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Ambition. Sorcery. Treason. How far will one woman dare to go? Eleanor Cobham arrived at court with nothing her greatest hope was simply to marry well. But her ambition carried her further than any woman before her had dared. She wanted to rule her own destiny. To rule England itself. They say she summoned the devil himself to secure her fate. They say she plotted to murder a king. Now, its time to finally hear her story.This is the tale of the woman they called witch. Who would have called herself queen.

The art historian, poet, and novelist close-reads images, moving and still, canonical and lesser known, that have shaped her evolving identity as an American Mulatta lesbian born at the end of the Civil Rights movement in this singular blend of life-writing and cultural studies.The daughter of the WASP mother who raised her and a Black father she has never known, J. Vanessa Lyon delivers a candid memoir across thirteen uniquely structured chapters in conversation with enduring, often damaging, mis/representations of so-called race mixing in fine art and popular media. Reflecting on a lifetime of being dis-read, she examines insidious cultural tropes of White passing beginning with art from the era of transatlantic slaveryfrom Rembrandt and Rubens, Gentileschi and Stubbs, to Manetbefore moving on to Brer Rabbit, Louise Nevelson, 1950s melodrama, and Adrian Piper. Original analysis of a broad chronological range of visual art parallels the unfolding of Lyons sense of self as animated by the interiors and geographiesnot to mention the challenging and remarkable womenthat have figured in her life. Through her investigations, she comes to terms with long-withheld information and the seemingly unalterable reality of being an out lesbian who, legally Black, may never be viewed by Whites or other African Americans in the ways she experiences her own raced and gendered personhood.By turns scholarly and intimate, Blackness Thirteen Ways reveals surprising connections between the art Lyon teaches and the woman she has become, challenging history to accommodate an unapologetic image of herself and other impassably Black women.

Completely uncensored, to the delight of mature readers, the must-read webtoon by DOYAK is now in print! This gritty, urban take on the popular Boys Love genre is perfect for fans of MONSTER. When the line between love and obsession blurs . . . The fourth volume of the mature-rated BL webtoon by DOYAK.The second-in-command of the K35 gang is dead, and those seeking to claim his power are making their moves. After surviving an assassination attempt, TJ warns Ian away from the funeralIans appearance would only cause trouble and risk TJs position. But Ian can sense the danger surrounding TJ, his only family, and he may not be able to stop himself from getting involved. Meanwhile, Jos affection for Ian twists into jealousy as he wonders about the night Ian suddenly canceled their plans. Suspecting Ian might still be seeing TJ, Jo cant help but feel frustrated and possessive.And then . . . TJ disappears.Volume 4 includes episodes 3953 of the webcomic Wet Sand.

A moving reflection on the authors father - plus a cat! - this is a beautiful short work of family history from one of our most beloved, iconic writers.Originally published in the New Yorker in 2019, and now presented in a full, unabridged form, Abandoning a Cat is a poignant, self-reflective work by Haruki Murakami.Here he writes about his father, the son of a priest who might have become a priest himself had a clerical error not sent him into the second world war. Murakamis father wrote accomplished haiku and eventually became a teacher. As Haruki grew older and became an adult and then a writer, he and his father found they had little in common. They were later estranged for twenty years, only reconciling on his fathers deathbed.This haunting personal essay is a reflection on what it means to be a father and what it means to be a son - on what it means to be loved and to be abandoned - and also on a particular moment of Japanese history, through the aftermath of the second world war on into the present. Murakami fans may find common themes from beloved novels such as Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - but will also be surprised by the raw honesty of this beautiful autobiographical piece.HauntingNew York Times

Adventure draws near! Join Prince Arus in his fight against Lord Imagine one hundred years after the events of the iconic Dragon Quest III video game!Beastlord Gnon unleashes the Beast Corps on the vulnerable fields and forests of the continent. When he sends a flock of avian monsters to terrorize Aliahan, the townsfolk must choose between protecting Arus and saving their kingdom from the wrath of a ferocious army. New ally Patty shelters the young hero and his party, but an angry mob comes calling. With Arus at the mercy of the Beastlords hordes, his allies wind up in the royal dungeons. A certain magical staff might come in handy at times like these... Although Arus puts up a valiant fight against the beasts, even he has limits. As the prince is about to succumb to the onslaught, an old friend returns!

