Amelia is cleaning out her grandmother's attic when she stumbles across a strange book. Curious, she starts to read the stories, but as elements from the tales begin to come to life around her, and their eerie connections become clear, Amelia starts to realize that she may be in a spooky story of her own...
Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes the investigative reins in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from John Sandford. “Sandford fans rejoice! Davenport next generation has arrived and Letty is exactly the kind of cool-eyed, smart-mouthed, lethally dangerous heroine we’ve been waiting for.” --Lisa Gardner, author of One Step Too FarBy age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action and uncovered more secrets than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master’s in economics, she’s restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles. Letty’s ready to quit, but her skills have impressed Colles, and he offers her a carrot: feet-on-the-ground investigative work, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security. Several oil companies in Texas have reported thefts of crude, Colles tells her. He isn’t so much concerned with the oil as he is with the money: Who is selling the oil, and what are they doing with the profits? Rumor has it that a fairly ugly militia group might be involved. Colles wants to know if the money is going to them, and if so, what they’re planning. Letty is partnered with a DHS investigator, John Kaiser, and they head to Texas. When the case quicky turns deadly, they know they’re on the track of something bigger. The militia group has set in motion an explosive plan . . . and the clock is ticking down.
It is 2006, and Rachel, Clarissa, Dev, and Nate are best friends, seniors on the eve of their college graduation. They imagine their closeness will last forever-but things change as they take their first steps away from one another and into adulthood. A poignant story of epic friendship, jumping boldly through the years.
An inside look at the early lives of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, THIS BOY is the perfect read for any young music fan embracing their inner Beatlemania, beginning with the rock legends' births during World War II England and ending with their famous performance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Adam and Victor are brothers who have the usual fights over the remote, which movie to watch and whether or not it's morally acceptable to eat people. Well, not so much eat... just drink a little blood. They're vampires, hiding in plain sight with their eclectic yet loving family. Ten-year-old Adam knows he has a better purpose in his life (well, immortal life) than just drinking blood, but fourteen-year-old Victor wants to accept his own self-image of vampirism. Everything changes when bodies start to appear all over town, and it becomes clear that a vampire hunter may be on the lookout for the family. Can Adam and Victor reconcile their differences and work together to stop the killer before it's too late?
"A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family's escape from genocide One by one, Tahir Hamut Izgil's friends disappeared. The Chinese government's brutal persecution of the Uyghur people had continued for years, but in 2017 it assumed a terrifying new scale. The Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim minority group in western China, were experiencing an echo of the worst horrors of the twentieth century, amplified by China's establishment of an all-seeing high-tech surveillance state. Over a million people have vanished into China's internment camps for Muslim minorities. Tahir, a prominent poet and intellectual, had been no stranger to persecution. After he attempted to travel abroad in 1996, police tortured him until he confessed to fabricated charges and sent him to a re-education through labor camp. But even having endured three years in the camp, he could never have predicted the Chinese government's radical solution to the Uyghur question two decades later. Was the first sign when Tahir was interrogated for hours after a phone call with a fellow poet in the Netherlands? Or when his old friend was sentenced to life in prison simply for calling for Uyghurs' legal rights to be enforced? Perhaps it was when the police seized Uyghurs' radios and installed jamming equipment to cut them off from the outside world. Once Tahir noticed that the park near his home was nearly empty because so many neighbors had been arrested, he knew the police would be coming for him any day. One night, after Tahir's daughters were asleep, he placed by his door a sturdy pair of shoes, a sweater, and a coat so that he could stay warm if the police came for him in the middle of the night. It was clear to Tahir and his wife that fleeing the country was the family's only hope. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night is the story of the political, social, and cultural destruction of Tahir Hamut Izgil's homeland. Among leading Uyghur intellectuals and writers, he is the only one known to have escaped China since the mass internments began. His book is a call for the world to awaken to the unfolding catastrophe, and a tribute to his friends and fellow Uyghurs whose voices have been silenced"--
LOST IN A DREAM HOUSEMatsuri and Suzu investigate an abandoned house where ayakashi have taken residence. Shirogane is barred from entering, so Suzu tries to resolve the issue with her own powers. But she and Matsuri soon get swept away in the happy illusory scenes projected by one of the house’s ayakashi, and Matsuri encounters someone strangely familiar. Are they friend or foe?
