In an African city, a nameless young woman living in the wards slowly
begins to lose her identity: her skin color is peeling off, people are
becoming invisible, and the city plans to destroy the train where they
bury their dead. After the narrator is given a warning by her
grandmother’s dreamskin, things begin to fall apart. Struggling to hold
onto a fluctuating reality, she prescribes herself insomnia in a
desperate attempt to save her family.
A Lambda Literary Award Finalist
A Book Riot Must-Read Fantasy of 2020
Amazon's Best of 2020 So Far
“Fantastic, defiant, utterly brilliant.” ―Ken Liu
Zen Cho returns with The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water,
a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school
martial arts movies with characters drawn from the margins of history.
A
bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there.
Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an
eclectic group of thieves (whether they like it or not) in order to
protect a sacred object, and finds herself in a far more complicated
situation than she could have ever imagined.
In this debut collection of body-horror fairy tales and mid-apocalyptic
Catholic cyberpunk, memory and myth, loss and age, these are the tools
of storyteller Jarboe, a talent in the field of queer fabulism. Bodily
autonomy and transformation, the importance of negative emotions,
unhealthy relationships, and bad situations amidst the staggering and
urgent question of how build and nurture meaning, love, and safety in a
larger world/society that might not be "fixable."
In Antarctica, researchers discover a mysterious structure, buried in ice.
In a lab in Jakarta, an autism researcher identifies a revolutionary treatment that could change everything.
But
these two incredible discoveries aren't what they seem. They will set
off a race to unravel the deepest secrets of human existence--and an
event that could change humanity forever.
Experience the novel that started it all: The Atlantis Gene is the first book in A.G. Riddle's bestselling Origin Mystery trilogy--a series that has sold over THREE MILLION
copies worldwide (in twenty languages), received 25,000+ reviews on
Amazon, been rated 18,000+ times on Audible, and garnered 100,000+
ratings on GoodReads. The trilogy is now in development to be a major
motion picture.
The product of years of research, The Atlantis Gene
is filled with real science and history that will change how look at
human origins--and humanity's future. Like millions of other readers,
you'll be up late turning the pages, promising yourself, just one more chapter.
Praise for A.G. Riddle
"...reads like a superior collaboration between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton."
--The Guardian on Pandemic
"I finished the book fast because I just couldn't wait..."
--WIRED GeekDad on Departure
"Riddle... keep(s) the focus on his characters... rather than the technological marvels"
--Publisher's Weekly on Departure
"Well-constructed and tightly-wound as a fine Swiss watch--DEPARTURE has non-stop action, an engaging plot and, of course, wheels within wheels."
--Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander
An Extended Look At The Atlantis Gene
70,000 years ago, the human race almost went extinct.
We survived, but no one knows how.
Until now.
The countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin, and humanity might not survive this time.
Off
the coast of Antarctica, a research vessel discovers a mysterious
structure buried deep within an iceberg. It has been there for thousands
of years, and something is guarding it. Could it be the fabled city of
Atlantis? Or is it something more dangerous?
At the same moment,
in Jakarta, Indonesia, a brilliant geneticist named Kate Warner has just
discovered a breakthrough treatment for autism. Or so she thinks. What
she has found is far more deadly--for her and for the entire human race.
Her work could unleash the next stage of human evolution. It might also
hold the key to unlocking the mysterious structure off the coast of
Antarctica.
On the other side of Jakarta, Agent David Vale is
racing to uncover a conspiracy with far-reaching implications. But he's
out of time. His informant inside the conspiracy is dead. His own
organization has been infiltrated--and his enemy has turned the hunt on
him. Now he's on the run. But when he receives a coded message related
to an imminent attack, he risks everything to save the one person that
can help him stop it: Dr. Kate Warner.
Together, Kate and David
race to unravel a global conspiracy and learn the truth about the
Atlantis Gene... and human origins. Their journey takes them to the far
corners of the globe and into the secrets of their pasts. Their enemy is
close on their heels and will stop at nothing to obtain Kate's research
and force the next stage of human evolution--even if it means killing
99.9% of the world's population. David and Kate can stop them... if they
can trust each other. And stay alive.
