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Turn your kitchen into a secret weapon for losing up to 20 pounds in 28 days through the fat-burning power of food Use food as medicine to cook your way healthy in this must have companion to the bestselling diet sensation, The Fast M

Discover the joys and self-nurturing benefits of plant parenthood, from learning how to begin building your own lush plant family to getting into those fun tips on how to care for your green gurls, with this beautiful, illustrated guide from the dazzling creator of the @plantkween Instagram account. "We all love some new growth, dahling."Six years ago, Christopher Griffin was just beginning the plant parenthood journey with one small Marble Queen Pothos. Today, this Black Queer non-binary femme plant influencer known as Plant Kween tends to a family of more than 200 healthy green gurls in the Brooklyn apartment they call home. You Grow, Gurl! is Kween's fun and fabulous guide to becoming a plant parent and keeping your green gurls growing and thriving.Anyone can be a plant parent! It's all about TLC-taking the time and energy to focus on a plant's needs, and ultimately your own. Featuring 200 full-color photos and illustrations, practical instructions and tips-on everything from propagating to measuring humidity to repotting-activities, and stories, this fun and joyful guide shows how to green-up any space and have it serving those lush lewks. Self-care takes many forms and tending to your plants' needs helps you grow too. In addition to information and advice on plant care, Kween provides meditations, mindfulness activities, playlists, and more to help you practice self-care through plant-care. As Kween says, "We can learn a lot about how we treat ourselves, how we treat others, and how we navigate the world from these green lil creatures." Healing and growing your heart, body, and soul takes time, love, and focus. Taking care of plants teaches you to apply that same attention and love to yourself and helps you find new pathways to explore on your own botanical adventure to self-love.

Fast-paced and exciting, beautifully illustrated and full of unicorn magic, children will love Unicorn Seekers a thrilling new series from BBC disability ambassador, Cerrie Burnell. Growing up in a bustling city, Elodie Lightfoot thinks she's seen it all. Except, she's never seen a unicorn before...until now. And not just that - she can feel the unicorn's magic too - it's as if a special bond exists between them. But while these exciting powers bring adventure, they also bring danger as Elodie realises she's prepared to protect her unicorn at all costs...Striking cover with shiny silver sparkles makes this the perfect gift A beautifully told adventure story with magic, excitement and, of course, unicorns! This captivating new book from TV personality and disability campaigner Cerrie Burnell will leave children completely enchanted Gorgeous black and white illustrations throughout

in this place§there are the dead, the deadly and the dying.§there is the cross, the builders of the cross and the burners of the§cross.§the pattern of my life forms like a cheap shadow§on the wall before me.§my love§what is left of it§now must crawl§to wherever it can crawl.§the strongest know that death is§final§and the happiest are those gifted with the§shortest journey.

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For a century and a half the artists and intellectuals of Europe have scorned the bourgeoisie. And for a millennium and a half the philosophers and theologians of Europe have scorned the marketplace. The bourgeois life, capitalism, Mencken's "booboisie," and David Brooks' "bobos" all have been, and still are, framed as responsible for everything from financial and moral poverty to world wars and spiritual desuetude. Countering these centuries of assumptions and unexamined thinking is Deirdre N. McCloskey's "The Bourgeois Virtues", a magnum opus offering a radical view: capitalism is good for us. McCloskey's sweeping, charming, and even humorous survey of ethical thought and economic realities - from Plato to Barbara Ehrenreich - overturns every assumption we have about being bourgeois. Can you be virtuous and bourgeois? Do markets improve ethics? Has capitalism made us better as well as richer? Yes, yes, and yes, argues McCloskey, who takes on centuries of capitalism's critics with astonishing erudition and range of reference.Applying a new tradition of "virtue ethics" to our lives in modern economies, she affirms American capitalism without ignoring its faults and celebrates the bourgeois lives we actually live, without supposing that they must be lives without ethical foundations. High Noon, Kant, Bill Murray, the modern novel, Van Gogh, and, of course, economics and the economy all come into play in a book that can only be described as a monumental project and a life's work. "The Bourgeois Virtues" is nothing less than a dazzling reinterpretation of Western intellectual history, a dead-serious reply to the critics of capitalism - and surprising entertainment as well.

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A Times Book of the Year, 2019 THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS OVER. BUT THE WORLD IS FAR FROM SAFE. As victorious Russian troops sweep across East Prussia, a group of desperate children face a new battle. Confronted by critical food shortages and the onset of a bitterly cold winter, these 'wolf children' secretly cross the border into Lithuania in search of work or food to take back to their starving families. In a world still reeling from the devastation of war, the children must risk everything to survive. In the Shadow of Wolves is a story of resilience, devastation and, ultimately, hope. Based on meticulous research, Alvydas lepikas's stunningly powerful debut novel has won over readers and critics across the world. Autorid: Alvydas lepikas, Romas Kinka

