Collection: Adult

A mother becomes obsessed with finding the cure to a mysterious ailment that is spreading throughout her New England town in this kaleidoscopic novel about love's capacities in a changing world.

"Gorgeous and compelling."--Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love

"And if we weren't afraid of the darkness? What world would we make then?"

Eve is at a breaking point. Alone with her two children in Massachusetts while her husband pursues his music career in New York City, she's frustrated, bored, and above all, lonely when she runs into Demeter, a childhood friend with whom she shared one transformative summer. Demeter is as beautiful and charismatic as Eve remembers, but she's also distraught. Demeter's daughter, like a growing number of others, young and old, cannot go outside during the day. No one knows why, and doctors are skeptical that these people--soon dubbed Emilys, after a famously reclusive local poet--are telling the truth. But Eve believes her friend, whose company revives her and gives her purpose. She will help Demeter--if she can just figure out how.

Eve's search for answers brings her into the fold of an unlikely band of detectives--the local librarian and the town's most prolific writer of letters to the editor, who both loved the same woman and now hate each other; an actor hoping to make amends for past mistakes; a hermit botanist whose seed collection might hold a clue if she'd only open her door. They meet in playdates and potlucks, the Elks Lodge and the food co-op, the botanical garden and the riverbank, venturing deep into the town's past and finding their way towards a future wilder and more wondrous than they had ever expected. But for Eve, this future will require a price: She is keeping secrets from her husband, fighting with Demeter, distracted from her children. What is she willing to risk to find a cure?

The Emilys is a capacious, profound book about how love of all kinds--love between friends, between mothers and kids, between strangers and neighbors, love for the earth--opens up new possibilities. It asks: How will we learn to live in an altered world? How will we keep each other safe? And when the darkness comes, how will we find joy?

A magical florist journeys from the kingdom's capital to its wild woods to fulfill an unusual request, and stumbles upon friendship, conspiracy, and the buds of new love in this debut cozy fantasy.

"Wildflower is a lovely respite from reality, featuring a charming cast of characters, snappy dialogue, and so much heart. Prepare to be enchanted."--Brigitte Knightley, author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy

The book contains hand-drawn floral sketches inside!

Cursed from birth to always tell the truth, magical florist Felicity "Fliss" Farrow chooses her words carefully to avoid trouble. But when she receives an anonymous request for a mysterious flower, her search leads her directly into trouble's path: to Willoh Vane.

Fliss knows the outcast--yet teasingly handsome--sorcerer is rumored to have used dark magic to corrupt the northern forest five years ago. She's witnessed the resulting feud with Prince Bastion, whom her best friend, Card, is soon to marry. Despite her divided loyalty, Fliss reluctantly accepts Will's help with gathering rare flowers and finds herself increasingly drawn to him.

As the royal wedding approaches, Fliss fears the flowers she's delivered are intended for a sinister purpose. But when her warnings are ignored, can she and Will save the kingdom from disaster, and ultimately discover what Fliss has sought for so long--the truth.

A convivial master class in classic cocktails from the James Beard Award-winning authors of The Bartender's Manifesto

"A foundational reference for anyone driven to refine their craft while appreciating the timeless gravity of the classics."--Alex Day, coauthor of Cocktail Codex and the Death & Co books and partner at Death & Co

Classic cocktails are the ABCs of the craft of mixology. Drinks like the Daiquiri, Old Fashioned, and Negroni are timeless, universally beloved, and versatile. A perfect Margarita or Manhattan will never go out of style. When made with good technique and the occasional creative flourish, these drinks transform from everyday staples to supernovas of deliciousness. Anybody can learn to mix killer versions of these storied cocktails with aplomb, but as every bartender knows, getting really good at it takes a bit of practice. There are a few dozen ways to make a great Martini, and a million ways to mess one up.

