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The Hill in the Dark Groveby Liam HigginsonCarwyn and his wife, Rhian, have lived a quiet life as sheep farmers in the remote Welsh mountains for decades, tending to ancestral land that has been in Carwyn's family for generations. But recent years have taken their toll: local friends lost one by one to old age or rising prices; the accumulation of debts; new English tourists, more every year, disrespecting the land--littering, camping on private property, needing to be rescued when they misjudge the elements. When Carwyn finds a strange stone head in a disused corner of the farm, he realizes the artifact is just one piece of something much larger--something unfathomably old. Despite Rhian's protests, Carwyn becomes obsessed with unearthing the structure, and soon neglects the daily work of the farm to keep digging. Meanwhile, the sheep fall sick more easily than any season before, and a tragic accident on market day threatens to leave an increasingly isolated Rhian without a way to satisfy their ever-more-insistent creditors. Through it all, Carwyn becomes convinced that uncovering the site and determining its original purpose will be the key to solving everything. But there was a reason his ancestors kept the past buried, and in disturbing the earth, he has called forth a power greater and more terrible than he could have imagined.
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The Jewel and the Comet by Tim PrattGlenn is a normal graduate student (aside from his kinkiness and genderfluidity), living a normal life with his normal girlfriend, Vivy. Until he finds out that Vivy isn't as ordinary as he thought - she's a spy for an interdimensional agency. After a cruel twist of fate, Vivy gets called away on a scouting trip to stop a rogue comet, and Glenn finds himself pulled away from his normal life and on an adventure he never asked for, having to navigate the multiverse with only a snarky starship as his guide. Set on two separate missions, both Glenn and Vivy must face dangerous foes - with Glenn battling an evil cult leader with a limitless supply of power, and Vivy trying to recover a stolen jewel that can devastate entire universes. Their paths will cross again, but first they must recover the jewel, stop the cult, and avoid a full-blown war with aliens from neighbouring realities, all while navigating their own interpersonal issues.
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A Summer of Stars by Liana CincottiAfter a messy breakup, it feels like the entire world hates tennis superstar Luna Aldridge. With her reputation ruined and her career at risk, the only way to repair it is a PR stunt: fake-dating Hollywood's golden boy, Kieran Alexander. There's just one problem... Luna can't stand him. For Kieran, the feeling is mutual. He's about to lead a big-screen love story, but his dating history is jeopardizing the film's success. His team believes the world needs to see him wildly in love. And who better than Luna, the person he loathes most? Soon, Luna and Kieran spend the summer posing for cameras, sharing red carpets and flying around the world for the tennis circuit. But the more they pretend, the more they question if they can keep their hearts, and their careers, together. Especially with everyone watching...
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Sunrise by Téa ObrehtIn 2024, Nina's small-engine plane crashes into a lake in the Wyoming mountains. Her boyfriend Ben, who was flying it, is nowhere to be found. Lost and freezing on the shore, Nina is armed with only a few old protein bars, a phone with no service, and a vague hope of rescue. It is up to her to survive in the vast wilderness. But then she stumbles upon Sunrise--a town of the Old West that is strangely well maintained, but seemingly abandoned. A place that holds the missing link to a ghost story one hundred years in the making.
In 2003, Sand Daw's golden boy Coll is putting the finishing touches on the town's annual historical reenactment. But when an upstart would-be author comes to him with questions about one of Sunrise's most beloved figures, it threatens to upend everything he thought he knew about the city--and himself.
In 1902, town founder, gunslinger, and legendary pulp hero Anton Vargas returns to Sunrise and quickly takes charge of a group searching for a missing boy. But who really is Vargas? What does he know about the boy's disappearance? And why has he returned after such a long absence? These three strangers are separated by time and circumstance. But Sunrise's many secrets are like gunpowder: quiet, contained, until they encounter a spark.
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A Taste for Murder by Matt BakerDCI Joe Mottram hopes a summer in Capri will bring him closer to his teenage daughter--until a fatal accident starts to look like it may be murder...
For murder detective Joe Mottram, a summer visit to his in-laws' idyllic beachside restaurant on the beautiful Italian island of Capri is meant to offer refuge. After the death of his wife Sofia in a hit-and-run in London, Joe has taken a sabbatical, hoping to heal and reconnect with his teenage daughter, Angelica. But then a British businesswoman is found dead at the foot of a notorious cliff, and his in-laws' plans to teach Joe how to cook and get him and Angelica talking again have to be abandoned.
