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A transformative look at the hidden work of adult daughters, offering a fresh perspective on caregiving, emotional resilience, and the power daughters have to shape healthier, more fulfilling family connections—for readers of both Susan Cain’s Quiet and Eve Rodsky’s Fair Play.Daughters often grow up believing their role in the family is simple: love your parents, help out when you can, and carry on the traditions that bind you together. But adulthood reveals a more complicated reality—one where women take on the invisible labor of emotional caregiving, crisis management, and unspoken expectations that leave them stretched thin and often unseen.So, what is “daughtering”? If you’re a woman and you’ve ever dreaded a weekly phone call to your mother or planned a multi-generational family vacation or considered everyone’s dietary needs at Thanksgiving (including your vegan cousin), then you are daughtering. It’s the unpaid, invisible work of holding a family together.In Good Daughtering, Dr. Allison M. Alford—a leading researcher in family communication—unpacks the untold story of adult daughters and the quiet, essential work they do. Drawing on years of groundbreaking research and personal interviews, she explores how societal expectations, gender roles, and generational dynamics shape the experiences of daughters in ways that are often misunderstood or overlooked.From the subtle ways women navigate generational expectations to the emotional weight of balancing their own lives with the needs of their parents, Good Daughtering reveals the complexities of a role that is too often taken for granted. Full of sharp insights, relatable stories, and actionable tools, Dr. Alford’s groundbreaking approach offers women a chance to reflect on their relationships, recalibrate their roles, and reclaim joy and balance in their lives.Yet, the impact of daughters extends far beyond their own nuclear families, influencing caregiving systems, social expectations, and even the economy:Research shows that daughters are the primary drivers of unpaid care across generations, supporting not just aging parents but a vast infrastructure that props up healthcare and eldercare systems without compensation.In 2022 alone, women performed $625 billion worth of unpaid care work—labor that props up families and entire economies yet remains uncompensated and undervalued in policy and public discourse. Daughters are most responsible for planning and saving for their futures, and those of their families, and are most often tasked with supporting parents, emotionally and practically as they navigate aging and potential health challenges.More than a prescriptive guide Good Daughtering is the long-overdue recognition of the daughters who carry the weight in a family. It’s a roadmap for creating relationships that are not just functional but flourishing. This is the book every daughter deserves: an invitation to be seen, valued, and empowered in her role while honoring her own needs and desires. Autorid: Allison M Alford Phd

An easy-to-read book about funny dogs and the kids who love them. Perfect for kindergarten and first grade readers. By the creator of a New York Times Best Illustrated Book.My dog is the best. She is brave.My dog is the best. He gives kisses.The dogs in this story are small, tall, fast, and funny. They can hide, hug, sing, and surprise. Which dog is best? The one that belongs to YOU! The pictures will make you laugh out loud!With simple text, kindergarteners and 1st graders can read this story on their own.Leveled by educational experts. Includes phonics features. Perfect for phonics practice of consonant blends.The books in the award-winning I Like to Read® series build vocabulary and promote fluency, which are essential for reading success. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors—create original, high-quality books that are fun for kids to read again and again with their parents, teachers or on their own! Autorid: David Catrow

"A story of perseverance, creativity, and Black joy highlighting a pivotal time in dancer and actress Debbie Allen's life"-- Young Debbie Allen is destined for fame and everyone will know her name! A poetic, uplifting biography of a Black icon for kids ages 5-8. New York Times best-selling author Tami Charles tells Debbie Allen’s inspiring story of perseverance and growing up during the Civil Rights Movement and Jim Crow South.Young Debbie Allen was blocked from the local dance school in the 1950s Jim Crow American South. In order to allow Debbie to pursue her dream, Debbie's mother moved with her to Mexico where Debbie studied at the Ballet Nacional de Mexico. When they returned to Texas, Debbie was admitted to the Houston Ballet Foundation as the company’s first Black dancer, and a legendary career began.Inspired by award-winning and NYT best-selling author Tami Charles’s interviews with living legend and dancer/actor Debbie Allen, this is an ode to creativity and perseverance, as well as an amazing history of a pivotal time in Debbie's life. Autorid: Tami Charles, Meredith Lucius

When a woman's fed up... there ain't nothin' you can do about it.Being at the right place at the perfect moment brings two totally different souls together. Magic is made and young hearts intertwine when Oaklyn meets Braxton while he's singing on the streets, making money to survive. As their eyes lock, she instantly sees far beneath the grit and decides to take a chance on love, something neither of them is familiar with. With all the walls down, their relationship soars.Oaklyn has absolutely no regrets until Braxton's career takes off and his loyalty flees with it. After showering him with unconditional love, respect, a daughter, and the last ten years of her life, Oaklyn has had enough and is ready to walk away. When she does, it allows Gunner West to step in and not only steal the show, but her heart as well.When Braxton finds out, will he change his ways, or will it be too late once another man falls for Oaklyn? Will she stick it out in a toxic relationship or follow her heart and be with a real one? Dive into this drama-filled standalone and become acquainted with these wild characters. They will warm your heart one minute and have you screaming the next! Autorid: Shelli Marie

