the modern environmental movement, by award-winning writer Lance Richardson. &“A stunning, formidable achievement by a brilliant biographer. Lance Richardson takes his readers on a wild ride with Peter Matthiessen.&” —Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus&“A fair-minded, grippingly paced, and tremendously readable narrative.&” —Pico Iyer, Air MailPeter Matthiessen (1927-2014), a towering figure of twentieth-century American letters, achieved so much during his lifetime, in so many different areas, that people have struggled to pin him down. While ambivalent about his WASP privilege—as a teenager he demanded that his name be removed from the New York Social Register—he attended Yale and cut his teeth in postwar Paris, co-founding The Paris Review as he worked undercover for the CIA. But then, after a rebellious stint as a Long Island fisherman, he escaped into a series of wild expeditions: floating through the Amazon to recover a prehistorical fossil; embedding with a tribe in Netherlands New Guinea; swimming with sharks off the coast of Australia. His novels, inspired by his travels, were unclassifiable meditations about Caymanian turtle hunters and frontier outlaws in the Florida Everglades. Meanwhile, his nonfiction became legendary: nature books like Wildlife in America—&“key parts of the canon of emergent environmental writing,&” says Bill McKibben—as well as advocacy journalism supporting Cesar Chavez, Leonard Peltier, and Native American land claims.Underlying all Matthiessen&’s disparate pursuits was the same existential search—to find a cure for &“deep restlessness.&” This search was most profoundly articulated in The Snow Leopard, his famous account of a 250-mile wildlife survey across the Himalayas. In True Nature, Lance Richardson reconstructs the full scope of a spiritual quest that ultimately led Matthiessen, even as he inflicted great pain on his family, to the highest ranks of Zen. Drawing on rich primary sources and hundreds of interviews, Richardson depicts Matthiessen&’s life with page-turning immediacy, while also illuminating how the writer&’s uncanny gifts enabled him to sense connections between ecological decline, racism, and labor exploitation—to express, eloquently and presciently, that &“in a damaged human habitat, all problems merge.&”
We Survived the Night
by Julian Brave NoiseCatA stunning narrative from one of the most powerful young writers at work today, and the director of the Oscar®-nominated documentary, Sugarcane, We Survived the Night interweaves oral history with hard-hitting journalism and a deeply personal father-son journey into a searing portrait of Indigenous survival, love, and resurgence.&“Julian Brave NoiseCat seamlessly connects true tales of identity and betrayal, love and abandonment, clarity and confusion. We Survived the Night is a whirling, radiant gift to the reader.&” —Louise Erdrich, author of The Night WatchmanJulian Brave NoiseCat&’s childhood was rich with culture and contradictions. When his Secwépemc and St&’at&’imc father, an artist haunted by a turbulent past, abandoned the family, NoiseCat and his non-Native mother were embraced by the urban Native community in Oakland, California, as well as by family on the Canim Lake Indian Reserve in British Columbia. In his father&’s absence, NoiseCat immersed himself in Native history and culture to understand the man he seldom saw—his past, his story, where he came from—and, by extension, himself.Years later, NoiseCat sets out across the continent to correct the erasure, invisibility, and misconceptions surrounding the First Peoples of this land as he develops his voice as a storyteller and artist. Told in the style of a "Coyote Story," a legend about the trickster forefather of NoiseCat&’s people who was revered for his wit and mocked for his tendency to self-destruct, We Survived the Night brings a traditional art form nearly annihilated by colonization back to life on the page. Through a dazzling blend of history and mythology, memoir and reportage, NoiseCat unravels old stories and braids together new ones. He grapples with the erasure of North America's First Peoples and the trauma that cascades across generations, while illuminating the vital Indigenous cultural, environmental, and political movements reshaping the future. He chronicles the historic ascent of the first Native American cabinet secretary in the United States and the first Indigenous sovereign of Canada; probes the colonial origins and limits of racial ideology and Indian identity through the story of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina; and hauls the golden eggs of an imperiled fish out of the sea alongside the Tlingit of Sitka, Alaska. This is a rewriting and a restoration—of Native history and, more intimately, of family and self, as NoiseCat seeks to reclaim a culture effaced by colonization and reconcile with a father who left. Virtuosic, compelling, and deeply moving, this is at once an intensely personal journey and a searing portrait of Indigenous survival, love, and resurgence.Drawing from five years of on-the-ground reporting, We Survived the Night paints a profound and unforgettable portrait of contemporary Indigenous life, alongside an intimate and deeply powerful reckoning between a father and a son. A soulful, formally daring, and indelible work from an important new voice.
