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Award-winning biographer Ray Boomhower tells the story of a journalist who spent his life smashing barriers, from his childhood in Indiana and his Ivy League education at Brown to his reporting on the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South in the 1960s and, finally, covering what he described as the biggest story in the world of his time, the Vietnam War.Pioneering Black journalist Wallace Terry risked his life on the battlefield writing for Time magazine during the Vietnam War. While in Vietnam, he captured the voices and experiences of Black soldiers and used the insights he gained to produce Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans. The book remains a classic reflection of a war that fractured US society and cost the lives of nearly fifty-eight thousand Americans. Before risking his life on the front lines, Terry became deeply involved in reporting about the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s in the United States. It was a story that I passionately cared for because it was going to affect me, my family, my children, and generations of Black people to come, said Terry. Working for the Washington Post, he wrote the first newspaper series about the Nation of Islam, during which he interacted with Malcolm X, who sheltered him from harm when his stories upset some members of the movement. He also grew close to those who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for equality, including Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr., who became godfather to Terrys eldest son. Making civil rights his focus gave him the opportunity to report on such seminal events as the Birmingham campaign, the March on Washington, and the Selma to Montgomery marches. During his two years covering the Vietnam War, Terry traveled overseas to conduct numerous interviews with Black fighting mensoldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marinesthat he later used as the basis for Bloods. He sought with his work to topple the conviction that white soldiers are invincible and black soldiers are invisible. Terry faced numerous challenges, including rejections from publishers who believed the public did not want to read about Black veterans from the conflict. Finally published in 1984, Bloods became a bestseller and remains a landmark work of military and oral history. Boomhower has written the first-ever biography of one of the first Black national correspondents to be hired in the overwhelmingly white mainstream media, a reporter whose name belongs with the greats in American journalism. Wallace Terry lived a life filled with danger and betrayal, scoops and cover-ups, while immersing himself in events that changed the course of US history.

Fans of Butcher & Blackbird will be captivated by this dark, addictive romance, where one woman must confront her ex and navigate deadly desires on a film set where no one is safe.The cameras are rolling, the scene is set, and the stakes are deadly. On this set, no one is safe.Five years ago, Purdy Marins wedding was shattered when her fiance, Sawyer Delambre, accused her of cheatingat the altar. Humiliated and fed up, she ditched town and never looked back.Years later, Purdy now goes by Andi, and has a happy, albeit humble, life in the city. She thought shed left the nightmare of Sawyer behind, but he has other plans. Sawyer, an aspiring director, assembled the perfect trapa chilling horror script, the funding to make it real, and Andi cast in the starring role. Strapped for cash, she agrees.But Sawyer isnt the only one looking for the spotlight. His older brother, Asher, has quietly loved Andi for years. Now cast as her on-screen husband, Ash has the excuse hes always wantedto finally stand where his brother once stood.As the cameras roll, alliances shift, and buried secrets rise to the surface. Everyone has motives. Everyone believes theyre directing the show. But Andi may be the most dangerous player of all. Shes spent years letting Sawyer tell her story. This is her shot to write her own ending.But every ending comes with a cost. And in every found footage, the story only survives because someone didnt.

A statesmans daughter finds herself swept into the world of palace intrigue when shes chosen to be a court lady in this richly illustrated period fantasy!Secretly engaged couple Linhua and Souren are very much in love, but their bond is tested when a royal envoy from the neighboring kingdom of Rui arrives. These international representatives are dead set on securing a political marriage between their princess and Prince Souren of Guangyan! As regent, Souren must play the role of the perfect host to the dazzlingly beautiful princess. Can Linhua endure when court politics threaten her betrothal and another woman seeks to come between her and her love?

