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A novel of dislocation and psychoanalytic self-revelation, told in fragments strewn from Mexico City to the American Midwest, from the Aztec Empire to the Iguala 43.Some of this information about Iguala has made me dizzy; I have never heard most of these facts. I continue, but cant we just pause here for a moment, they are so despicable, the mayor and his wife, the way she lorded it over the town as if she were some queen, parading herself throughout Iguala, in front of the families of the boys she would later help to have murdered. Cant we just pause here for a moment of clear indignation, of focused fury directed against these two, before we plunge back into the not knowing, back into the question of vast collusion, back into the overwhelming doubt?Exiled from her large extended family in Mexico City, the narrator of Notes on Disappearing was sent to the United States to live with an uncles family when she was six. The family hoped to protect the child from her mothers acute mental illness. Slowly, she adapts to life in a small college town in the Midwest with her loving but weak uncle and his callous wife, but long summer trips back to her extended family in Mexico lead the girl to rightly believe that she is living two separate lives in two separate worlds. Adding to her disorientation is the fact that her adopted parents, when she is twelve, unceremoniously reveal to her that her birth father is, in fact, her presumed fathers best friend.Years later the narrator begins psychoanalysis to try to understand her perpetual state of dislocation and what she has lost. As her analysis and her work on this book progress, sheand the readerbecome fully immersed in the pain and confusion of self-revelation. Her seductively lyrical, sharp, and rigorous observations bring the world and mindscape of childhood thrillingly close, while that fractured childhoods relation to the disruptions of her adulthood becomes achingly clear. Transgenerational trauma, mental illness, her charismatic and dangerous presumed fathers closeted homosexuality masked by machismo, the disappearance of the forty-three students in Iguala, the fall of the Aztec Empire in Tlatelolco at the heart of Mexico City are woven together to create a cacophony of interrelation in this very personal tale of self-discovery.

Marcus Samuelsson, Award-Winning Chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author explores plant-forward eating around the globe, learning from chefs and farmers from the Caribbean and South America to East Asia and Africa.In recent years, Marcus Samuelsson has reimagined the way he cooks, focusing more and more on nourishing, healthy, of-the-earth" ingredients from around the world: coconut, rice, corn, acai, plantains, teff, chillis and more. As Marcus illuminates, these ancient ingredients are heirlooms, telling stories of ancestry, migration, and resilience. They bind communities, and if we look closer, they also offer a path toward healthy living.In Back to Green, Marcus inspires readers to rediscover the cuisines of the globe that have provided us with healthy, delicious food for centuries. Countries in the Caribbean, the Americas, the Pacific, Asia, and Africa have long incorporated superfoods into their diets. The diverse and delicious recipes in this book include: Papaya Passion Fruit Smoothie Steamed Black Cod with Spicy Pineapple Salsa Eggplant Omelet with Banana Ketchup Rice Noodle Bowl with Ginger and Garlic Broth Lentil Salad with Coconut Turmeric Vinaigrette Vegetarian Injera Lasagna With profiles of chefs and producers all over the world, Back to Green is a sweeping and groundbreaking celebration of cultures that have long looked at food through the lens of sustainability, ritual, and healing. It is a trek around the globe that will lead you back home to your kitchen, armed with soul-nourishing recipes that are waiting to be honored and passed down through generations once more.

Dont miss the final epic instalment of the Bloodwing Academy series, coming soon from Sunday Times bestselling author Briar Boleyn!What do you get if you mix Fourth Wing with Zodiac Academy, a dash of Arthurian legend, dark academia, and lots and lots of vampires? Welcome to Bloodwing Academy.Expect magic. Expect competition. Expect blood. The reader reviews for the Bloodwing Academy series say it all! This is the next Fourth Wing I swear These two are everything. Their humour? Their BANTER? God tier They say love makes you foolish. At Bloodwing, it makes you dangerous. I thought surviving a vampire academy was the hardest thing Id ever have to do. Then I fell in love with a boy who can turn into a dragon. After the events in Veilmar, my only concern is for Blake. Will he survive the monster who possesses him? But as I fight a battle for the soul of the man I love, my dearest friend is up against the greatest danger a dragon rider can ever face. Meanwhile, as Bloodwing reels from loss and betrayal, an ancient prophecy tightens its grip, and an unexpected triad is rising one powerful enough to change the balance of power in Sangratha forever. As the Veil cracks and the dead come back to haunt us, love becomes a weapon sharp enough to destroy the world or strong enough to forge a new one. Perfect for fans of: Dragons, Vampires and Fae Slow-burn and spice Enemies-to-lovers and fated mates Readers cant stop praising the Bloodwing Academy series: Theres so much tension, angst, and yearning between Medra and Blake, and the spice was DELICIOUS If you love dragons, academia, trials, vampires, and spice, you will absolutely devour this book! The narrative is flawless and weaves beautifully around a fantastical and timeless dark world