Harvey Knight’s Odyssey is the latest book in Nick’s deepening catalog of jocular miserySolarism is a religion that acknowledges there is a balance of light and dark in the Universe. But while Solarists believe it is possible to achieve a state of Pure Light by exposing themselves to the rays of the sun (or tanning beds on cloudy days), the Forces of Dark conspire against them and send hooded Shadow Men to eliminate the Light. Subsequently, Solarists must kill these Shadow Men. It’s the only way. When a thief infiltrates the sacred chambers of the Solarists, Assistant-to-the-Master Harvey Knight must test the strength of his beliefs in order to restore order. Or maybe he’s plotting to overthrow the leader and make the religion his own. Either way, it’s an odyssey. Nick Maandag has been making bone-dry hilarious comics for years, exploring the ridiculousness of human vanity and beliefs. He approaches each comic with the understanding that we are all desperate to be seen and find the most outrageous ways to make that happen. Few cartoonists elicit belly laughs the way Maandag does. Autorid: Nick Maandag

Lynda Barry’s classic heartbreaking and heartwarming coming of age novella back in printYoung Edna Arkins lives in a neighborhood that is rapidly changing, thanks to white flight from urban Seattle in the late 1960s. As the world changes around her, Edna is exposed to the callous racism of adults; sometimes subtle and other times blatant, but always stinging. At the heart of The Good Times Are Killing Me is the forbidden friendship between Edna who is white and Bonna Willis who is black, and how the world around them forces them to challenge their loyalties to each other. As Barry does in her comics, she perfectly captures the awkward and earnest adolescent voice as Edna moves from childhood to middle school. Originally published in 1988, The Good Times Are Killing Me is as relevant now as it ever was. Its influence cannot be overstated as it was adapted into an off-Broadway play and won the Washington State Governor's Award. D+Q will be publishing the novella in hardcover with a new cover and the color illustrations from the first edition. Autorid: Lynda Barry

Appeared on best of the year lists from The Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, and more! Nominated for an NAACP Image Award and Winner of the Believer Book Award for Fiction!Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women’s lives and coming-of-age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular “Hot Comb” is about a young girl’s first perm—a doomed ploy to look cool and stop seeming “too white” in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved into. In “Virgin Hair,” taunts of “tender-headed” sting as much as the perm itself. “My Lil Sister Lena” shows the stress of being the only black player on a white softball team. Lena’s hair is the team curio, an object to be touched, a subject to be discussed and debated at the will of her teammates, leading Lena to develop an anxiety disorder of pulling her own hair out. Throughout Hot Comb, Ebony Flowers re-creates classic magazine ads idealizing women’s need for hair relaxers and products. “Change your hair form to fit your life form” and “Kinks and Koils Forever” call customers from the page. Realizations about race, class, and the imperfections of identity swirl through these stories and ads, which are by turns sweet, insightful, and heartbreaking. Flowers began drawing comics while earning her Ph.D., and her early mastery of sequential storytelling is nothing short of sublime. Hot Comb is a propitious display of talent from a new cartoonist who has already made her mark. Autorid: Ebony Flowers

A graphic memoir chronicles the author's Israeli government-sponsored trip through Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and Masada and a non-chaperoned trip into the West Bank. The award-winning graphic memoir about Israel that offers more questions than answers about identity and politicsSarah Glidden is a progressive Jewish American twentysomething who is both vocal about and critical of Israeli politics in the Holy Land. When a debate with her mother prods her to sign up for a Birthright Israel tour, Glidden expects to find objective facts to support her strong opinions. During her two weeks in Israel, Glidden takes advantage of the opportunity to ask the people she meets about the fraught and complex issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but their answers only lead her to question her own take on the conflict. Simple linework and gorgeous watercolors spotlight Israel's countryside, urban landscapes, and religious landmarks. With straightforward sincerity, lovingly observed anecdotes, and a generous dose of self-deprecating humor,How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less is accessible while retaining Glidden's distinctive perspective. Over the course of this touching memoir, Glidden comes to terms with the idea that there are no easy answers to the world's problems, and that is okay.This debut book landed on several best-of-the-year lists, including Entertainment Weekly's; earned a YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens distinction; and won an Ignatz Award. Her second book,Rolling Blackouts, which documents her experience shadowing journalists in Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria, will also come out this fall from Drawn & Quarterly. Autorid: Sarah Glidden

A cartoonist follows reporters across the Middle East, learning about journalism and how stories are toldCartoonist Sarah Glidden follows up her acclaimed debut, How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, withRolling Blackouts, which details her two-month long journey through Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. Glidden accompanies her two friends--reporters and founders of the journalistic non-profitThe Seattle Globalist--as they research stories on the Iraq War's effect on the Middle East and, specifically, the war's refugees. Joining them is a former Marine and childhood friend of one of the journalists whose deployment to Iraq in 2007 adds an unexpected and sometimes unwelcome viewpoint, both to the people they come across and perhaps even themselves.The crew works their way through the region with the goal of asking civilians, refugees, and officials: "who are you?" Everyone has a story to tell: the Iranian blogger, the United Nations Refugee administrator, a taxi driver, the Iraqi refugee deported from the US, the Iraqis seeking refuge in Syria, and even the American Marine. The journalists struggle equally with how to tell these stories and with how to market them into articles people will want to read.Glidden records all that she encounters with a sympathetic and searching eye--What is journalism? What is its purpose? What is honesty? Painted in her trademark soft muted watercolors and written with a self-effacing humor,Rolling Blackouts cements Glidden's place as one of comics's most original nonfiction voices. Autorid: Sarah Glidden

In a world where humans and dinosaurs coexist, a girl must enter a competition to seek a prize guarded by deadly beasts, in hopes of winning and saving her family. Among her co-competitors is a disinherited prince in disguise who aims to restore the honor he's lost. When they're forced to work together against common enemies, they'll find the jungle-and their growing feelings for each other-to be more than they bargained for.A young adult epic fantasy with dinosaurs. Perfect for fans of Powerless, The Hunger Games, and the Jurassic Park franchise.

