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THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLERHalf His Age is a highly anticipated, funny, sad, thrilling novel about sex, class, desire, and power and the (often misguided) lengths well go to to get what we want, from Jennette McCurdy, the three-million copy bestselling author of Im Glad My Mom Died. SHOCKING, HONEST AND UNSPARING SUNDAY TIMES STYLEA HILARIOUS AND UNCOMFORTABLE TRIUMPH GUARDIANEERIE, UNSETTLING AND BELIEVABLE GILLIAN FLYNN, AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL ABSOLUTE DYNAMITE ELIZABETH DAY Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Hurting. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all? Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher. Mr Korgy, with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesnt know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films that she doesnt? Or are they actually kindred spirits, sharing the same filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, its just enough that he sees her when no one else does. Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is an incisive study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles in her effort to be seen, to be desired and to be loved.THOUGHT-PROVOKING, SHOCKING AND DARKLY COMIC INDEPENDENT

Será que buscamos a felicidade nos lugares errados? Traçar um mapa que indique possíveis rotas dessa busca é a proposta deste manual. Nos últimos anos, o mal-estar e o cansaço de viver deixaram de ser um fenomeno restrito, quase um luxo de pessoas excentricas ou desocupadas, e passaram a atingir ate mesmo aqueles que jamais imaginariamos: podem ate dizer respeito a voce. O autor nos convida a percorrer um caminho em que a unica certeza inicial e esta: a apatia do analfabetismo emocional no e a soluço. Podemos ate vagar sozinhos em nossa busca pela felicidade que nos cabe, mas, cedo ou tarde, descobriremos que saber encontrar alguem e algo e um aprendizado essencial. Permanece uma convicço que se aproxima de certeza: somente aprendendo a escutar os outros e a nos deixar escutar sem a presunço ou a arrogancia de quem julga ja possuir a verdade e que podemos crescer, mudar e nos transformar. A mudança e possivel, e talvez necessaria: nada em nos ou no mundo e fixo e permanente. Mas, as vezes, contar com um mapa e uma bussola pode ser de grande ajuda para escolher o rumo que queremos seguir.

Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife,returns with a gripping domestic thriller in which a family goes missing and a long-buried family mystery resurfaces.Fifteen years ago, the Tanner family vanished without a trace, leaving behind a chilling scene: half-eaten meals, a bloodstain by the door, and a smoldering fire consuming their business across town.The once-vibrant home stands untouched, a haunting relic of the past. As rumors fade into local folklore, the mystery of their disappearance seems destined to remain unsolveduntil Aubrey Tanner returns.Now a hardened thirty-year-old, Aubrey arrives in town with secrets etched in her silence. Why did she come back? Was she a victim of the night that changed everything, or does she hold the truth of what happened to her family? The town is rife with theories, but three women share a dangerous bond: they know more than theyve ever confessed.As the past resurfaces, old alliances fray. A teacher, a cafe owner, and a psychologist are drawn together by memories theyd rather forget. Each holds a piece of the puzzleand a dark secret of their own. When a new disappearance sends shock waves through the town, blackmail begins, and the stakes climb higher.In a race against time, these women must confront the truth or risk becoming the next victims of a past they cannot escape. With tension rising and danger lurking, one thing is clear: someone is destined to kill again.

Famous love stories rarely end in private. They collapse in publicacross headlines, courtrooms, timelines, and comment sectionswhere intimacy becomes spectacle and heartbreak becomes content. These failures are often treated as scandal or personal weakness. Famous Love Stories That Failed offers a different explanation.This book argues that celebrity relationships do not fail because love is insufficient, but because fame fundamentally alters the conditions intimacy requires to survive. By removing privacy, compressing time, amplifying power imbalances, and eliminating silence, public life restructures relationships until repair becomes nearly impossible.Through a series of carefully examined case studiesincluding Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio, Princess Diana and Prince Charles, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, Beyonce and Jay-Z, Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn, and othersthe book traces how love behaves under extreme visibility. Each chapter treats these relationships not as gossip, but as structural case studies that reveal what happens when affection is forced to perform.Moving beyond celebrity, the book connects these high-profile failures to the conditions now shaping ordinary relationships: social media surveillance, algorithmic attention, workplace visibility, and the permanent record of conflict. Fame, the book argues, is no longer exceptionalit is a preview.Written with restraint, psychological insight, and cultural clarity, Famous Love Stories That Failed is not a book about blaming individuals or diagnosing relationships. It is about understanding the environment modern love must now navigateand why failure has become more common, more public, and less personal than we are taught to believe.This is a book for readers interested in relationships, media culture, and the quiet costs of livingand lovingunder observation.

