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A long-form dialogue--on cinema and survival--with the visionary French filmmaker.

The virtuous always engage in a pseudoreligious morality. But there's one thing they never say: the desire for pleasure is thought in motion. It's what makes you transfigure a dull and repetitive sexual act into something that can bring you to ecstasy and an idea of eternity ...
--Catherine Breillat to Murielle Joudet

Catherine Breillat has always told just one story: her own, the story of a young girl whose existence was forbidden, who was, from childhood, cut in half, split between her mind and her sexuality, marked by the shame of being born female. She became a filmmaker at a time when choosing that vocation meant disobeying the world.

During six months between September 2022 and March 2023, the film critic Murielle Joudet interviewed Catherine Breillat for thirty hours, often following up with further discussion over the phone. Joudet and Breillat discuss each of her films in chronological order, moving freely between Breillat's cinematic vision, her life, and the situations, artworks, and thought that have inspired her films.

From A Real Young Girl (1975) to Last Summer (2023), Breillat has made films in an attempt to recover what she believes was stolen from her-- the "unfilmable," inexhaustible grey area of the feminine where shame, transgression, sensuality, disgust, and the search for oneself intertwine until they become indistinguishable. Her work proposes a haunting imperative to know oneself ... and for her heroines, this spiritual search plays out as an open war with the opposite sex.

A conversation with Catherine Breillat is as much a cinema master class as it is a lesson in survival.

Social media queen-turned-small-town baker Maddy Montgomery, her feisty friends, and her faithful English mastiff know you have to break a few eggs to solve a murder. . .

As Maddy's wedding day approaches, friends and family descend on the little town of New Bison, Michigan, to celebrate--so much so that Maddy wonders if there might be another happily-ever-after in store for her widowed father and innkeeper Mrs. Law. Unfortunately, she also has to deal with an unhappy couple: feuding cousins Hannah and Dorothy, who haven't spoken in decades. Maddy can only hope the spectacular wedding cake crafted by her head baker doesn't wind up as ammunition in a food fight.

But she doesn't have to wait long for a wedding disaster to strike. When the imperious Dorothy crashes the rehearsal dinner--with several uninvited guests in tow--and starts battering everyone with constant complaints, the drama reaches reality-show levels. And the next day, Dorothy is dead . . . with Hannah standing over the body, bloody rolling pin in hand.

Nobody in town believes Miss Hannah could commit murder. But a detective newly relocated from New York doesn't know the sweet, memory-challenged Hannah the way the locals do--and the evidence seems open-and-shut as an oven. Now, with her sous-sleuths the Baker Street Irregulars, the bride-to-be is busy digging into Dorothy's past to catch a killer before she cuts the cake . . .

An exquisite Arabian mare. A small boy leaving home. A young woman in France fighting to survive. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ride of Her Life braids a sweeping novel of love, war, empire, and the power of kindness in a world descending into darkness.

Beddou is six years old when he is sent off to apprentice far from his High Atlas village in Morocco. His mother gives him six amber beads to help him find his way home. That same month, a magnificent filly is born in Fes, in the splendor of the Sultan's palace. For a brief, golden time, the mare belongs to the boy. But Beddou's heart is broken when a soldier steals his horse and disappears into France just as the Great War roars to a start. Finding her seems impossible, but he vows to try.

Estelle, a young woman in France, finds a distressed Arabian mare wandering alone in the meadow behind her house. She is determined to look after this radiant creature just as tenderly as she cares for her vulnerable younger brother. But soon her world is torn apart, and she loses both the horse and her brother. She will spend the rest of the war searching for both.

Thomas is an Englishman hardened by his experience as a wartime veterinarian in France. He finds the mare and promises to protect her--and the woman who once loved her--but he doubts his own ability to keep anyone safe. As the pathways of the unforgettable mare and the boy's desperate search intertwine, the separate strands of these strangers' journeys converge, propelling them to make momentous choices that will change the course of their lives.

Spanning Morocco and France in the shadow of World War I, Fallen for France follows unforgettable characters whose lives are bound by a magnificent horse and a string of amber beads.

Legends don't die.

Saoirse and Faolan's quest for freedom turns into a battle for the fate of their entire world, in this aching and lush conclusion to the Magpie and the Wolf duology.

Faolan has escaped death. Twice.

