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For Scharisse Freeman, success comes at a cost but is it a price shes willing to pay? From the multi-prize winning author of THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES (stories), the decadent delicious and daring debut of the year.Funny and juicy and sexy Samantha IrbyThis novel is so alive! Raven LeilaniI laughed, I cried, I got turned on! Philyaw has created a heroine you cant help but root for, and a book you cant help but love. Rufi ThorpeThis book is so damn good. Sexy, messy, funny AF...it slaps with a perfectly manicured open hand. Nikesha Elise WilliamsA Most Anticipated Book of year by PEN America, Lit Hub, BookPage, and Ms. Magazine___I have no intention of sticking to the script...Meet Scharisse Freeman, the Beyonce of the megachurch world: bold, unapologetic, ambitious, very much her own woman.For the same reasons, she has always been a pariah among the other preachers wives (aka First Ladies). From the moment she ditched her humble roots and married a megachurch pastor fifteen years her senior, shes been labelled too brash by the First Ladies and too holy by her estranged childhood friend, Petra. Schar doesnt have a lot of allies, but that hasnt stopped her from building an empire spanning from books to branded products, and living a comfortable life her mother could only have dreamed of.On the eve of her 40th birthday, Schar gets the validation shes always dreamed of: a coveted invitation to participate in one of the biggest dates in the megachurch world - the First Lady USA pageant. But as the competition nears, a scandal breaks and her carefully curated life threatens to implode...***Sexy, shocking and funny as hell. Deesha Philyaw has written a love letter to the women in this world. Victor LaValle, author of Lone WomenThis kind of book-making should not be humanly possible with first novels. This one is special. Like, forever special. Kiese Laymon, author of HeavyTrust me: your jaw will be on the floor many, many times. Mateo Askaripour, author of Black BuckUnputdownable. John Vercher, author of Devil is Fine

Are they real? Are they intelligent? What are their intentions? These are the key questions about UFOs. In UFO Intentions all those questions are addressednot based on mere speculation or discussion of case after case, but instead based on six years of highly structured strategic intelligence studies derived from a curated database of officially reported, investigated, and vetted series of thirty years of incident reports. Given the decades of both military and public concern, readers will be shocked to find that even with an early consensus on the importance of the UFO Problem by the Air Force and the CIA, the question of UFO intentions was never elevated to the highest levels study by the national intelligence community.UFO Intentions addresses that failure by applying the structured analytics and practices of strategic intelligence to the problem, identifying, and highlighting the patterns that reveal major UFO missions, one mission directed towards atomic war fighting and recognition of the UFOs as intelligent actors. And a second mission involving human behavioral studies, that mission arising from the failure to acknowledge a structured series of UFO inferential messages and electronic signals.In addition to detailing the intelligent and evolving patterns of UFO behavior, readers will also find a full explanation of the methodology involved in the intentions studies and a call to action to the current government UFO/UAP effort to release the foundational data which would allow structured intentions studies to be extended into the twenty-first centurysomething which the official inquiries are not doing at present.

Count down to Christmas with twelve sealed holiday love stories by beloved romance authors.The Twelve Loves of Christmas is a swoon-worthy short story collection about finding love during the most magical time of the year. Including a playful forced proximity romance featuring a woman and her older brothers grinchy (yet unexpectedly endearing) best friend, a tender love story of two neighbors who decide to skip Christmas together, a second-chance spark reignited between exes stranded at the airport, and many more festive love stories, theres a little holiday magic waiting for every reader.Open one sealed story each day in the lead-up to Christmas to unwrap a season full of love, warmth, and happily-ever-afters.

A gritty, inspiring, heart-wrenching memoir by the Academy Award-winning legend and icon Sylvester Stallone, about his unlikely path to stardom and the creation of the greatest underdog story ever told. In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. In The Steps, Stallone recounts how he pursued his own dreams. A culmination of decades of reflection, Stallone shares where he came froma difficult birth, an even more difficult childhood, years of struggle in school being misunderstoodand he explains how the real story of a successful life is built by facing, embracing, and ultimately overcoming our challenges. Its found in the distances we are willing to go and the steps we must take to get from where we are to where we want to go. In a narrative framed between his arrival in New York City in 1969 and the triumph of Rocky at the 1977 Academy Awards, Stallone weaves a vivid and propulsive portrait of struggle, subsistence, and ultimately success. He writes of his early days and later years, too, and the persistence, creativity, and resilience that led not only to the creation of Rocky but to a career filled with remarkably iconic roles. The Steps is a testament to Stallones extraordinary life and a profound meditation on the importance of vision and willpower and hard work.