A reluctant Joe is forced to swap his recipe books for a detective's notebook once more, as he's drawn deeper into the case. Joe must form a partnership with a young local police inspector, Lara Sarrancino, who is desperate to prove herself and resents his involvement. As the two detectives butt heads, the investigation flounders, until a second body turns up, and they realize the killer is still at large on the tiny island. Unfortunately for Joe, the evidence trail appears to lead back uncomfortably close to home...
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A Tender Age by Chang-Rae LeeThe natural descendent of characters like Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caufield, Korean-American Jeon-Gi is torn between competing ideas of himself. At home, his working-class parents dote on him. Outside, he is part of a roving pack of kids with dominion over a derelict baseball field, weedy parking lot, and rusty jungle gym. Getting into and out of trouble is all-consuming. But the summer he turns eleven, he becomes embroiled in a staggering series of events reverberating far beyond himself and his family.
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Tradwife by Michelle BrandonIn an idyllic coastal town, life appears picture-perfect--until it's not. Families are drawn to Crystal Harbor for its more traditional values and gender roles, a step back in time to an era of female submission and patriarchal leadership. But beneath the layers of perfectly coiffed, manicured, and attired wives; freshly baked sourdough; faithful Sunday churchgoers; bake sales; and backyard barbeques, lies a secret lifestyle that's only revealed when the sun goes down--and a man goes missing. Worse, the disappearance dredges up a dark truth several of them thought they buried years ago, threatening to shatter the community's carefully maintained façade.
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Brain Defenders: Harness the Power of Your Immune Cells to Protect Your Brain for Life by M. D. Perlmutter, David #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
We've been fighting the wrong enemy. For decades, medicine has pointed its weapons at symptoms like memory loss, tremors, headaches, and lethargy, while ignoring the root causes of diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and major depression. In Brain Defenders, neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter flips the script, exposing the real culprits: malfunctioning microglia, tiny immune cells that, when metabolically hijacked, go rogue and attack the very neurons they're meant to protect.
With clarity and urgency, Dr. Perlmutter explains how a silent battle rages in the brain. Microglia can become either warriors of protection or agents of destruction--and the outcome depends largely on how we live.
In Brain Defenders, you will:
Learn the science of immunometabolism and the relationship between energy and your cells
Understand the overlooked role of inflammation in everything from dementia to long COVID--and why the immune system may be the brain's greatest threat and hope
Discover how your lifestyle affects the fate of your microglia and, in turn, your cognitive future
Uncover the surprising link between metabolic health and brain resilience, and how tools like fasting, sleep, and even oxygen therapy can restore damaged neural networks
Explore therapeutic interventions--from metformin to lion's mane mushroom--that support healing and slow neural decline
Neurodegeneration, cognitive impairment, and mood disorders are not inevitable, but often the result of chronic, controllable inflammation. Drawing on the latest peer-reviewed science and grounded in decades of neurological care, Dr. Perlmutter delivers a powerful message: the future of your brain health is in your hands.
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The Golden Girls Cookbook: More Than 90 Delectable Recipes from Blanche, Rose, Dorothy, and Sophia by Christopher StylerRelive the show's vibe with recipes and photos from the Golden Girls' kitchen. Learn how to cook Italian meals, like Sophia's Mussels Fra Diavolo, or the Secret Knish recipe Max Weinstock didn't want you to know. Check out the Southern food that helped make Blanche, well, Blanche, like Fried Chicken, Hoppin' John, and pecan pie. Dorothy brings her Brookly Deli-Style Whitefish Salad to the party, but also try one of her Classic Chocolate or Vanilla Malts. And what Golden Girls cookbook would be complete without Rose's favorite Scandinavian dishes, like St. Olaf Friendship cake--a simple, buttery treat Come for all of that, but stay late into the night for some amazing cheesecakes.
Filled with photos of the Girls and vignettes from the groundbreaking show, The Golden Girls Cookbook has something to delivery every fan, young and old, in this fun-filled and approachable cookbook.
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The Greatest Love: Lessons for Living with Extraordinary Courage--Even After the Worst Day of Your Life by Tim Brown
Decorated FDNY firefighter, 9/11 survivor, and expert emergency manager Tim Brown shares the lessons he's learned about grief, resilience, sacrificial love, and transforming pain into purpose.
