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A sharp, funny examination of fame in the digital era and what makes our hunger for it equally alluring and embarrassingfrom the podcasters behind Who? WeeklyI Want to Be Famous takes you on a Regal Cinemas rollercoaster pre-show ride through the history of celebrity, then pulls gems of insight and humor from the garbage dump of our strange present. Lindsey and Bobby are not-so-secretly my generations smartest close-readers of the contemporary pop culture paradigm.Jia Tolentino, author of Trick MirrorWhile being photographed in 1966, Warhol reportedly said, Everyone wants to be famous. (To which his photographer Nat Finkelstein responded, Yeah, for about fifteen minutes, Andy.) Warhol was right then, and hes right now. Fifteen minutes be damned, all you need is the driveor desperationand a singular spark. But if youre not careful, youll end up a Who.Who is a Who? In I Want to Be Famous, Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber, the journalists behind the pop culture podcast Who? Weekly, distill celebrity into two categoriesWhos and Themstranscending the snarky, antiquated judgment of the A-listers to D-listers. If you come across an allegedly famous face youve never seen before and are compelled to utter Who?, well, theres your answer. (Can you picture Rita Ora, Ava Max, or Hilaria Baldwin without googling them?) If the subject elicits something along the lines of, Oh, Them, there youve found the opposite (Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Tom Cruise). Its the fundamental binary of fame.And yet, as more Whos spawn, the path to Themdom narrows. Weve entered an era where accessibility to fame is within everyones grasp, though only a select few can crack the algorithm and hold our ever-diminishing attention spans. Celebrities have taken desperate measures to stay relevantfrom the makeup, supplements, and alcohol they peddle to the Notes app apologies they postas the media who cover them compete with celebrities breaking their own news on social media and as PopCrave decides who stuns next.Blending juicy pop culture history with the authors signature wit, I Want to Be Famous argues fame no longer means ubiquity and examines what the future holds for those seeking our collective attention.

From the New York Times bestselling author and creator of the hit MrBallen Podcast and YouTube channel comes a spine-chilling graphic novel featuring nine gripping stories based on real eventsincluding four all-new, never-before-shared talesof the terrors that hide inside us allHave you ever wondered what youre truly capable of? Or been afraid of what you might do when no one is looking?If so, you have experienced the terror within. And now, in this vividly illustrated graphic collection of stories, New York Times bestselling author and hit podcaster MrBallen returns with page-turning tales of the horrors that exist in our own psyches. From primeval atrocities in the Russian wilderness to shockingly personal hauntings in Taiwan to chilling encounters in the depths of cyberspace, these stories are creepy, captivating, and utterly unforgettable. Enter if you dare.

An insightful new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of America’s favorite storytellers.

The inspiring story of one trailblazing California farmer that has provenwith over fifty years of hard-won experiencethat large-scale farming of high-value crops can be done in a way thats positive for the planet and the communitywhile still making a profit.Growing Rogue tells the story of Scott Parks journey from first-generation farmer, starting in 1974 with no ag background (or money, equipment, or connections), to a Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) steward of 1,700 acres on twenty-seven fields, growing twenty different crops in the Sacramento Valley of California.Scotts life story includes both tragedy and triumph as a farmer who shook off the shackles of chemical use and developed a holistic farm system. Parks method is an anomaly in that it competes successfully in Californias industrial agriculture environment, growing high-value crops (processing tomatoes, fresh market melons and squash, and many more), all using just four inputs that improve each acre every year: cover crops, compost, microorganisms, and seaweed. Growing Rogue comprises three sections. In Section 1, The Clone, Scott describes his early years as a farmer, when he mimicked his neighbors practices because he had no knowledge of how to grow processing tomatoes. The Quest covers his break from the pack to enter the world of large-scale organic farming. With no roadmap, he struggled to make a living, but persevered in his conviction that conventional farming offered a bleak future for the world. The Solution reviews what Scott learned during fifty years of farming, explains PFOs holistic system, discusses the wide-ranging responsibilities of a farmer (ethical, ecological, economical, and more icals), suggests marketing solutions, and explains the current farming crisis.

Which man from her past will make the perfect Christmas present? All Marygrace Silva wants for Christmas is a date to impress her big, boisterous family. Instead, a disastrous setup and an awkward run-in with her ex-best friend Robbie leave her wishing for a holiday miracle. Then a slip on the ice lands her in a time loopreliving Christmas Eve with a different ex each time. Theres Flynn the finance bro, Dale the rising music star, Jamie the fitness influencer. Glamorous? Sure. Perfect? Not so much. Between caroling and cookie baking, Marygrace is checking exes off her listbut somehow, Robbie keeps showing up too. Maybe the love shes been searching for has been there all along With a sprinkling of sugar and just the right amount of spice, this romance about family, friendship, finding your voice, and the promise of what-if is a holiday treat you wont want to miss.