In The Classic Cocktail Sessions, you'll learn how to make these classic recipes with confidence. Bartender Toby Maloney has honed his approach to these drinks for decades, and here, he and co-author Emma Janzen invite you to join them behind the bar for a "session" with each cocktail--a captivating, in-depth tutorial on how to create good balance, texture, aroma, and temperature, how different brands of ingredients impact the outcome of a drink, and how to personalize the classic formulas with subtle adjustments and twists. There is no one right way to make an Espresso Martini or a Mai Tai--but with this book's guidance, you'll learn how to make the version that speaks to you. With Maloney's signature wit and wisdom front and center, plus a dynamic design and Janzen's transportive photography, this is one of the most lively and compelling additions to the canon of classic cocktail books in years.

Celebrated sewing expert Gretchen Hirsch shows you how to transform knits and stretch fabrics into glamorous vintage looks inspired by Coco Chanel, Claire McCardell, Madame Grès, and more.

Knit fabrics are easy to fit, have a lovely drape, and are known for being comfortable and effortless--all things that appeal to both designers and home sewists. But sewing with knit fabrics can be tricky.

Gertie Sews Glam Knits is here to change all that: Author Gretchen Hirsch shares her legendary sewing secrets to teach readers how to stitch knit fabrics with ease (and without special equipment).

Hirsch's well-researched sewing instructions come from years of studying and collecting rare designer garments. There are few books available on sewing with knit fabrics, and even fewer that offer both instruction and patterns for coveted vintage styles that are sized to fit modern figures.

The book is divided into two helpful sections. The first focuses on sewing different types of knit fabrics, decoding stretch percentages, stabilizing and finishing, fitting, and more. Part two is all about the wardrobe, offering six downloadable patterns, plus variations, including '30s-style tap pants and halter top, a classic '50s jewel neck top and pencil skirt, beachy pants, a bishop-sleeve blouse, and more.

"The perfect superhero comic for anyone missing INVINCIBLE..." --Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible)

Now presenting the second deluxe, oversized hardcover edition of the massively popular RADIANT BLACK series, part of the Massive-Verse!

Alien sword guy? Dealt with. Best friend? Saved. Giant space war? A problem for another day. With all their biggest problems handled, Nathan and Marshall are looking forward to some downtime - but a gauntlet of new foes, a fleet of alien robots, and a dangerous journey in search of truth threaten to change their relationship forever and put an early end to their superhero careers!

Collects issues #13-24 of the ongoing Radiant Black series and the SHIFT one-shot, as well as a complete cover gallery and more than 30 pages of new and exclusive behind-the-scenes backmatter.

WHAT IS THE MASSIVE-VERSE?

Kyle Higgins & Marcelo Costa's breakout hit Radiant Black took superhero storytelling to new heights. But Radiant Black isn't the only character inhabiting the MASSIVE-VERSE. There's a whole universe for readers to explore! Characters like Rogue Sun, Inferno Girl Red, The Dead Lucky and more yet to be revealed each of them has a different story to tell, different adversaries to face and they each occupy a very different corner of this shared universe. What are you waiting for? Now's the time to get into the MASSIVE-VERSE!

Roma soy yo, Maldita Roma y Los tres mundos reunidas en una edición en formato estuche.

La historia de Julio César narrada como solo Santiago Posteguillo puede hacerlo.

Si alguna vez hubo un hombre nacido para cambiar el curso de la Historia, ese fue Julio César. Su leyenda, veinte siglos después, sigue más viva que nunca.

Roma soy yo

Roma, año 77 a.C. El cruel senador Dolabela va a ser juzgado por corrupción, pero ha contratado a los mejores abogados, ha comprado al jurado y, además, es conocido por usar la violencia contra todos los que se enfrentan a él. Nadie se atreve a ser el fiscal, hasta que de pronto, contra todo pronóstico, un joven patricio de tan solo veintitrés años acepta llevar la acusación, defender al pueblo de Roma y desafiar el poder de las élites. El nombre del desconocido abogado es Cayo Julio César.