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!BEING A TEENAGER IS HARD ENOUGH WITHOUT ALSO TRAINING TO BE A JEDI….Obi-Wan sets out on a mission alone, determined to prove himself. He encounters a pack of feral, Force-wielding teens who seem to be the mysterious planet's only inhabitants. As he experiences wild freedom, Obi-Wan can’t escape the nagging sense that something is wrong with the Force there. Growing attachments, startling revelations, and a looming threat to both the planet and his new friends brings Obi-Wan face-to-face with his worst fear: maybe he was never supposed to be a Jedi at all.It's the star of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ limited series as you’ve never seen him before….Don't miss these other Star Wars young adult novels:Star Wars: AshokaStar Wars: Queen's ShadowStar Wars: Queen's PerilStar Wars: Queen's HopeStar Wars: Poe Dameron: FreefallStar Wars: The High Republic: Into the DarkStar Wars: The High Republic: Midnight HorizonStar Wars: The High Republic: Out of the ShadowsStar Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan
Young readers can snuggle up with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this gentle picture book perfect for bedtime! Ease little ones to sleep with lullaby-like text and soothing art from the World of Eric Carle.
"1260, Persia: Due to the efforts of the great Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire covers a vast portion of the known world. In the shadow of his grandfather, Hulagu Khan, ruler of the Ilkhanate, is determined to create a single empire that covers the entire world. His method? Violence. His youngest son, Temujin Khan, struggles to find his place in his father's bloody rule. After another failure, Temujin is given one last chance to prove himself to Hulagu, who is sure there is a great warrior buried deep inside. But there's something else rippling under the surface... something far more powerful and dangerous than they could ever imagine... Reduced to the position of one of Hulagu's many wives, the famed Blue Princess Kokochin is the last of her tribe. Alone and forgotten in a foreign land, Kokochin is unwilling to spend her days seeking out trivial pursuits. Seeking purpose, she finds herself wandering down a path that grants her more power than a wife of the Khan may be allowed. Kaivon, the Persian rebel who despises the Mongols for the massacre of his people, thirsts for revenge. However, he knows alone he cannot destroy the empire. When given the opportunity to train under the tutelage of Hulagu, Kaivon must put aside his feelings and risk his life for a chance to destroy the empire that aims to conquer the world. Family and war collide in this thrilling and bloody reimagining of the Mongol Empire's invasion of Persia."--Publisher marketing.
Amy is more than one disastrous night, even if that night tanked her rising TV career and led to a hasty move to London. Two years later, she's finally starting to make inroads at work and flirt with her handsome neighbor, but when the ex-boyfriend who wrecked her life is hired as her new boss, past and present are about to epically collide.
"Seigi Nakata, a Japanese economics student, is working at the shop of the beautiful jeweler, Richard Ranasinghe de Vulpian. Today's customers are an elderly couple, the Tamuras. To celebrate their thirtieth anniversary, they came to Richard's shop to find an imperial topaz. But something seems off about this cute couple..."--
Featuring a new cover and re-inked interiors, this second edition of the top-selling coloring book is filled with over 100 macabre, quirky images from Tim Burton's beloved film—perfect for Halloween, Christmas, and all year round.Just in time for the classic film's 30th anniversary comes a revised 2nd edition of Art of Coloring: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas! This refreshed interior features re-inked art throughout that make the whimsically macabre artwork, patterns, and designs inspired by Halloween Town and its many inhabitants even easier to color in. And with imagery of beloved characters like Jack Skellington, Sally, Zero, and more, this title is sure to help fans both new and old relive their favorite film moments.An entry into the bestselling Art of Coloring series, this coloring book’s “lay flat” paperback format, filled with over 100 images to get immersed in, allows for hours of relaxing, coloring fun.
Tasked with hunting down those whose soul the Devil has marked, seventeen-year-old Matthew begins to question everything when his first solo mission is sixteen-year-old Rae Winters, the girl he has fallen for.