The ultimate guide to recognizing untapped potential by celebrating imperfection. Learn to take the path less travelled with direction from misfit guides like Tony Hawk, Mark Mothersbaugh, Michelle “Estrojen” Steilen, Shepard Fairey, and many more. Introduction by Tony Hawk."You're weird." "Sorry." "No, that was a compliment." —Donnie DarkoWhen the whole world appears designed to make you just fit in, Misfit urges you to listen to your oddball self and seek out an original path.Will it be easy? Predictable? Understood and supported by the masses? No.But will it be dynamic, full of wild expression, and fill you with a joyful sense of discovery? Yes.Sean Mortimer—a celebrated writer who started as a skateboarder alongside Tony Hawk—collaborates with internationally acclaimed misfits whose unconventional heat has warped how the world perceives music, sports and art. These iconic nonconformists did not start out as the celebrated renegades we see today. Each pushed through the initial pain and isolation of social rejection, overcoming self-doubt with erratic experimentation to reach a destination overflowing with conviction, gratitude, and their own version of success.Steering readers through the subcultures of alternative music and sports, Dungeons & Dragons, “illegal” art and other disenfranchised movements, Misfit shows how deep drive, relentless innovation and unregulated creativity are the survival skills of misfit life. Detailing stories of awkward childhoods, teenage angst and unconventional adulthood from game changing outcasts, Mortimer demonstrates how the will to break rules, fight blind obedience, and reject “normal” ultimately sparks a curiosity that leads to a new form of confidence and a thriving, open-minded approach to life. Autorid: Sean Mortimer, Tony Hawk

The eagerly awaited second volume of The Desert Songs Trilogy, Seventeen Spoons, takes readers on an unforgettable journey alongside the beloved religious icon, Joseph, as he navigates the tumultuous path of gaining power and breaking away from his family's traditions.Seventeen Spoons delves into the life of Joseph, the youngest and most favored son in the tribe of Jacob. With prophetic dreams, special treatment, a divine connection, and an unshakable confidence, his youth is marked by distinction and envy. While his brothers exclude him, Joseph finds solace and wisdom among the women of the tribe. Instead of becoming a shepherd like his brothers, he becomes a man of the tents, devoted to prayer and study. Though he swiftly masters reading and writing, he must also navigate the complex emotions surrounding him—jealousy, anger, love, and his own feelings of curiosity, affection, and grief. Joseph's ascension to being crowned Second-in-Command of all Egypt is fraught with dramatic power shifts. Through it all, he must balance the traditions and lessons of his childhood with the demands of ruling a mighty kingdom, fulfilling his destiny as a revered leader. Autorid: Esther Goldenberg

Daisys words never fail to make me feel less alone.- Dolly Alderton Daisy Buchanan is already my go-to person for reading recommendations, and now shes sharing her wisdom with the world! I cant think of a better guide to the books that can heal, soothe and inspire us. - Katherine May 'Daisy writes about anxiety with real honesty and kindness' Marian Keyes Read yourself calmer Read yourself courageous Read yourself free Forget self-help and embrace shelf-help by discovering the healing power of books and reading to inspire, comfort and fortify. In a hectic world that can feel uncertain and overwhelming, Daisy Buchanan offers the perfect source of anti-anxiety, inviting us to discover the literary worlds that have helped her in unwinding anxiety to survive and thrive. Between the cover you can expect: In Read Yourself Romantic, Daisy explores the best relationship books from Role Models to Romeo and Juliet and speaks to David Nicholls, author of One Day, all about love. In Read Yourself Sexy Daisy gets between the covers of best selling books like Rivals by Jilly Cooper, Vox and Fifty Shades of Grey. Reading Your Relatives invites us into the worlds of classic books like Little Women, Jane Austins Pride and Prejudice and Roald Dahls Matilda. Whether youre embracing feel good books like Sophie Kinsellas Shopaholic Series or Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol or self help books to help you in overcoming anxiety and stress, Daisy provides personally curated reading lists and over 200 book recommendations to help you process your emotions and find more peace with every page. Autorid: Daisy Buchanan

Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It consists of a range of chapter books with increasing word counts across 15 fluency levels aimed at children in Years 2-4. Each book builds reading confidence, stamina and speed and nurtures a love for reading. Fluency 13 books have a word count of 6720 words with an expected reading rate of 140 words per minute. Things arent going well for Summer Spriggins. So, when she notices a new shop and the shopkeeper entices her with a magical stone, how can she refuse? However, Summer is left with more questions than answers and it seems the answers lie at the bottom of a mysterious and scary staircase Autorid: Kate Foster, Fran Cesarano, Collins Big Cat

"They thought they'd put their fears to rest. But the old fears are back . . . and they've brought new fears with them"-- They thought the fears were gone.They thought the nightmares would stop haunting them.But the five of them were wrong.They’re older now. They’re friends. But that friendship can be shattered so easily when life turns scary again.It was bad enough when it was just clowns and sharks and snakes. Back then, they had to conquer their own fear.Now . . . they have to conquer everyone else’s. Autorid: K R Alexander

A fascinating historical novel-in-verse for young adults capturing the discoveries of Eunice Foote, a remarkable woman in science WAY ahead of her time. A fictionalized account of the first woman to identify carbon dioxide as a cause of climate change in 1856 when most people preferred that women be seen rather than heard.Fictionalized only to weave together some unknown pieces of Eunice's life, this is a journey through time, triumph, trepidation, and trauma, revealing the extraordinary life and work of Eunice Newton Foote.Eunice’s most important discovery was recognizing the effect of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: a warming planet. But in a society driven by coal, kerosene, and crude oil, Eunice’s warnings went unheeded. After all, who would listen to a woman—especially a woman known to consort with suffragists?From the Seneca Falls Convention to the halls of the US Patent Office in Washington, DC, Eunice Newton Foote blazed a trail for independence and inquiry. Today Eunice’s discoveries feel ever more prescient. She knew that reliance on fossil fuels would have a devastating effect. Today she is finally receiving the credit she deserves.Eunice Newton Foote's extraordinary tale is told in novel-in-verse format, perfect for teenagers interested in STEM. Autorid: Lindsay H. Metcalf