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Inspired by Yeon-sik Hong s attempt to Uncomfortably, Happily is the story of a young couple finding their way. Burdened by unmet comics deadlines and high rent, our narrator and his wife know they must make a change. Convinced the absence of traffic noise will ease his writer s block, our pair welcomes the idea of building a life from scratch. Deciding on a home atop an uninhabited mountain, they excitedly embrace the charms of their new rural existence. From tending to the land and attempting grocery runs through snow, to the complexities of fighting depression in seclusion, the move does not immediately prove to be the golden ticket they d hoped for, and the silence of the mountain poses as much of an obstacle to output as the sirens of the city. Through it all, though, we see simple pleasures seep in and gain prominence over these commercial, and, often, comparatively trivial worries: the smell of the forest, the calming weight of enveloping snow, and the gratification of a stripped down life making art begin to muffle other concerns. Originally published in Korean to great acclaim and winning the Manhwa Today award, Uncomfortably, Happily uniquely explores our narrator s inner world. Hong propels the comic with gorgeously detailed yet simple art, sharing the story of two lives unfolding slowly, sometimes uncomfortably, yet ultimately, happily. Autorid: Yeon-Sik Hong, Hellen Jo

Einzelgänger Futaro ist ein richtiger Musterschüler, jedoch immer knapp bei Kasse. Als ihm ein mysteriöser, aber gut bezahlter Job als Nachhilfelehrer angeboten wird, scheint die finanzielle Erlösung in greifbarer Nähe. Schnell stellt sich allerdings heraus, dass er ausgerechnet die schönen Fünflinge aus der Parallelklasse unterrichten soll - und die halten weder besonders viel vom Lernen noch von Futaro selbst. Wie soll er bloß das Vertrauen der fünf unberechenbaren Schwestern gewinnen?

Einzelgänger Futaro ist ein richtiger Musterschüler, jedoch immer knapp bei Kasse. Als ihm ein mysteriöser, aber gut bezahlter Job als Nachhilfelehrer angeboten wird, scheint die finanzielle Erlösung in greifbarer Nähe. Schnell stellt sich allerdings heraus, dass er ausgerechnet die schönen Fünflinge aus der Parallelklasse unterrichten soll - und die halten weder besonders viel vom Lernen noch von Futaro selbst. Wie soll er bloß das Vertrauen der fünf unberechenbaren Schwestern gewinnen?

Einzelgänger Futaro ist ein richtiger Musterschüler, jedoch immer knapp bei Kasse. Als ihm ein mysteriöser, aber gut bezahlter Job als Nachhilfelehrer angeboten wird, scheint die finanzielle Erlösung in greifbarer Nähe. Schnell stellt sich allerdings heraus, dass er ausgerechnet die schönen Fünflinge aus der Parallelklasse unterrichten soll - und die halten weder besonders viel vom Lernen noch von Futaro selbst. Wie soll er bloß das Vertrauen der fünf unberechenbaren Schwestern gewinnen?

In the end, we're all the same we just want to be smothered like babies against anotherhuman's beating heartThrough a cracked door, heartsick Emi hears a playful growl. Cautiously, she lets her lover in—a wolf of a man wielding a bouquet of roses. His shoulders must have been four inches wider than mine. As I stood behind him, I fantasized about the broadness of his chest and the thickness of his neck...and about becoming his mistress once again.And so their story goes. For a young woman interested in love without the hassle of a traditional relationship, an affair with someone else’s spoiled husband is just what she ordered—until it's time to move on.Then there’s Yuko: with even less time for married men's shenanigans, she turns her attention to her aging father and the guilt of adultery that has gnawed at his heart for years. Her mother is long dead, yet her memory is enshrined for eternity in their—both father’s and daughter's—mirrored indiscretions.Drawn soon after the critically-acclaimed Talk to My Back, the two stories in Second Hand Love mark the triumphant return of Yamada Murasaki, one of literary manga's most respected feminist voices. Translated by noted historian Ryan Holmberg, this edition includes an interview with the artist from the height of her career in 1985, where her wit and wisdom are on shimmering display. Autorid: Yamada Murasaki

