Collection: Adult

The first systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery.

Karl Marx's writings on enslavement and labor have fallen out of favor among historians, but David McNally injects new life into them. Slavery and Capitalism gives the first systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery--using colonial travel literature, planter records and diaries, and slave narratives--to support the provocative claim for enslaved labor in the plantation system as capitalist commodity production.

Weaving together history, political economy, and radical abolitionism, McNally demonstrates that plantation slaves formed a modern working class. Unlike those scholars who insist that enslaved people were too sensible to set their sights on liberty, he highlights the self-activity of enslaved people fighting for their freedom and reframes their resistance as labor struggles over production and reproduction, with significant implications for US and Atlantic history and for understanding the roots of racial capitalism.

AMPUTATION is the first novel to be written about the inferno that obliterated two Los Angeles cities in January of 2025. Major characters are comedian Stephen Colbert; Karen Bass; a Timothée Chalamet stunt double; a fiercely pro-Palestinian heiress and her Zionist father; disgraced Grey's Anatomy writer Elisabeth Finch and a failed indie film producer----along with an assorted battalion of ordinary people, opportunists, and looters.

A fable drenched in hyperrealism, AMPUTATION is a burnt jewel box showcasing Wagner's transcendent, scabrously poetic powers as he explores the lives (and deaths) of the fire victims, and the consequences of dereliction, delusion, incompetence----and impermanence.

An insightful and practical guide to beating the markets

In the newly revised third edition of The Only Three Questions That Still Count: Investing By Knowing What Others Don't, renowned investor Ken Fisher delivers an innovative and insightful strategy you can use in your own life to understand and profit from the markets. He offers updated info on how to navigate an increasingly interconnected world, showing investors can improve their odds of success by answering just three questions using only publicly available information.

The author provides a practical framework you can apply immediately--and in the rest of your investing career--to boost your chances of outsized returns. You'll also find:

• More than 100 visuals illustrating the straightforward investing concepts found within
• Strategies to help you challenge yourself, and your preconceived notions, to improve your investing returns
• Updated techniques and strategies that assist retail investors in developing innovative ways to beat the market

Perfect for professional and individual investors, The Only Three Questions That Still Count is also an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the markets and investing behavior.

'Thorough, accessible, essential' Katy Hessel, author of The Story of Art without Men

'A sparkling debut. Bold, eloquent, personal and clear-eyed, Alayo Akinkugbe is a major new voice in writing about art, museums and culture. This book will shift your frames of reference, expand your canvas, and give you hope for the future ― changing how you look at art while also making you look again at your ways of seeing' - Dan Hicks, author of The Brutish Museums

'To explore a history of Black communities across centuries of art is a love letter to the practice, a gift of knowledge and an ode to those who's creative expressions give us much to be inspired by today' - Sofia Akel, cultural historian and founder

Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.

In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void.

Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, as well as Blackness in museums, in feminist art movements and in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an overlooked but integral part of our collective art history.

Refreshing and accessible, this promises to start a much-needed conversation in culture and education.

Vibrant vegetarian food from celebrated chef and successful author Joe Woodhouse, perfect for easy weeknight cooking

Full of deliciously simple veggie-filled recipes, Weeknight Vegetarian is perfect for the everyday home cook. Joe Woodhouse uses minimal ingredients with maximum flavour, celebrating seasonal eating and making vegetables exciting. 90 recipes include:

Lentil and Crunchy Veg Salad with Tahini Dressing
Oyster Mushroom Cheesesteak with Oven Chips
Fridge Drawer Fritters
Whipped Tofu with Charred Broccoli & Red Onion
Spelt Stew au Pistou
Georgian Spiced Spinach & Chickpeas
Red Lentil Moussaka

Wherever possible recipes will highlight any make-ahead options, easy substitutions and modifications to fit the cook's tastes or dietary needs. With tips on how to prep dishes and hacks for minimising stress in the kitchen, this is a must-have for every household.

Chapters include: Assembly Job, Mix and Make, One Pot on the Hob, In and Out of the Oven and Worth the Washing Up.

Praise for Your Daily Veg
'I absolutely adore the food in this beautiful book' Nigella Lawson
'One of the most inventive vegetable cooks' Anna Jones

Kamal's Kes is a body-positive picture book, rooted in dismantling standards of beauty that harm the mental health of young persons. With such few representations of body hair in picture books, cultural conditioning sends the message of feeling ashamed of natural hair. This Own Voices story offers young girls an empowering choice when it comes to their developing body hair. Kamal will have to confront her deepest thoughts to reimagine what beautiful means to her.

From the Romantic Times Sapphire award-winning author of the Internationally best-selling Elfhome series, comes the sequel to The Black Wolves of Boston

Joshua Tatterskein's life has been strange. He's become a werewolf and lives with a three-hundred-year-old vampire named Silas Decker and a ginger kitten called Trouble. Then things get even weirder when he encounters a talking penguin who wants to hire him for a job. Joshua just wants to graduate from his new high school. The school is owned by Boston's werewolf pack, and while the teachers might not realize the owners are wolves, all the kids with special abilities--the Goths--know. The good news is the Goths are happy to help Joshua, but the bad news is one of them has gone missing.