From the award-winning author of The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary comes an immersive and thought-provoking exploration of the modern zoo that confronts our fraught relationship with the animal world in the age of extinction.Most thinking on the modern zoo falls neatly into two camps: zoos are either vital institutions in the struggle against the Sixth Extinction, or cruel anachronisms that deny life and liberty to some of the most awe-inspiring creatures on Earth.In this deeply researched, elegantly written, and compassionately argued book, Andrew Westoll explores the many paradoxes of the modern zoo, while engaging readers in the practical and ethical quandaries that lie at the heart of the institution.Born to Be Wild takes us to some of the most iconic zoological parks in the world, where we meet extraordinary animalsfrom the Sumatran tigers of London to the giant pandas of Viennaand the humans who look after them. Along the way there is a death in Copenhagen, a shooting in Cincinnati, an elephant in a New York courtroom, and a fugitive owl in Central Park.As the climate emergency churns through the biodiversity of our planet, zoos struggle to remain relevant as they try to balance our need to connect with nature and our responsibility to protect it. In Born to Be Wild, Westoll grapples with the impossible question of whether the diminished lives of captive animals can ever be justified, at a time when the worlds wild places are nearing extinction.

She wants to make him Mr. Holiday. He wants to stay a certified Grinch. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes a small-town spicy holiday romance about a guarded cowboy veterinarian and a Christmas-loving optimist who team up for a town holiday competition.Dr. Noah Lennox lives by three holiday rulesavoid his hometown, cheerful people, and Christmas itself.But when his beloved grandfather announces hes retiring and handing the cherished sleigh-ride farm to either Noah or his slick cousin Stephen, the first rule goes out the window. Back home in Evergreen Falls, the veterinarian vows to fight for the farm that means everything to him. The problem is, the town doesnt exactly welcome its resident Scrooge with open arms.Except for one very charming holiday enthusiast. Eloise Langston, a sunny tourism bureau hopeful, needs a win to land her dream joband to pay the rent. Her holly jolly plan? Turn the broody, broad-shouldered grump into a festive front-runner to help the towns Mr. Holiday Competition draw record crowds.Transforming a camera-shy cowboy vet into a small-town sweetheart isnt exactly in her job descriptionbut neither is falling for him.Soon, Noah and Eloise find themselves tangled in twinkle lights, fake kisses, and one very real attraction. But with the farms future at stake, Stephens scheming, and Eloises career on the line, theres a blizzard of reasons to put their feelings on ice.Or will they fight to turn their holiday fling into forever under the mistletoe?

A stunning debut memoir about love, loss, and the Vietnamese immigrant experience in the American South.As an infant, Thao Ha was evacuated on one of the last flights out of Saigon during the fall of the city in April 1975. Like the other lucky fewand the thousands who came aftershe and her family found sanctuary in America. Raised in the growing Vietnamese community in Houston, she did all the things American kids of the 80s and 90s didbut she also ran with a Vietnamese street gang. By her early twenties shed picked fights with other girls who threatened her sister, transported a fugitive across county lines, and been shot as a bystander in a pool-hall fracas turned violent. But the greatest shock came when her boyfriend, Vu, the love of her early life, took the rap for a drive-by shooting and went to prison for sixty years.Enough was enough. Thao got serious about school and majored in sociology under the mentorship of an inspiring professor. She went on to earn a PhD and a tenured professorship at Mira Costa College in Oceanside, California.But as William Faulkner said, The past is never dead. Its not even past.The decades of her professional success brought marriages, divorces, failed relationships, and family trauma. But one person stayed with her through it all. Like a still-small flame far out on the landscape, the figure of Vu was somehow always with her. Sentenced to sixty years, Vu was locked up in the infamous Beto Unit, the most violent maximum-security prison in Texas. Nicknamed the gladiator unit, it is a place where inmates must be prepared to fight for status and for their very survival. Nearly twenty years into his sentence, Thao and Vu reconnected.Three years after that, he was dead.Love Letters to the Dirty South is a memoir about what it means to love, long for, and lose someone incarcerated. A testament to lifelong love, it is also an unflinching depiction of prison culture, a loving portrait of family life in the Vietnamese diaspora community, and a counternarrative to the typical immigrants story. As a Vietnamese refugee and sociologist, Thao Ha deftly explores refugee trauma, mass incarceration, and prison injustice, and she shows how unconditional love attempts to navigate, resist, and thwart a dehumanizing system. In this stunning debut, she tells her story of reckless youth, love reclaimed and tragically lost, and the power of words to transcend boundaries with unflinching honesty, insight, and conviction.