Abidjan's favourite daughter returns in the 7th volume of writer Marguerite Abouet's beloved series. Long-time creative team Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie make a stunning comeback after a lengthy twelve-year hiatus. The seventh installment in the Aya series takes us all back to Yop City home to the hustle and bustle of the Ivory Coast. As Solibra's newest intern, clear-eyed college student Aya finds an unexpected adversary in the beer giant's brand-new head of HR. Her friend Moussa, heir apparent to the company's CEO Mr. Sissoko vies for his father's attention while struggling to tone down his tendency to party. After being outed, Albert must find a new place to stay and grapples with the realities of insufficient student housing. His old flame Inno discovers first-hand how difficult life can be for undocumented migrants in France. Back at home, Bintou navigates the ups and downs of newfound soap opera stardom. All the while, Didier just wants to take Aya out to dinner if she can ever find the time. Now translated from the French by Edwige Dro, Aya and all her friends greet the bigger, bolder world of the 80s in true Abidjan style, delighting fans both old and new with vibrant but too often unseen depictions of middle-class life in Africa. Autorid: Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie

Everything is changing–– but everything is also exactly the same. Ingken can’t ignore it: ice caps stained brown from forest fires, pipeline construction, drought the whole world somehow persists despite the slow erosion of stability.After a trip to Paris, Ingken returns home ready for a break from drugs. Their supportive partner, Lily, is flushed, excited about a new connection she’s made. Although Ingken wants to be happy for her, there’s a discomfort they can’t shake. Sleepless nights fill with an endless scroll of images and headlines about climate disaster. A vague dysphoria simmers under their skin; they are able to identify that like Lily, they are changing, but they’re not sure exactly how and at what pace. Everyone keeps telling them to burn themself to the ground and build themself back up but they worry about the kind of debris that fire might leave behind.Nino Bulling’s artwork is immediately familiar. Like a conversation with a good friend, their story is told as quiet as it can be loud. Crowds and landscapes squiggle in expressive black and white. Red cuts through panels with energy and persistence, bringing life to what might seem dead. In its most intimate moments, Firebugs asks what it means to transition in a transitioning world. Autorid: Nino Bulling

"Few Black cartoonists have entered national syndication, and before Barbara Brandon-Croft, none of them were women. From 1989 to 2005, she brought Black women's perspectives to an international audience with her trailblazing comic strip Where I'm ComingFrom. From diets to day care to debt to dreaded encounters with everyday racism, no issue is off-limits. This remarkable and unapologetically funny career retrospective holds a mirror up to the ways society has changed and all the ways it hasn't. The magic in Where I'm Coming From is its ability to present an honest image of Black life without sacrificing Black joy, bolstered by unexpected one-liners eliciting much-needed laughter"-- A seasoned cartoonist of epic proportions, Brandon-Croft carves out space for Black women’s perspectives in her nationally syndicated stripFew Black cartoonists have entered national syndication, and before Barbara Brandon-Croft, none of them were women. From 1989 to 2005, she brought Black women’s perspectives to an international audience with her trailblazing comic strip Where I’m Coming From.From diets to day care to debt to dreaded encounters with everyday racism, no issue is off-limits. This remarkable and unapologetically funny career retrospective holds a mirror up to the ways society has changed and all the ways it hasn’t. The magic in Where I’m Coming From is its ability to present an honest image of Black life without sacrificing Black joy, bolstered by unexpected one-liners eliciting much-needed laughter. As the daughter of the mid-century cartoonist Brumsic Brandon Jr.—the creator of Luther, the second nationally syndicated strip to feature a Black lead—Brandon-Croft learned from the best. With supplementary writing by the author and her peers alongside throwback ephemera, this long-overdue collection situates Brandon-Croft as an inimitable cartoonist, humorist, and social commentator, securing her place in the comics canon and allowing her work to inspire new readers at a time when it is most needed. Autorid: Barbara Brandon-Croft

When you’re always searching, you might just surprise yourself with what you findAfter a rocky attempt at living in London with his partner, Lawrence finds himself single,broke, and back at home in Compton with his mom and great-aunt, moping from bed tokitchen table and back to bed again, with long layovers on the front porch to sit and watchthe world pass him by. Everything had been so good—a degree, an animation internship,paid music gigs, the perfect girl. How the heck did Lawrence get knocked so far down,with such little semblance of his former life remaining to hold him together? Well, that’s along story Set to a cacophonous soundtrack of church praise, playground noise, bus-stopcamaraderie, and Pacific Ocean waves, Lawrence Lindell’s heartbreaking—andheartwarming—We All Got Something recounts a tragic and random act of violence, thePTSD that follows, lost love, and coming to terms with the underlying mental health crisessabotaging it all. A testament to the healing power of art and the vital role community playsin the process, Lindell’s graphic memoir is deeply personal and specific, but also relatable—because we all got something. The follow-up to Lindell’s Eisner-nominated and Excellence in Graphic Literature Award-winninggraphic novel Blackward, We All Got Something brings Lindell’s love of thecomics community into a different light, and shows the author exploring deeper and darkercorners of his past, with his signature blend of humor, heart, and cartoony lines. Autorid: Lawrence Lindell