Combinando con maestría un exhaustivo rigor histórico y una capacidad narrativa extraordinaria, Santiago Posteguillo logra sumergir al lector en el fragor de las batallas, hacerle caminar por las calles más peligrosas mientras los sicarios de los senadores acechan en cualquier esquina, vivir la gran historia de amor de Julio César con Cornelia, su primera esposa, y comprender, en definitiva, cómo fueron los orígenes del hombre tras el mito.
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Maldita Roma

Mare Internum, año 75 a. C. Un barco mercante navega rumbo a la isla de Rodas. A bordo, Julio César acompañado sólo por su fiel Labieno. Obligado por sus enemigos a exiliarse de Roma, se dirige al encuentro con el maestro Apolonio para aprender oratoria y de este modo, a su regreso, iniciar una feroz pugna para ingresar en el Senado y enfrentarse allí al temido Cicerón.

Este es un relato sin tregua en el que viviremos ataques piratas, el enfrentamiento con Espartaco en la rebelión de los esclavos, grandes batallas en las que sentiremos el olor de la sangre y el estruendo de los gladios. Comprenderemos los hábiles manejos de César para ascender en política y asistiremos, incluso, al nacimiento de la reina Cleopatra a orillas del Nilo.
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Los tres mundos
En el 58 a. C., Roma, la Galia y Egipto eran tres mundos distintos que, sin saberlo, iban camino de un único destino...

Si en Roma soy yo conocíamos los orígenes de Julio César y enMaldita Roma asistíamos a su ascenso político, ahora César se enfrenta a uno de los mayores desafíos históricos de todos los tiempos: la conquista de las Galias, un territorio siempre hostil a Roma, vasto, inmenso y, a ojos de los enemigos de César, un lugar inconquistable destinado a ser su tumba.

Con una rigurosa documentación y un ritmo soberbio vivimos el sufrimiento y la épica de la guerra de las Galias, pero también presenciamos la lucha política fratricida en Roma y viajamos al exilio con el faraón Tolomeo XII, expulsado de Egipto en compañía de su hija, la joven y mítica Cleopatra.

La Galia, Roma y Egipto, una colisión inexorable de tres mundos legendarios en la que culmina la Trilogía del Ascenso, el primer ciclo de la serie sobre Julio César.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

I Am Rome, Accursed Rome, and The Three Worlds together in a boxed set edition.
Julius Caesar's story, told as only Santiago Posteguillo could do it.

If there was ever a man born to change the course of History, that was Julius Caesar.

His legend, twenty centuries later, is more alive than ever.

I Am Rome

AFTER JULIUS CAESAR, THE WORLD WAS NEVER THE SAME.

If there was ever a man born to change the course of History, that was Julius Caesar. His legend, twenty centuries later, is more alive than ever.

Rome, year 77 b.C. Cruel Senator Dolabella is about to be judged for corruption, but he has hired the best lawyers, has bought the jury, and, besides, is known for the use of violence against anyone who opposes him. No man dares accept the role of prosecutor, until all of a sudden and against all odds, a young Patrician of mere twenty-three years of age accepts to lead the case, defend the people of Rome, and defy the power of the elite class. This unknown lawyer's name is Caius Julius Caesar.

Masterfully combining an exhaustive historical rigor with extraordinary narrative skills, Santiago Posteguillo is able to submerge his readers in the thick of battle, make them walk through the most dangerous streets where the Senate's henchmen lurk in every corner, live the great love story of Julius Caesar and Cornelia, his first wife, and finally understand the origins of the man behind the myth.

There are characters that change the history of the world, but there are also moments that change the lives of such characters. I Am Rome tells the extraordinary events that marked Caesar's fate.

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Accursed Rome

EXPERIENCE THE MOST THRILLING SAGA IN HISTORY.

THE SEQUEL TO ROMA SOY YO [I AM ROME], THE BEST-SELLING NOVEL OF 2022.

No one could make up a life like the one lived by Julius Caesar.
Only Santiago Posteguillo could write it.

THE LATEST RELEASE BY THE AUTHOR WHO ALLOWS US TO EXPERIENCE HISTORY.

"Posteguillo brings lyricism and accuracy to the myth of Julius Caesar." -El País

"Spain's great historical novelist profiles one of history's most brilliant men." -El Mundo

More than 300,000 copies of I Am Rome sold in Spain.
More than 4,500,000 copies of Santiago Posteguillo's works sold.

