Collection: Adult

100 doses of wisdom for all the tired dads out there. You aren't alone in pursuing what matters most: showing up for your family.

"This book isn't about having it all figured out--it's about showing up, even when you're running on fumes. Because in the chaos, there's meaning."--Raashaun Casey, aka DJ Envy, co-host of The Breakfast Club

If you're a tired dad, that means that you're a good dad. Parenting is some of the hardest work you'll do. Jon Gustin--writer, content creator, and father of two--has lived this, and he knows one thing with certainty: The effort you put in will outlast you. It becomes legacy.

In The Tired Dad, Gustin encourages dads (and, really, all parents) to keep showing up. This isn't a parenting manual; it's a companion for the trenches and a reminder that presence is a discipline and ordinary moments matter more than you think. In one hundred brief reflections, short enough to read with your morning coffee and lasting enough to shape you into the man you want to be, Gustin offers the kind of steady wisdom that tired dads crave: simple truths that hold up under pressure.

You're doing a good job, Dad. Keep showing up. It matters.

Martin Barre, legendary Jethro Tull guitarist, defined rock with iconic riffs, a prolific career, and influential solo work.

Martin started his music journey playing the flute and saxophone before he switched to the guitar. He spent his early career performing in different bands, which helped him refine his skills and create his own distinctive style. A major turning point came in 1968 when Barre joined Jethro Tull, launching an illustrious career. His iconic riff in 'Aqualung' is widely recognized as one of the best guitar riffs in rock history and was also voted as one of the top rock guitar solos of all time by Guitar Player magazine readers.

He was a key member of Jethro Tull from their second album in 1969 until their last in 2014. His guitar work defined much of the band's sound, contributing to their success and enduring popularity. Martin played on all of Jethro Tull's studio albums from their 1969 album Stand Up to their 2003 album The Jethro Tull Christmas Album.

Beyond his time with Jethro Tull, Martin Barre has pursued a successful solo career, releasing albums that showcase his versatility across rock, blues, and acoustic music genres.

Martin Barre's contributions to music have been recognised with numerous accolades, including a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 1989. His innovative guitar playing has inspired countless musicians across various genres, cementing his influence in the music industry. This is his story.

A companion volume to the Art of Final Fantasy XVI, featuring illustrations and concept art for the DLC episodes Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide.

Return to the world of Valisthea in this 96-page hardcover art book presenting key art and visual assets from the development of the Final Fantasy XVI DLC episodes Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide. Printed on archival-quality text stock, this full-color volume offers character and enemy designs, environmental illustrations, and concept sketches, as well as art drawn by Final Fantasy XVI lead artist Kazuya Takahashi exclusively for this work.

As a Soviet-style economic and social collapse tears America apart, Grayson, equal parts philosopher and warrior, but legitimately neither, makes a death-bed promise to watch over a couple with a child on the way.

In his determination to make good his promise, Grayson runs headlong not only into the nexus of the hostile elite takeover, its third- country mercenaries and hunter/killer teams, but also into the subterranean realms of child, organ, and drug trafficking in which the conspirators and mercenaries operate.

Driven forward by his own prior losses, Grayson must measure himself against the most austere philosophical ideals, create or discover them anew, and allow for the psychic consequences.

Upon the backdrop of the hallucinatory yet beautiful, southern Utah desert, King of Dogs explores the ancient codes of honor and loyalty and delivers a powerful commentary on man's approach to God, social atomization, and surviving the collapse of a civilization.

Balancing elements of the apocalyptic, epic, western and crime subgenres with more ambitious, literary sentence-to-sentence writing and substructure, King of Dogs will appeal to readers who enjoy the aesthetics of Cormac McCarthy, as well as those who appreciate the challenge and reward found in writers as diverse as Joseph Conrad, Charles Bowden, and Paul Harding.

In this heartwarming, bookish debut, a young widower of a famous children's fantasy author teams up with a down-on-her-luck MFA dropout to write the final book in his late wife's series...and find their own perfect ending along the way.

Whit Longacre has a monumental task and a looming deadline. After his wife, Helen, died of cancer, she left him with their grieving eight-year-old daughter and a surprise in her will: the small task of writing the final book in her mega-popular children's fantasy series for her legions of waiting fans.

Whit is the author of moderately successful (but well-received!) literary mysteries. He doesn't have the first idea of how to complete Helen's beloved series, and his enigmatic wife seems to have left no clues behind on how the story is supposed to end. Writer's block is one thing, but to fail in fulfilling his wife's last wish? Whit is guilt-ridden and dodging calls in the school pick-up line from Helen's publisher and agent as the deadline fast approaches.