A heartfelt, comedic coming-of-age debut from a bright new talentWhen we meet Eagle Valiant Brosi, he is a long-haired commune kid, bullied by other kids,teachers, and his neighbors. And because of his speech impediment, Eagle observessilently and often. Mom—a classic earthy, free spirit prone to discursive lectures on naturalmedicine and the efficacy of certain plants—is the only one who really cares. So Eagle letsothers talk and talk and talk, revealing their true natures and selfish (sometimes evenselfless) motivations.In Black Cohosh, Eagle pieces together the puzzling and hurtful things he has been told ashe takes his first, tragic steps into adulthood. While things may seem grim, Brosi’sdrawings are loose and limber, stretching and falling across each page. His cast of hippiearchetypes come with iconic thatches of hair, bushy beards, and scrawny, gesticulatingarms. Black Cohosh is a captivating debut from a natural storyteller with the expert timingof a veteran comedian and the soothing empathy of a death doula. Autorid: Eagle Valiant Brosi

The classic comic strip by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson in a new paperbackseriesWhen D&Q debuted the Moomin comics in 2007, it was the first time that the strip hadbeen published in English since its original appearance in the London Evening News. Theseries has since gone on to sell 400,000 copies. Now presented in an all-new softcoverformat that collects the comics of both Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, the MoominAdventures series will introduce these timeless classics to a new generation of readers ofall ages.This volume is jam-packed with classic Moomin antics and shenanigans. Whether it’ssetting up finicky ghosts on a blind date in “Moomin and the Farm,” or becoming devoutfollowers of quarreling prophets in “Moomin Begins a New Life,” the Moomins’ quick witand existential musings never fail to disappoint. In “Moominmamma’s Maid,” Misabel themaid must conquer her fears and learn to do as the Moomins do, turning everything into apleasure. In “Moomin Builds a House,” the fabulous Little My delights us with hernaughtiness, even as she drives the Moomins up the walls. Every story in this collection isa bundle of fun, offering a timeless treasure trove of good-hearted whimsy and delight.The strip’s gentle humor and subtle yet sharp musings on life relay an utterly humanexistence through the lives of Moomin, Moominmamma, Moominpappa, Snufkin, Little My,Snork Maiden, and more. Autorid: Tove Jansson, Lars Jansson

The final volume in the New York Times bestselling, award-winning steampunk trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart. Owen Hardy is pulled into one last adventure that will take him to the frozen lands of Ultima Thule and the ends of the earth. Sales and Market BulletsWill appeal to fans of Rush, Anderson’s diverse fanbase, and fans of steampunk, sci-fi, and fantasy.This is the last book that Neil Peart worked on before his death in January 2020.Anderson is a bestselling author, whose work on the new Dune film adaptation will be front and center when the film releases in fall 2021.Clockwork Lives won the Colorado Book Award, Science Fiction/Fantasy category.Clockwork Angels, the first in the trilogy, has sold over 55,000 copies and spent two weeks on the NYT Bestseller List when it released in 2012. It won the 2013 Scribe Award in the category of adapted novel.AudienceRush fansSciFi readersFans of the previous books in the Clockwork series The final volume in the New York Times–bestselling, award-winning steampunk trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush drummer Neil PeartIn Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives, readers met the optimistic young hero Owen Hardy, as well as the more reluctant adventurer Marinda Peake, in an amazing world of airships and alchemy, fantastic carnivals and lost cities. Now Owen Hardy, retired and content in his quiet, perfect life with the beautiful Francesca, is pulled into one last adventure with his eager grandson Alain. This final mission for the Watchmaker will take them up to the frozen lands of Ultima Thule and the ends of the Earth. Marinda Peake must undertake a mission of her own, not only to compile the true life story of the mysterious Watchmaker, but also to stop a deadly new group of anarchists.The Clockwork trilogy is based on the story and lyrics from the last album of musical titans Rush, with Anderson and Peart expanding the world, stories, and characters. The two developed the final novel in the trilogy in the last years of Peart’s life, and more than a year after his passing, Anderson returned to that unfinished project, with the full support of Peart’s wife, bringing Owen and Marinda’s stories to a satisfying and stirring conclusion. Autorid: Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart

A follow-up to Clockwork Angels presents the steampunk-meets-Canterbury Tales adventures of Marinda Peake, who inherits from her alchemist father a blank book that she must fill with other people's stories. Some lives can be summed up in a sentence or two. Other lives are epics.In Clockwork Angels, #1 bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart created a fabulous, adventurous steampunk world in a novel to accompany the smash Rush concept album of the same name. It was a world of airships and alchemy, clockwork carnivals, pirates, lost cities, a rigid Watchmaker who controlled every aspect of life, and his nemesis, the ruthless and violent Anarchist who wanted to destroy it all.Anderson and Peart have returned to their colourful creation to explore the places and the characters that still have a hold on their imagination. Marinda Peake is a woman with a quiet, perfect life in a small village; she long ago gave up on her dreams and ambitions to take care of her ailing father, an alchemist and an inventor. When he dies, he gives Marinda a mysterious inheritance: a blank book that she must fill with other people’s stories and ultimately her own.Clockwork Lives is a steampunk Canterbury Tales, and much more, as Marinda strives to change her life from a mere sentence or two” to a true epic. Autorid: Neil Peart, Kevin J. Anderson