A great many years ago, in the enchanted fairy tale world, there were fairies and elves and devils and angels Princes—wicked and charming Snow Queens and Ice Maidens A girl as little as a thumb And a Little Mermaid . . . From the forest and hills of the same fairy world, a poor fellow arrives in town Join him every evening, as he paints the scenes described by the Moon. This classic book is a must-read for all! • It comprises unforgettable characters, whimsical humour, and morals and wisdom • The tales have been delighting children and adults alike for generations • The tales have been translated into more than a hundred languages and have undergone several adaptations over the decades • This hardbound edition comes with gilded edges, a ribbon bookmark, and beautiful endpapers • It is perfect for gifting and will make a good addition to any library Autorid: Hans Christian Andersen

A beautifully illustrated collection of traditional nursery rhymes including favourites like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Jack and Jill and Humpty Dumpty. Padded cover, stylish design and enchanting illustrations make this a perfect gift for your little one who has just started reading. Autorid: Wonder House Wonder House Books

According to the World Health Organization, as of 2025 an estimated 8-13% of women of reproductive age are affected by PCOS. Traditional doctors don’t offer many treatment options, which leads millions of people to follow Drew Baird for his holistic guidance for managing their PCOS symptoms. Using his personalized plans detailed here, readers will manage symptoms like irregular periods, unwanted facial hair, and more. Drew is able to expand on topics he’s touched upon in his online content and get it all down in this comprehensive guide. These tips and tricks empower readers to take their treatment beyond what traditional medicine can offer them so they can take control of their hormones once and for all.Baird will dive into topics like the emotional burden of a PCOS diagnosis, nutrition and supplements, and healthy sleep and exercise habits. All of this information culminates in a lifestyle plan that readers can personalize and make their own using what they’ve learned from the book. This is the perfect guide for anyone with PCOS who feels like they’re drowning in a sea of misinformation online, and wants to build a new lifestyle that will actually benefit them. From weight loss to weight management, to just generally feeling better in their body, readers will find the information shared here invaluable to their health journey. Autorid: Drew Baird

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Eighth Edition and The Standard for Project Management represents the most data-driven and community-informed update in the guide’s history.Developed through extensive global research and practitioner collaboration, it incorporates input from thousands of project professionals and more than 48,000 data points.Building on the long-standing legacy of PMI, the Eighth Edition blends mindset, technical, and practical guidance to reflect how project management is practiced today. It introduces:Six core principles that influence effective project management behaviorSeven performance domains that represent key areas of practiceExpanded coverage of AI, PMOs, and procurement, with reintroduced process guidance presented in an evolved, non-prescriptive way.Together, these updates connect the why, what, and how of project management. With an emphasis on value delivery, adaptability, and accountability, this edition helps professionals at all levels achieve meaningful outcomes across a range of approaches and environments.Whether you manage traditional initiatives or lead agile transformations, the PMBOK® Guide – Eighth Edition provides clarity, relevance, and confidence for modern project delivery.What You’ll Learn 1. Connect projects to organizational value Learn how to align project outcomes with strategic goals through a system for value delivery. 2. Apply six core principles for effective leadership Adopt a holistic view, focus on value, embed quality, lead accountably, integrate sustainability, and build empowered teams.3. Master the seven performance domains Strengthen your capabilities in governance, scope, schedule, finance, stakeholders, resources, and risk. 4. Tailor for your context Learn how to adapt practices, tools, and techniques to fit your team, organization, and environment.5. Explore new and emerging topics Gain insights into AI, PMOs, and procurement, with practical guidance informed by modern challenges.6. Navigate with clarity and confidence Benefit from an evolved structure that connects principles, domains, and focus areas in a clear, actionable way. Autorid: Project Management Institute Project Management Institute

A father’s love knows no limits as Batman journeys across the globe, beyond death, and into the heart of Apokolips to bring his son back.The final chapter in Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason’s acclaimed run pushes Batman to the edge—emotionally, physically, and across space and time. In the wake of Robin’s death, Bruce Wayne is a man possessed, embarking on a relentless mission to recover Damian’s body from Ra’s al Ghul and ultimately confront the dark god Darkseid on Apokolips itself. But when the impossible happens and Robin returns, with powers far beyond what any sidekick should wield, Batman must figure out how to be both a father and a mentor to a boy changed by death. Packed with heart, action, and cosmic stakes, this volume collects the emotional climax of one of the most beloved modern Batman sagas.Collects Batman and Robin #29-40, Batman and Robin Annual #3, Robin Rises: Omega #1, and Robin Rises: Alpha #1. Autorid: Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Gleason