The World After Rain: Anne's Poem
by Canisia Lubrin&“How incandescent the language is, each line emitting light through the membrane of time and anticipated grief. The work has a rigorousness, the poet pushing through the ache of experience from the first to the last word.&”—Dionne Brand In her signature epic vision, Canisia Lubrin distills a radiant elegy for her mother along an interwoven and unresolvable axis of astonishment, belonging as much to history as to today. Grief, tender and searing, is the channel through which the poet refracts the realm of contemporary life to reveal the blistering paradox of its private and public entanglements. This is poetry of haunting gravity and resonance, with meditations on love, time, and loss, at once meticulously far-seeing, interior, and inexpressible.woman from fine-print time, disclose to the world: the forecast of our noontime births outdoors; how I distrustevery form of authority, chiefly my own astonishment this poisoned wish is why I love, I bow to deserts,these claychildren of forests everywhere I love the rain, this is no secret, I love the solar wind; hold their elliptical life in the wasteland of our third mouths where flowers are invisible and bones are sanded and amusing,and every heliopause cloud senses our head, how we astonish our memories vining where no shade is enough,since many who&’ll feed me will refuse me their names, and good, who knows what bargains I would makewith their meanings, more bundles of thyme . . . tournaments of family recipes with you at my question,
Lidia's The Art of Pasta: A Cookbook
by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Tanya Bastianich-ManualiLISTED IN FORBES BEST COOKBOOKS OF FALL 2025 The ultimate pasta cookbook; 100+ authentic Italian recipes, from the bestselling author, television icon, and "doyenne of Italian cooking&” (The New York Times).No one knows pasta like Lidia Bastianich does. Through her bestselling cookbooks and award-winning television programs, she has introduced generations of home cooks to the wonders of Italy&’s greatest export. Now, for the first time, she has compiled her decades of expertise into one authoritative volume: the definitive book on pasta.An utterly indispensable resource for every kitchen, Lidia&’s The Art of Pasta is a one-stop guide to pasta in every form: from fresh to dried, from Old World classics like gnocchi and cacio e pepe to Italian American favorites such as manicotti and Neapolitan Lasagna.Through more than one hundred simple, perfect recipes, Lidia showcases pastas of all kinds—stuffed, baked, and sauced; in soups and in pasta salads. Plus, of course, she gives directions for making fresh pasta doughs and sauces at home. The ultimate guide to all things pasta, this book is filled with simple, authentic, flavor-forward Italian dishes that the whole family will love.Tutti a tavola a mangiare!
Elbows Up!: Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance
by VariousA blazing collection of responses to the U.S.'s shocking annexation threats and the swell of Canadian national unity that followed, from a remarkable array of Canada's sharpest and most influential minds.2025. Donald Trump is president. And he is insisting that Canada is for sale. It feels disorienting, even existential, to watch a trade war escalate and to hear an American president vow to make Canada &“the 51st state.&” Amid this disorientation, there is an urgent question: how do we meet the moment? This is not the first time we have had an identity crisis resulting in a swell of Canadian pride, but it is the first time many Canadians have experienced the direct threat of American imperialism knocking so loudly on our country&’s door. The fact that treaties can be broken, that resources can be stolen, and that the consequences of land theft include loss of culture, ritual, and identity is not new to the Indigenous and refugee peoples living in this country. But to many other Canadians, this kind of threat is new. As a result, there appears to be a new sense of a &“we&” emerging. People are angry and standing together with renewed shared purpose. This is a pivotal moment in history, and we need to take stock of how we got here, to learn from our past and walk tenaciously together into an uncertain future. Inspired by the 1968 collection The New Romans: Candid Canadian Opinions of the U.S., which was edited by Al Purdy and curated amidst the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, Elbows Up! is the book for our generation&’s own moment of crisis, featuring the words of leading cultural figures speaking candidly on America, on Canada, and on the malleable contours of a national narrative still taking hold.
Veranda Enchanting Gardens: Inspired Landscape Design
by Stephanie Hunt30+ breathtaking private outdoor spaces created by top designers and architects display the beauty of living with nature in this lavish garden coffee table book.On this exclusive Veranda tour of private outdoor spaces around the world, you&’ll discover tranquil retreats created by the world&’s most talented landscape designers.The glorious refuges in this intimate collection include:A haven in Greenwich, Connecticut with loungey terraces, wispy garden paths, and an abundance of flowers that offer moments of both rest and ramble A pastoral English wonderland that connects the rolling hills and meadows of a 7.3-acre estate to a historic farmhouse An desert garden paradise in Oaxaca&’s Puerto Escondido that envelops a pavilion-style villa into the wild coastline A hidden meditative Maine courtyard offering peace and privacyA sunken California hideaway that&’s a triumph of tropicalia, where lush, leafy &“walls&” and fanciful objets d&’art uniteThis is the perfect gift book for landscape design and interior decorating enthusiasts who appreciate how ideas from the world of interior design inform outdoor spaces and exterior design.