A stunning wordless picture book in the never before seen medium of stained glass about a group of kids riding through NYC, capturing the joy of Black childhood and the freedom of exploring a city that feels like it belongs to you, from Caldecott Honoree Christopher Myers.Setting out on a warm and glorious night, a group of kids grab their bikes to explore a city that for a moment in time feels like it belongs entirely to them. Riding from Harlem, through Central Park, to Chinatown, and over the Brooklyn Bridge, the iconic landmarks of New York City become mirrors that reflect their joy and freedom. Rooted in the quotidian and expanding into the fantastical, this wordless picture book by Caldecott Honoree Christopher Myers is illustrated entirely in stained glass, reminding us that Black childhood is beautiful, fragile, and holy.

The perfect book to take on your ride to the Pink Pony Club!Follow the journey of queer pop icon Chappell Roan from her hometown in Missouri to her sold-out shows and Grammy wins!This book is highly illustrated and full of all the iconic nonfiction details the Who HQ series is known for.

Set in a fantasy world inspired by Tudor England and the real astrologers who advised kings, The Court of Venus is Bel Bantas fantasy debut and a beautifully written historical novel about rival magicians.Our kind has many names. Planetborn. Sorcerer. Witch or wizard. Magician.In Alvion, magicians have always ruled beside kings. Blessed at birth by one of the seven planets, their abilities are miraculous and extremely rare. Magicians born under Jupiter influence luck. Saturnborn can speak to the dead. Venusborn read the desires of the living.At the moment of Bianca Mortlakes birth, the stars and planets aligned just so, making her the first Moonborn magician in over a thousand years. A sorcery so rare that even the history books cannot say what she is capable of.After a childhood training under the realms most powerful magicianand alongside a most insufferable Venusborn named RolandBianca lives a quiet life far from court. Until a chilling missive arrives in the night, summoning her back.A mad and deadly court awaits. Two queens have met the executioners blade, and one wrong move could see any of them next beneath its steel. As power is pulled between ruthless royals and courtiers like the tides by the moon, Bianca must rely on the last person she would ever want tothe infuriatingly alluring Roland.Because something is terribly wrong in Alvion. And only this moon-blessed magician and her oldest rival can save the courtand each otherfrom the dark fate they see written in the stars.Wildly imaginative, wickedly addictive, and impossible to put down! Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of DominionDecadent, gripping, and romantic Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark and Drowning TidePerfect for fans of The Knight and The Moth, The Familiar, and A Darker Shade of Magic.Tropes Include . . .*rivals to lovers*courtly intrigue*magic tournament*slow burn*murder mystery*she falls first, he falls harder

A searing exposé of the new tools of corporate profiteering and a field guide to the deceptive tactics companies are using to cheat consumers out of their money—and how we can get ahead of them—from

From the creator of Hilda, the award-winning comics and Netflix series, comes an irresistibly funny picture book about a tiny troublemaker who turns a familys peaceful morning upside down and sends them on a delightfully chaotic adventure.If a naughty-looking little gnome with a magical-looking hat turns up at your door, whatever you do . . . DONT LET HIM IN! When a knock at the door interrupts their breakfast, a family and their home are thrown into disarray by a cheeky little elf man. With a whistle and a pop, everything is topsy turvy. The rug has turned into pizza, Daddy is transformed into a biscuit and a funny-looking interdimensional door opens in the kitchen wall.Despite Mummys warnings, the rest of her family just cant help themselves from falling for this pesky mischief makers increasingly fantastical pranks in this hilarious story of perfectly paced mayhem. Just when things seem to get impossibly out of hand, Mummy discovers how to put a stop to the magical misadventures of this tiny trickster for good . . . or so it seems!