NOTE: this novel is
available as an eBook on Kindle Fire and Kindle eReader, an Audible
audiobook, and in print (paperback and hardcover). It's also in Kindle
Unlimited where subscribers can read for free.
Three sisters’ secrets collide in a shocking novel of suspense by the bestselling author of the Mercy Kilpatrick series.
Twenty years ago Emily Mills’s father was murdered, and she found his body hanging in the backyard. Her younger sister, Madison, claims she was asleep in her room. Her older sister, Tara, claims she was out with friends. The tragedy drove their mother to suicide and Tara to leave town forever. The killer was caught. The case closed.
Ever since, Emily and Madison have tried to forget what happened that night―until an eerily similar murder brings it all back. It also brings FBI special agent Zander Wells to the Oregon logging town. As eager as he is to solve the brutal double slaying, he is just as intrigued with the mystery of Emily’s and her sisters’ past.
When more blood is shed, Zander suspects there’s a secret buried in this town no one wants unearthed. Is it something Emily and Madison don’t know? Or aren’t telling? And Tara? Maybe Emily can’t bear to find her. Because when Tara disappeared, she took a secret of her own with her.
A female American spy in Nazi-occupied France finds purpose behind enemy lines in a novel of unparalleled danger, love, and daring by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Beantown Girls.
Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at a private school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan.
Donovan has faith in her―and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison. But the more Anna learns about the organization’s secret missions, the more she longs to be stationed abroad. Then comes the opportunity: go undercover as a spy in the French Resistance to help steal critical intelligence that could ultimately turn the tide of the war.
Dispatched behind enemy lines and in constant danger, Anna is filled with adrenaline, passion, and fear. She’s driven to make a difference―for her country and for herself. Whatever the risk, she’s willing to take it to help liberate France from the shadows of occupation and to free herself from the shadows of her former life.
A razor-sharp novel of suspense about the lies families tell―and those we choose to believe―by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe.
Lauren Abrams wants nothing to do with her damaged mother, whose spurious testimony sent Lauren’s father to prison for murder years ago. After a serial killer’s confession to the crime restored justice, Lauren chose to live with her father and grandmother. Now an adult, Lauren has come home to the Sacramento family estate for good, her mother’s lies be damned…
It’s been decades since Donna made her cheating boyfriend pay, but she hasn’t forgotten the past. She knows her estranged daughter has made a terrible mistake by returning to the estate. There’s more to the story of the welcoming old homestead―and her childhood―than Lauren knows.
As Lauren settles in, she is haunted by the questions of what really happened with her father, what her mother might be hiding, and what secrets the family ranch holds. It’s getting so dark, Lauren may not be able to see the truth to save her life.
“A fearless and sensitive coming-of-age story. I loved it.” ―Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley.
Bestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with an emotionally arresting follow-up to The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell.
In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer―Vincent’s last taste of innocence and first taste of real life―dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one’s own destiny.
Amanda Gorman's powerful and
historic poem 'The Hill We Climb,' read at President Joe Biden's
inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition.
'I
was profoundly moved as I watched you read your poem 'The Hill We
Climb' at last month's Inauguration. The power of your words blew me
away' Michelle Obama, TIME
'Deeply rousing and uplifting' Vogue
On 20 January 2021, Amanda Gorman spoke a message of truth and hope to millions.
Aged
twenty-two, she delivered a poetry reading at the inauguration of US
President Joe Biden. Her poem, 'The Hill We Climb', addressed the
country and reached across the world: a call for a brave future.
This
special edition, which includes an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey,
marks that poem and offers us courage, consolation and the inspiration
to make change.
'Stunning' CNN
'Dynamic' NPR
'A moment of history in book form' Stylist
'When
that young, vibrant, charismatic woman walked to the front of the
platform in her bright yellow coat and that magnificent presence, I was
thrilled' Hillary Clinton
'If the hardest part of an
artist's job is to fully and honestly meet the moment, Amanda delivered a
master class [at the inauguration]. She spoke truth to power and
embodied clear-eyed hope to a weary nation. She revealed us to
ourselves' Lin-Manuel Miranda, TIME
New York Times Bestseller | A habit expert from Stanford
University shares his breakthrough method for building habits quickly
and easily. With Tiny Habits you’ll increase productivity by tapping
into positive emotions to create a happier and healthier life. Dr.