Then Whit meets Merritt Pryor, who works at the local bookstore in their small New England town. Merritt has moved back home after a disastrous affair led to her dropping out of her prestigious MFA program. When Whit realizes that Merritt is a superfan of the Greenwood Castle series, they come up with a plan to tackle the book together. For the first time in years, Merritt finds herself falling back in love with writing...and perhaps with the coauthor offering her the opportunity of a lifetime.

But when Whit uncovers a buried secret about Helen's final wishes, he questions everything about what he and Merritt have created together, endangering the tender, electrifying partnership that has transformed their lives.

Can Whit and Merritt come up with an ending that feels right...for both a beloved series and for their battered hearts?

A lavish guide to accessible flower arranging that will open the door to the magical, endlessly inspiring world of flowers.

Adrienne Ryser--florist and owner of L'Arrosoir, Paris's oldest flower shop--has florals in her blood: She grew up the daughter of horticulturists in California. After working at a high-end flower shop in West Hollywood, a chance romantic encounter led her to Paris in 2016. There, she fell in love again--this time with L'Arrosoir, a charming flower shop that had been a fixture of the 11th arrondissement for more than a century. Adrienne acquired the shop from its retiring owners and transformed it into one of the city's most sought-after florists, creating arrangements for highly visible events and celebrities as well as serving loyal neighborhood regulars.

In her stunning debut book, studded with lush photography shot all over the City of Love, Adrienne shares her approach to flower arranging, combining her own whimsical influences with the more traditional French rules for flowers--as well as how and when to break them. In the style of a cookbook, with more than 50 bouquet "recipes," you can rely on clear, step-by-step instructions and explanations of techniques.

From wild seasonal displays to monochromatic classics, minimalist bunches, dinner table centerpieces, and dried arrangements meant to last, Fleurs will inspire you to make flowers an essential part of your daily life--just as the French do.

Experience the heart and soul of America's beloved diners, with 75 classic recipes reimagined for today's home kitchen.

From chrome-clad highway stops to beloved neighborhood gems, diners have always been where comfort meets community--and now you can bring that familiar nostalgia home. The New American Diner Cookbook bridges the gap between the relished fare of the classic greasy spoon and the evolving tastes of today's culinary scene, breathing fresh life into diner classics while keeping their soul intact.

In this love letter to the American diner, find all the dishes you long for--old-fashioned sundaes, mashed potatoes, grilled cheese--but with punchy modern twists. Serving up well-loved favorites such as perfectly seasoned home fries, towering cheeseburgers, and diner-style pies, alongside creative reinterpretations that include vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and globally inspired options (think: feta-stuffed rolls, loco moco, or chicken souvlaki)--there's something for everyone in The New American Diner Cookbook.

Set out like a classic diner menu, this giftable cookbook offers recipes from breakfasts and appetizers to soups and sides, entrees, and desserts, including:

• Satisfying Breakfasts - Learn the secrets behind the perfect over-easy eggs and fluffy pancakes that make breakfast the most enjoyable meal of the day.
• Perfect Burgers - Master the art of the perfect burger, from classic diner-style to creative new twists like the Juicy Lucy.
• Beloved Blue Plate Specials - Explore specials like crab cakes and country fried steak, updated with fresh, seasonal ingredients.
• Soul-Warming Soups - Get behind-the-counter insight on how to craft those impossibly pillowy dumplings for a matzo ball soup that warms both body and spirit.
• Time-Honored Desserts - Discover sweet treats that would make any pie case proud, from strawberry shortcake and coconut cream pie to velvety no-bake cheesecake and a decadent brownie à la mode.

Plus:

• A secret menu of favorite family meals that the diner crew eats before their shift
• Fun facts like how to speak like a short-order cook
• Trivia, such as the fact that New Jersey has more diners than any other state

Whether you're craving the comforting classics of your favorite hometown diner or seeking to recreate those cross-country road trip discoveries, The New American Diner Cookbook brings the charm, flavor, and warmth of America's favorite dining institutions right to your kitchen. It's more than a collection of recipes--it's a celebration of an enduring piece of Americana, lovingly updated for your home kitchen. This cookbook's playful design, approachable recipes, and visual appeal make it a must-have for home cooks, foodies, and anyone looking for a gift that celebrates both the past and present of America's melting-pot cuisine.

So grab your apron and slide into a booth--your order for today's special is ready to be served.

Named one of Lit Hub's most anticipated books of the year.

A searing reflection on the last day of the Vietnam War and the beginning of the end of foreign reporting in the nation's daily newspapers.

Done in a Day turns on a single event: the April 30, 1975, departure of the last helicopter evacuating civilians from the rooftop of the US embassy in Saigon. Elisa Tamarkin's interest in that helicopter begins with the fact that her stepfather, the Saigon bureau chief for the Chicago Daily News, was on it--the last American correspondent to leave Saigon as it fell. His report was filed from a naval ship on the South China Sea at a time when no other telexes were going through.