In 1941, during the peak of the Golden Age of Comics, the Green Arrow made his debut. Armed with only a bow and a quiver full of arrows, the Emerald Archer and his teen sidekick Speedy must battle corrupt gangsters, evil Nazis and deadly super-villains as a modern day Robin Hood. These adventures also included the debut of some of Oliver Queen and Roy Harper s greatest weapons in their war on crime, such as the Arrowplane and an assortment of trick arrows! These groundbreaking classic stories which started Green Arrow s decades-spanning fandom are gathered for the first time in this singular, expansive hardcover collection. GREEN ARROW: THE GOLDEN AGE OMNIBUS VOLUME ONE collects for the first time ever all of the Emerald Archer s adventures from MORE FUN COMICS #73-107, ADVENTURE COMICS #103-117 and WORLD S FINEST COMICS #7-28 and includes a foreword by legendary comics writer Roy Thomas. Autorid: Mort Weisinger, George Papp

A story collection about real women who broke the rules without apology. Step aside Robin Hood and your merry men, these outlaw stories aren't fairytales for small children. They are true tales of real women that every young person should know. Adventurous, daring and often amusing, the leading women in these outrageous true stories prove that it was not just men who sailed the seven seas, held up stagecoaches and conned their way into fortunes. These women went after what they wanted, refusing to be bound by the law or society's expectations of them. These outlaws are Charming Knowing Acting Confounding Vengeful Canny Conning Negotiating Redemptive Wise. These fast paced, action packed tales are stories that have been lost, stories that have remained untold. The stories come from around the world and across history, but the single thing they share is that each is about a truly lawless woman. Autorid: Rachel Tribout, Rachel Tribout

A story collection about women with power and how they used it. These queen stories are not fairytales for small children. They are true tales of real women that every young person should know. The clever and brave women in this collection had power and used it to achieve their goals. They would prove themselves pioneers, problem solvers and inventors and, often, incredible leaders. These fast paced, action packed tales are stories that have been lost, stories that have remained untold. The stories come from around the world and across history, but the single thing they share is that each is, in their own way, about a truly courageous queen. Autorid: Debora Islas, Debora Islas

A princess story collection like no other These princess stories are not fairytales for small children. They are true tales of real women that every young person should know. These fast paced, action packed tales are stories that have been lost, stories that have remained untold. They come from every corner of the world and across history, but the single thing they share is that each is, in their own way, a powerful princess. These princesses are: Deep minded. Courageous. Warring. Healing. Mighty. Artful. Rebellious. Wise. Sage. Stoic. Discover the true tales of history's boldest heroines. Autorid: Yvonne Gilbert, Yvonne Gilbert

For more than twenty years, University of Chicago professor J. Eric Oliver has taught a legendary courseThe Intelligible Selfthat students routinely describe as life-changing. Now, in How to Know Your Self, he brings the best of that classroom experience to readers everywhere, guiding us through the most profound and meaningful journey of all: understanding who we really are. With warmth, wit and an eye for the unexpected, Oliver draws on insights from neuroscience, psychology, physics and ancient philosophy to explore the mystery of the self. Drawing on decades of teaching, research and personal experience, he offers something deeper than quick fixes or life hacks: How to Know Your Self reveals a transformative new understanding of what it means to be a personwhat it means to have and be a selfand shows how that insight can fundamentally reshape the way we live this one life were given. Autorid: J. Eric Oliver

From the artist behind Mystic Mondays comes a deluxe deck and guidebook set featuring 75 richly detailed, vibrantly illustrated numerology cards and accompanying information on their meanings and their uses in personal growth and healing.Features 75 full-color numerology cards: Discover the energetic influence of numbers with the stunning, colorful artwork on these durable divination cards. Designed and written by Grace Duong, founder of Mystic Mondays: Connect to the numerological messages of the Universe through this brand-new set from Grace Duong, founder and designer of Mystic Mondays. Includes guidebook: An accompanying 96-page guidebook features information on determining your own numerology profile and rituals for interpreting the cards. Deluxe keepsake box: Housed in a magnetic-closure keepsake box, with a separate interior travel box for the cards, this one-of-a-kind collection is a must-have for modern mystics. Autorid: Grace Duong

The world's leading Marxist geographer and economist guides general readers through major concepts in capitalism and Marx's masterworkFor decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader.In The Story of Capital, Harvey takes a synoptic approach to the conceptual architecture as a whole and guides us through the key moments, from labour and technology to the state and geopolitics, via the profit rate, social reproduction, the relationship to nature, fictitious capital and the return of the rentiers. In doing so, Harvey has produced a work which will become a key reference for all those trying to grasp the nature of contemporary capitalism. Autorid: David Harvey

Psychotherapist Andrew Jamieson considers ten key principles of psychoanalysis and illuminates them through psychobiographies of twenty extraordinary people, including Ernest Hemingway, Josephine Baker, Cary Grant, and Marilyn Monroe.In the late 1800s, Sigmund Freud began to develop radical theories about sexuality, dreams, and childhood experiences. Not only were his ideas revolutionary, but they also initiated a new discipline with various — often competing — schools of thought.In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Jamieson unpacks ten of psychotherapy's most profound principles and illuminates them through the biographies of twenty remarkable people. From Pablo Picasso's chaotic life, which illustrated Freud's concept of the unconscious, to the origins of Nelson Mandela's compassion, which exemplify Carl Jung's notion of individuation; from John Bowlby's attachment theory, as seen through the lives of Virginia Woolf and Franz Kafka, to Melanie Klein's views on the relationship between love and hate, as revealed through the experiences of Cary Grant, On the Couch throws new light on the motivations and desires of some of our most memorable personalities.Other lives examined include Josephine Baker, Nicolaus Copernicus, Charles Darwin, Viktor Frankl, Ernest Hemingway, Burt Hellinger, Emma Jung, Angela Merkel, Marilyn Monroe, Vladimir Putin, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and W.B. Yeats. Autorid: Andrew Jamieson