"True love is at stake in this charming, debut romantic comedy. Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it's a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she's desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch--only someone with a secret to hide would rent out a room for that price. Of course, her new roommate Frederick J. Fitzwilliam is far from normal. He sleeps all day, is out at night on business, and talks like he walked out of a regency-romance novel. He also leaves Cassie heart-melting notes around the apartment, cares about her art, and asks about her day. And he doesn't look half bad shirtless, on the rare occasions they're both home and awake. But when Cassie finds bags of blood in the fridge that definitely weren't there earlier, Frederick has to come clean ... Cassie's sexy new roommate is a vampire. And he has a proposition for her"--
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramâirez reaches out to her estranged biological father - who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador - and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
"Two teen girls, former best friends and one-time lovers, go on a summer road trip in an ice cream truck"--
"The mystery of a bloody murder has been a perennially classic theme, drawing readers to examine what motivates heinous crimes and how the investigative procedure takes us behind the scenes of tragedy. These stories from the 19th and early 20th centuries introduce the earliest detectives, both male and female, that inspired iterations from BBC radio dramas to American television. Sims's selections showcase evil masterminds, suspect narrators, early female detectives, shipboard murders, and psychological and scientific inquiries. And then, there are Clue-like titles such as 'The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study' that a modern murder mystery fan can't resist. The [book] features stories by classic authors such as Anton Chekhov, Louisa May Alcott, and Charles W. Chesnutt along with early crime writing luminaries such as Austrian novelist Augusta Groner and the prolific American Geraldine Bonner. Surprises include a dark Irish detective story published 14 years before Poe's Dupin investigated the doings in the Rue Morgue--sixty years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes--and a Canadian First Nations detective who investigated a century before Dana Stabenow introduced Kate Shugak"--
A heart-rending tale of star-crossed young lovers and parallel worlds! To Every You I've Loved Before (also from Seven Seas) and To Me, The One Who Loved You: two novels, one multiverse--and don't miss the two anime films!In Hidaka Koyomi’s world, travel between slightly different alternate universes is commonplace. After his parents’ divorce, Hidaka now lives with his father. One day, he falls in love with a girl named Satou Shiori after meeting her at his father’s workplace. Unfortunately, their young love seems doomed as their parents are getting remarried…to each other. Is there some parallel world out there where these two can be together as lovers, not step-siblings…and what could be the price if they try to find out?To Every You I've Loved Before and To Me, The One Who Loved You are parallel universe novels by the same author and released on the same day. They can be read in either order to complement each other, and inspired a pair of anime films (also released on the same day).
A heart-tugging story of young love that transcends parallel worlds! To Every You I've Loved Before and To Me, The One Who Loved You (also from Seven Seas): two novels, one multiverse--and don't miss the two anime films!In a world where people regularly travel between slightly different parallel universes, Takasaki Koyomi lives with his mother after his parents’ recent divorce. Awkward and studious, he has trouble making friends at his new school until his classmate Takigawa Kazune seeks him out. She claims that she’s moved here from another world where she and Takasaki are in love… but could he be the one who’s actually from a parallel world instead?To Every You I've Loved Before and To Me, The One Who Loved You are parallel universe novels by the same author and released on the same day. They can be read in either order to complement each other, and inspired a pair of anime films (also released on the same day).
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, TIME MAGAZINE & MORE “Masterful . . . A book of inner journeys told through extraordinary exteriors . . . One of his very best.” —Washington Post “Dazzling.” —Time Magazine, Best Books of 2023 From “one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time” (Brain Pickings): a journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world.Paradise: that elusive place where the anxieties, struggles, and burdens of life fall away. Most of us dream of it, but each of us has very different ideas about where it is to be found. For some it can be enjoyed only after death; for others, it’s in our midst—or just across the ocean—if only we can find eyes to see it. Traveling from Iran to North Korea, from the Dalai Lama’s Himalayas to the ghostly temples of Japan, Pico Iyer brings together a lifetime of explorations to upend our ideas of utopia and ask how we might find peace in the midst of difficulty and suffering. Does religion lead us back to Eden or only into constant contention? Why do so many seeming paradises turn into warzones? And does paradise exist only in the afterworld – or can it be found in the here and now? For almost fifty years Iyer has been roaming the world, mixing a global soul’s delight in observing cultures with a pilgrim’s readiness to be transformed. In this culminating work, he brings together the outer world and the inner to offer us a surprising, original, often beautiful exploration of how we might come upon paradise in the midst of our very real lives.
A 2024 Edgar Award Nominee!Survival and self-determination collide in this haunting, pulse-pounding science fiction novel from Edgar Award–winning author Matthew J. Kirby that spans both space and time.“An intense, read-in-one-sitting kind of ride.″—Kirkus, starred review 2199. Deep-space exploration is a reality and teleportation is routine. But this time something has gone very, very wrong. Seventeen-year-old Jessica Mathers wakes up in a lander that’s crashed onto the surface of Carver 1061c, a desolate, post-extinction planet fourteen light-years from Earth. The planet she was supposed to be viewing from a ship orbiting far above.The corridors of the empty lander are covered in bloody hand prints; the machines are silent and dark. And outside, in the alien dirt, there are fresh graves carefully marked with names she doesn’t recognize. Now Jessica must unravel the mystery of the destruction all around her—and the questionable intentions of a familiar stranger.