Now, more than fifty years later, Tamarkin offers a social and cultural autopsy of that moment, based in personal history but vividly unfolding amid the vast documentation of America's obvious defeat, which never seemed to register even as it got out, in the writings of journalists and essayists, in the backchannel cables between US ambassador Graham Martin and Henry Kissinger, in congressional hearings, and in photographs of the war's end. The story is also set against the imminent disappearance of war coverage in city newspapers--and of the newspapers themselves--once proud, in the words of the Chicago Daily News, of bringing readers the "literature of the day" that was "done in a day."

Done in a Day braids history, criticism, and memoir to tell the paired stories of Saigon's liberation and the demise of the news. The result is a haunting essay about all that ended in a day--and about what it means to recognize and to write about endings even as we live through them.

Show your love of Universal Pictures' Wicked: For Good with this lock and key diary that comes with an invisible ink pen, 192 ruled pages, and a lock with two keys to guard your secrets and dreams.

This officially licensed lock and key diary features a beautiful cover design of Elphaba and Glinda and provides a private place for you to discover your own voice and record your dreams.

INVISIBLE INK PEN: Write your secrets down with the included invisible ink pen and use its magic light to reveal your hidden messages throughout the pages of the diary.

192 RULED PAGES: With 192 pages of wide-ruled paper within this diary, you'll have plenty of room to jot down all your thoughts and ideas.

16 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES: Scattered through the pages of the diary are inspirational quotes from Elphaba and Glinda to encourage you to discover your own magic.

UNDER LOCK & KEY: Keep your thoughts and secrets protected with this lockable diary and two companion keys, in case you lose one.

CONVENIENT SIZE: This 5.5 x 6.75-inch diary is a compact size for travel and fits easily in a bag or backpack to take with you on your next spellbinding adventure.

ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION: Add more Wicked-inspired stationery products to your collection with the Wicked Pen Set (Set of 2), Wicked Deluxe Bookmark Set (Set of 3), Wicked Stationery Set, and more from Insight Editions!

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MILKMAN

Still eighty-two, still with fifty-seven bullets in her, still dying, and with a blood-trail resembling a post-structuralist anti-principle of a traditional abstracted countercomposition, she was softly cursing and willing herself not to die.

Follow Hero the superhero as he saves the world from villains and falls in love with a femme fatale named Femme Fatale.

Written by Anna Burns before she completed her dazzling Booker-winning novel Milkman, Mostly Hero is a hilarious, witty, hell-raising romp through a world of superheroes.

A sharp analysis of the propaganda partnerships between US presidents and private organizations that fueled the Cold War and paved the way for the War on Terror.

How do US presidents motivate public support for their foreign policy agendas, which so often start out running counter to public opinion? The President's Echo System details how successive administrations have collaborated with outside groups to popularize ideas that voters initially reject. Chad Levinson shows how these collaborations have shaped all of the most consequential US foreign policy programs of the past century, from participation in World War II and the establishment of the United Nations to the wars in Vietnam and Iraq.

The relationship between private interests and public officials is typically understood as coercive, with nongovernmental actors using wealth and media access to pressure civic leaders. Upending conventional wisdom, Levinson argues that these relationships are in fact symbiotic. Administrations of both parties have played central roles in cultivating private organizations that share their foreign policy priorities, fostering an ecosystem of influence that endures long after a president's term.

Drawing on extensive archival research, Levinson illuminates how extra-governmental partnerships that originated during the interwar period and evolved throughout the Cold War shaped the US national security discourse during the triumphalism of the 1990s and ultimately set the stage for the Global War on Terror. Today, in an era when social media affords the White House vastly enhanced capacity to engage in collaborative propaganda with private actors, The President's Echo System is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the making of US foreign policy consensus.

A decisive reassessment of Thomas Jefferson's long-debated views on slavery, showing that his chief antislavery strategy was racial exclusion: the removal of emancipated Black people from the United States.

Toward the end of his life, Thomas Jefferson made his most famous statement about American slavery: "We have the wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go." Presenting abolition as both necessary and perilous, the remark has long been relied upon to explain an apparent paradox: despite publicly opposing slavery for four decades, Jefferson had made no progress toward Black freedom in his political career by the time he died in 1826. Nor had he done so in his expansive household, where he enslaved more than 600 people, including Sally Hemings and the four children he fathered with her.

Christa Dierksheide and Nicholas Guyatt argue that the key to understanding Jefferson's antislavery position is his commitment to racial exclusion. Jefferson believed that the principal reason to abolish slavery was the threat of a massive slave revolt, but he viewed the presence of free Black people in the new nation as no less dangerous. To avert racial violence, Jefferson argued, the gradual abolition of slavery had to be paired with Black exile. Even when challenged by white and Black contemporaries with more expansive views of American belonging, Jefferson held fast to his vision for a white republic.