In recent years, the de facto head of the House of Saud, Mohammed bin Salman, has promoted the oil-rich kingdom as an open, liberalizing nation that has invested in culture, tourism, and social innovation to become a beacon for the region. Malise Ruthven, a leading commentator on Islamic affairs, reveals the historical currents beneath these changes: how the royal house co-opted Wahhabism to consolidate its power and enforce authoritarianism in collusion with Western businesses and governments. Autorid: Malise Ruthven

An approachable, everyday cookbook with recipes for every occasion from the mother-daughter duo behind Crowded Kitchen.Whether you’re cooking dinner with your family, mixing up drinks with your friends, or seeking culinary inspiration, you’ll find what you’re looking for in this debut cookbook from Beth and Lexi, the mother-daughter duo behind the popular cooking platform Crowded Kitchen.In this book, they bring you a diverse collection of 100+ family-tested and social media-approved recipes, delivered from their crowded kitchen straight to yours. You’ll find photos for every recipe, menus for special occasions, fresh seasonal ingredients, and easy substitutions and adaptations for various dietary preferences. With simple appetizers, hearty dinners, refreshing cocktails, indulgent desserts, and more, this down-to-earth guide will inspire cooks of all skill levels to prepare delicious dishes to share.Bring your loved ones around the table with flavorful meals made from fresh, seasonal ingredients. With simple and creative recipes like Baked Apple Cider Donuts, Roasted Beet and Feta Dip, Michigan Cherry Salad, White Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna, Cranberry-Orange Whiskey Cocktail, and Strawberry-Peach Spoon Cake, Crowded Kitchen will solve the needs of the modern home chef. Autorid: Beth Sinclair, Lexi Harrison

This second edition of Collins Cambridge IGCSE French course delivers broad coverage of the Cambridge IGCSE and IGCSE (9-1) French syllabuses (0520/7156), for examination from 2028. This topic-based Workbook supports the Students Book with further engaging activities for skills development and language practice, for in-class or independent use. This title is endorsed for the Cambridge Pathway to provide learner support for the Cambridge IGCSE and IGCSE (9-1) French syllabuses (0520/7156) for examination from 2028. Integrated learning: The Workbook mirrors the structure of the Student's Book, offering students extensive opportunities to actively practise the grammar and vocabulary acquired in class while honing their reading, writing and speaking skills. Grammar and vocabulary reinforcement: Each unit features a diverse range of exercises carefully designed to consolidate learning and build a solid foundation in essential grammar and vocabulary. Skills development: Engages students in targeted reading, writing and speaking activities that foster confidence and proficiency. Includes opportunities for consolidation and stretch to support all learners to achieve their best. Extended speaking support: Scaffolded exercises at the end of each unit build students confidence in spoken French, through structured conversations and role plays. Flexible use: Activities are suitable for extension work in class or can be assigned as homework exercises. The Collins course consists of a Students Book, Workbook, Teachers Guide and a digital subscription on Collins Hub. (The Teachers Guide will not go through the endorsement process for the Cambridge Pathway). Autorid: Oliver Gray

A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America's criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite—and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it.“A searing, compassionate, and utterly necessary book that pulls back the curtain with the clarity of a lawyer and the heart of someone who’s seen the criminal legal system’s devastating consequences up close.”—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowAs Americans, we are told a rose-tinted story about our criminal courts—that these are the hallowed halls of justice, that the purpose of our legal process is to find the truth, and that those who enforce the law are both equitable and heroic. But what if the reality is purposefully obscured to hide something rotten at the system’s core?In The Price of Mercy, attorney and former public defender Emily Galvin Almanza weaves hard data and unforgettable stories, dark humor and compelling evidence to tell us the truth about what’s really going on behind the closed doors of America’s criminal courts. She shows us how jails actually increase future crime, the dirty tricks police use to make millions in overtime pay, how a man could spend decades in prison because scientists mistook dog hair for his own, the perverse incentives that push prosecutors to seek convictions even when they themselves don’t want to, and how judges may decide cases differently after lunch.We’ll learn what’s working, too: how public defenders can improve public health and even economic mobility, and how planting more trees can reduce a neighborhood’s murder rates. But a lone defender winning a case won’t change the system. Galvin Almanza argues that we need an engaged public to confront the stark reality of our crime-generating, poverty-entrenching, health-destroying legal apparatus and rebuild it into something that can save our collective present and prevent our future from being torn apart.Provocative and eye-opening, The Price of Mercy lifts the curtain on the way our laws really operate and presents a path forward for true transformation of the American criminal court system. Justice, and the law itself, is not some static thing. It is something enacted together, decision by decision, in acts of inhumanity or mercy. Autorid: Emily Galvin Almanza