Following the runaway success of I Am Rome, Spain's best-selling novel in 2022, Santiago Posteguillo continues his grand literary project with this account of the life of Julius Caesar, the eagerly awaited second installment in his saga of Ancient Rome's greatest personage.

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The Three Worlds

ONE MAN. THREE WORLDS. THE PRICE FOR GLORY HAS NEVER BEEN HIGHER.

After the unstoppable success of I Am Rome and Accursed Rome, Santiago Posteguillo's great literary project continues with his most awaited novel: the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar, narrated by a writer who makes us live History better than anyone.

In 58 B.C.E., Rome, Gaul, and Egypt were three different worlds that, unknowingly, would meet the same fate...

In I Am Rome we learned the origins of Julius Caesar, and in Accursed Rome we witnessed his political ascent, now Caesar faces one of the greatest historic challenges of all time: conquering Gaul, a territory forever hostile to Rome, vast, immense, and in the eyes of Caesar's enemies, an unconquerable place destined to be his tomb.

With rigorous documentation and a superb rhythm, we experience the epic suffering of the Gallic Wars, but also witness the political struggles in Rome, and go into exile with Pharoah Ptolemy XII, cast out of Egypt in the company of his daughter, the young and mythical Cleopatra.

Gaul, Rome, and Egypt, an inexorable collision of three legendary worlds that closes the "Trilogy of the Ascent," the first part of this Julius Caesar series.

For 25 years, Isis Magic has been the comprehensive guide to a powerful, devotional relationship with Isis. This special edition offers even more, including new rituals, prayers, invocations, and meditations, making it an essential Isis resource now and for the future.

First, Isis Magic details Isis' rich history and multifaceted nature--from ancient Bird of Prey Goddess, Eternal Mother, and Mighty Magician to Mystery Goddess and Lady of Hermetic Wisdom.

Then, enter the House of Isis to experience Her magic firsthand:

- Take a fourfold initiatory journey into Her Mysteries
- Discover rites & practices to develop & deepen your relationship
- New prayers, devotions & rituals for solitary practitioners
- Updated text & additional gender-neutral terms ensure relevance for all seekers Deeply inspired by ancient Egyptian tradition, yet designed for today's practitioners, Isis Magic provides a hands-on guide to invoking Isis' wisdom and love, and growing your magical practice. Whether you're new to Isis or have long walked Her path, whether you're solitary or in a group, this extraordinary book will inspire your living relationship with the Goddess of 10,000 names.

A fresh take on emotional intelligence - and the many ways that it can help us navigate life's ups and downs

We all aspire to be emotionally mature, but what does that really mean - and how do we achieve it? In this insightful guide, educator and founder of The EQ School Genny Rumancik shares proven strategies and practical tools for better understanding ourselves and others, in order to show up more authentically in our lives.

Covering everything from handling stress and building emotionally safe relationships to developing self-trust, navigating conflict, and more, The Wisdom of Feeling is a user's guide to big emotions for a complex world. Inspired by the four pillars of emotional intelligence (or EQ), the book offers tools, frameworks, and fresh insights to help us better understand our triggers and default reactions, explore our deeper needs with curiosity, and bring our best selves to our relationships of all kinds.

Discover what your feelings are telling you - and how to work with them, not against them, to enrich your lived experience and feel more truly at home in the world.

If terroir sets the place for culture, and seeds are nature's intersection that allows for folklife and foodway, then Iconic Jersey Tomatoes, An American Folklife and Foodway by Jeff Quattrone is the Jersey tomato version of that. Through his lens of his life in New Jersey and his seed and food sovereignty art and activism, Jeff tells the story of the collective generational experiences around tomato seed breeding that led to the Jersey tomato becoming a part of New Jersey's cultural identity.