Silas Decker has been waking up earlier than normal--very odd after three hundred years of being dead to the world when the sun is up. He enjoys the change - but what does he have to do for it to continue?

Elise Grigori's day starts bad: her angelic family has discovered that she's dating Jack Cabot, Thane to the Wolf King. It gets worse when Central Office calls to say that her cousin Francis is missing from his Vermont monastic retreat. He's a Power, God's strength manifested in flesh, which means he's a walking nuke. His car is in Boston, which is very bad news for Boston.

Seth Tatterskein is just trying to hold his life together until he's old enough to leave the Wolf King's castle in New York and return to Boston as its Prince. His departure requires keeping his emotions in check--not an easy thing to do when your brother starts texting things like, "What kind of penguin talks?"

Instant #1 International Bestseller - A New York Times and Washington Post's Best Thriller of 2025

A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush--and the witness who looks all too familiar--draws a woman back to the very place she swore she'd never return to in this breakneck debut thriller.

A child who ran from the forest.
A woman who must return to it

Growing up with her younger siblings in the unforgiving New Zealand bush, Effie believed their parents had cut them off from civilization because they loved Nature. She never suspected that their reasons might be more menacing. After witnessing a terrifying episode of violence, she escaped the wilderness to forge a life for herself halfway across the globe.

Now, when she learns the only witness to a murder is a little girl who looks just like her, Effie is compelled to return to the scene of her troubled childhood, where the secrets of her upbringing and the terrors of her past come rushing back to the surface. In order to find out once and for all what became of her family--and possibly help this mysterious girl who could be her younger self--Effie must face her greatest fears once more.

The wildly enthralling and entertaining story of Apple's monopolistic impulses and the global business and political forces arrayed against its $3 trillion empire.

iWar is a saga of corporate intrigue, control, and competition, featuring some of the world's most brilliant and powerful minds. It is the story of Apple, the tech corporation which has built near unassailable market power through its iPhone and app ecosystem and controls not only commerce, but also culture, and--increasingly--the flow of ideas. And it is the story of a powerful cadre of tech moguls determined to take it down.

Over time, a loose and disparate group of billionaires, each driven by their own reasons, has formed to challenge Apple's supremacy, including Daniel Ek (Spotify), Tim Sweeney (Epic Games/Fortnite), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook/Meta) and Elon Musk (Twitter/X). With in-depth reporting, Wall Street Journal business columnist Tim Higgins chronicles these tech moguls and their quest to weaken a powerful rival, aiming at destroying the Walled Garden around Apple's iPhone Empire, while telling a larger story of the global digital and information economy.

Struggling to separate her dreams from reality, a young woman investigates the disappearance of her sister ten years earlier ... worried that she might be next. A breathtaking, twisty standalone thriller from the international bestselling author of the Forbidden Iceland series...

`Truly addictive, I inhaled it in a single day´ Louise Candlish

'Dark, chilling and so atmospheric´ Claire Douglas

`Eva Björg Ægisdóttir just gets better and better´ Sarah Pearse

`This is psychological thriller writing of a rare order and evidence that any comments about the demise of Scandicrime are greatly exaggerated´ Financial Times

`A complex, increasingly creepy tale of young love, dysfunctional families, long-buried secrets and pen pals who are not what they seem ... Its psychological depth and physical shocks recall the work of the great Ruth Rendell´ The Times

`A masterclass of psychological suspense from the superstar of Icelandic noir ... addictively creepy´ Daily Express

**WINNER of the Blood Drop Award for Iceland's Best Crime Novel of the Year**

**SHORTLISTED for the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel**

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November, 1967, Iceland. Fourteen-year-old Marsí has a secret penpal - a boy who lives on the other side of the country - but she has been writing to him in her older sister's name. Now she is excited to meet him for the first time.

But when the date arrives, Marsí is prevented from going, and during the night her sister Stína goes missing - her bloodstained anorak later found at the place where Marsí and her penpal had agreed to meet.

November, 1977. Stína's disappearance remains unsolved. Then an unexpected letter arrives for Marsí It's from her penpal, and he's still out there...

Desperate for news of her missing sister, but terrified that he might coming after her next, Marsí returns to her hometown and embarks on an investigation of her own.

But Marsí has always had trouble distinguishing her vivid dreams from reality, and as insomnia threatens her sanity, it seems she can't even trust her own memories.

And her sister's killer is still on the loose...