Would you be able to stand again after the worst day of your life? How do you keep serving and leading when the task is heavy and the cost is high?
On September 11, 2001, FDNY firefighter and emergency manager Tim Brown was inside the World Trade Center complex when the towers fell. Nearly one hundred of his friends and colleagues were killed. He lived--and vowed to never forget. Then came September 12. And every day after that. Days spent first surviving, then grieving, then learning how to transform pain into purpose.
Drawing on decades in fire service, disaster response, and national security, as well as on the lessons learned from the fallen heroes, Brown distills the principles of sacrificial service that he forged in the midst of pressure, trauma, and great personal cost.
In The Greatest Love, you'll learn: How to re-discover purpose by finding your sacrificial why;
What nine therapists missed about managing grief--and the process that finally worked;
Why establishing the DNA of sacrificial service in your life is key; How to connect with your brotherhood and leave a legacy Sacrificial service is the greatest love any of us can show. This means carrying the load when no one is watching, putting service before self-protection, and not letting your loss dictate who you become. Step beyond survival and into a life marked by purpose, resilience, and grace.
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Hidden Haunts: A Creepy Collection of Forgotten Ghostly Places by Conner GosselDiscover the spooky and sordid details of forgotten haunted locales across North America through 70+ in-depth profiles, brought to life with eerily expressive illustrations. Hidden Haunts is your goosebump-inducing guide to lesser-known haunted sites throughout history. Alongside hair-raising imagery, paranormal investigator Conner Gossel unearths the ghastly histories, disturbing details, and reported hauntings of these ghostly places. Feel the chill run up your spine as you encounter scary stories of abandoned houses, hospitals, factories, and beyond that have flown under the radar for decades. These fascinating profiles include: The Lodge at Hot Lake Springs in Oregon, where apparitions wander the hallsHarriman Hospital in Tennessee, haunted by unidentified whispers in the basementVentfort Hall in Massachusetts, where the sound of shuffling footsteps linger, and more!
If you're feeling brave enough to attempt some real-life paranormal sightseeing, check out the Haunted Road Trip at the back of the book, which suggests a road trip itinerary for each region, including additional locations.
Explore these creepy spaces ... if you dare.
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The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil DuránThis transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration... A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the international stage, exploring the wild and dystopian ambition of the technocrats at its center, and offering a road map to resistance. When Silicon Valley says it is ''moving fast and breaking things, '' the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule.
Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Durán traces this ideology from its philosophical roots in The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. He introduces its modern apostles--Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan, and Elon Musk--and shows how the promise of technological liberation has transformed into a global movement for digital feudalism, powered by cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and the algorithmic propaganda of social media.
The Nerd Reich explains the origins, strategies, and ambitions of Silicon Valley's war on democracy for the first time. From San Francisco's weaponized elections and secret billionaire projects to the White House, Durán exposes how the world's richest men are building a new political order.
The Nerd Reich is more than a hidden history, it's an urgent warning: democracy is being dismantled not by coups or tanks, but by code, capital, and the illusion of innovation. Durán insists there is still time to fight back--if we act now.
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Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood by Mark Anthony NealSave a Seat for Me is Mark Anthony Neal's attempt to bring his scholarship on fatherhood to a broader audience.
Save a Seat for Me embraces the nuances of how contemporary frameworks of masculinity informed by unprecedented advances in women and LGBTQ communities have necessitated a reimagining of the societal expectations a father plays in the public and private sectors of their homes. The soul of this book centers on Neal's confrontation of the various political, cultural, historical narratives and messages that inform the role of Black fatherhood, and fatherhood at large, which has put him at odds with the way he fathers his own children. Raised by a working class father, during a time when American society conceived of the role of father as protector, provider, and disciplinarian, Neal struggles with these expectations as his education (a doctorate's degree), profession (tenured professor at one of the best colleges in the country), and financial position (making more money than his father ever did) are drastically different than that of his father.
Linking his father to his own fathering of his two daughters, Neal grounds his intellectual arguments about Black fatherhood in experience and emotion makes for a vulnerable read, as well as a transformative one. In our culture, the public performance of fatherhood keeps us from wondering what the practice of being a father looks like in private.
Neal is opening a long overdue door to the interiority that Black men particularly--and men living in a patriarchal society generally--have only learned existed in the last twenty years.
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