“The Solitary Friend is a standout story in a standout series.” — Jennifer Brewin, artistic director of Globe Theatre Regina Crime Writers Grand Master Award winner and the “queen of Canadian crime fiction” (Winnipeg Free Press) returns with the 23rd, and penultimate, installment in the Joanne Kilbourn series. Amateur sleuth Joanne Shreve finds herself caught in the middle when her friend Vera Wang, the owner of a discreet escort service, The Right Woman, calls in a favour. Howard Dowhanuik, another long-time friend of Joanne’s and the former premier of Saskatchewan, has been a loyal client for years. That is until he started badgering Vera’s employees, trying to discourage them from performing their “meaningless” work. Given his recent verbal attacks against any and all opponents on his podcast, Joanne knows his erratic behavior must be part of a larger issue. Can Joanne talk Howard down and make him see sense before he goes too far? To complicate matters, scandalous photos with threatening demands begin targeting Joanne’s friends. With her loved ones’ happiness — and possibly their very lives — at stake, she ust race to find the source of the mysterious messages before they make good on their menacing ultimatum. Autorid: Gail Bowen

A former thief turned private detective is drawn into a deadly web of murder, drugs, and gang wars, forcing him to confront his darkest demons to survive.Having tried his hand at medicine, pickpocketing, and good old-fashioned thuggery, Seamus Caron has finally settled into life as a private detective, hunting down lost money and wandering husbands. It’s not glamorous work, but it pays the bills and provides a steady supply of fistfights for entertainment. The job also keeps him close to his best friend, Sandra Blair, a homicide detective for the Toronto Police. But when she calls in a favor on a murder case, Seamus realizes that the victim is a notorious mob lawyer, putting an end to what little stability and safety he’d managed to scrape together. Seamus must find the killer before the murder sparks an all-out gang war. Luckily, he’s got help — a confidence man turned barman, the finest cook in Little Chinatown, and Maxwell Moscovitz, his new secretary. She has the mental sharpness and moral flexibility for the job, but she also has a few secrets of her own. Seamus begins to suspect a connection between the murder and a new drug on the street known as Platinum, which promises obscene profits for its suppliers, euphoria for its users, and a shockingly high death rate. As he investigates suspicious overdoses, Seamus can’t help hearing echoes of his past and the tragedy he’s spent 20 years trying to forget. Caught between the police, the mob, and an anonymous killer, Seamus will need to face his demons, or he just might lose it all. Autorid: Ji Hong Sayo

For business professionals seeking success and purpose, cancer survivors, individuals with disabilities who feel marginalized, or anyone facing life’s challenges and wanting stronger coping skills, The Resilience Mindset offers an actionable framework to overcome adversity and create a more fulfilling life.Everyone, every day, is fighting a hard battle. By its very nature, adversity delivers a blow to our well-being — emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual — eroding our self-confidence and self-esteem. But the human spirit is strong, and it is practical and wise not to underestimate ourselves. In telling his personal story of adversity, Terry Healey provides insight into life events that rock our world and shows how he found purpose, renewed confidence, and success. Having experienced a harrowing ordeal with a life-threatening cancer that left him with a permanent facial difference at the age of 21, Healey found a way to harness daily inspirations into key turning points that enabled him to create a framework of four key principles to not only manage adversity whenever confronted with it but to learn how to create a better, more fulfilling life — whether personal or professional — because of it. Healey’s four principles are invaluable to individuals and to anyone leading teams within organizations. Coping with adversity is one thing, but thriving is another. To thrive, we must find happiness, success, and purpose by developing ways to build resilience, strengthen our resolve, and rebuild self-confidence so that we become unstoppable. In addition to telling Healey’s own harrowing story, The Resilience Mindset offers evidence-backed research and stories from others who overcame seemingly insurmountable odds, providing more than just inspiration: It equips readers with the tools to take on obstacles, big and small, leading to a more fulfilling life at home and at work. Autorid: Terry Healey

Dash must come to the rescue when he and his classmates start coming down with blue spots all over their faces right before the Face-Pulling Championships. Dash must come to the rescue when he and his classmates start coming down with blue spots all over their faces right before the Face-Pulling Championships. Simultaneous. Illustrations. The second book in the hilarious action comedy chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Ralph Lazar!For Dash Candoo, every day is... MYSTERIOUS!Excitement is spreading through the halls of Dash Candoo's school. The Face-Pulling Championships are about to begin, featuring students holding their faces in such positions as the Vibrating Jaw-Drop with Eye-Roll and the Dripping Stare of Death.Dash and his classmates have been getting ready for this day for ages. But then, suddenly, right before the championship, blue spots appear on everyone's faces... except for Gronville Honkersmith's face, which remains spotless.Something very suspicious is going on here. Dash needs to act fast to get rid of the spots... or else he and his friends will be pulled from the Face-Pulling for sure. Autorid: Ralph Lazar, Ralph Lazar

Based on his popular lecture series and drawing from a career spanning 40 year of award-winning image-making, Art Wolfe shares his magnum opus: a rich array of insights, advice and techniques aimed at dramatically shifting the way readers see, offering the most comprehensive, imaginative master class available in a photography books. It features more than 300 gorgeous images of nature, culture and travel. Topics covered include how to discover what your subject actually is, how to select the right camera and lens, when and why to choose between colour and black and white, and creative solutions for common pitfalls. Autorid: A Wolfe