A perfect novel on the knifes edge of hilarity and tenderness JONATHAN LETHEM From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt, comes Dodge City, a thrilling novel about a young man on an amphetamine fuelled cross-country road trip fleeing the draft for the safe haven of Canada. 1967, California. Lee Clarke is a strait-laced twenty-three-year-old from the small town of Concrete, Washington. He is ambling along at college as the social revolution of the sixties unfolds among his peers, until an ill-advised fistfight leads to his expulsion. Days later, a draft letter lands on his doormat, calling him up to fight in the Vietnam War. Lee then makes the first political decision of his life: he will leave the country and head for the border. He kisses his girlfriend for the last time and signs up at a drive-away car delivery service and scores a Jaguar bound for the East Coast. He takes with him only a single suitcase and a bag of amphetamines to speed his course. But Lee knows he cant slip the country without saying the rest of his goodbyes. In four different towns strung out along the country, Lee visits each member of his family: his father, a World War Two veteran in a state of degradation; his mother, engaged in a buoyantly manic and never-ending performance with her shut-in sibling; his heartbroken, misanthropic brother Harry; and finally his twin sister Grace, a brash, young nurse-in-training mired in romantic drama at a Manhattan psychiatric hospital. Hes speeding towards his future, and yet the past keeps rising up to meet him. Will he make it across the border the same man as when he started this journey? A sweeping portrait of a country in flux and a family in disarray, Dodge City is a beautiful and raucous exploration of family, belonging, love and war. It confirms deWitt as one of our most brilliant satirists and a novelist of staggering heart.

‘Profoundly generous and humane’ DOUGLAS STUART ‘Engrossing … brilliantly imagined’ COLM TÓIBÍN ‘Extraordinary’ TARA WESTOVER ‘A novel I didnt want to end’ ROXANE GAY

If online pornography is a circus, its tent has been pitched all around us. And were not just spectators were the prancing ponies.Pornography is everywhere. Every day, tens of thousands of hours of sexual content is uploaded to the internet. In a single year, visitors to the worlds most popular adult site will view more than four billion hours of pornthe equivalent of half a million years. This explosion in online pornography is affecting our world in profound and wholly unexpected ways. And yet we know strikingly little about where it comes from, whose pockets its lining, or what its lasting effects might be.In Guilty Pleasure, award-winning journalist Patricia Nilsson exposes how, over the past two decades, this vast, shadowy industry has quietly reshaped sexuality, culture, work, and the internet itself. She tracks how the digital age turned the business of erotic art into something else entirely, as Hollywood moguls gave way to anonymous moneymen determined to profit from our desires at almost any cost. Today, whether we consume porn or not, we are living in the world they made: in an economy, and a society, saturated by the logic of pornography. We are stuck in its addictive, alienating cycles of stimulation, self-soothing, and craving.Drawing on years of investigative reporting, and emerging research about the impacts of porn, Guilty Pleasure uncovers the inner workings of the industry that has revolutionized everything. Nilsson brings to light the secretive owners of the companies that dominate it; the complicated realities of online sex work; and the bizarre role payment companies play in legislating what is, and isnt, acceptable. Ultimately, she shows, the story of pornography in the online age leads us to the most urgent question of all: what does it mean to live in a world where almost everything about us our attention, our desires, our anxieties is monitored and manipulated by unaccountable figures who will stop at nothing to keep us watching?

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.

A romance editor looks for love where youd least expect itand discovers what our favorite horror films can tell us about sex, society, and ourselvesA bloody love letter to those horrors that have drenched the silver screen. The Happily Ever After here . . . is a comprehensive list of grisly films that pluck on our heartstrings . . . only to rip the whole organ out and hold it up to the movie projectors light. Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Devil InsideIf Sinners and the 1999 cult classic The Mummy taught Emma Cole anything in the year she spent bingeing scary movies, its that we love to swoon, sweat, and scream. We seem to crave the uncanny and the transgressive. Emma would know: Her day job as a Harlequin book editor revolves around steamy stories that ruffle feathers and rip bodices. In Love Never Dies, she shows how our favorite horror films flirt with familiar tropes and themes to give us romantic subplots that are just as spine-tingling.Emma takes readers behind the scenes of films like Tod Brownings Dracula and Josh Rubens Heart Eyes, exploring how and why movies blur the lines of horror and romance. The books dives into The Dark Moment and how it signals an HEA (Happily Ever After) Why not having a lover (spoiler alert) saved Jamie Lee Curtiss Laurie Strode in HalloweenRosemarys Baby, Interview with the Vampire, and Gothic horrors comeback How romance, especially monster romance, is often a stand-in for uncomfortable truths From vampires and monsters to slashers and psychological thrillers, Love Never Dies explores the enthralling nature of horror romance films that are full of heart. Its just that sometimes, those hearts are on the outside.