A commitment-phobe finds herself stuck spending Hanukkah with her childhood best friend turned nemesis, only for holiday chaos to ensue and complicated feelings to resurface, in this emotionally resonant debut romance.Norah Gold is a bolter. She avoids emotional situations at all costs, doesnt do meaningful relationships, and when things get a little too real, she runs. She hasnt let herself fall in love in nearly a decade, not since her whole world fell apart when her dad suddenly passed away. Desperate to escape a friends-with-benefits situation gone clingy, she returns home to Chicago for the holidays. Her one goal? Avoid Henry Cole, the boy who blew up her life and broke her heart back in high school. Easier said than done when she discovers that their mothers are dating and insist on celebrating the holidays together.A decade later, Henry Cole is all custom suits and condescension. He is order to her chaos and absolutely insufferable about it. When Norah and Henry get snowed in together and learn just how serious their moms relationship is, they call a truce to make it through all eight nights of Hanukkah without setting each other on fire. As they begin to rediscover the foundation that made them so close growing up, Norah is desperate to keep her distancethe last thing she can handle is reopening decade-old emotional wounds. But even though theyve tried to escape the past, Norah and Henry have unfinished business too pressing to ignore. Can Norah shake off her deep-seated impulse to bolt, or are they destined to flame out just like they did as teenagers?

Revolutionise how you care for your skin these are the ultimate rules from the Queen of Skincare Caroline Hirons, the globally adored skincare expert and international bestselling author, is now back with Skin Rules a ground-breaking guide to healthy skin. With over 400,000 copies of her previous books sold and her brand, Skin Rocks, becoming an award-winning global sensation, Carolines expertise is unmatched. Whatever your skin type or concern, Carolines no-nonsense approach will arm you with all the knowledge you need to simplify your routine and feel confident in your own skin. Inside, youll find: No One-Size-Fits-All: Tailored advice for every age and skin concern. Hormone Impact: Whether you are pregnant, on GLP-1s, suffering from illness, pre-menopausal or post-menopausal, there is guidance for every stage of life. Health and Nutrition: Caroline will advise you on where to invest and what will make a difference to your skin recommending product ingredients with impact and the essential supplements you should take. Product Picks You Can Trust: Budget to luxury, icons to new releases, these are all handpicked for real results. Myth-Busting Brilliance: No fluff, no jargon, just facts. With her unrivalled knowledge and insight, Caroline will teach you how to see through the marketing hype, build your perfect routine, and take control of your skin. This book will revolutionise your beauty cupboard. Skincare enthusiasts cannot get enough of Caroline and her books: Hirons breaks down the world of skincare like no one else Red Magazine Caroline Hirons, aka the skincare oracle. Marie Claire Online The most powerful woman in beauty YOU Magazine The beauty fanatic is known and loved for her brutally honest reviews and encyclopaedic knowledge of the skin. Harpers Bazaar Arguably the most important figure in British beauty. Business of Beauty, from The Business of Fashion Caroline Hironss book Teen Skincare was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2025-06-23.

Activities designed to help children and their adults develop a deeper relationship with the natural world, themselves and each other by learning essential ecological skills and understandings while playing in forests, fields, gardens and other ecosystemsExplorations in Ecology is based on the premise thatfor those of us living within industrial civilizationthe best response to current crisis is to transform our culture from isolation and competition to an ecophilic ecoculture that supports interdependence, regeneration, and cooperation.Indigenous peoples have embodied this culture for tens of thousands of years, as did all of our ancestors. Explorations in Ecology is designed to equip adults (homeschoolers, eco-educators, and ecologically aware parents) to help children make this shift and prepare them for an uncertain future, emotionally and practically, while incorporating integrated traditional and modern perspectives. To these ends, the book will include: Activities that include permaculture gardening Gathering edible and medicinal plants Bushcraft skills like building fires and shelter And much more! Also included, the reader will find educational suggestions for adults about how to support children engaging in the activities in each chapter and more generally about how to nurture educational environments and communities that support children learning and having transformative experiences while playing in forests, fields, and gardens.In addition, science background about how ecosystems work as highly interdependent, regenerative systems is selected to give adults a clearer understanding of the ecological skills and concepts explored in each chapters activities. Science topics covered include: Systems theory The water and carbon cycles Photosynthesis The molecular kinetic theory of heat Soil composition Basic taxonomy Rocks and minerals Basics of ecological design and building. This science material is also suitable for older children.