New Jersey is one of four peninsula states in the United States. It's the only one that is surrounded by three types of water: fresh, brackish and ocean. The pesnulia and its terroir and merroir set the place for Jersey history. Tomato seed breeding is a big part of that. From Campbell's and their tomato breeding program, to local seed and canning companies under one roof, to seed companies and independent tomato breeders, all contributed to local community and economic power over seeds and food. It was a way of life and not the social actions needed today. The book chronicles Jeff's revival of six functionally extinct Jersey-bred tomatoes and their histories, along with the history of eight other Jersey-bred tomatoes. Property deeds, seed catalog pages, and adaptations of Jeff's Growing the Food Sovereignty Revolution Propaganda Series visually compliment the deep and hidden history that the seeds allow him to bring forward for lessons to respect, revive and reinvent to meet current seed and food system challenges.

The ultimate guide for young people looking to build long-term wealth in the stock market

The New Money Strategy: The Modern Guide to Rational, Long-Term Investing is the ultimate strategy guide to help a new generation of investors harness the power of value investing and the stock market. In this book, Brandon van der Kolk, founder of the popular New Money YouTube channel with more than one million dedicated subscribers, reveals the common mistakes people are making in the markets today and the time-tested strategy to build long term wealth.

Readers will find insights on:

• How the timeless strategies of legendary investors like Peter Lynch, Guy Spier, and Mohnish Pabrai can be applied to today's stock market
• Using Warren Buffet's patient and principled stock-picking strategy to build wealth by targeting long-term multibaggers.
• A step-by-step framework for preparing financially, investing through low-cost index funds and identifying high-quality business at reasonable prices.

The New Money Strategy: The Modern Guide to Rational, Long-Term Investing delivers an essential roadmap for all investors seeking to build long-term wealth in the stock market.

Salt Lake City, 1881: Brigid Reardon is again on the case when her new employer--a leader in the Church of Latter-day Saints--is murdered in his home

Still reeling from the violence she encountered in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Brigid Reardon presses on alone to Salt Lake City, where she decides to settle down in what she hopes is a safe community. Things look promising when she's hired to work at the Deseret Bookstore and offered a room in the home of her employer, Mr. Cutter, a high-ranking member of the Church of Latter-day Saints, and his five wives.

Despite Brigid's conflicting feelings about polygamy, she finds the Cutter wives warm and welcoming, and she thinks she may finally be happy here. As she settles in, Brigid learns that Mr. Cutter wants yet another wife, and he is set on Amelia, the daughter of one of his wives from a previous marriage. When Mr. Cutter is found apparently murdered in the women's sewing room, each of the wives (plus Amelia and Mr. Cutter's son) is a suspect, and Brigid knows it's up to her to figure out just who did it. As she continues to work in the bookstore and live with the grieving family, Brigid teams up with the local coroner to investigate--and with her undeniable knack for detection, it's not long before she discovers a telltale clue.

A Wasp in the Beehive continues Brigid's trek west in the United States after immigrating from Ireland with her brother, following her time in Deadwood, South Dakota, in The Streel and in Cheyenne in The Big Sugar. But with everything that has happened, will she stay in Salt Lake City, or will she move on again?

Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly.

The official visual retrospective of the first 25 years of Cartoon Saloon, the award-winning, internationally renowned Irish animation studio behind The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Puffin Rock, and Wolfwalkers

The Art of Cartoon Saloon: 25 Years takes fans on a gorgeous illustrated journey through the first 25 years of the award-winning animation studio.

Cofounded in 1999 by Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey, and Paul Young in Kilkenny, Ireland, Cartoon Saloon has garnered countless accolades for their stunning hand-drawn animation, including four Academy Award nominations.

Their body of work encompasses feature film releases including The Secret of the Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner, WolfWalkers, and My Father's Dragon, and the beloved children's series Puffin Rock, as well as short films and commercial work.

The studio's 2D films, which have persisted and thrived in a cinematic landscape that increasingly favors computer-generated imagery, are vibrant, engaging, and wholly unique. This book illuminates the history of the animation studio and the creative processes that have created a timeless aesthetic distinct to Cartoon Saloon.