The last place college freshmen Avery and Theo want to be is home for the holiday. Both freshly single and dreading being in the same town as their exes for a week, they devise a plan to fake date to make it through Thanksgiving Break. Fans of cozy romances and friends-to-lovers will adore this fall love story.Best friends Avery and Theo are home for the holiday during their freshmen year of college, and they have one goal this Thanksgiving: survive the week without romantic disasters. Averys determined to stay out of her ex-boyfriends orbit, while Theos dodging his ex-girlfriend who is thinking of switching schools to be with him. Their solution? Fake date through turkey dinners and awkward family moments, then break up the second theyre back on campus.But pretending to be in love has a way of blurring lines. Between surprisingly hot kisses and the softer moments in between, Avery and Theo find themselves grappling with feelings that are anything but fake. Memories of high school spark, old wounds resurface, and the chemistry theyve ignored for years becomes impossible to deny.Caught between the holiday break chaos and their own tangled emotions, Avery and Theo must decide if this charade is really just a convenient escape or the beginning of something far more real.Tropes: Fake dating Friends to lovers Bad boy x golden girl Family drama Small town

Bestselling author of The Arsenal of Democracy and The Accidental President, A. J. Baime returns with the incredible story of the airplane that ended World War II, the B-29 Superfortress, the rise of American airpower, and the man who made it all possible.Of all the feats of American ingenuity in World War II, perhaps none was as impressive in scale or vital to the Allied victory as the creation of American airpower. Just a few years before the start of World War II, the American military was stuck in the dark ages of aviation, with the U.S. Armys Air Corps mainly focused, not on combat, but on mail delivery. Fast forward to end of the war, and America had launched the most impressive flying machine the world had ever seen: the B-29 Superfortress, a weapon so essential to ending the war that its research and development process cost more than the Manhattan Project.Now A. J. Baime, one of our foremost chroniclers of twentieth-century history, returns with the story of this remarkable turnaround, detailing the creation of the Superfortress and how U.S. General Hap Arnold made the rise of American airpower a reality. Through the lens of Arnolds remarkable careerstretching from the dawn of aviation until the creation of the U.S. Air ForceBaime tells a sweeping story of American ingenuity, perseverance, and resilience, as the brightest minds from around the country came together to create the planes and the air strategy that carried the Allies to victory. From the crowded assembly lines of American factories to antiaircraft fire in the skies over Western Europe to the machinations of Roosevelts Oval Office, Baime masterfully recreates the decisions, weapons, and victories that demonstrated to the world that whoever controlled the skies would win the war and control the future. Yet it was the Superfortress that brought it all together, culminating with the delivery of atomic bombs which could not have been carried by any other plane in the U.S. arsenal.What emerges is a book that rightfully places the creation of World War II airpower in the pantheon of American technological achievements alongside the Manhattan Project and the Space Race. In the end, the Superfortress did more than win the warit made America a superpower.

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.

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.

From the creative minds behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Atlas Obscura comes 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.

The heart-pounding new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.Washington DC. General Susan Turner needs help from the only guy she knows will get the job done right. Finding Reacher wont be easy. Hes a wanderer. His trail will be faint. But it wont be impossible either. Reacher gets an invitation: a meeting with the general. Unnamed general, unnamed agency. Not the most attractive offer. But hes curious. Buckle up for a ride like no other...