An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking pointUnderlying our seamless access to AI, cryptocurrency, and unlimited cloud storage is a hulking, costly physical infrastructure. Massive data centers full of energy-hungry chips and processors power everything we do online. Scrambling to meet dubious market demand, the tech giants have leveraged our planet in pursuit of a market monopoly.In Hyperscale, journalist Paris Marx uncovers the excesses of hyperscale data processing. He exposes the deceptive, exploitative ways tech companies are siphoning energy and resources from vulnerable communities in their pursuit of digital power, abandoning the pretense of social responsibility.Amid energy shortages and tech-induced battles over drinking water, Marx makes a powerful case for technology that promotes the social good over the bottom lines of tech billionaires. He joins the incredible efforts of people and movements pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech, illuminating a path toward the sustainable future we all deserve.The AI boom and its infrastructural demands have accelerated our many modern catastrophes. With razor-sharp reporting and incisive analysis, Marx shows us that the greatest threat is not the specter of AI overlords but a global environmental disaster already in the making.

A personal garden mentor to guide you through the process of gardening in an unstable climateClimate-Resilient Gardening focuses on 10 keyecologicalgardening practices, providing all the information and instructions readers need to create a climate-friendly, regenerative, resilient, economical, and abundant garden.Author Jennie Cramer shares her secrets for mimicking the patterns in Nature; secrets that lead home gardens to be more abundant, have fewer pest problems, and be shockingly beautiful.Also included is a month-by-monthecologicalcalendar and garden to-do list. Manygardeners enjoy and rely on garden to-do lists, and the lists are easy to use, phenologically organized, and regionally adapted. They will guide readers on what to do when to care for all aspects of a garden from infrastructure and soil to herbs and vegetables, ornamental perennials, edible perennials, woodies, lawns, and natural areas for wildlife habitat.

From New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypasa sweeping, richly layered Victorian novel about a trailblazing female economist whos determined to build Britains first womens bank, but she must fight both financial corruption and a system intent on destroying the newly found family shes created.In Victorian England, no womannot even a brilliant economist like Reina Martinis allowed to open her own bank account. Men will take care of everything, women are told. But Reina knows better. As the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish immigrant mother, shes haunted by the memory of living with unpaid grocers bills and no coal for the hearth.So together with her mentor, the powerful banker William Farlow, Reina will build the first all-womens bank, where women can manage their own financial security.At home, Reinas domestic staff of recently paroled prisoners are building new lives and becoming a found family. But soon Reina is shocked to discover that her enigmatic butler, John Pembroke, is an undercover police detective. Hes been assigned to investigate Farlow, whos suspected of financial crime on a scale so massive, it could destabilize the British economy. Pembroke needs Reinas expertise for a high-stakes nighttime heist to obtain incriminating evidence.Now Reina faces the agonizing choice of betraying her mentor or turning her back on thousands of working-class families who stand to lose everything. Either way, her dream of the womens bank may be over.But courage and sacrifice arent limited to the battlefieldthey also occur at the kitchen table, where women who believe in compassion and community are working to remake the future. And when the stakes are highest, Reina knows to trust her heart as well as her intellect.Based on real-life trailblazers such as Mary Paley Marshall, Britains first female economist, and financial titan Hetty Green, Queen of Lombard Street brings to light the hidden history of extraordinary women whose achievements should be celebrated. How can we know who we are, if we dont know who we were?