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`Home Before Dark will have you checking your doors and windows before you go to bed´ Mirror

`That rare crime novel - pacy and well-plotted but also driven by well-drawn, believable characters ... Put this at the top of your TBR!´ Sarah Pearse

`A chilling, atmospheric mystery with a devilishly unguessable solution´ Louise Candlish

`Like an Icelandic winter, Home before Dark chilled me to the very core. An utterly gripping read, it kept me guessing till the last shocking twist´ Heidi Amsinck

`Dark, chilling and so atmospheric, I was utterly gripped by this clever, twisty thriller ... a must read´ Claire Douglas

`Addictive´ Crime Monthly

Praise for Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

`Chilling and addictive, with a completely unexpected twist´ Shari Lapena

`Fans of Nordic Noir will love this´ Ann Cleeves

`This is virtuoso suspense writing´ A.J. Finn

`Riveting, exciting, entertaining and packed with intrigue´ Liz Nugent

`A tense, twisty page-turner that you'll have serious trouble putting down´ Catherine Ryan Howard

**Winner of the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger**

**Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime**

**Shortlisted for the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger**

**Shortlisted for the Capital Crime Award for Best Thriller**

From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest about the lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent back through time to make sure she plays her part--even if it breaks his heart.

Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children's books and recruiting posters--but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten.

Centuries later, Owen Mallory--failed soldier, struggling scholar--falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives--and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs.

But that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una's legend--if they want to tell a different story--they'll have to rewrite history itself.

"Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent." --Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

"An utter masterpiece... I loved every single page." --Rachel Gillig, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of One Dark Window

Throughout history, pearls have been treasured for their beauty wherever they've been found -- from China to the Persian Gulf to Mexico and beyond. Before the creation of cultured pearls, natural pearls were incredibly rare, considered symbols of wealth and power reserved for the elite. With the pearl culturing revolution, pearls became widely available, and they remain an iconic fashion staple for celebrities, athletes, royalty and everyone in between.

This lavishly illustrated guide -- which features hundreds of photos, maps and diagrams -- covers everything from identifying, culturing and evaluating these gems to the captivating stories of some of the world's most sought-after pearls.

Pearls includes chapters on:

• Why pearls are so prized -- Pearl symbolism and admiration throughout the ages and a showcase of the most prized pearls in history
• Natural vs. cultured pearls -- Explanation of the sources of each and how a layperson can identify them
• Pearl value factors -- A list of the main factors for evaluating pearl quality and price
• Akoya pearls, South Sea pearls, black pearls and freshwater pearls. These chapters discuss the sources and qualities of each type of pearl and gives readers tools to evaluate them
• Pearls produced by sea snails, scallops, clams, saltwater mussels and nautiluses
• Pearl processing and treatments -- How pearls can be treated and tests that can be done to see if a pearl has been treated
• Imitation pearls
• Pearl jewelry -- Examples of pearl jewelry from the 18th century to the modern day
• Wearing and caring for pearls -- Tips for wearing a strand of pearls as well as methods of cleaning and storing pearls.

As useful as it is beautiful, Pearls will be a welcome guide for anyone who has felt the allure of these spherical gems.

This is the incredible story of why and how Winston Churchill in his mid-50s decided to write an autobiography designed to reshape his image and to reduce an overwhelming personal debt burden.

This is the incredible story of why and how Winston Churchill in his mid-50s decided to write an autobiography designed to reshape his image and to reduce an overwhelming personal debt burden. The book, My Early Life, emerged from a truly Churchillian writing process that was both complicated and highly focused. An extensive dictation process using both external research and his own previously written materials created a rough draft. Then additional researchers, reviewers and publishers on two continents helped mold the final product. My Early Life is Churchill's Aeneid and many sections approach lyric poetry in the style of writing and in its visual and emotional impact. How all this came about is described and analyzed in this book. It further explores just how successful an endeavor this was and the global impact this book has had on literature and as a source for educational and literary publications.

Explore the extraordinary stories of the great Greek and Roman heroes, gods, and monsters, along with breathtaking images of classic artwork and 15 removable pieces of mythology ephemera.

An interactive guide to all the Greek and Roman mythological characters, epic battles, bizarre metamorphoses, and all kinds of hideous and fantastic monsters, Encyclopedia of Mythology immerses you in the riveting stories of this timeless mythological world. From major deities such as Athena and Pluto to the lesser-known wood nymphs and centaurs, and, of course, the heroic mortals like Jason, Helen, Achilles, and Odysseus, are all brought to life with a fascinating series of portraits drawn from a wide variety of ancient literary sources.

In addition to this treasure trove of history and lore, this handsome edition includes 15 removable pieces of mythological memorabilia, including:

• Die-cut prints of Greek and Roman pottery and sculptures
• Photos of historical paintings depicting mythology's favorite gods, goddesses, and heroes
• Reproductions of ancient Greek and Roman maps
• And more!

Perfect for casual browsers and folklore enthusiasts alike, Encyclopedia of Mythology offers a rich and readable guide to some of the greatest stories ever told.

In The Abiding Room, you will learn how to experience the joy and peace of the Holy Spirit and encounter Jesus on a daily basis. Regardless of where you currently are in your spiritual journey, God desires for you to experience intimacy with him throughout each day. The abiding, Spirit-filled life is the abundant life Jesus promised and is ready to share with you as you enter into the Abiding Room with him.