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?

From the internationally bestselling author, a revealing look at the surprising numbers that uncover the hidden forces shaping our worldThere is no author whose books I look forward to more Bill GatesThere is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil GuardianWhat do marriage, milk and the black market tell us about the state of humanity? Most people would say, not much at all. But the numbers reveal startling truths about who we are, how we live and where were headed. For centuries weve told ourselves stories about how the world works yet the data often point to a very different reality. In Numbers Tell Stories, Vaclav Smil shows how statistics challenge conventional thinking and illuminate the hidden forces shaping our lives.Take marriage. Werent people in the past married off as children? In fact, in eighteenth-century France, the median age was 29 for men and 27 for women not that different to today. Or longevity. Should we look to Japan to unlock the secrets of a long, healthy life? Perhaps but only one in five Japanese men and women retains full independence in old age. Even the worlds healthiest nation still has far to go. And waste. It sounds absurd, but discarded electronics contain more gold per ton than gold ore itself our rubbish is richer than our mines.Climate change is another challenge we know is huge but the real shock is the scale of the economic effort required to act in time. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions on the recommended timescale would demand 15 to 20 per cent of annual GDP in wealthy countries roughly equivalent to the resources mobilised by the Allies to win the Second World War. Numbers on that scale are not abstract: they would transform daily life.Behind every familiar story, Smil uncovers the statistics that can reframe the past, jolt our view of the present, and change how we think about the future.

13 original stories of dark fantasy inspired by the classic tales of L. Frank Baum and the land of Oz, from the masters of fantasy and science fiction, including M. R. Carey, Christina Henry and Adrian Tchaikovsky.Journey beyond the yellow brick road, click your heels together and enter the dark heart of the tornado... if you dare.Join the award-winning Marie ORegan & Paul Kane as they bring together some of genre fictions bestselling and acclaimed authors as they explore the wild imagination of L. Frank Baum and his wonderful Land of Oz.Featuring stories by Simon R. Green Caitin Rozakis Louise Carey Adrian Tchaikovsky Ian Whates M. R. Carey Paul Magrs Delilah S. Dawson Robert Shearman Stark Holborn Christina Henry Una McCormack Jonathan Maberry

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.

*Buckle up for a ride like no other. The worlds bestselling hero is back in a brand new, high-octane adventure.*Jack Reacher is hard to find. Its not easy to track him down. And he likes it that way.But General Susan Turner, based deep inside the Pentagon, has the means and the motive.She needs his help. A member of her team has been brutally murdered on covert duty. She cant trust anyone she works with, not even her deputy. She needs someone from the outside. Someone who solves problems and disappears without a trace.Reacher heads to Summertown, Colorado. A town as remote and bizarre as it gets. One diner, one motel, five massive data centres, two giant solar farms humming away in the dust. Total population: four people. And one of them is watching him.But Reacher isnt built to run. Hes built to finish things.General Turner knows: if they come for him, theyll regret it - all the way to the top of the chain.*CHAIN REACTION - the brand new Reacher novel, available to pre-order now!*---------------PRAISE FOR JACK REACHER:The coolest continuing series characterSTEPHEN KINGThese books are absolutely addictiveDAILY MIRRORTheres only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutesMICK HERRONEveryones favourite rebel heroKARIN SLAUGHTERAnd dont miss Reachers most recent adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy ***OUT NOW***

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.

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.

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

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.

I never meant to fall for my boss. When I was hired to be Simons assistant, everyone warned me he was impossiblebrilliant, demanding, and obsessed with control. But after surviving two months of his rules and grumpy attitude, Ive learned how to manage my boss. Maybe its my chaotic upbringing or the fact that I desperately need this job, but I cant ignore the moments when his guarded edges soften even if he pretends they dont.Then one nervous slip in front of a major client turns into a fake relationship neither of us can back out of. Now Im Simons "girlfriend," attending dinners, traveling for meetings, and sharing far too much close proximity with the man Im not supposed to want. Pretending to belong to him shouldnt feel realbut it does. And the hardest part isnt keeping up the lie. Its realizing Im falling for him for real.