A compassionate guide to navigating the complex journey of grief, from New York Times bestselling author, therapist, and grief expert Dr. Laura Berman.AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVERGrief doesnt like to be quiet. It doesnt care for euphemisms, small talk, or polite avoidance. It wants to be feltfully, honestly, and out loud.In Crying Out Loud, renowned therapist and bestselling author Dr. Laura Berman draws from decades of clinical experience and the devastating loss of her own son to show us that grief is not just painit can be a portal. When met directly, it becomes a path of transformation that burns away what is not essential, expands your heart, and connects you more deeply to life and love.Blending grounded therapeutic tools with spiritual insight, this book helps you: Process overwhelming emotions and mental fog Reconnect with your body to release stored pain Channel grief into creativity, growth, and renewed purpose Build meaningful connections with both the living and the departed With simple practices for every level of emotional energy, Crying Out Loud is a wise, healing companion. This is not about getting over loss. Its about moving through it with support, and emerging more whole, more grounded, more empowered, and more deeply connected to the love that continues.

From the best-selling and always-prescient author of Whats the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal comes a bold indictment of Americas chronic obsession with creativity and innovation, showing how these beloved ideas came to dominate our political and economic conversation, all while serving to mask inequality and protect elite interestsInnovation and creativity have been the defining watchwords of American exceptionalism for decades, used by business thinkers, tech gurus, military strategists, educators and urban planners to describe our unique standing in the world. While other countries supposedly suffer from regimentation and a fatal lack of imagination, the United States is often portrayed as an unmatched dynamo of new ideas and products. In his new book, Thomas Frank disabuses us of this notion, offering a bold account of the way creativity and innovation have been used as a kind of ideological cover for policies that reinforce the class system.Frank charts the construction of Americas glamorous self-image from Sputnik to Silicon Valley, Apple to Lockheed Martin, Madison Avenue to Main Street, Richard Florida to Donald Trump. He deconstructs the innovation agendas touted by politicians; reads the books of pop psychology; tours SXSW, the mecca of creativity where musicians mingle with Pentagon officials; and looks in on the cafes, sidewalk murals, and bike lanes that populate the neighborhoods built for the creative class. Along the way, Frank uncovers the insidious effects of centering innovation and creativity in our rhetoric while, in practice, nurturing exactly the opposite. In the name of these noble goals, he shows, our leaders have reoriented the American economy around white-collar knowledge work, cut taxes on the wealthy, deregulated banks, off-shored manufacturing, reoriented cities, and destroyed what is truly creative about this country. Deeply original, marked by Franks signature brilliance and acerbic wit, Progressland is a troubling X-ray of postwar American business and political culture and a crushing indictment of the cliches that have undergirded its many failures.

Edinburgh, 1878. A medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle squeezes into the Royal Infirmarys packed operating theatre, hoping to catch a glimpse of the celebrated professor whose uncanny powers of observation blur the line between diagnosis and detective work.That professor was Joseph Bell, who became one of the most celebrated surgeons and medical reformers of his age. With a flair for the theatrical and an eye for clues hidden in the tiniest details, he astonished his students with lightning-fast deductions about his patients backgrounds and ailments. Together with Edinburghs chief police surgeon, Henry Duncan Littlejohn, Bell also investigated some of the highest-profile murders of the century, including those of Jack the Ripper, and collaborated with forensic specialists such as a ballistics expert named Dr. Watson. And as Conan Doyles mentor, Bell inspired the creation of literatures most iconic sleuth: Sherlock Holmes.International bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris guides us through the smog-choked alleys and crowded slums of Victorian Edinburgh to tell the compelling, untold story of the birth of modern forensic science through the life of its most charismatic figure.