Sparks fly in this opposites-attract whirlwind gay romance for fans of Alexis Hall and Rachel ReidA candid exploration of identity and the love we deserve, this gay steamy rom-com will remind you that sometimes you have to get a little lost before you can find yourself.Daniel Wus life in Amsterdam is far from spontaneous. When his boyfriend dumps him on the same day a work mishap lands him on leave, he breaks all his rules by impulsively escaping to Beijing to visit his best friend Poppy.Theres just one hitchPoppy isnt there.Alone in the foreign city his late father grew up in, Daniel wants nothing more than to fly home early. After all, running away is what he does best. But then Poppy signs him up for a tour of the Great Wall.Enter Yang Li, the PhD student moonlighting as a tour guide. A transplant to Beijing, Yang has never felt at home in the bustling capitalor with himself. Cynical and disciplined, he isnt the least impressed when Daniel shows up to their tour hours late. The tour is painful in more ways than one, but at least its a one-time ordeal.Then life pushes them together again and again, until time spent together over stunning sights and mind-blowing eats feels less like vacation and more like finally finding home.From Beijing, to Xian, to Tokyo, will they confront their own ghostspast and presentto find their happily-ever-after?Brimming with humor, wanderlust, and emotional vulnerability, this charming debut is perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Alison Cochrun.

A graphic novel adaptation of John Kennedy Tooles Pulitzer Prizewinning cult classica wildly outrageous satiric portrait of 1960s America that still resonates today.Set in the French Quarter of 1960s New Orleans, this cult-classic satire follows unforgettable misfit Ignatius J. Reilly as his misadventures ricochet from hot dog carts to Bourbon Street, and collide with the citys politics, vice, and absurdity.A wildly outrageous, darkly hilarious portrait of America, still razor-sharp and painfully relevant, reimagined in stunning visual form for lifelong fans and new readers.For fans of the darkly funny counter-culture satire of Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse-Five.

A fascinating and intimate inquiry into the shadowy life and horrifyingly compellingwork of Edgar Allan Poe and why we are drawn to darkness in artSince Edgar Allan Poes mysterious death in 1849, his stories and poems have captivated millions of readers around the world. Two centuries later, why do we continue to descend into the darkness of his imaginationand of the genres, from horror to crime, that he pioneered?In this spellbinding and singular book, Guggenheim Fellow and Whiting grant recipient Emily Ogden plumbs the darkness within Poe and enters it alongside him. She interweaves stories from his mysterious and tragic lifefrom his strange disappearances and tortured romances to his nearly fatal use of opiumwith those of his most famous readers and translators, including poet Charles Baudelaire, writer Julio Cortazar, and psychoanalyst Marie Bonaparte, a descendant of Napoleon and a patient of Sigmund Freud.Tracing their passionate attachments to Poeand Ogdens own, unexpectedly sparked when she taught an introductory Poe course at the University of Virginia, where Poe himself was once a studentDarkness Becomes Bright makes a different case for literature from the one we most often hear. This exquisite volume shows how Poes vision and its echoes across the generations allow us to make peace with our own flawed humanity.

The revelatory, much-anticipated memoir from the Wall Street Journal reporter who was wrongly imprisoned in Putins Russia for more than a year a glimpse inside the perils and contradictions of a country in the midst of autocracy In March 2023, a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, Evan Gershkovich met with a union boss connected with a Russian tank factory. As the journalist sat with his source in an empty restaurant in an industrial city 900 miles east of Moscow, a squad of masked agents charged in, blindfolded Evan, and dragged him into an unmarked van. The agents were from the FSB, Putins powerful security service, and the successor to the Soviet-era KGB. Five years earlier, Evan had arrived in Moscow to jumpstart his journalism career. His parents had left the Soviet Union in the 1970s, forging a middle-class life in New Jersey, where Evan grew up on Soviet-era cartoons and weekend trips to Brighton Beach. In Moscow, Evan dove into life unpacking politics for readers of The Moscow Times and developing a circle of deep friendships with Russian peers, all striving to make their way in perilous times. Western journalists had long felt insulated from the dangers their Russian counterparts experienced. But war, it seemed, had changed the rules. Interrogated for hours after his arrest, Evan was told he was being charged with spying and thrown in Moscows notorious Lefortovo prison a pawn in a geopolitical chess match. After his world suddenly shrunk to a tiny, cement-walled cell, Evan did something remarkable: he continued reporting. For the next sixteen months, he documented a life in Russia that few Westerners will ever experience: its sprawling prison system, with its own vocabulary and customs and surprising pockets of humanity. In writing by turns riveting and humorous, Evan brings readers inside the events leading to his arrest, his nearly 500 days in Russian prisons, and the blockbuster, multi-country prisoner swap that freed him. More than a prison memoir, This Cursed Beautiful Land is an extraordinary, deeply reported chronicle of a misunderstood people and their land marked at once by stunning beauty and a haunting history.