This book is all about the care system, and it's written by people who have experienced it first-hand. Free Loaves on Fridays is an anthology of stories, poems, reflections and letters by more than 100 care-experienced people, which aims to challenge worn-out stereotypes. This collection gives voice to diverse experiences including foster care, adoption, kinship care and semi-independent living, among others. Headlines written about care often entrench negative ideas and dominate the narrative, leaving care-experienced people with nothing but crumbs. This anthology is an opportunity to redirect the dialogue and present a window into a world that has been overlooked for too long. Free Loaves on Fridays presents a spectrum of joy and sadness, laughter and tears, love and loss, and reminds us that bread tastes so much better when it's been chosen. 'Incredible read and desperately important . . . This perfectly structured and perfectly edited collection should be on everybody's must-read list for 2024' Lucy Easthope, Sunday Times-bestselling author of When the Dust Settles 'The most important book you will read in 2024. Absolutely gripped from the first page. It is more than just a book' Chris Wild, author of The State of It and Damaged 'Please do read Free Loaves on Fridays, it's an emotional journey that will make you cry and laugh. But most of all understand the reality of our care system and why it absolutely must change' Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields and former social worker Autorid: Rebekah Pierre

A master of comic book mash-ups, drawing upon the power of comics and satire, frames President Trump and his controversial declarations as the words and actions of the most notable villains and antagonists in comic book history. Original. 25% of net proceeds donated to the American Civil Liberties Union!The master of the comic book mash-up finds the POTUS to be his ultimate super-villainR. Sikoryak is famous for taking classic comics and mashing them with famous literature as he did in Masterpiece Comics or even using comics to visualize the iTunes Terms and Conditions contract. Now in these uncertain times, cartoonist R. Sikoryak draws upon the power of comics and satire to frame President Trump and his controversial declarations as the words and actions of the most notable villains and antagonists in comic book history.Reimagining the most famous comic covers, Sikoryak transforms Wonder Woman into Nasty Woman; Tubby Tompkins into Trump; Black Panther into the Black Voter; the Fantastic Four into the Hombres Fantasticos and Trump into Magneto fighting the Ex-Men.In perfect Trumpian fashion, The Unquotable Trump is a 48-page treasury annual—needlessly oversized and garishly colored; a throw-back to the past when both Comics and America were Great. This is the hugest comic, truly a great comic. You won’t want to miss this, trust me, you’ll see! Autorid: R. Sikoryak

The mournful, tragicomic tune of wanderlust undercut by the longing for a home seemingly lost“Have I settled down yet?” The question rings eternal across all ten stories in this highly anticipated debut collection of comics fiction by New Yorker and New York Times contributor Michael D. Kennedy.A series of individuals leave the West Indies and attempt to find their footing in the damp dinge of England’s counties. A child on his daily trike ride is stalked by a sinister, shape-shifting ligahoo. A blues singer’s wife hallucinates untoward revelations in the grips of high yellow fever when she inhales spores from psychedelic mushrooms growing unchecked in their apartment. A man dwells on his absent father, paints the man into a duppy myth, and bears the consequences of this fantastical undertaking.Inspired by the folk tales and oral traditions of his Caribbean roots, Milk White Steed is a dreamlike venture into the messy truths of everyday West Indian lives: the abiding pursuit of the familiar and the vicious appraisal of their own otherness, all at once. Phantom desires, unchecked reveries, and surreal visions of the future flood the page in full-color. Kennedy’s decisive woodcut-inspired brush-strokes draw a striking portrait of the Black diaspora as it sees itself, always searching and yet forever seeing. Autorid: Michael Kennedy

Recruiting Agents: The KGB's Secret Tradecraft Revealed - First Ever Professional English TranslationUnveiling the top-secret recruitment tactics of the Soviet KGB, Recruiting Agents is a never-before-professionally-translated espionage manual that exposes the covert techniques used by Soviet intelligence officers to identify, assess, and recruit spies worldwide. This first-ever professional English translation, meticulously produced by the Conflict Research Group, grants unprecedented access to the KGB's clandestine tradecraft, offering a rare glimpse into the Cold War-era Soviet espionage machine.This book is the next volume in the Conflict Research Group's series of KGB manuals. This groundbreaking project continues to bring formerly top secret KGB intelligence training materials to a wider audience, shedding light on the shadowy world of Soviet espionage.A Must-Read for Intelligence Enthusiasts, Historians, and Security ProfessionalsCold War Espionage - Learn how the KGB targeted foreign nationals, diplomats, scientists, and government officials for recruitment.Psychological Warfare - Explore the coercion, persuasion, and ideological manipulation used to turn targets into willing intelligence assets.False Flag Operations - Discover the sophisticated deception strategies of Soviet intelligence, including recruiting under foreign intelligence covers.Counterintelligence Evasion - Understand the methods the KGB used to outmaneuver Western security services and avoid exposure.Operational Security & Tradecraft - Gain insights into how KGB intelligence officers went about covertly assessing potential agents.Unlike previous machine-generated translations available today, this Conflict Research Group edition is the first professional English translation, preserving the accuracy, clarity, and operational terminology essential to understanding KGB recruitment methodologies.Scholars, intelligence professionals, and espionage enthusiasts will find this edition an invaluable historical document, meticulously restored for accuracy.This authoritative edition goes beyond mere translation. Featuring a detailed editor's introduction, a translator's note, and an insightful overview of the KGB's structure, this book provides critical historical context to one of the most classified documents ever produced by Soviet intelligence.If you're a researcher, academioc, intelligence professional or simply fascinated by real-world spycraft, Cold War history, or covert intelligence operations, Recruiting Agents is an essential addition to your library.