Darius Mitchell served seven years at USP Oxford. Federal conspiracy. Eight-year sentence. He watched the seasons change through reinforced plastic and counted the days in meals and lockdowns and letters that came on Thursdays. Now hes out. Thirty-one years old. A Greyhound ticket, a halfway house on North Avenue, and a city that moved on without him.The North Side empire is mythology now. The car wash on Fond du Lac is a Dollar Tree. The trap houses on Villard are boarded up. Trell is dead three bullets on North Avenue, six years cold. Young Murda didnt make it to twenty. Prophet is doing fifteen federal. The machine cycled through three more operators and ground them all to dust.But Marcus Mitchell is waiting at the bus station. Dariuss father released from Waupun after twenty-six years for the same charges stands in clean work clothes with gray hair and steady hands. He knows what his son is walking into because he walked into it himself. The grind. The box on every application. The $13/hour warehouse job. The math that never adds up. And the streets, patient as gravity, whispering that the old life is one phone call away.414 is the stunning series finale that asks the question the first three books have been building toward: can the cycle break? Told in rotating first-person voices Darius, Marcus, Kayla, Keyana, Lorraine, and Detective Kowalski this is a novel about re-entry, fatherhood, forgiveness, and what it means to choose the grind over the game, one day at a time, in the city that made you.Perfect for fans of Sister Souljah, Wahida Clark, and Kwan, 414 is street lit at its most literary a meditation on generational trauma, systemic barriers, and the stubborn human capacity to choose something different.Book 4 of The North Side Series. The final chapter.

A little girl sings the praises of all four seasons in a playful picture book that celebrates the joys to be found throughout the year.Lyric loves every single season. Spring makes her so happy! Birds singing, plants sprouting, double-Dutching in the park. But hold onwhats that peeking around the corner? Its summer! Beach trips, family cookouts, playing cards, and jamming to hip-hop and merengue. Summer really is the best. Except . . . did someone say fall? Hooray for brilliant colors, leaves swirling, and making sweet potato pie. And then, of course, theres winter, which brings the magic of snowflakes, the coziness of cocoa and fireplaces, and the joy of holidays.Its easy to see why Lyric cant choose just one favorite season theres so much to love about them all!

A middle grade graphic novel debut by a New Yorker cartoonist following two best friends who share a passion for DIY filmmaking until the move to middle school sparks growing differences between them.Best friends Ami and Ivy couldnt be more different: Ami is quiet and loves to daydream, while Ivy is loud and in constant motion. What they do share is a love of filmmaking, and spending their free time working on a sci-fi epic about a space mission following Earths destruction by a giant asteroid.But lately the girls are faced with something even scarier than asteroids: sixth grade. At their new school, students are divided into different teams that might as well be different planets, and Ami and Ivy get separated. Ivy quickly finds new friends, while Ami struggles to adapt, and is too embarrassed to tell Ivy how alone she feels.When the sixth grade talent show is announced, Ami is certain entering their film will show everyone how cool they are. The only problem? Ivy says she doesnt want anyone to see it. But Ami is sure everyone will love Ivys over-the-top performance, and then everything will turn around for Ami socially. What could possibly go wrong?This hilarious and bittersweet graphic novel, punctuated with storyboard excerpts from the girls film project, boldly explores the complicated but wondrous galaxies of friendship, artmaking, and growing up.

A stunning YA debut from gothic master Isabel Cañas, bestselling author of The Hacienda, Vampires of El Norte, and The Possession of Alba Díaz.Despite near-constant political violence in the city and an abusive father at home, Minerva Treviños cowardice has kept her alive for sixteen years. But even she has a limit. Unable to take another beating or miss another meal, Minerva musters enough courage to flee to a neighborhood full of rich people loyal to the deposed fascist viceroy and take a job as ladys maid to a wealthy widow.Minerva is happy serving Encarnacion del Valle. She has food in her belly and the safety of a warm house lit by magical chispa. Why should she care who runs the country or how her employer affords the magic?When the viceroy sweeps back into power, Encarnacion gleefully retreats to the familys mountainside estate to wait out the inevitable slaughter of the viceroys enemiesand of course Minerva may join her. At la Casa de las Gardenias, Minerva is surrounded by more experienced servants and the cruel, scheming del Valles. But the living residents of the house are the least of anyones worries, and Minerva quickly discovers that the ancient estate is home to forces far older and more bloodthirsty than anything she could have imagined.