From the beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Sex and the City comes a candid and deeply personal memoir.In this highly anticipated memoir, the beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City and more shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped himand created a cult icon.Everywhere I go I am followed by a mystery man. He looks like me butnot quite. On talk shows, I sip coffee on couches and pretend to be him; on social media, I put on his mask to engage in suburban silliness. And of course, we work together. But for him, the movies and TV shows never end. Where does this guythis Kyle MacLachlanend and where do I begin? And is he even real? And, holy mackerelam I?To be in the black suit, or not to be? Kyle MacLachlans funny, moving, and playfully self-aware memoir charts a career that could belong to no other. Plucked from obscurity to star in David Lynchs Dune, the Hollywood blockbuster that never was, MacLachlan rebounded with a startling performance in Lynchs provocative masterpiece Blue Velvet, which would mark him as a master of the unusual and ultimately lead to his career-defining role as Agent Dale Cooper on the TV sensation Twin Peaks.Fictional Selves is a book of doppelgangers, with MacLachlan mirrored by his own prodding ego (Other Kyle), the iconic characters he inhabited, and the ones that eluded his grasp but gave him a profound and surprising lens onto himself as a person and a performer. Taking us to the heights of critical success for Blue Velvet to the depths of the backyard pool in his infamous (and delightful) Showgirls love scene, MacLachlan brings us into the mind of one of the most distinctive actors of his generation, offering profound insights on collaborators like David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, and more. Featuring lessons learned the hard way about ambition, love, and fatherhood, this memoir is an honest look into the remarkableand often unpredictablelife of an enduring and endearing Hollywood icon.

#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers a gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrongand the nightmare that follows.After Paul and Chelsea Tanners fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped while on a day trip to the French countryside. Who would target them, and why? It turns out this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for clues soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA, and French Intelligence trying to work together to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation.Propulsive and surprising, The French Illusion is an unmistakable Grisham thrill ridegripping and impossible to put down.

A ring. A vow. Eight years of patient obsession. Now two morally gray billionaires finally claim the woman who was always meant to be theirsIm the nightmare Houstons elite whisper aboutinformation broker, strategic gambler, and the man whos been waiting eight years to collect what belongs to me.Sophie Langford, the fiery woman who tried to run away with the wrong man. The woman I saved from her own naive heart, then watched from the shadows as she built walls no ordinary man could breach.But Im not ordinary. And neither is my partner.Caleb Pierce reads people like others read headlinesevery tell, every weakness, every secret desire.Sophie thinks shes untouchable behind her carefully constructed wall of independence. She has no idea weve orchestrated the perfect trap. All roads lead back to us.And shes about to discover that some men dont ask for trustthey take everything.Theirs to Tempt is a dark, sinful standalone in the Titans Billionaires secret society world. It features two obsessed, morally gray billionaires, a music producer heroine, a marriage she doesnt want, age gap, innocent heroine, forced proximity, eight years of patient obsession, and the ultimate "weve been waiting for you" energy.Because some debts can only be paid in surrender.

Hamish Reid discovers the penalty for obeying his cousin instead of reporting to the matriarch as the family negotiates an alliance.Book 4 in the MM vampire mafia series, Hunting Hearts. For readers who like steamy vampire romance, enemies to lovers and arranged marriages.

The seals are failing. And this time, it isnt an accident.When a northern seal collapses under impossible pressure, Hazel and the Spell Casters are sent in with no margin for error. The breach is containedbut the signs dont add up. The materials are wrong. The balance is off. And someone built the failure into the design.As more sites begin to weaken, Cyrus leads the group into a race against time to hold the remaining rings. Nate tracks the aftermath of corrupted surges. Darian uncovers patterns hidden in old maps and records. Oriana follows the trail into Entaran craft, where the proof points uncomfortably close to home.For Hazel, the danger is no longer theoretical. The seals respond to her touch in ways they shouldnt. Threads push back. Pressure answers her presence. And the more shes pulled into the work, the harder it is to tell if shes reinforcing the wardsor being measured by them.Because the seals arent just breaking.Theyre being tested.

blurb coming soon Seven Omegas for Seven Alphas is a dark omegaverse set in a world where title and rank is determined by dynamic rather than birth and where sweet little omegas are the belle of ever