America Obscura, the follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Atlas Obscura, is a road trip into the hidden heart of Americaa love letter to the strange, fantastic, and beautiful corners of the United States.America Obscura takes readers on a journey that stretches from shore to shore, in search of the countrys folk rituals and roadside museums, its outsider artists and eccentric prophets, its forgotten dreamers and improbable visionaries who help shape the landscape every day. Equal parts travel companion and cultural almanac, this is the definitive field guide to Americas hidden marvels.Start in Alaska, where the whimsical 185-foot Dr. Seuss House stacks story upon story into the clouds, and watch the moon-driven bore tide of Turnagain Arm roll in like a liquid wall for sub-arctic surfers. Head south to Colorado to visit the Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival, and then drift across the Great Plains to tour the worlds largest collection of marbles in Nebraska. In New York, meet a ghostly white deer herd that roams a decommissioned nuclear weapons repository, and in Arizona, dine at a pizza shop that also hosts concerts on a 6,000-pipe Wurlitzer organ.With hundreds of breathtaking photographs, maps, and sample road trips, America Obscura is a vividly illustrated cabinet of curiosities from the award-winning chroniclers of the worlds hidden wonders.Pack your bags and prepare to be delighted and disoriented, pulled out of the familiar, and dropped into the astonishing as you become re-enchanted with this endlessly curious and surprising country.

From beloved content creator Taryn Delanie Smith, comes a luminous and comforting vision of the afterlifetold through her beloved character, Denise, Heavens sharp-witted and big-hearted receptionist.For millions of followers, Denise has become a guide to the great beyond: welcoming new arrivals at Heavens front desk, answering their most pressing questions, and offering reassurance with humor, grace, and a knowing wink. What is there to do in Heaven? Can our loved ones still sense us? What about our pets? Do we get to choose our eternal outfit? Denise has heard it alland shes ready with answers that are as thoughtful as they are disarming.In Welcome to the Afterlife, Smith expands the world that has captivated those who know her from social media, inviting readers on a richly imagined tour of the Upstairs. From horseback riding and bingo nights to flying lessons and long-awaited reunions, Heaven is revealed as a place of joy, restoration, and deep connection. But Denise doesnt shy away from the harder questions: What happens to unfinished business? How are babies cared for? How do we forgive ourselvesand each otheronce weve crossed over?Along the way, we meet unforgettable souls, and with each encounter, Denise gently reminds us that love endures, and that those weve lost are never truly far away.Behind the humor and sparkle lies Smiths own grounding in philosophy and religion, lending depth and nuance to Denises voice. The result is a work that is at once playful and profounda comforting meditation on grief, grace, and the invisible threads that bind us to one another.Warm, funny, and unexpectedly wise, Welcome to the Afterlife offers solace to anyone who has loved and lostand a hopeful reminder that what awaits us may be far less frightening, and far more beautiful, than we imagine.

A teenage girl uncovers the dark secrets of her Smoky Mountain town while searching for a missing classmate in this gripping coming-of-age mystery perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing.Nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, Beulah has always seemed steadyrooted in tradition, shaped by generations, and slow to change. But in 1986, the ground has shifted, and no one feels that more than fifteen-year-old Barrett Childress Owens. Between her parents unraveling marriage and a school full of kids she cant connect with, she feels invisible in her own hometown. When Lacy Gunderson, the captivating new girl everyone is curious about, suddenly vanishes, the towns calm surface fractures. Search parties comb the woods. A police investigation begins. Rumors multiply. Families close ranks. And Barrett begins to sense how much the adults around her choose not to say. As Beulah clings to its usual ritualsincluding the annual Miss Kudzu pageant, which has shaped local girlhood for decadesBarrett is forced to navigate a community where loss lingers in the air and secrets are carefully kept. Her journey through the uncertainty reshapes her understanding of friendships, family, and the complex place she calls home. A rich coming-of-age story with a pulse of mystery and a budding romance, What Happened in Beulah explores the fault lines of a small town and the courage it takes to face the truths people would rather bury.