Snuggle Season (This Time of Year)
by Jaimie MacGibbonDelight in the coziness of winter with this charming picture book, the first in a series about the simple joys and daily rituals of each changing season!Winter, crisp and cold, is here, so we snuggle up this time of year.Can&’t get out of bed snuggles, curled up by the fire snuggles, waiting for the baking snuggles . . . A simple yet magical day unfolds as two siblings wake up to chilly weather, falling snow, and opportunities for snuggles of all kinds!With warm, rhythmic text and inviting illustrations, Snuggle Season explores the cozy, hidden wonders of winter. This timeless read-aloud will be a family favorite each year when snuggle season rolls around.Keep an eye out for Swimming Season, a celebration of summer, set to release in spring 2026!
Twins, but Different (Step into Reading)
by Porsche ThomasModel and mother to twin boys, Porsche Thomas presents this Step 2 leveled reader about sibling differences and the importance of unconditional love. Perfect for children recognizing familiar words while sounding out new ones with help.All twins look and act the same, right?WRONG!August and Berlin are twins but they couldn't be more different. From their personalities, to their heights, to the way they like to play, these twins are definitely not the same. So, they never get along, right? WRONG AGAIN!For all their differences, they're a lot alike, too. Most importantly, they know that no matter how much they do or don't have in common, they make a perfect pair. Twin mom, model, and actress Porsche Thomas tells a story from the heart that's inspired by her own experience watching two twin boys grow up.Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
My Life as an Internet Novel, Volume 1 (My Life as an Internet Novel)
by A Hyeon Yu Han-ryeoWhat happens when you're thrown into a fictional world...not as the main character, but as the main character's best friend? This Korean manhwa puts a twist on romance and proves that falling in love is more than just a trope.Every internet novel has the usual cast: a gorgeous heroine, handsome boys vying for her attention, and a unremarkable best friend at the heroine&’s side. Dani, an ordinary student and avid reader, is all too familiar with these tropes. But she never imagined that one day she&’d wake up in one herself!But how did she get here?Her new fictional world is complete with a beautiful best friend named Yeoryung, and four impossibly good-looking boys who all happen to be in her class...and are possibly love interests. Love interests that weren&’t originally meant for her.Dani knows that nothing good will happen to her as the side character, so she is determined to stay out of the way! But what happens when this fictional world ends up leading Dani to the first real friends she's ever known? With no idea how to get back home, Dani decides she&’ll just have to play her part—no matter what plot twists come her way.
A BETTER PARADISE: Volume One (An Aftermath) (A BETTER PARADISE)
by Dan HouserThe first novel from Dan Houser, writer of the Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto seriesEveryone tries to escape from paradise. Mark Tyburn dreams of building the perfect video game. Kurt Fischer dreams of being a rich and successful executive. Daisy Tyburn dreams of having the ideal father. John Tyburn Smith dreams of fitting in. NigelDave just dreams of becoming human. Set in the near future, A BETTER PARADISE tells the story of the ill-fated development of an ambitious but addictive video game project that goes very wrong. As the software they developed starts to produce unexpected and disturbing results, the project is shut down and abandoned. Until now.
The Last Spirits of Manhattan: A Novel
by John A McDermottBased on a true story, this sparkling and witty novel whisks you to 1956 Manhattan, where famed director Alfred Hitchcock is hosting a star-studded party in an allegedly haunted house…only for the soiree to be interrupted by a ghostly party crasher. After fleeing her mundane life in the Midwest, Carolyn Banks finds herself in her enigmatic great-aunts&’ eerie mansion on Manhattan&’s Upper East Side. Inside its crumbling façade, suspense director Alfred Hitchcock is throwing a party, gleefully informing his celebrity guests that the venue is supposedly haunted. It all seems like a fun gag, but Carolyn knows that the line between reality and the supernatural is dangerously blurred here. Soon, the paranormal entities are mingling with guests like Charles Addams and Henry Fonda. As Carolyn grapples with romantic entanglements and ghostly encounters, she discovers long-buried family secrets, challenging her understanding of love, loyalty, and legacy. A striking mix of the haunting and the heartwarming, The Last Spirits of Manhattan is an unputdownable novel about a family reunion unlike any other, set against the bewitching backdrop of 1950s New York City.