After a lifetime chasing freedom and legends, he was finally on the brink of becoming one himself when it all went up in flames. Stranded on the Isle of Lost Souls, bound by an oath he did not make, Faolan is plagued by dreams of drowning and a past he swore never to revisit. The pirate in him wants nothing more than to raise hell and run away--but with no ship, and no way to untether his wife, Saoirse, from the land she's pledged herself to, Faolan is trapped.

And everyone knows who tamed the Wolf.

When their sinister rival King Maccus unveils an ancient godly relic--one with the power to unbalance their entire world--Faolan knows the game has changed. There's only one person who can hunt down the missing relics before Maccus can, and the Wolf of the Wild will do anything to protect his wife.

Even if that means leaving her behind.

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In the explosive third book of the viral Heavenly Bodies series, Elara and Lorenzo have no choice but to join forces with their greatest enemy to stop the Dark from destroying the world, but as their power grows and their bond deepens, love itself may become the price of salvation.

The Dark has returned--and she's hungry for hearts.

Whispers of war echo across the realms. If the Dark collects the hearts of all her Stars, she'll raise an army powerful enough to destroy gods and mortals alike. To stop her, Elara must do the unthinkable: ally herself with her greatest enemy, the ruthless King of Stars.

In the brutal ice kingdom of Perses, where violence is honour and mercy is weakness, Elara and Lorenzo are bound together by a fragile alliance--and a dangerous desire that threatens to consume them both. As her immortal magic grows, so does her lust for vengeance, blurring the line between salvation and ruin.

To save the world, Elara may have to surrender her heart--and become the very monster she swore to destroy.

Everyone knows the golden rule of business-don't bang your business partner.

Especially if he's your brother's hot-as-sin, hockey-star best friend.

But when the sexy single dad athlete saves me from a cake contest catastrophe-and shows me how good he is with his hands-I blurt out the world's worst business pitch: Want to invest in my bakery?

With no loan or backup plan, this is my last shot at proving I'm more than my past mistakes, and shockingly, he says yes.

We set one rule: don't mix business with pleasure.

Except Corbin Knight's impossible to resist.

When he's not scoring goals, he's staying up late with me to test tempting recipes.

Braiding my hair before we bake like it's foreplay.

Giving me his jersey to wear to games.

I try to keep a professional distance from the bossy, possessive and dangerously flirty hockey player, but soon we're testing the limits of the kitchen counter.

This bakery is my chance to finally get my life right, so I fight the messy feelings.

Until one night, he shows up after closing and admits he can't stop thinking about me.

Suddenly I'm ready to break every rule-no matter the cost to our dreams.

And breaking the rules has never tasted so good.

This is Corbin and Mabel's romance. Tropes include: Brother's best friend, single dad, workplace romance, hockey, the one who got away, love letters

Jordan Marlowe needs a plan.

Fresh out of her MFA program, she's bombed an interview at Columbia, collected a stack of rejections from agents and publishers, and stalled out in a spiral of writer's block. Meanwhile, her best friend is thriving in a PhD program, and her boyfriend is climbing the tech ladder.

Then a delayed flight pushes Jordan into an airport bookstore, and everything changes. On the shelf, she finds a debut novel: The Unbearable Weight of Secrets by Beatrice Mitchell. Just a few paragraphs in, her exhaustion turns to shock. The book isn't just familiar. It's hers: a manuscript she drafted, revised, and workshopped years earlier, but never published.

Stunned, Jordan launches a desperate search for answers. Who stole her work, and why? A critique partner who read an early draft? An ambitious classmate eager for a leg up? Her mentor, with the most access to her writing but the most to lose by risking her own, successful career? Or someone else entirely, a stranger who inexplicably knows Jordan's voice as well as she does?

To reclaim her story, Jordan must be willing to risk everything: her relationship, her future career, and her already fragile belief in herself. Because unmasking Beatrice Mitchell isn't just about justice. It's about proving, once and for all, that Jordan Marlowe isn't just chasing the dream of being a writer. She already is one.

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It's summertime in Virginia, but things are about to get out of hand when murder darkens the annual arts festival in this ninth installment of the critically acclaimed Blue Ridge Library mystery series, perfect for fans of Ellery Adams and Miranda James.