We dont look at most of the monuments and memorials around us. They disappear from view. Think of all the mute memorials you may pass in a week that are unseen, a blurred background to your daily commute: the green-mottled great man on his horse, hosting only pigeons; the curious obelisk looking like a stunted Washington Monument; the historical marker crowded with so many words it looks like a warning label written by a cadre of liability lawyers. So much narrative left out in the weather, so much storytelling that has lost its way.Any monument that we stand before asks something of us. Think of monuments as the first part of a call and response, as in music, as in worship. We bring our sense of history to the present, otherwise the granite/marble/limestone/bronze before us will be mute.A few monuments arent invisible. They speak to us, like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and in another era, the Cenotaph in London that brought forth the strong emotional response after World War I. Each chapter explores the invisibility of monuments: The forced invisibility of the African Burial Grounds in Manhattan and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which have been rediscovered. These graveyards were destroyed in keeping with Americas mortuary apartheid. The sad fate of the Irish immigrants building Americas railroads in the nineteenth century, many killed on the job to be buried in unmarked graves. A grieving familys memorial to a son lost in World War II, built stone by stone on the familys farm, which still draws thousands to an outdoor Cathedral of the Pines. A Ferris wheel, stopped forever after a tragic accident, abandoned to rust, which becomes a private monument for a five-year-old boy. A celebrated, much-pictured monument for the Battle of Bunker Hill that doesnt have the emotional charge and significance it once held. An unusual monument, a tribute to the futurea clock being built deep in a mountain, a clock that is meant to run for 10,000 years. And lastly, a monument hiding on museum walls. The great landscape painters of the nineteenth century, sometimes called the Hudson River School, werent out to just paint pretty pictures. They were chasing a moment of insight when they would see this new nation clearly. Their paintings taught Americans how to see wilderness and laid the bounds for many of our national parks. The goal with these stories is similar to the landscape painters: the author refreshes our sight so we look anew at the monuments around us, and so we can engage in a call and response with our history.

Imagine the power of shifting the next generations focus from technology to humanity.The loneliness, anxiety, and depression teens and parents feel urgently point to the need for change. We require a humanaissance, a rebirth of heart, human spirit and connection, learning, and wisdom. Just as the Renaissance brought fresh, innovative ideas about cultural and human potentialbringing enlightenment to dark timesour families need to meet todays uncertainty and divisiveness with a pathway toward wholeness and contribution. This pivot is only made possible with courage. When nearly three out of four parents worry that their teen will struggle with mental health challenges, we need everyday tools and strategies to move from darkness into the light. In Humanaissance: Igniting Heart-led Courage in Teens and Parents in an Anxious, Tech-centric World, Jennifer S. Miller, MEd uses the science of adolescent and adult development, the heart of storytelling, and the practices of mindfulness to infuse this often intense, painful, and anxiety-ridden time of life with agency, purpose, and well-being. You and your teen will learn to Identify which of the six kinds of courage you already use and which ones you need to acquire.? Assess your familys unique sources of strength and grow them as assets. Harness threat emotions like anger, anxiety, and fear as courage. Alter patterns from your upbringing that you want to change in your parenting. Translate your deepest family values into everyday actions and bigger life choices. Recalibrate your familys relationship with technology for efficiency, learning, well-being, connection, and innovation. Assert boundaries with kindness and confidence to sustain healthy relationships. Cultivate your teens sense of purpose and meaning in life. We cannot wait for a time of greater stability to set our teens on a trajectory to success. Now is the moment to discover our own inner heart-led courage and cultivate it in our teens to not only thrive but lead the way to a better world.

CEO Sarah Foster has 90 days to deliver an AI strategy or be fired. What she learns on her journey is what everyone needs to know to lead in this new age of AI.Wayfinding, a modern business fable, brings to life the urgent challenges executives face as artificial intelligence rewrites the rules of competition. Through CEO Sarah Fosters 90-day race to create an AI strategy or lose her job, Stephen Straus and Ben Szuhaj deliver a gripping narrative about the fears, missteps, and breakthroughs that define leadership in times of seismic change. Drawing on proprietary frameworks from KUNGFU.AI, their AI consulting firm, honed across 100+ engagements spanning more than thirty industries, Straus and Szuhaj offer a clear path forward into the fast-evolving and opportunity-rich world of AI, including how to: Develop an AI strategy grounded in competitive advantage Avoid "innovation theater" and focus on creating real business value Bridge the gap from proof-of-concept to production with a systematic approach Build a culture where psychological safety drives experimentation and learning Navigate the change management challenges unique to AI transformation Bingeable and timely, Wayfinding will leave you inspired and equipped with the tools and perspective to lead your organization into the future with confidence.