Fogg’s new and extremely practical method picks up where Atomic Habits left off.
“There are many great books on the topic [of habits]: The Power of Habit, Atomic Habits, but this offers the most comprehensive, practical, simple, and compassionate method I've ever come across.” —John Stepper, Goodreads user
BJ FOGG is here to change your life—and revolutionize how we think
about human behavior. Based on twenty years of research and Fogg’s
experience coaching more than 40,000 people, Tiny Habits cracks
the code of habit formation. With breakthrough discoveries in every
chapter, you’ll learn the simplest proven ways to transform your life.
Fogg shows you how to feel good about your successes instead of bad
about your failures.
This proven, step-by-step guide will
help you design habits and make them stick through positive emotion and
celebrating small successes. Whether you want to lose weight, de-stress,
sleep better, or be more productive each day, Tiny Habits makes it easy to achieve—by starting small.
A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans
the decades between the 1950s and the present. When a successful New
York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor
his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love
letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never
heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her
father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman
lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience,
and passion that will reaffirm the reader’s belief in the power of love
to move mountains.
A New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub
A Book Riot "Favorite Summer Read of 2020"
A Food Tank Fall 2020 Reading Recommendation
Updated with a new introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the special edition of Braiding Sweetgrass,
reissued in honor of the fortieth anniversary of Milkweed Editions,
celebrates the book as an object of meaning that will last the ages.
Beautifully bound with a new cover featuring an engraving by Tony
Drehfal, this edition includes a bookmark ribbon, a deckled edge, and
five brilliantly colored illustrations by artist Nate Christopherson. In
increasingly dark times, we honor the experience that more than 350,000
readers in North America have cherished about the book―gentle, simple,
tactile, beautiful, even sacred―and offer an edition that will inspire
readers to gift it again and again, spreading the word about scientific
knowledge, indigenous wisdom, and the teachings of plants.
As a
botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of
nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi
Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest
teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two
lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit
as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever
as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert).
Drawing on her life as an
indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living
beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders,
algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've
forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the
creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing
today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of
ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of
our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only
when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of
understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own
gifts in return.
One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of
language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand
what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much.
Profanity
has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral
part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from a
different part of the brain than other parts of speech--the urgency with
which we say "f&*k!" is instead related to the instinct that tells
us to flee from danger.
Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words
is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle:
historical, sociological, political, linguistic. In a particularly
coarse moment, when the public discourse is shaped in part by
once-shocking words, nothing could be timelier.
The renowned biographer’s definitive portrait of a literary titan.
Appointed by Philip Roth and granted independence and complete access, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth’s personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and engaging Roth himself in breathtakingly candid conversations. The result is an indelible portrait of an American master and of the postwar literary scene.
Bailey shows how Roth emerged from a lower-middle-class Jewish milieu to achieve the heights of literary fame, how his career was nearly derailed by his catastrophic first marriage, and how he championed the work of dissident novelists behind the Iron Curtain.
Bailey examines Roth’s rivalrous friendships with Saul Bellow, John Updike, and William Styron, and reveals the truths of his florid love life, culminating in his almost-twenty-year relationship with actress Claire Bloom, who pilloried Roth in her 1996 memoir, Leaving a Doll’s House.
Tracing Roth’s path from realism to farce to metafiction to the tragic masterpieces of the American Trilogy, Bailey explores Roth’s engagement with nearly every aspect of postwar American culture.
Number one New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes readers on a twisting journey of lost love, impossible second chances, and terrifying promises.
A decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. She was presumed to be one of serial killer Ronny Lee Jessup’s victims whose remains were never found.
Writer David Thorne still hasn’t recovered from losing the love of his life, or from the guilt of not being there to save her. Since then, he’s sought closure any way he can. He even visits regularly with Jessup in prison, desperate for answers about Emily’s final hours so he may finally lay her body to rest. Then David meets Maddison Sutton, beguiling, playful, and keenly aware of all David has lost. But what really takes his breath away is that everything about Maddison, down to her kisses, is just like Emily. As the fantastic becomes credible, David’s obsession grows, Maddison’s mysterious past deepens―and terror escalates.