A compelling and nuanced guide detailing the skills necessary for people of color to thrive in corporate America, particularly at the C-Suite level, without compromising ones own identity and integrity.With the percentage of ethnic and racial minorities reaching unprecedented heights in corporate America, were in uncharted territory regarding how this growing demographic navigates companies with cultures that can be foreign, alienating, and downright hostile to these shifts in the workplace.The Culture Compass provides its readers with the tangible skills, insights, and practices that make this shift in corporate leadership more than a trend, but sustainable. Harder than getting these positions for minorities is keeping them, and the primary difficulty consistent in attainting and maintaining this seat of power is the dearth of people who have the unique experience of negotiating the politics of the boardroom, the hypervisibility of being the only one or one of the few at the table, and the responsibility that comes with representation.With over twenty years of C-suite experience, Arturo Nuñez has worked at the worlds largest companies: he served as the VP of Latin America for the National Basketball Association, the Global VP of Basketball Marketing for Nike, the Head of Marketing of Latin America for Apple, and was recently elected to Estee Lauders board of directors. Its easy to regard Nuñez as an avatar for the concept of the American exception, but TheCultureCompass seeks to rewrite this narrative and provide the reader with the tools they need to advance to the C-suite.

A spectacular, tender-hearted poetry debut. What do you have left after losing everything you know?Youve been told that its the cumulative impact of everything youve built: home, relationships, career, health, community. But the truth is much deeper. In you still have yourself, debut poet Fernando Samalot shares a contemplative collection of poems and reflections that follows an inner journey through loss, transformation, and return. All of these live inside of you: where wisdom resides. The Lover, who moves us through awe, devotion, and presenceThe Melancholic, who descends into grief, shadow, and solitudeThe Sage, who gathers wisdom through lived experienceThe Elder, who reflects on life from a future vantage point shaped by memory and meaning. Together, these voices form a layered portrait of a self in motion rather than a singular protagonist. Set within both inner and natural landscapes, the book moves through forests, rain, nightfall, dawn, and shifting light, using nature as a living mirror for impermanence, healing, and renewal. As the narrative deepens, what initially feels like fragmentation becomes integration. The journey resolves not with certainty or closure, but with presence. In returning again and again to the self, the book reveals its central truth: even when everything familiar falls away, there is strength, healing, and quiet power in having oneself.

A pair of estranged brothers drive their fathers cryonically frozen body across the country to its final resting place in a darkly comic 21st century update of As I Lay Dying.When Scott Platts brother, Nick, calls to ask him to fly to Arizona and retrieve their fathers body from the Cryo Center where its been frozen since the nineties, the timing couldnt be worse: Hes forty, unemployed, and spiraling as he and his wife await the birth of their first child. Nicks as tightly wound as Scott is adrift, and the brothers have never gotten along. But the Cryo Centers shutting down, and theyve got six days to haul their fathers frozen body to a new facility in Massachusettswithout letting it thaw past 109. And Scott needs to get back home to New York before his wife goes into labor.Its the summer of 2022. The countrys still reeling from the pandemic. And driving a corpse cross-country in a U-Haul through Red State America proves predictably chaotic. Nick insists on wearing a KN95 the entire time. They pass through deserts, mountains, and plains, encountering Aryan cops, ex-Mormon hitchhikers, a Gen Z commune, and MAGA-hat-wearing Walmart clerks. They play blackjack, take shrooms, and swim under the starsall while trying to keep the body frozen and their relationship from melting down.Fail Sons is a brilliant exploration of masculinity, grief, and the ways we carry the deadand each otheracross a divided America.