I Guess Thats Life: 15 Times the Universe Rolled the DiceStop looking for "The Secret." The Universe doesnt have a plan for youit has a pair of dice.If youre tired of "manifesting" your way into disappointment and reading self-help books that promise the stars while youre stuck in the mud, this is the anti-self-help collection youve been waiting for. This is a book for the realist, the cynic, and anyone who has ever been pooped on by a seagull at the exact moment they thought life was finally getting better.I Guess Thats Life is a collection of fifteen gritty, satirical, and deeply human stories that explore the moments when fate intervenes in the lives of ordinary people. From a seagull-induced catastrophe to the quiet ache of a missed heartbeat, these stories span the globe and the spectrum of human emotion. Whether its a woman reclaiming her power in a Walmart parking lot or an eccentric beagle seeking the meaning of existence, each episode captures a unique slice of realitybitter, sweet, and everything in between.Inside this collection, you will find:15 Cinematic Short Stories: Diverse characters facing office politics, domestic struggles, systemic hurdles, and the randomness of luck. The Quincys Notes: A series of sharp, cynical, and philosophical reflections accompanying every story, offering an unfiltered look at the "why" behind our worst days. 5 Bonus Poems: Lyrical explorations of lifes most intangible moments. Perfect for fans of: Literary fiction with a sharp satirical edge, modern social commentary, and anyone who has ever muttered, "I guess thats life."Stop waiting for Lady Luck to smile. Sometimes, you have to learn to play the hand you were dealt.

Americas national parks are designed to feel safe.Trails are marked. Maps are posted. Rangers explain what to avoid.That sense of control ends after dark.When the sun goes down and human movement slows, the parks change. Sound travels where it shouldnt. Footsteps circle camps without approaching. Upright figures stand just outside firelight and remain still until noticed. Water reflects things that arent above it. Movement happens only when no one is looking directly at it.These are not isolated stories. They are patterns reported again and again by campers, hikers, climbers, and rangers across the country.National Parks After Dark documents what happens when the parks stop performing for visitors. The accounts in this book focus on consistent nighttime behaviorsfigures that reposition without sound, voices that dont belong to anyone present, and landscapes that feel aware of where you are standing. The activity is rarely violent. It doesnt need to be. The fear comes from restraint.Most nights, nothing happens. Thats what makes the other nights harder to dismiss.Written for adult readers, this book explores Americas most familiar landscapes at their least comfortablewhen the trails are empty, the lights are off, and something else seems to be paying attention.Because the parks arent empty after dark.Theyre just no longer pretending to be.

The world was never built to forgive blood.On the plains beyond human walls, the Horned Kin endure by steel, scars, and a curse older than memory. Their king rules from horseback and firelight, his authority written into muscle and bone rather than law. Survival has always demanded sacrificebut this time, the cost has a name.Behind white stone walls, Astra worships purity. Its young king has inherited a throne that does not belong to him alone: councils watch his body as closely as his crown, and doctrine decides which desires may exist. To rule is to remain untouched. To be seen is to be judged.Between these two kingdoms lies a curse carved into history by blood and rituala binding that demands kings, not mercy. Crown for crown. Blood for blood.When war brings the Horned King to Astras gates, the curse tightens. What begins as coercion becomes proximity. What begins as hatred refuses to remain clean. Neither king is allowed freedom, and neither is willing to kneel. Power clashes with power, body against body, will against will, until the bond between them becomes impossible to denyand impossible to escape.This is not a romance born of choice.It is a bond forged in violence, sustained by politics, and watched by a world eager to turn desire into treason.As armies gather and doctrine sharpens its knives, both kings must confront the same truth: survival has always demanded sacrifice. The question is no longer whether something will be taken from thembut what.Dark, intense, and uncompromising, The Horned King is a slow-burn MM romantasy of enemies forced together by curse and crown. It is a story of power that bruises, intimacy that wounds, and love that threatens to destroy the very structures it touches.Freedom is not promised.Love is not safe.And some chains grow strongest the moment they are refused.