Is she Emily? Or an irresistible dead ringer? Either way, the ultimate question is the same: What game is she playing? Whatever the risk in finding out, David’s willing to take it for this precious second chance. It’s been ten years since he’s felt this inspired, this hopeful, this much in love…and he’s afraid.
“Rhys Bowen crafts a propulsive, unexpected plot with characters who come vibrantly alive on the page.” ―Mark Sullivan, author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Love and secrets collide in Venice during WWII in an enthralling novel of brief encounters and lasting romance by the New York Times bestselling author of The Tuscan Child and Above the Bay of Angels.
Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper…Venice. Caroline’s quest: to scatter Juliet “Lettie” Browning’s ashes in the city she loved and to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than sixty years.
It’s 1938 when art teacher Juliet Browning arrives in romantic Venice. For her students, it’s a wealth of history, art, and beauty. For Juliet, it’s poignant memories and a chance to reconnect with Leonardo Da Rossi, the man she loves whose future is already determined by his noble family. However star-crossed, nothing can come between them. Until the threat of war closes in on Venice and they’re forced to fight, survive, and protect a secret that will bind them forever.
Key by key, Lettie’s life of impossible love, loss, and courage unfolds. It’s one that Caroline can now make right again as her own journey of self-discovery begins.
Return to the sprawling, Hugo Award-winning universe of the
Galactic Commons to explore another corner of the cosmos—one often
mentioned, but not yet explored—in this absorbing entry in the Wayfarers
series, which blends heart-warming characters and imaginative
adventure.
With no water, no air, and no native life,
the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a
chance proximity to more popular worlds, making it a decent stopover
for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons
connected. If deep space is a highway, Gora is just your average truck
stop.
At the Five-Hop One-Stop, long-haul spacers can stretch their legs (if they have legs, that is), and get fuel, transit permits, and assorted supplies. The Five-Hop is run by an enterprising alien and her sometimes helpful child, who work hard to provide a little piece of home to everyone passing through.
When a freak technological failure halts all traffic to and from Gora, three strangers—all different species with different aims—are thrown together at the Five-Hop. Grounded, with nothing to do but wait, the trio—an exiled artist with an appointment to keep, a cargo runner at a personal crossroads, and a mysterious individual doing her best to help those on the fringes—are compelled to confront where they’ve been, where they might go, and what they are, or could be, to each other.
The second novel in the thrilling and epic new fantasy series from the international bestselling author of Red Sister and Prince of Thorns.
On the planet Abeth there is only the ice. And the Black Rock.
For
generations the priests of the Black Rock have reached out from their
mountain to steer the fate of the ice tribes. With their Hidden God,
their magic and their iron, the priests’ rule has never been questioned.
But when ice triber Yaz challenged their authority, she was torn away
from the only life she had ever known, and forced to find a new path for
herself.
Yaz has lost her friends and found her enemies. She has
a mountain to climb, and even if she can break the Hidden God’s power,
her dream of a green world lies impossibly far to the south, across a
vast emptiness of ice. Before the journey can even start, she has to
find out what happened to the ones she loves and save those that can be
saved.
Abeth holds its secrets close, but the stars shine brighter for Yaz and she means to unlock the truth.
The Expanse meets Game of Thrones in J. S. Dewes's fast-paced, sci-fi adventure The Last Watch, where a handful of soldiers stand between humanity and annihilation.
The Divide.
It’s the edge of the universe.
Now it’s collapsing―and taking everyone and everything with it.
The only ones who can stop it are the Sentinels―the recruits, exiles, and court-martialed dregs of the military.
At
the Divide, Adequin Rake commands the Argus. She has no resources, no
comms―nothing, except for the soldiers that no one wanted. Her ace in
the hole could be Cavalon Mercer--genius, asshole, and exiled prince who
nuked his grandfather's genetic facility for “reasons.”
She knows they’re humanity's last chance.