BLURB At Saint Aldrics, power was never loud.It moved quietlythrough rooms, through decisions, through the unspoken understanding of who belonged and who didnt.Arabella built that system.Not through control.Through design. ---Now it no longer needs her. ---What began as influence has evolved into something far more dangerous: a structure that exists beyond ownershipshaped by those inside it, carried into spaces it was never meant to reach, and chosen by people who no longer know where it ends or where they begin.As the system stabilizes, new tensions emerge:A boy who refuses to belongbut can no longer ignore its impact.A girl who steps inside not to followbut to reshape it.And a world that is starting to reflect something no one fully controls. ---Because the truth is no longer hidden. ---You cannot control people.You can only build something they choose to stay in. ---And when they doit stops being yours. ---For readers of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars, The Ascension is a razor-sharp, high-society psychological drama about power, choice, and the systems we mistake for our own.

New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig returns with What Happens at Nightfall, a delightfully Gothic romantic adventure, complete with a little bit of demon-hunting.In the sprawling Gothic expanse of Brooklyns Green-Wood Cemetery, some secrets refuse to stay buried.Recently laid off and searching for purpose, Jess reluctantly joins her best friend on a supposedly fun nighttime cemetery tour. Separated from her group by accident, she discovers a bunch of terrified boys and a strange, ancient key. Both lead to Green-Woods surprisingly handsome resident arborist, Adam Chervinsky.Recently widowed, Adam has more to protect than the leafy residents of Green-Wood. His children, still dealing with the loss of their mother, are acting strangely. A haunting is afoot, and Jess seems to know more than shes letting on. Sparks fly between Jess and Adamand the unquiet spirits of Green-Wood rise from their century-long slumber.As Jess and Adam delve deeper into the cemeterys haunted history, they uncover a Gilded Age curse, a ghostly socialite, and a demonic pact that stretches across generations. What lies hidden in the Green-Woods splendid Vanderwilt mausoleum? As the line between the living and the dead blurs, and the shadows of Green-Wood begin to stir with malevolent intent, Jess must confront not only the supernatural forces but a shocking connection to the past if she and Adam truly want to live happily ever after.

The triumphant conclusion to the Villains trilogy from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.The ExtraOrdinary of Merit City, a secret group of individuals gifted with a power connected to their manner of near-death experience, have been keeping a low profile, avoiding the ever-watchful eye of EON in the wake of the showdown with Marcella, Eli, and Serena.But when EONand its relationship to the ExtraOrdinaries begins to change under the leadership of a new director with a terrifying agenda, the time for hiding is over. The path to the truth of what happened to EON leads Victor, Sydney, Mitch and the rest into the enemys lair at EON headquarters, where they encounter unexpected allies, shocking new abilities, and the ultimate confrontation.Against all the years, the betrayals, and the oddsthe arch rivals and their allies will meet for a final time, on a chess board laid out by a rival they didnt expect.

A powerful, unsettling, and unflinching exploration that forces readers to confront lynching as a devastating legacy of white childhood conditioning, and to reckon with the corrupting force of a system that trained children to become its willing executionersStrung Up examines how the lynching of Black children became not an aberration, but a normalized feature of American racial violence. Drawing on meticulous archival research and vivid narrative storytelling, Strung Up traces how white supremacy trained itself socially, culturally, and psychologically to tolerate and ritualize the destruction of Black childhood, including the unborn.Nationally recognized child advocate Dr. Stacey Patton locates the roots of this violence not solely in the United States, but in Europes long history of anti-child brutality. She reveals how centuries of public executions, corporal punishment, religious spectacle, and sanctioned cruelty exposed white children to extreme violence early and often. This violence, she argues, conditioned them to associate pain, domination, and death with moral order.Patton traces this desensitization across the Atlantic where white children raised within these traditions became adults primed to reproduce racial terror, transforming inherited practices of child cruelty into instruments of white supremacy in the post-emancipation United States.Blending history with developmental psychology, neuroscience, epigenetics, and research on adverse childhood experiences, Strung Up shows how violence is not only taught, but biologically and psychologically embedded across generations. Patton demonstrates how racial terror functioned as a system of socialization that shaped perception, behavior, and moral reasoning long before it produced the mob, the rope, or the fire.The image on the front cover is a World War I era photograph depicting a mock lynching of a Black child, reportedly at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. The author purchased it from the Philip J. Merrill, Nanny Jack & Co Archives.