The National Parks Urban Legends Guide is written for readers who love the parks and for readers drawn to urban legends that feel grounded and believable. It is for those who enjoy travel, landscape, and modern folkloreand who recognize that some places feel different the more closely you pay attention to them.Americas national parks are among the most visited and most studied landscapes in the country. They are protected for their beauty, their history, and the sense of scale they offermountains shaped by ice, deserts carved by heat, forests older than recorded memory. Millions of people walk these trails every year, returning home with photographs and stories that feel complete and ...... some stories do not feel ordinary.Across the parks, visitors who spend enough time moving through these landscapes report the same subtle irregularities. Trails that feel altered on return. Weather that shifts too precisely. Sound that carries incorrectly or arrives out of sequence. The sensation of being observed without seeing anything present. These moments are usually brief and rarely dramatic. Most people adjust their plans and move on without giving them much thought.What makes them difficult to ignore is how consistently they are reported.Read it the way these parks are best experienced: without expectation, with awareness, and with an understanding that some landscapes do not behave the same way every time you pass through them.If nothing unusual happens, that is exactly what most people experience.If something does, you will recognize it.

He spoke to the night.I listenedbefore knowing he was my enemy.In a world where borders are drawn in blood and silence is enforced by law, a single voice crosses the dark.Aeren is the ruler of Noxvair, a kingdom bound to night and magic that exacts its price without mercy. His voice is not a gift but a burdenused to soothe the dead, contain grief, and keep his people from unraveling. Every sound he sends into the dark costs him something he can never reclaim. Memory by memory, the night collects.Across the border lies Esthea, a kingdom of light, order, and vigilance. Elian serves its doctrine with disciplined obedience, trained to observe, to judge, and never to listen to what should not exist. In Esthea, visibility is safety. Silence is control. And anything that slips past its wards is treated as corruption.When a voice from beyond the border reaches himlow, restrained, carrying grief without spectacleElian knows he should report it. Condemn it. Erase it.Instead, he listens.What begins as an intrusion becomes an intimacy neither of them can name. The voice carries more than sound: it carries restraint, exhaustion, and a cost paid in fragments of the self. With each night, the distance between kingdoms narrowsnot in miles, but in awareness.Their connection is forbidden. Dangerous. Politically impossible.And yet, it persists.As tension builds along the border and the night proves it does not care for treaties, both men are forced to confront what listening truly means. Is hearing another a form of betrayalor the first act of understanding? How much of oneself can be sacrificed before silence becomes survival?The Voice Between Enemies is a slow-burn romantasy steeped in darkness, restraint, and consequence. Blending political fantasy with forbidden intimacy, it explores desire without touch, connection without permission, and the devastating cost of being heard.This is not a story of love that saves the world.It is a story of what love costs when the world refuses to allow it.Book One of the Crown of Silence Trilogy.

Feeling stuck even though youre trying?From Stuck to Unstoppable is a practical guide for anyone who feels exhausted, unmotivated, or trapped in overthinking and self-doubt. This book doesnt push hustle or unrealistic positivity. Instead, it focuses on small, sustainable actions that rebuild discipline, clarity, and confidencewithout pressure.Through relatable insights and realistic strategies, this book helps you understand why motivation fails, how to build systems instead of relying on willpower, and how to move forward even on low-energy days.If you feel tired of starting over, comparing yourself to others, or waiting to feel ready, this book will help you move forwardone small step at a time.

Every memory can deceive, every choice can unravel reality. Evan Hales life is a puzzle of missing pieces. Ordinary streets hide extraordinary secrets, and the people around him may not be who they seem. As he uncovers fragments of his past, Evan discovers a system that controls memory, prioritizes survival, and removes those who resist. With every step, reality itself questions him and only his choices can preserve what remains. A Psychological Thriller that explores perception, trust, and the cost of knowing the truth.

"Crucible is a sprawling, mural-like novel that engages with the process, the spirit and especially the conflicts of breakneck industrial progress.. . . [with] a dynamic vision of American history." Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal From the Oscar-nominated filmmaker comes a complex and sweeping historical novel about Henry Ford the Elon Musk of his day and his attempt to rule not only an automotive empire but the rambunctious city of Detroit. It is an epic tale ranging from the 1920s through the second World War, featuring violent labor disputes, misbegotten jungle expeditions, a tragic race riot, and the gestapo tactics of Fords private army . . .Already the gateway for illegal Canadian liquor during Prohibition, the Motor City becomes a crucible for American class conflict during the Great Depression, with an army of laid off Ford workers drifting into the ranks of the burgeoning union movement Henry Fords worst nightmare. To keep the hundreds of thousands still employed by him in thrall, the man who was formerly Americas favorite tycoon recruits black laborers migrating from the deep South to serve as strike insurance, and gives Harry Bennett, pugnacious as he is diminutive, free reign over the legion of barroom brawlers and ex-cons who make up the companys Security Department.The Model T mogul has also bought a sizable chunk of Brazils Amazonian rainforest, vowing to grow his own rubber for tires, but stubbornly refusing to include a botanist in his troop of would-be jungle tamers. As a series of biological plagues descend on the Fordlandia plantation, the racial melting pot he has created in Detroit begins to boil over, and not even the Sage of Dearborn can control the forces that have been unleashed.The novels cast Ford workers black and white and their families, young radicals, cynical newsmen, gangsters, Brazilian rubber tappers, cameos from boxer Joe Louis and muralist Diego Rivera create the tapestry of differing points of view that John Sayles has become famous for, the events portrayed fundamental to the country we live in today.