Library director Amy Muir has always been suspicious of wealthy art dealer Kurt Kendrick. As a close family friend, the ties that bind them are strong, but his murky past is concerning, especially since he is the godfather to Amy and her husband Richard's six-year-old twins. When a visitor to their small, historic Virginia town is found dead after publicly accusing Kurt of committing a decades-old murder, Amy is determined to prove that Kurt didn't kill anyone, in the past or the present. But the evidence Kurt's accuser sent to Sheriff Brad Tucker before her untimely demise indicates otherwise.

With Amy's own aunt and other older town residents corroborating some of the details related to the first murder and a witness placing Kurt near the scene of the second crime, it seems Kurt is doomed to swift and severe justice. Amidst the fun and excitement of an arts festival that features the premiere of Richard's new dance company, Amy faces her own challenging performance--balancing her work and family life while dancing on the edge of danger.

With family and friends harboring suspicions about Kurt and Amy bedeviled by her own wavering trust in his innocence, she must fight to uncover the truth before a hidden killer strikes again.

A former Trump supporter's reader-friendly compilation of letters charts his disillusionment and offers a sharp, conversational critique of Trump's actions, abuses of power, and perceived threats to democracy.

Make America Sane Again: Reflections on Trump's Travesties is an analysis of Donald Trump's many travesties, dating back to his first inauguration but concentrating on his second term. The author originally was a Trump supporter, in favor of his victory over Hillary Clinton. However, his disillusion began on day one, with Trump's bizarre fixation over the size of his inauguration audience and his subsequent deceitful release of a doctored photograph. Then, along with many conservatives, the author was horrified by Trump's bungling of the COVID-19 endemic, his separation of children from their mothers at the southern border, and then his attempted insurrection on January 6th.
The author began writing letters-to-the-editor about Trump to major newspapers, many of which were published. The book is a compilation of those letters, written in a conversational, easy-to-read style. Furthermore, many of the letters have a bit of a twist in them, enlivening the discussion. With that unique approach, the letters analyze Trump's horrors, one by one, including his personal demons, his quest for unlimited power, and his various wars on democracy, justice, women, trans-genders, medicine, science, universities, free thought, law firms, the environment, the IRS, the homeless, poor people, Africa, and more.
This is a reader-friendly review of Trump's litany of travesties, the danger to democracy, and the reasons why so many Americans are fearful about his self-promoting and harmful leadership.

Jeff McLean grew up believing in a God who could do anything-love anyone, forgive anything. Anyone, that is, except him. Because Jeff is gay.

Stay in the Room tells the true story of a boy raised in Heber City, Utah, in the shadow of Mormonism and the rising AIDS crisis of the 1980s. The son of Michael McLean-Mormonism's answer to Billy Joel-Jeff sang his father's songs on stages nationwide. But behind the curtain, he struggled to reconcile his faith with his identity.

After serving a Mormon mission, entering a brief marriage to his husband, and battling an addiction to crystal meth, Jeff finally found solid ground-and the courage to come home. But before healing could begin, he had to confront the two people he feared had lost him for good: his parents.

Told through three voices, Stay in the Room is a moving, multi-perspective memoir. Jeff shares how he discovered a life where he could be fully himself and still feel the love of God. Michael recounts how the Spirit led him to stay present through his son's pain, refusing to let go. And therapist Dr. Brad Reedy offers powerful insight for families navigating the tension between faith, identity, and unconditional love.

This is a story about showing up, holding space, and choosing love-especially when it's hard.

Step Into the Life You Were Made to Lead

Made for This is a powerful reminder that leadership is not about a title--it's about how you choose to live.

In this deeply inspiring memoir, DeAngela Burns-Wallace, EdD, shares a remarkable journey of purpose, discipline, and personal growth. From early lessons in service and self-worth to high-impact leadership roles in global diplomacy, education, and public administration, she unpacks the real work behind personal and professional transformation.

You'll walk away with insight, clarity, and the motivation to lead with intention--wherever you are in life.

Key takeaways include:

• How to identify and honor the values that guide your leadership
• How to move through uncertainty with discipline and courage
• Why building legacy starts with living authentically
• What it means to lead without apology or permission
• Why empowering others is the highest mark of leadership

If you're seeking clarity in your calling, wisdom in your next step, or strength to walk your own path--Made for This will meet you there.