The Gun Man Jackson Swagger: A Western
by Stephen HunterPulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, &“a true master at the pinnacle of his craft&” (Jack Carr), returns with a classic Western—gunfights, horses, saloons, and looming above, the ominous presence of the railroad—about a Civil War veteran investigating the dark reality of a prosperous ranch.In the frying pan of a drought-scorched 1890s Southwest, an old man shows up at the region&’s only prosperous spread, the Callahan ranch, seeking work. Jack is flinty, shrewd, tough, and a natural with a gun. As an incentive to be taken on at his age, he shows the foreman an uncanny skill with one of Mr. Winchester&’s latest models. He knows a sharpshooter would be valuable to Colonel Callahan and head gun man Tom Voth. But he has his own mission. Aware that a young cowboy on the ranch has died mysteriously, Jack begins to investigate. He soon realizes that the death and the source of the Callahan wealth are dangerously entwined and that many of the dark forces of the American West are at play on the ranch. Soon enough, it&’s the season of the six-gun and its fastest shootist.
The Gallery Assistant: A Novel
by Kate Belli&“A haunting, razor-sharp mystery…With an unforgettable protagonist and a plot that spirals into ever-deeper layers of intrigue.&” —Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghostwriter This twisty and sinister thriller follows a New York art gallery assistant reckoning with her past and now trapped in a web of deceit after an up-and-coming painter is murdered—perfect for fans of Katy Hays and Julia Bartz.November 2001: Chloe Harlow wakes up late, with hazy memories of the party the night before but no recollection of how she got back to her Brooklyn apartment. Ever since the terrifying and catastrophic terrorist attack, it seems she has been on a collision course with destruction. When she finally arrives at the exclusive Upper East Side art gallery where she works, she is immediately called into her boss&’s office. A pair of NYPD detectives greet her, also very curious to know how her evening ended…because the host of the party, a rising painter and the gallery&’s newest artist, is dead. Navigating both the sophisticated high-stakes art world and her personal life in burgeoning Williamsburg, Chloe struggles to piece together a complete picture of that lost night. As she digs deeper, inconsistencies emerge between what she remembers and what people tell her actually happened, and more questions are raised. Everything begins to feel like a conspiracy and maybe it is. Because Chloe is the only one who glimpses the secrets the murdered artist left behind, and the closer she gets to the truth…the more deadly it becomes.
And Then There Was The One: A Novel
by Martha WatersFrom Martha Waters, the author of the &“enchanting&” (Entertainment Weekly) Regency Vows series, a new historical romance set in 1930s England with a murder mystery twist. In a quaint village in the Cotswolds, Georgiana Radcliffe has accidentally become an amateur detective after helping solve four murders in a single year. When the chairman of the village council turns up dead, everyone agrees with the official ruling of a heart attack, but Georgie can&’t help but suspect that the council chairman is a fifth victim. Now, murder tourists are flocking from around the country, in hopes of becoming sleuths themselves. Along with her reporter friend, she reaches out to a famous London detective for assistance in ascertaining why they have become a magnet for murder. But the fancy detective is simply too busy—or can&’t be bothered—to help, and instead dispatches his secretary, Sebastian Fletcher-Ford—a posh womanizer who, truthfully, is just trying to get out of his hair, much to practical, no-nonsense Georgie&’s dismay. But as they investigate in the charming Buncombe-upon-Woolly—with plentiful scones, sheep on the village green, and murder tourists at every turn—Georgie finds that her previous assessment of Sebastian may have been wrong, and rather than solving a murder, she may be solving for love instead.
The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
by John Fabian WittFrom Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the captivating secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. Before the dark money of the Koch Brothers, before the billions of the Ford Foundation, there was the Garland Fund.In 1922, a young idealist named Charles Garland rejected a million-dollar inheritance. In a world of shocking wealth disparities, shameless racism, and political repression, Garland opted instead to invest in a future where radical ideas—like working-class power, free speech, and equality—might flourish. Over the next two decades, the Garland Fund would nurture a new generation of wildly ambitious progressive projects. The men and women around the Fund were rich and poor, white and Black. They cooperated and bickered; they formed rivalries, fell in and out of love, and made mistakes. Yet shared beliefs linked them throughout. They believed that American capitalism was broken. They believed that American democracy (if it had ever existed) stole from those who had the least. And they believed that American institutions needed to be radically remade for the modern age. By the time they spent the last of the Fund&’s resources, their outsider ideas had become mass movements battling to transform a nation. A luminous testament to the power of visionary organizations and a meditation on the vexed role of money in American life, The Radical Fund is a hopeful book for our anxious, angry age—an empowering road map for how people with heretical ideas can bring about audacious change.