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De la cité antique à l’État moderne, des utopies humanistes aux totalitarismes du XXe siècle, la pensée politique n’a cessé de questionner la liberté, la justice et le pouvoir.Ce manuel propose une t

For readers of the Ninth House series looking to discover the real history behind the Wolfs Head society...The history of Yale University is an intricate tapestry of tradition, architecture; and perhaps most famously, its secretive landed societies. Among the "Big Three" senior societies, Wolfs Head often occupies a unique position in the public imagination. While Skull and Bones is synonymous with political power and Scroll and Key with the literary and artistic elite; Wolfs Head has historically represented the "gentlemanly" social establishment of the university. Founded in 1883, it was the last of the three to be established, emerging during a period of intense social transition at Yale. To understand Wolfs Head is to understand the evolution of the American collegiate ideal; shifting from the rigid religious foundations of the nineteenth century to the more secular, network-driven power structures of the twentieth century.The society was born out of a perceived need for a third major institution that could accommodate the growing number of eligible juniors who were being overlooked by the existing two societies. In the late 1800s, the "society system" at Yale was the ultimate arbiter of social success. Failure to be "tapped" for a senior society was often viewed as a permanent mark of social mediocrity. Thus, a group of influential juniors and alumni conspired to create a new order that would command the same respect as its predecessors. This introduction explores the foundational ethos of the society; its architectural presence in New Haven, and the specific socio-political climate that allowed a "secret" organization to become a pillar of one of the worlds most prestigious academic institutions.

For readers of the Ninth House series looking to discover the real history behind the Berzelius society... The Berzelius Secret Society remains one of the most enigmatic organizations within the landscape of American collegiate traditions. Established at Yale University, it stands as the oldest of the universitys junior societies and the third oldest of its prestigious senior societies. Throughout its existence, the group has balanced an outward-facing commitment to scientific excellence with a deeply private internal culture characterized by mystery and ritual. To understand Berzelius is to understand the evolution of the American academic elite; it represents a transitional period in history where the rigors of the Enlightenment began to merge with the fraternal, often mystical traditions of the mid-nineteenth century. Named after the Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius, the society was born from a specific intellectual hunger. In the 1840s, Yale was a bastion of classical education, focusing heavily on Greek, Latin, and theology. However, a group of students felt that the burgeoning fields of science and engineering were being neglected. These individuals sought to create a space where the "new" knowledge of the physical world could be celebrated alongside traditional virtues. Consequently, the society was founded in 1848 by Sheffield Scientific School, Yales separate college for the sciences. Unlike other Yale societies that focused on political or literary dominance, Berzelius originally positioned itself as a "scientific" brotherhood, though it quickly adopted the hallmarks of a secret order: a windowless clubhouse, private rituals, and a strictly guarded membership roster.

The history of Yale University is inextricably linked to its secret societies, those vaulted institutions that have shaped the minds of American leaders, scholars; and icons for nearly two centuries. While Skull and Bones often commands the lions share of public fascination, the Book and Snake society remains one of the most prestigious, intellectually rigorous; and architecturally striking components of the universitys Greek life and social hierarchy. Established in 1863, Book and Snake emerged during a transformative period in American history, as the nation was embroiled in civil war and the university was redefining its role in a rapidly industrializing society. It was founded as the fourth senior society at Yale, following the precedents set by Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key; and Berzelius. However, Book and Snake sought to carve out a distinct identity, one rooted in a specific brand of intellectualism and a commitment to the "Old Yale" traditions while simultaneously embracing the evolving social structures of the late nineteenth century.The name itself, Book and Snake, evokes a profound symbolism that has long been the subject of both academic and speculative interest. The book represents the pursuit of knowledge, the preservation of history; and the sanctity of the written word. The snake, conversely, is a complex emblem often associated with wisdom, rebirth; and the ancient mysteries of the occult or the medical sciences. Together, they signify a synthesis of traditional learning and the serpentine path of hidden truths. Unlike its predecessors, which often focused on political power or athletic prowess, Book and Snake originally leaned toward the academic and the literary, drawing its membership from the upper echelons of Yales intellectual elite. Over the decades, the societys influence expanded into the realms of finance, government; and the arts, yet it maintained a strict veil of secrecy that remains largely intact to this day.