"The white South has always been of two minds on the desirability of democracy. Throughout U.S. history some white Southerners were vigorous proponents of the American democratic project. Others thought that participation in governing was more of a privilege granted only to those who proved themselves worthy through education and wealth. Blacks, treated as chattel property, were at first omitted from the discussion, but when emancipated joined the pro-democracy side of the debate. For most of Southern history, the division was geographic-upland small farmers inhabiting the Appalachian regions supporting the democratic project and the lowland planters and slaveholders opposing it. It reflected a politics of class, poor uplanders versus well-off planters. In this book, I use historical narratives based on my classically Southern family to explore this division, and what happened to it. Because my Alabama lineage incorporates both uplanders and planters, I am able to use their stories to map out more fully this division, trace it through history, and explore its impacts on the politics and history of the South. I carry the narrative of the two Souths up through the 1960s, when I personally observed the last throes of Jim Crow and the final attempts to revive an interracial Populist coalition of North Alabama whites and Blacks in the cities and on the former plantations. The attempt failed, overwhelmed by the intense politics of racial demagoguery as the civil rights movement reached its apogee"-- Opposing perspectives on the desirability of democracy and equality dominates white Southern history. Both before and after the end of slavery, plantation oligarchs rejected democracy, while small farmers in the upcountry embraced it--if only for whites. Drawing from his own family's centuries-old roots in the region, the eminent American politics scholar Bryan Jones compares the experiences of a slaveholding line with three non-slaveholding lines to retell the entire history of the region. Through his family's history across a host of Southern states, he retells in vivid detail the ceaseless battle between Southern oligarchy and democracy--and how racial politics threads through all of it. A highly original reinterpretation of how race and class shaped the entirety of Southern history through the experience of four interconnected family lines. The Southern Fault Line explores the under-appreciated division in the South between the oligarchic rule of plantation owners and industrialists on the one hand, and the more democratic mindset of the mountain-dwelling small farmers on the other. These two mindsets were in continual tension from the 1800s to the 1960s, when the adherents of the more democratic side of the struggle capitulated to the oligarchical side in response to the Civil Rights movement.Bryan Jones draws from his own family's centuries-old history in the region to explore the rise and fall of the "two minds" of the South. Through a comparison of the experiences of a slaveholding line in his family with three non-slaveholding lines, Jones provides a rich history of the politics of both class and race in the region from the Founding era to the present. The slaveholding side of his family settled in Black Belt Alabama, while ancestral members of the other side of his family were poorer uplanders. In the 1890s, the latter supported the burgeoning populist movement, which for a short window of time tried to unite poor Blacks and poor whites against the patrician planter class and industrialists. After a series of close elections, the planter class was able to stanch the populist tide. They did this in large part by sowing racial division among populism's supporters. Indeed, one of Jones' ancestors helped draft the 1901 Alabama constitution that made Jim Crow the law of the state. Throughout, Jones shows how deep the political differences were between the two regions, with oligarchy characterizing the slaveholding region and a more democratic ethos shaping the non-slaveholding areas. Jones serves as the final observer, a white boy observing not only the demise of the Jim Crow South, but--in the wake of the Civil Rights movement--the demise of the mountain democratic South as well. Today, the vast majority of Southern whites regardless of class support an oligarchical Republican Party. Autorid: Bryan Jones

Part coming-of-age story and part family drama, set against the harsh backdrop of World War II Ukraine and Germany. Where does one seek refuge when all the world’s gone mad? The last winter of the war comes as young Jakob Fritsch’s German village in Ukraine is torched by Russian troops. Separated from his mother and younger brother, he’s shoved onto a train’s stock car. Rumors float among them; they’re being taken to a work camp over the Urals, where they will be worked to death. As morning dawns, a lone Stuka dives from the sky, dropping its bomb on the locomotive, and the stock cars are blown from the tracks, tipped, and smashed. Through splintered boards, Jakob and others scramble out, running for the surrounding woods as the Russian guards begin shooting them down. Jakob escapes into the endless pines, running until he’s exhausted. Some time later, he chances upon other survivors from the train: his sick and aging schoolmaster who’s a Nazi supporter at heart and the disagreeable postmaster, a man Jakob can’t stand and doesn’t trust. Always on the lookout for deserters, partisans, and Russian soldiers, the three make their way across war-torn Ukraine, begging for food and shelter where they can. A tragic turn of events forces Jakob to journey on alone. Ever watchful, he must chance crossing the desolate countryside of Poland en route to Berlin, the only place he can go — the land of his forefathers, the heart of Germany, which is being bombed to its knees and torn apart from all sides. Autorid: Dietrich Kalteis