A piercing short story collection that explores the feverish hunger and dizzying pleasure of girlhood and queer coming-of-age in a small town, from an acclaimed emerging writer

"An ode to Black girlhood in all its forms, each story its own messy, hilarious, profound illustration of desire, friendship, the masks we put on, and the ways we learn to love. T Clark has written a short story collection for the ages."--Leila Mottley, author of The Girls Who Grew Big

Set mostly in and around a small working-class neighborhood just outside of New York City, Clark's stories explore the lives of young Black girls, women, and nonbinary characters, slicing through the filmy veil between adolescence and adulthood, between who they've been and who they might become.

D'asia's friendship with a school security guard is teetering close to inappropriate. Chrissy is looking to play roulette on a trip with her boyfriend but ends up in a hotel room with two strangers. Juju's mother dresses her up for a meeting with a local music producer. A little sister cringes as her friend tries to hook up with her older brother. A fight breaks out at a party and the video goes viral. A woman can't stop walking by her ex's window, hoping to catch a glimpse of all she lost.

With sharp sentences and great affection, Clark excavates the push and pull of desire and power running beneath tender and bare moments.

Since the late 1960s, Jane Fonda has identified as an activist first and an actor second, using her celebrity as a vehicle to convey her views and her advocacy. Few stars of her stature have been as simultaneously acclaimed and vilified as Fonda. Even as she won two Academy Awards and was a major box office draw of the 1970s and 1980s, she received reams of hate mail for her political activism and antiwar stances. This book explores Fonda's devotion to movement politics--sometimes at the expense of her career and her personal safety.

Digging deep into rare material from cinema archives and Fonda's own personal papers, journalist Marilyn Greenwald tells the story of how Fonda came to view acting as a "side gig" that gives her a worldwide platform to convey her personal and political views. Charting the evolution of her activism and the merging of her acting and producing with her advocacy, Greenwald focuses on the years from 1968--when she was jarred out of complacency by the Vietnam War--to 1980, after the release of The China Syndrome and the advent of the Three Mile Island nuclear crisis, which brought to light the possible dangers of nuclear energy. Greenwald details how three of her films--Klute (1971), Coming Home (1978), and The China Syndrome (1979)--were designed to further her personal beliefs. She also considers how Fonda has weathered changes in the entertainment industry and public tastes to produce and star in decades' worth of socially conscious projects. Charting Fonda's personal and professional growth while offering a candid account of her struggles, this book shows how Fonda viewed movies as an influential storytelling tool that can influence public opinion, change minds, and trigger social change.

A bold critique of conventional economics that reveals why the time and money we devote to care work is vital to our economic future.

Our economy is much bigger than the dollar value of things we buy and sell. It depends on us--our health, our creativity, and our moral commitments. These capabilities don't have price tags but are crucial to a sustainable future. We need to acknowledge and reward the value of caring for ourselves and others, especially our children, our elderly, and those experiencing illness or disability.

From leading feminist economist Nancy Folbre, Making Care Work provides a compelling historical and economic account of care provision in the United States. Folbre traces the long and colorful history of resistance to bogus claims that only paid work "counts" and that employees in care services are always paid what they deserve. Explaining why care providers remain economically vulnerable today, she argues that more attention to the public benefits of care provision could help build the political coalitions needed to implement policies that put people first.

In this comprehensive and bold book, Folbre upends conventional economic thinking and maps a hopeful path toward a more equitable and sustainable economy.

Peter Ackroyd's compelling portrait of W. H. Auden, poet of a restless century.

Of all the English poets born in the twentieth century, Wystan Hugh Auden is by far the most significant. This critical biography explores the evolution of his poetic voice in tandem with his shifting beliefs--existentialism, Marxism, Freudianism, and Anglo-Catholicism--reflecting the intellectual climate of the century. Rooted in English traditions, Auden's work reveals both public and personal histories, from the Depression and Spanish Civil War to his experiences as a gay man navigating repression and later liberation. The book traces his journeys from Oxford to Berlin, China, and America, bringing to life his turbulent era and the inner conflicts of his long relationship with Chester Kallman. This insightful and compelling account by acclaimed historian Peter Ackroyd captures Auden's genius as both a historical witness and an enduring poetic voice.