This book poses an uncomfortable and urgent question: why do we accept limits on almost everythingwages, deficits, emissions, resourcesbut not on extreme wealth?Limitarianism is based on an idea that is both simple and radical: in democratic societies, the limitless accumulation of wealth is not a neutral right, but a profound political, moral, and social problem. When a few concentrate too much economic power, the liberty and equality of everyone else are weakened, even if absolute poverty decreases.Throughout its chapters, the book dismantles the false opposition between fighting poverty and curbing excess. It argues that both phenomena are two sides of the same systemic coin and that it is not enough to guarantee a minimum floor if we do not also establish a reasonable ceiling. From an accessible and well-documented perspective, the text analyzes the philosophical roots of limitarianismpaying special attention to the ideas of Ingrid Robeynsas well as the psychological, cultural, and economic factors that sustain the obsession with accumulating more than necessary.The text brings the debate down to earth, addressing common objections: whether setting limits disincentivizes effort, threatens innovation, or leads to forced egalitarianism. In response to these fears, it proposes a clear framework: it is not about making everyone equal, but about preventing the excess of a few from degrading democracy and our shared life. Along the way, the book explores the direct link between limiting wealth and enabling policies such as Universal Basic Income (UBI), viewing them as interconnected vessels of the same social justice project.Far from being an abstract manifesto, this work offers tools to envision a viable future in a finite world, where collective well-being does not depend on unbridled accumulation, but on shared rules, clear boundaries, and a redistribution that ensures dignified lives. Limitarianism does not promise utopia, but it does pose an essential question: what does it mean to live well together when economic power no longer has a ceiling?

Pay attention: If you are human, you must read this book Jaron LanierWe all feel it: something is seriously wrong. Our attentionthat essential ability to give our minds and senses to the worldis being trapped, gutted, and sold out from under us by an industry of immense technological and financial power. The heedless exploitation of this vital capacity by a handful of tech companies is harming us all, reducing our very selfhood to that which can be quantified, bought, and soldand shaking the foundations of our democracy.To push back against this human fracking,we need more than individual willpower or isolated efforts. We need a movement of collective resistance. Such a movement is beginning to bloom, and in this radical, first-of-its-kind guide, The Friends of Attention show us how to join the fight. We meet welders, nurses, poets, and surfers, all of whom are engaged in attentional practices. We learn to seek out sanctuariestheatres and museums, houses of worship, dance partieswhere together we can take refuge from the frackers. Drawing on a rich legacy of critical intellectuals and the creative wisdom of diverse traditions, Attensity! takes our apocalyptic present, turns it on its head, and reveals new vistas of human flourishing.

Vivid, poignant, hilarious and tragic: the most rewarding and beautiful novel Ive read in ages BARBARA TRAPIDOA family saga like no other. Gloriously off-beat, darkly comedic and totally bewitching. A bravura performance SARAH WINMANWe shall be forgotten. he said. We shall be lost. They will scrub us away like a set of dirty fingerprints on a plastic kettle.The crumbling Gothic mansion of Thornwalk, long-term home of the Gilbert family, is being handed over to a chain of luxury historic hotels. Millions will be spent in its restoration. But for every so-called improvement, what will be lost? What value can there possibly be in a threadbare carpet, a tarnished spoon and a thousand empty jam jars?Before the hotel people arrive, with their clipboards and their skips and their bottles of bleach, Maximus, loyal guardian of the Gilberts legacy, invites us on a final tour of the once-stately home, where each room holds a secret. From the bolt on the blue room door to the tiny dents in the bars at the nursery window these are the keys that will unlock the lives of the five fatherless Gilbert children.A frustrated romantic, a stubborn traditionalist, a dreamer, a diva and an explorer: The Infamous Gilberts will be cast adrift on the irresistible tides of the twentieth century, buoyed by love, buffeted by loss, and tangled together in an unputdownable story where the lines between eccentricity and madness, cruelty and love become hilariously, heartbreakingly blurred.Completely captivating: I absolutely loved it. A compelling, ingenious, mischievous blend of tragedy, comedy and intrigue NINA STIBBE