The sizzling tale of Bonnie and Clyde set in space, starring two interstellar outlaws and the young pilot trying to catch them—dead or alive . . .Shane and Ava have always had to make their own destinies, living just outside of the law to escape their impoverished home world. But when they uncover a secret plot to exploit their planet for its natural resources, which would mean destroying its cities in their government’s greedy quest, they turn their renegade ways into a crusade to thwart a bloodthirsty agenda. Cyrus took a different route out of poverty by enrolling in the military academy and fighting for a spot in General Noth’s security team. Fresh out of flight school, he’s determined to catch the infamous rebels Shane and Ava andsecure his role as Noth’s righthand man. That is, until he learns there’s more toher government's actions than she's telling him, and he might be on the wrongside of this fight. Jenna Voris's debut is as full of red-hot romance as it is action-packed heists, marking this the next must-read in YA sci-fi.
In a dazzling new fantasy world full of whispered secrets and political intrigue, the magic of women is outlawed but four girls with unusual powers have the ability to change it all.The Nightbirds are Simta’s best kept secret. Teenage girls from the Great Houses with magic coursing through their veins, the Nightbirds have the unique ability to gift their magic to others with a kiss. Magic—especially the magic of women—is outlawed and the city’s religious sects would see them burned if discovered. But protected by the Great Houses, the Nightbirds are safe well-guarded treasures. As this Season’s Nightbirds, Matilde, Aesa, and Sayer spend their nights bestowing their unique brands of magic to well-paying clients. Once their Season is through, they're each meant to marry a Great House lord and become mothers to the next generation of Nightbirds before their powers fade away. But Matilde, Aesa, and Sayer have other plans. They know their lives as Nightbirds aren't just temporary, but a complete lie and yearn for something more. When they discover that there are other girls like them and that their magic is more than they were ever told, they see the carefully crafted Nightbird system for what it is: a way to keep them in their place, first as daughters and then as wives. Now they must make a choice—to stay in their gilded cage or to remake the city that put them there in the first place.
"For Jaime, returning to the Vermont town of Saint Juniper means returning to a past he's spent eight years trying to forget. After shuttling between foster homes, he hopes to make something out of this fresh start. But every gossip in town already knows his business, and with reminders of his past everywhere, he seeks out solitude into the nearby woods--Saint Juniper's Folly--and does not return. For Theo, Saint Juniper means being stuck. He knows there's more out there, but he's scared to go find it. His senior year is going to be like all the rest, dull and claustrophobic. That is until he wanders into the Folly and stumbles on a haunted house with an acerbic yet handsome boy trapped--as in physically trapped--inside. For Taylor, Saint Juniper is a mystery. She tries to practice the magic her dad banned from the house after her mom, an accomplished witch, suddenly died. But without someone to guide her, she's floundering. Then a wide-eyed teenager barges into her life, rambling about a haunted house and a trapped boy. He needs a witch. The Folly and its ghosts will draw these three teenagers together. But can they each face their demons to forge a bond strong enough to escape the Folly's shadows?"--Provided by publisher.
"In New Moon Magic, authors Dickens and Torok reclaim witchcraft as resistance in a time of commodification and capitalism. The authors create a book that offers wisdom and guidance, using witchcraft as a channel to resist systems of oppression and in turn transform and nurture our own spirituality and agency"--
Set in Boston, New York, and Virginia, The Prodigal Women tells the intertwined stories of three young women who come of age in the Roaring Twenties, not flappers and golden girls but flesh-and-blood female protagonists looking wearily--and warily--at the paths open to women in a rapidly changing world. Leda March, "frantic with self-consciousness and envy and desire," is the daughter of poorer relations of a prominent Boston family and an aspiring poet torn between an impulse to conformity and the pursuit of personal freedom. Betsy Jekyll, newly arrived with her family from Virginia, becomes Leda's closest childhood friend, bringing a beguiling new warmth and openness into the New Englander's life. But Betsy soon abandons Boston to land a job at a fashion magazine and enjoy life as a single woman in New York before falling in love with--and marrying--an abusive, controlling man. Betsy's older sister, Maizie, a Southern belle idolized by the two younger friends and pursued by numerous men, grows tired of "running around" and fatefully looks for happiness in marriage to a turbulent artist. When The Prodigal Women was published in 1942, its uncompromising portrayal of women's shifting roles, open sexuality, and ambivalence toward motherhood made it a sucècss de scandale, spending twenty-three weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Now Library of America restores Nancy Hale's lost classic to print with a new introduction by Kate Bolick exploring how the novel measures "the gap between what liberation looks like, and what it actually is." --
"Joel Sartore's portraits highlight the amazing features and behaviors of the world's insects, spiders, and kin"--
"This companion to the National Geographic television series reveals the fascinating lives of elephants"--
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