A hilarious and wholly original Thanksgiving book, destined to become a holiday classic!Run, run, run as fast as you can.You wont catch me for your roasting pan!When a turkey is caught in a trap on Thanksgiving morning, he knows it can only mean one thing: a one-way trip to the dinner table. But this particular turkey wont give up without a fight, so he takes to the streets in a daring escape! Tailed by a small group of pursuers, hes determined to make it out of Thanksgiving Day without catching sight of a turkey baster.But its possible that not is all that it seems. Maybe the group chasing him do not want to enjoy him as part of their Thanksgiving meal; maybe they have something else in mind instead . . . Written in witty, bouncing rhyme by Alayne Kay Christian and brought to life with lush, autumnal art by Neha Rawat, Turkey on the Run! is bound to become a classic that young readers will beg to read again and again.

Legacies and hearts collide when a woman embarks on a film project about an extraordinary familys rich history in this bewitching romance by USA Today bestselling author Ashley Herring Blake.Sasha Sinclair is used to being alone. Her parents, successful documentary filmmakers, died in a car accident three years ago, leaving her with a legacy shes been unable to live up to. Instead, she spends her time with casual hookups and odd jobs as she travels around the country. But she cant stop thinking about her parents dream project and is determined to make it a reality: the story of Alice Bishop in Clare Mountain, North Carolina.Margot Bishop is not a witch, contrary to the towns century-long suspicion about her family. When her ancestor Alice Bishop showed up to Clare Mountain in 1901 and opened Thornrose Apothecary, the town was flummoxed by this strange enigma of a woman, calling her the Rose Witch. Now, the Bishops also run Ghostlight, an occult-themed amusement park that fully leans into the rumors.Despite the draw of the Rose Witch and the haunted Thornrose Woods where Alice had lived, however, the Bishops businesses arent doing well. When Margots mother comes up with a solutiona documentary film about their familyMargot cant get on board, not when her familys legacy is at stake. Even worse, shes deemed the point person for Sasha, the charming, peppy wannabe-filmmaker. But as they spend more time together, diving deeper into the true story of Alice Bishop, the ice slowly melts and their relationship turns into a heart-fluttering rollercoaster ride, one they arent sure they want to get off.

As MAGA resurges and the Democratic Party falters, many Americans are left without moral or political direction. What We Do Now offers a roadmap for navigating this uncertain moment.This collection of essayswritten by some of the nations leading thinkersconfronts urgent challenges including housing affordability, climate change, artificial intelligence, immigration, and more.Together, these contributions propose bold policies and strategies for constitutionally protected dissent, helping a bewildered public chart a path forward amid an unprecedented disruption of Americas democratic traditions.

The wilder-than-fiction true story behind the sensational bank heist immortalized in the 1975 film Dog Day AfternoonOn the hottest day of 1972, John Wojtowicz and a teenage accomplice strode into a Brooklyn bank, guns drawn, and demanded the contents of the vault. The cops showed up before the two could escape. Over the next 14-hours, an unexpected drama played out in real time. Wojtowicz took the lead, making demands of the cops and unashamedly declaring that he was a gay man and wished to see his trans lover. Part of the reason for the heist, he hinted, was to get the cash to pay for her gender-affirming surgery. Wojtowicz captured the attention of the city and the nation. And did not let it go until he was arrested and his accomplice was shot dead by the FBI. Al Pacino famously portrayed a fictionalized Wojtowicz in the film Dog Day Afternoon, but Hollywood could only tell part of the story. Dogs Day is the never-before-told story of the robbery and the tragically intertwined lives that made it happen. From the gritty origins of the gay liberation movement to the Mafia exploiters who controlled New York Citys queer gathering spaces to the bizarre post-prison celebrity of a man who could never admit hed done anything wrong, Dogs Day is a story that feels as relevant today as it was fifty years ago: a messy love story in a politically fraught time in which simply being oneself could be seen as an act of rebellion. Nerves fray and desperation looms, guns are drawn and the straight worldfor a few hours at leastcannot look away.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road comes the heart-wrenching journey of a family facing an unthinkable destiny, whose flawed genetic code might hold the long-sought key to a cure for dementia.In the idyllic American town of Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, there lived a family with nine siblings, the youngest a girl named Barb. As the older children headed off to college and started their lives, only Barb was home to see their beautiful, still-young mother fall under a gothic spell, changing into someone she didnt recognize: withdrawn, neglectful, uncaring. Thus begins The Vanishing Family, journalist Robert Kolkers superb follow-up to Hidden Valley Road (Deeply compassionate and chilling, wrote The Washington Post). This family, we learn, has a genetic mutation that causes dementia, but with an especially cruel twist. As early as their forties, formerly loving parents and hard-driving executives will lose their jobs, have affairs, take up drinkingshed all inhibitions and sense of responsibilityand become people their families hardly know. Their former personalities seem to vanishand there is a fifty-fifty chance that it will happen to their children, too.The Vanishing Family unfolds like a heartbreaking thriller as the siblings begin to realize that what happened to their mother is happening to them: first one, then two, three, four, and more begin to change. Sue, in search of a calling, finds her place in caring for the others. Barb sets out to find a cure. Alongside their story, Kolker weaves in the dramatic scientific fight against dementia; after decades of blind alleys, this this familys rare form of FTD (frontotemporal dementia) might lead to a breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of all dementiaincluding the scourge of Alzheimers disease. Moving, intimate, unexpectedly hopeful and redemptive, The Vanishing Family is an enthralling narrative about one familys fate, and a medical detective story that speaks to all of us who fear losing ourselves at the end.