A heartfelt collection of stories and recipes from beloved actress and Asian American icon Ming-Na Wen, weaving together her childhood in her familys Pittsburgh Chinese restaurant with the dishes she now cooks at home for loved ones and friends.Legendary actress and Asian American icon Ming-Na Wen is best known for dozens of film and television roles including her breakout part in the film adaptation of Amy Tans bestselling novel The Joy Luck Club, the voice of Disneys acclaimed Mulan, several years on the Emmy Awardwinning ER, her part as Agent May on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., her role as Fennec Shand on the Star Wars franchise shows The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, and much more. Now Ming-Na invites fans into her kitchen to share a lifetime of recipes and stories that began in her parents beloved Pittsburgh restaurantthe Chinatown Inn, which is still open todayforever making food the center of her world. In this heartfelt tribute to her heritage, Ming-Na is sharing both traditional Chinese family recipes as well as recipes for her own creations that she cooks in her own home.Have You Eaten Yet? is the ultimate love letter to food and family, offering delicious, accessible recipes for every occasion. In chapters like Restaurant Classics, youll learn to master iconic dishes like The Best Egg Rolls, Simple Wonton Soup, and Shrimp Fried Rice. Discover family secrets from her father in Feasts from Chef Baba with recipes like his tender Prime Rib and comforting Winter Melon Soup. Straight from Ming-Nas Kitchen, youll find crowd-pleasers like Shrimp with Garlic Noodles and the show-stopping Dragon Fruit Cheesecake Cups. Ming-Na even gives readers advice on perfecting rice, her guide to condiments, and restaurant-inspired tips for prepping sauces, broths, and dry spices.Filled with personal stories, heartwarming memories, practical tips, and even never-before-seen family photos, Have You Eaten Yet? is an essential guide for anyone looking to explore the rich flavors of Chinese American cuisine.

The long-awaited memoir by the comedy legend and author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, a beautiful and mesmerizing book that reveals as never before his childhood in South Central Los Angeles, his time in the infamous Bloods gang, and how humor became his salvation.I learned a joke could be more than humor. It was body armor. Could be a spell. Could be a sword and a shield, all in one breath. He was always Charlies Boyeven before he found his name, his voice, his fame.In this raw, cinematic, and deeply personal memoir, acclaimed comedian and cultural critic D.L. Hughley documents his rise from the streets of South Central Los Angeles to the national spotlightand the man who quietly stood behind him through it all.While his mothers wrath shaped his early years with fear and rejection, it was Charlie Hughleya soft-spoken bag handler at the Los Angeles Airportwho raised D.L. and taught him how to survive through tough love and sacrifice. Though he was not D.L.s biological fathera fact only revealed when D.L. was tenCharlie gave his boy the only thing he truly needed: a sense of being seen.It was a time when gangs ruled the streets of South Central, and D.L. rose through the ranks of the Bloods. But when his mothers car was shot up and dead roses were left on his doorstepsignaling he was marked for deathD.L.s mother knew that he couldnt stay in Los Angeles. So, D.L. boarded a bus to Ohio and left behind everything he understood. It was exile. But it proved to be a fresh start.This is not just a coming-of-age story. Its the story of how one man found his voice by being raised in silenceand how he learned to get on stage and turn pain into punch lines. Through storytelling thats both unsparing and funny, Charlies Boy is a tribute to the man who never asked for one, and a reckoning for the boy who had to wrestle for love, identity, and truth.