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes—from these pages.”—David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of FreedomIn a polarized era, history can become a subject of political contention. Many see America as perfect; many others argue that the national experiment is fundamentally flawed. The truth, Meacham shows, likely lies between these extremes. America has had shining hours, and also dark ones.In American Struggle, Jon Meacham illuminates the nation’s complicated past. This rich and diverse collection covers a wide spectrum of history, from 1619 to the twenty-first century, with primary-source documents that take us back to critical moments in which Americans fought over the meaning and the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington, this chorus—sometimes discordant and always fascinating—tells the story of the country and of its people. As clashes over liberty and slavery, inclusion and exclusion, play out, these voices, brilliantly framed by Meacham’s singular commentary, remind us that contentious citizenship and fair-minded observations are essential to bringing about the more perfect union envisioned in the Preamble to the Constitution, which Frederick Douglass called a “glorious liberty document.”Conflict is nothing new in our democracy; rather, as Meacham and these texts show, tensions are inherent, stubborn, and perennial. And American Struggle teaches us anew that to know what has come before, to watch as long-running disputes rise and fall, is to be armed against despair. Autorid: Jon Meacham

"Throughout his rich life, Rev. Lawson worked to dismantle racial, social, and economic injustice. Dr. King called Rev. Lawson, "the leading strategist and theorist of nonviolence in the world." This vital, first-person account portrays Rev. Lawson engaged in galvanizing and often harrowing campaigns of nonviolent direct action-a radical, disciplined, far-reaching method of redemptive revolution centered in love and moral clarity. Rev. Lawson's story spans his more than nine decades, as well as his abolitionist heritage. While in college, he served prison time for resisting the Korean War daft. Later, he traveled to India and Africa, where he immersed himself in Gandhi's philosophy and tactics and met with emerging African independence leaders. In 1957, Dr. King urged Lawson to "come South now," and a historic solidarity was born. Rev. Lawson was vital to desegregating downtown Nashville in the early 1960s. He trained the Little Rock Nine, the Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteers, and countless other civil rights foot soldiers. He co-led the 1963 Birmingham campaign, the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear, and the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike. Throughout his life he stood up to two particularly pervasive forms of violence in the United States: police brutality and what he called plantation capitalism. After moving to Los Angeles in the 1970s, he continued the quest for economic and racial equity, and for women's and LGBTQ+ rights. Well into the twenty-first century, he helped foster a more inclusive labor movement and an enduring immigrant rights movement"-- Provided by publisher. The posthumous memoir of Rev. James Lawson Jr., peer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mentor to Congressman John Lewis and the Freedom Riders, and a principal architect of a nonviolent resistance movement that changed the world.“This book is a gift to be treasured, from a man who has already given so much.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King: A LifeRev. Lawson was one of the most influential yet unheralded heroes of the civil rights era. He rose as a strategist, teacher, and organizer in pivotal campaigns on the national stage against racial and economic injustice.Lawson’s memoir spans 95 years, but it begins far from the spotlight in a large, working-class Ohio family. The son and grandson of Methodist ministers, he receives his license to preach before graduating from high school.Lawson goes on to serve time in prison for refusing the Korean War draft, and learns from independence movements during three years in India and Africa. He then fortifies the principles of a new American Revolution when he teaches nonviolent direct action centered in love and moral clarity to the Little Rock Nine, the Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteers, and countless others. He also becomes a leader in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, the 1963 Birmingham campaign, the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear, and the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike.Nonviolent delivers an intimate self-portrait of Lawson as a man who recognized the inherent dignity of everyone, and challenged all forms of violence, including police brutality, enforced poverty, and what he called plantation capitalism. It shows his quest for justice continuing in Los Angeles well into the 21st century, as he helped foster a more inclusive labor movement and an enduring immigrant rights movement.Nonviolent is a riveting historical narrative from a central figure in global liberation and a testament to compelling a nation to live up to its founding ideals of liberty and justice for all. Autorid: James Lawson, Emily Yellin

A fresh and fascinating picture book biography about the iconic magician Harry Houdini, an avid book collector who lived and breathed the idea that books are magic, from the author of Caldecott Honor book The Noisy Paint Box.Houdini is the world's most beloved magician, and he became famous for all of the amazing tricks he accomplished. Houdini knew just how to captivate his audience, whether it was leaping from a bridge or freeing himself from a straitjacket. But in true magician's fashion, he kept a secret so great that not many people knew about, and that was his love for books!As a young boy in Budapest, Harry learned to read at his father's knee. After the family emigrated to America, Harry grew up to be the amazing Houdini--but never lost his love of reading. He spent the rest of his life collecting all kinds of rare and unusual books, almost entirely about magic. With warm, inviting text and astounding art with miniature models constructed from paper, this extraordinary book opens a new page on the story of Harry Houdini. Autorid: Barb Rosenstock, Mar Delmar

There’s a great story in all of us. What’s yours? The Moth presents My Life in Stories, a keepsake journal filled with prompts that will help you uncover, reflect on, and share the stories that make you who you are.From the creative minds of The Moth comes My Life in Stories. This keepsake journal will help you recall memorable moments, invite you to make connections, and inspire you to reflect on how you've changed over time. With over 150 insightful prompts, The Moth's storytelling experts help you not only identify important milestones and details from your life, but also shape them into stories. Autorid: The Moth

From basketball icon Brittney Griner comes a captivating memoir about her journey from early athletic stardom to her page-turning account of how she persevered in a Russian prison—now adapted for young adults.On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to play for a Russian women’s basketball team. Instead, a security checkpoint became her gateway to hell and she was arrested for mistakenly carrying a small amount of an illegal substance in Russia. Brittney’s world was violently upended in a crisis that would capture the interest of an entire nation. Brittney shares this harrowing story of courage and strength, while recalling her teenage years where she found meaning and empowerment in sports, and overcoming her own struggles with her sexual identity. Her principles of fortitude and courage are ever evident as she goes on to recount her feelings of isolation while navigating a foreign legal system, her emotional and physical anguish as the first American woman ever to endure a Russian penal colony, the chilling prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, and her remarkable rise from hostage to global spokesperson on behalf of other detained Americans.Young readers will identify with Brittney's story of overcoming insurmountable odds, finding strength within herself, and navigating the ups and downs of coming of age as a queer Black woman. Coming Home is both a story of survival and a testament to love—the bonds that brought Brittney home to her family, and ultimately, to herself. Autorid: Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford

Welcome to the most magical bakery -- Witchycakes! Little Blue, a witch-in-training, uses magic to make everything perfect. . . well, sort of. Cozy up with this sweet chapter book with irresisitible full-color art on every page! In a magical bakery called Witchycakes there's a young witch-to-be named Blue. Blue's Mama bakes with magic and Blue makes the deliveries! Blue is good at problem-solving but they want everything to be perfect. So they "borrow" a magic potion from Mama Moon. Does everything go perfectly? Not so much. But magic makes perfect. . . right? Cook up some love with Blue as they use magic and problem-solving to be the best helper they can be in their whimsical little town. And there's a special magical recipe at the end of each book! Don't miss a single book in the most magical chapter book series! Witchycakes #1: Sweet Magic | Witchycakes #2: Changing Magic Autorid: Kara LaReau, Ariane Moreira

These leadership lessons work for leaders at every level when everything goes wrong, from the doctor who saved lives after the 9/11 attacks, in war-torn Ukraine, and on the NFL sidelines.Dr. Thom Mayer doesn’t just talk about leadership: he lives it in the world’s most high-stakes situations. From commanding the 9/11 Pentagon rescue operation to rushing onto NFL fields during medical emergencies to training doctors in war-torn Ukraine, Mayer has learned that leadership isn’t about titles or positions. It’s about action.In this practical guide, Mayer reveals eleven provocative principles that flip conventional leadership wisdom: “Leadership is worthless . . . but leading is priceless.” “Power is worthless . . . but influence is priceless.” “Success is worthless . . . but failure is priceless.” Through gripping stories from the Pentagon’s smoking corridors, NFL sidelines, and Ukrainian hospitals, he shows how real leaders emerge not from corner offices but from moments of crisis when someone must step up and act.Whether readers are managing a team, raising a family, or facing a crossroads, Mayer’s hard-won insights will transform how readers think about influence, teamwork, and making decisions under pressure. This isn’t theoretical leadership. Mayer offers battle-tested wisdom from someone who has led when lives hung in the balance.Now in paperback with a new discussion guide for leadership development programs. Autorid: Thom Mayer

Sonic may be ready for a break, but the excitement never stops in these collections of the comic series in recommended reading order!The thuggish duo Rough and Tumble are back, and they’re looking for vengeance against Sonic and his friends. And they’re not the only ones… Some of Sonic’s greatest foes have returned and, with the help of some new evil allies, have created a threat that’s guaranteed to take over the world.Then, join two of the most popular new characters from Sonic’s world, Tangle and Whisper, in this classic odd-couple team-up adventure! Can Tangle and Whisper help solve each other’s problems, or will they just make things worse? Plus, join Sonic and some of his coolest friends in adventures that show just how wonderful Sonic’s world really is.Collects issues #13–20 from volumes 4 and 5 (Infection and Crisis City) of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the 2019 Annual, and the Tangle and Whisper four-issue miniseries. Autorid: Ian Flynn, Evan Stanley

"Jet, a bird nerd and member of the Junior Birdwatching Club, enlists the help of Michael, the star of the soccer team, to rescue a rare snowy owl that has perched on the field during a freak snowstorm". -- Birdwatching! Borrrring, right? Not to these avian adventurers from Maynard Elementary as they fight a snowstorm in order to save a rare snowy owl. An adventurous read for 7 to 10 year olds about forging long-lasting friendships in this new chapter book series about a junior birdwatching club.Michael, the star of the soccer team, is about to kick his first practice shot when he hears a noise from behind him. Jet, a bird nerd and member of the Junior Birdwatching Club, appears and shows Michael what he would have missed by being so singularly focused on the ball—a rare snowy owl on the goal post. While they watch, the owl captures a rat and devours it.The next day, a hoard of birders arrive and Michael thinks he may never get his soccer field back. But Jet has discovered that the owl is not well and the Junior Bird Club enlists Michael to help get the bird help during a snowstorm.Michael promised his parents he'd be home before the snow started, but with a hurt owl, will he? Join Michael and his new friends as they use all their talents and knowledge to rescue the snowy owl. Autorid: Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Natasha Donovan

How living in space will affect future generations—and what the potential unintended consequences of space settlements are.We are on the cusp of a golden age of space travel in which, for the first time, it will be possible for large numbers of people to venture into space. Some intend to stay. But what happens—and will happen—to us in the extreme conditions of space? What should space tourists expect to happen to them during a journey to an orbiting space station, the Moon, or Mars? What would happen to children born on another planet? Would they evolve into a new species? In Becoming Martian, Scott Solomon explores the many ways in which humanity’s migration into space will change our bodies and our minds.This book focuses on the latest science, taking readers to the front lines of research. We hear from astronauts, including Scott Kelly who writes the foreword, and we join a team of scientists guiding a rover across the surface of Mars. We visit a high-security lab where engineers are simulating space radiation to measure its effects on the body. We travel to isolated islands where field biologists are gleaning insights into evolutionary processes applicable to people isolated on faraway planets. We meet synthetic biologists developing gene-editing tools to equip future humans to thrive in alien environments. We watch a rocket designed to carry humanity to Mars make its first successful launch. And then we ask, knowing what we know: Should we go? Autorid: Scott Solomon, Scott Kelly