From acclaimed journalist Anand Giridharadas, a groundbreaking feat of reporting on a tragic encounter in a New York subway car that held up a mirror to a troubled and divided nationIn 2023, New York was already a city under strain, racked by panic about crime, mistrust of police, and a broken system of care for homeless and mentally ill people. Then the lives of two menJordan Neely, a homeless man known in better days for his Michael Jackson impersonations, and Daniel Penny, an ex-Marine who had moved to the city seeking more than Long Island could offercollided tragically in the subway. In Man in the Mirror, award-winning reporter and bestselling author Anand Giridharadas tells the riveting story of this deadly encounter and its aftermath, revealing through painstaking, on-the-ground reporting the depth of the rage, violence, and division that have defined 2020s America. Man in the Mirror recounts Neelys death and Pennys prosecution through the perspectives of an unforgettable cast of characters: among them, a lawyer avenging his failed campaign for district attorney; a Michael Jackson impersonator trying to make her mentees death matter; a father who leads homeless outreach work even as his son languishes on the street; a city official struggling to enact a serious mental healthcare agenda under a scandal-plagued mayor. In weaving these individual experiences into a vivid, immersive narrative tapestry, Giridharadas delivers human dimension and complexity to a chapter of American history that has been so often served up as divisive clickbait.At once panoramic in its scope and finely detailed in its emotional immediacy, Man in the Mirror is a tour de force of narrative reporting and an indispensable portrait of an age.

The mastermind behind A Cozy Kitchen presents 100 easy, approachable recipes for quick weeknight meals, Peruvian and Colombian family recipes, and comforting baked goodsall using common ingredients and uncomplicated techniques.To Adrianna Adarme of A Cozy Kitchen, cozy isnt just about comfortthough, yes, comfort is very much invited. Its also about ease, intention, and beauty. Cozy is food that tastes good, looks good, and makes you want to tie on an apron even when youre still wearing your pajamas.A Cozy Kitchen Cookbook is a celebration of mood-based cooking. Of cozy cravings. Of trusting yourself enough to say: What do I actually want to eat right now? and then making it happen without any stress. Whether youre in lazy mode, party mode, I-just-need-to-get-dinner-on-the-table mode, or all three in the same week, the 100 recipes in this book contain the solution. Each chapter sets a vibe and a pace. Some recipes are slow and meandering, like The Fluffiest Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icingperfect for when you want to lose track of time and end up with a kitchen full of warmth and sugar. Others are built for speed and ease, like the One-Pan Shrimp Orzo, which exists for those weeknights when your brain is a little fried but you still want something that tastes like you tried. Drawing from her Peruvian and Colombian heritage, Adrianna also includes traditional staples like Saucy Beef Empanadas and Aguadito (aka Peruvian Chicken Soup) which feel like a love letter directly from her familys recipe collection. Theres no one way to get cozy. Some days, its about standing at the stove while something bubbles away and makes your whole home smell like comfort. Other days, its assembling something unfussy and eating it cross-legged on the couch. Regardless of mood, A Cozy Kitchen Cookbook will leave you feeling nourished, grounded, and a little more at home with yourself.