Every quilter, modern or traditionalist, has either made a bargello pattern or has one on their list of future projects to make. Its essentially strip piecing, a beginner technique learned early on, but with fabrics and colors strategically placed so the results are a design in motion. Unlike scrappy patchwork, bargello starts and follows a plan one fabric misplaced can spoil the effect, but the organized approach is well worth it. Bargello can be multi-colored or varying shades from the same family, but every quilt is bold and eye-catching, and bargello will forever be part of the quilting landscape. Beginner Bargello Quilting will ease quiltmakers into this technique and give them the confidence to start and finish that quilt theyve been itching to tackle.Quilters will find this book: Covers different methods strips set, and "unsewing" Includes 10 patterns of varying sizes including baby Shares tips and tricks for fabric selection, seam alignment and more Adds a clever applique touch Provides finishing and binding information

Show off your pups style with this collection of 24 dashing knitwear designs for dogs of all sizes. Cute everyday sweaters, special occasion designs, and even a felted, waterproof sweater will have your little dogs strutting his stuff, while jackets, pullovers, and even a pill-pox hat will have your large dog feeling his fancy. Non-wearables include a pillow, blanket, and knitted leash. All are knitted in quality yarns that are soft, sumptuous, and never itchy. A measuring chart for breeds of all sizes, knit-to-fit instructions, and a primer on basic stitches make this an all-in-one guide. Quick to knit and very functional, these are knits that any pooch would be happy to wear. 24 easy-to-knit patterns Adorable dog models in a variety of different breeds Basic, easy-to-follow stitch instruction for all stitches required.

Read a chapter a day leading up to Christmas by opening the perforated enclosures in this unique advent calendar format! She needs a toy maker. He needs a wife. The only problem? Theyd rather deck each other than the halls. Cora Quills Winter Wonderland festival is the gold standard of holiday magic, until her toy supplier implodes. Her only hope? Nick Barithe grumpy toymaker she already fired in a one-line email. Ouch. Nicks got his own problems he needs to find a wife before Christmas Eve so he can stay Santa Claus and save the holiday season. Helping Cora out isnt exactly a high priority. And shes on the naughty list. (He checked. Twice.) But when a desperate Cora comes knocking, he agrees to make her a deal Could this be the Christmas miracle they both need? Or the most festive trainwreck ever?

Little Bunny and his friends discover the wonders of winter in this board book spinoff from the author of In a Jar.Its finally starting to snow, and Little Bunny cant wait to tell all of his friends right away! Together with Field Mouse and Chipmunk, he ice skates on the frozen pond, sleds down the hill, skis through the tall pine trees, snowshoes along the frozen river, and moreuntil it is finally time to snuggle up in front of the fire with a cup of hot chocolate.Readers will fall in love with Little Bunny and his friends in this gorgeous celebration of the changing seasons, in a sturdy board book perfect for tiny hands.

A modern Gift of the Magi tale of a poor Hmong family celebrating Christmas and the love, sacrifice, and generosity that holds them close.Six days a week, Momma wakes up before dawn to head to the factory. She leaves three simple bowls of rice and egg on the table for her children and always returns home before their bellies start to rumble. Sister knows their family does not have much. She loves walking home and being greeted by the glowing Santa on the corner and the twinkling lights and decorated trees inside homes. She plays with her siblings in the snow and together they dream and wish. On Christmas Eve, Momma sneaks away with Auntie May, and when it is nearly night, Momma returns home bearing a wonderful surprise. But how can this be? Mommas Christmas Gift is a touching story about the magnificent gift of a mothers love and how all mothers make magic daily, especially during the holidays.