The mysteries of the brain’s own cannabinoid system exposed and explained.Though cannabis has been used, for pain or pleasure, for over 4000 years, only lately have we learned, first, what makes it work and, more recently, how. Unraveling the mystery of the human brain’s special relationship with a psychoactive chemical derived from a plant—tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, specifically—neuroscientist Linda Parker recounts the discovery of the brain’s own THC, called endocannabinoids, and describes the remarkable brain chemical system this discovery revealed.In expert yet accessible terms, Cannabinoids explains what we know about this system, how it functions, and how it interacts with the plant materials in cannabis. Parker explores the role of the endocannabinoid system in regulating emotion, anxiety, depression, psychosis, learning, memory, feeding, nausea, pain, epilepsy, and neurological disorders—as well as, naturally, the brain’s reward system. Examining the link between anecdotal reports and the current scientific literature, the book offers a balanced presentation of the scientific evidence for the medicinal use of marijuana, providing a timely intervention in ongoing debates about cannabis’s medicinal value and its legal status. Autorid: Linda A. Parker

A beautifully arresting photographic record of North American coaling towers, which once fueled steam locomotives and powered the country.A fine art photography must-have for railroad enthusiasts and anyone interested in the industrial golden era.In 1906, America commenced a major railroad modernization project, driven by massive industrial era investment and development. A lasting symbol of this time in history remains today: the imposing coaling towers that pepper the country and which once held the coal that powered steam locomotives. Over the course of five years and 20,000 miles, photographer Jeff Brouws documented these towers. Silent Monoliths tells their story.The towers, built of concrete, a modern material with historical roots traceable to the Roman aqueducts, were constructed to replace aging (and less fire-retardant and less efficient) wooden coaling wharves and chutes. As the railroads transitioned from steam to diesel in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, most of these coaling towers slipped into obsolescence—some demolished, others “retired-in-place” and left standing. As a result of the latter, many examples of these sculptural, architectonic remnants of industrial brawn stand in silence across North America—from Flomaton, Alabama, to the northernmost reaches of Ontario, Canada; as far west as Glenns Ferry, Idaho, to the eastern seaboard in New Haven, Connecticut.Essays from industrial and railroad historian John Hankey and art historian Marcella Hackbardt illuminate the significance of these otherworldly relics. In the spirit of Hilla and Bernd Becher, Brouws’ photographic portfolio presents over 105 examples of these austere monoliths, conveying their unique place in cultural history. Autorid: Jeff Brouws

Why and how Atari’s first video game PONG established an industry that shapes consumers’ relationships to technology to this day.PONG is one of the longest- and most consistently circulating video games. Released in 1972, it remains at our fingertips as Android or iOS app, hosted at freepong.org and the Internet Archive, and even released as A Tiny Game of Pong for the Apple Watch. Despite its simplicity and ubiquity, Atari’s PONG encapsulates far more than the history of a video game and an iconic game company. King PONG is the first book dedicated to an unassuming game that changed the world. Through the prisms of product positioning, market development, and category creation, Raiford Guins answers the question of why Atari’s inaugural product succeeded and why it endures.The author of Game After and Atari Design, and an excavator of the “Atari landfill” in New Mexico, Guins brings us a unique history that reconsiders the launch of Atari’s PONG through the lens of the company’s business practices. He follows the young Silicon Valley startup from its early days of positioning its new product within the existing coin-op amusement industry to its establishment of a consumer industry for home video games—a story of remarkable market development innovation. Written with a passion for video games and a historian’s insight, the book animates the business exploits of one of the fastest growing and most influential companies ever. Autorid: Raiford Guins

"Guides the general reader through a fresh and expansive panorama of extracted highlights from the social and scientific history of the unconscious"-- Provided by publisher. A highly original first anthology on the cultural history of the unconscious that is destined to become definitive.“Know thyself”—the injunction that was once inscribed upon the Temple of Apollo—became a touchstone for classical and modern philosophers before being embraced as the endgame of psychoanalysis by Freud and his followers. The conceptual baggage that Freud took on his armchair journey into the unconscious mind is well known—and so, too, is the more recent science on implicit memory, blindsight and automatic processing—but the history of the unconscious beyond the consulting room and laboratory has largely been overlooked.From ancient dream theory to hypnosis, somnambulism to psychedelic mind-expansion, The Unconscious by Antonio Melechi traces the wider social and scientific history of the unconscious mind. It brings together a chorus of voices—including Friedrich Nietzsche, Henri Bergson, Mary Arnold-Forster, Swami Vivekananda, and Philip K. Dick, to name only some—to investigate the elusive psychology of memory and learning, instinct and imagination, creative breakthrough and mental breakdown.Moving beyond the familiar psychoanalytic framework, the book draws on a rich seam of sources, including case studies, psychological experiments, pulp fiction, urban legend, and commercial hype. Approaching the unconscious as a product of both discovery and invention, the anthology underscores its importance as a perennial source of debate, a tantalizing mirror to our hidden selves, and a powerful master key that continues to influence contemporary thought. Autorid: Antonio Melechi