The Life Machines: How Taking Care of Your Mitochondria Can Transform Your Health
by Emanuel Rosen Daria Mochly-RosenImprove your lifelong health and well-being by understanding what mitochondria really do for you, and how through small lifestyle changes, these awe-inspiring powerhouses can better your life.Have you ever wondered what makes every heartbeat, every thought, and every movement possible? Meet your mitochondria—tiny but mighty organelles that are the true engines of life. These organelles are popularly known as the &“powerhouses of the cell,&” but new research shows that the mitochondria do more than just convert food into energy—they&’re orchestrators of critical functions that keep you healthy and alive. This groundbreaking book by a leading scientist from Stanford University School of Medicine and her husband, a bestselling author, is the first to provide a comprehensive yet easy-to-understand look at mitochondria and their vital role in human health. It is based on the premise that healthy mitochondria are the key to healthy cells and, thus, to healthy tissues, healthy organs, and a healthy body. The Life Machines provides practical and fundamental principles that you can use to unlock your body&’s full potential, answering questions like: -How does exercise help mitochondria improve your muscles and your brain? -What nutrients do mitochondria thrive on, and how is your gut microbiome involved? -How can developing better sleeping habits improve your mitochondrial health? -Why relaxing and managing stress will reduce damage to your mitochondria? -How can you protect your mitochondria from toxins in the environment? -Why mitochondria are the key to healthy aging We are only as healthy as our mitochondria. Dysfunction of these organelles has been linked to diseases and conditions such as Alzheimer&’s disease, type 2 diabetes, heart diseases, cancer, depression, autism spectrum disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, and infertility. Now, the remarkable progress in understanding the mitochondrial role in these ailments will shape the future of medicine. Packed with surprising facts, you&’ll read about &“mitochondrial Eve&” who lived in Africa 200,000 years ago; tiny rotors that spin inside your body at fantastic speed; how cancer cells steal mitochondria from immune cells; how mitochondria help shape a baby&’s fingers and brain; how mitochondria in your thighs are linked to your cognitive capacity, and more. Skillfully weaving cutting-edge scientific discoveries, expert testimonies, personal stories, and practical insights, The Life Machines is inspiring and hopeful, empowering you to adopt lifestyle changes that will benefit the smallest—and yet most crucial—parts of the human body.
One Day Better: Mental Performance Concepts to Transform Your Game and Life
by Jeff TroeschDrawing from decades of experience with the world's best coaches, athletes, and teams, Jeff Troesch distills the practice of mental discipline into clear action items that drive personal development and performance.The best athletes redefine the limits of human performance with regularity. Sports are a crucible for spectacular moments where anxiety, pressure, and doubt seem to melt away, but there's more to the story. Over his accomplished career serving individual and team sports, Jeff Troesch has helped countless athletes and coaches achieve excellence in the junior, collegiate, and professional ranks. In One Day Better he shares the multifaceted approach his clients use to elevate their mental acumen and resilience for the highest levels of performance. The path to mental performance is unique to each individual—there is no list of absolutes. Troesch explains the concepts that drive his work with top athletes and teams, with keen observation and respect for their stories and experiences. One Day Better presents clear questions and points of application. It's up each person to consider the possibilities and test what works best for them. The pursuit of excellence also plays out in the rest of life, and often with higher stakes. Troesch guides a process of personal discovery, cultivating the discipline and awareness that facilitate growth and effectiveness, inspiring more pros and amateurs, athletes and everyday people to commit to becoming one day better, every day.
Nymph: A Novel
by Stephanie LaCavaA thriller examining violence, through its subversion, and a singular love storyNot yet thirty, Bathory has assembled a peculiar résumé: model, sex worker, linguist, Latin scholar, and assassin. The last of these has been the family trade for generations. Growing up, Bathory, her mother, and her father made an isolated, strange, and loving — if very unusual — family unit. Her lonely childhood games mimicked spycraft and wet-work, while her parents watched and shared their arcane theories about love and death.As a student in New York, her life changes on accepting a job at a dilapidated card shop in Manhattan. This is a front for an agency that allows her to put her inherited skills to use while pursuing romance in the city.However, steering clear of attachment is as dangerous as anything else she does and means sidestepping a certain alluring figure from her father&’s past. She is equally intent on dying young, a less difficult proposition given her heritage, the company she keeps — call girls, conflicted cops, trustfund hoodlums — and the people pursuing her.Will Bathory escape both fate and family, or does satisfaction and salvation lie only in their embrace?