Neither an egalitarian antiracist nor a proslavery apologist, Jefferson became the most influential advocate for racial separation in the early United States. Charting the evolution of his thought across the nation's formative decades, Jefferson's Wolf is a surprising and provocative account of the problem of slavery in the founding era.

An incisive history of government and corporate failures to infuse capital into Black urban neighborhoods--as well as the organizers and activists who stood up to predatory financial practices.

In the 1960s, conditions in impoverished Black neighborhoods attracted mainstream attention as civil unrest erupted in hundreds of cities across the United States. Finally recognizing the dire effects of racial segregation and urban disinvestment, politicians and corporations joined community activists to call for capital infusion, or reinvestment, in struggling communities. Proposals for reinvestment universally claimed the shared goal of reviving Black neighborhoods, but most of these efforts--some well-meaning, others cynical and predatory--failed to do so.

As renowned historian Beryl Satter shows, private and government interests have long manipulated reinvestment programs to benefit outside business, finance, and real estate professionals. Because these programs focused on corporate tax breaks and federal insurance for lenders, they were easily exploited by private interests to divert funding from poor urban neighborhoods. Meanwhile, community organizers proposed much bolder reinvestment plans that directly confronted institutionally racist practices. They called for a significant reallocation of resources, including government investments in depleted areas and guaranteed incomes for poor people. Activists, often working-class women, also united across racial divides to challenge predatory finance and real estate practices. Yet while they successfully advocated for laws to impede such behaviors, reform legislation often contained loopholes that accommodated racism and corporate greed.

To revive impoverished neighborhoods, we must not only challenge institutional racism in finance and real estate but also resist government policies that enable predatory practices. Cash on the Block envisions a future in which reinvestment policy, guided by community leaders, at last benefits those it is meant to serve.

Fall in love with cats from Japan!

What do people love more? Cats or Japan? Why compromise? What could be cuter than a book that combines the two?! Neko is a finely curated collection of cute cats doing what they do best in the world's favorite tourist destination.

Whether they're building their own empire on one of Japan's dedicated cat islands, roaming the streets looking for fish and scritches, or reclining at temples, one thing's for sure: the cats of Japan are some of the cutest kitties out there, and everyone loves them. Neko provides a glimpse into the lives of Japan's feline overlords.

Neko is curated by Masayuki Oki, one of Japan's most popular cat photographers. With more than 500,000 Instagram followers, Masayuki's photographs regularly win competitions in nature photography. Masayuki travels Japan taking photos of adorable cats being playful, cheeky, and cute. He frequently exhibits his work throughout Japan and has a global following on X, Facebook, and Instagram as well as his own blog.

When their mother is burned at the stake, Sýstir and Ada have two options: run or die. For fans of The Bear and the Nightingale and The Ten Thousand Doors of January, this lyrical tale of magical realism rooted in Nordic folklore is written by a no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author.

Sýstir's world is small and quiet, but shrouded in secrets. Outside of her family's cottage lurks the constant threat of being discovered for what she truly is: unwanted, dangerous, Huldra. When their mother is accused of witchcraft and dragged to the stake, she and her sister must run for their lives. Yet only Sýstir escapes.

Taken in by the rogue troll Agagkantor, Sýstir finds herself in the Dark Forest, otherwise known as Trollheim. Here, she discovers a magical realm for mythical beings and a sanctuary for those with nowhere left to turn. For Sýstir, it's a chance to forge a new family and live life as her true self. But questions remain about her missing sister, and Agagkantor carries a secret of his own - one that could unravel Sýstir's past and destroy the Dark Forest entirely...

A USA Today Bestseller

A Publishers Weekly Bestseller

An exciting new approach to leadership grounded in proven experience management techniques and the latest research in human psychology

In A Leader Worth Following, Chief Workplace Psychologist at Qualtrics and expert in experience management, Dr. Benjamin Granger, offers a transformative and exciting new approach to business leadership. Dr. Granger combines proven experience management principles with cutting-edge human psychology research to create a framework in which soft skills, characterized by emotional intelligence, human-centered behavior, and clear, compassionate communication, anchor your leadership style and help you earn followership.

The book provides new and experienced leaders with a holistic blueprint for modern leadership. You'll find practical strategies that spur a powerful mindset shift that generates exceptional performance amongst your team members, even when facing rapid and unpredictable change. You'll also discover specific tactics you can implement immediately to master your mind and body and dramatically upgrade your communication skills and influence.

Inside the book:

• Evidence- and research-based instructions to build your capacities for effective communication, empathy, listening, and body language
• Techniques to understand the world through the eyes of your collaborators, helping you internalize their perspectives and form genuine personal connections
• Mind-expanding thought experiments and explanations of the brain science that underpin the tactics discussed in the book

Perfect for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders, A Leader Worth Following is also a must-read for entrepreneurs, founders, and anyone with an interest in helping those around them achieve their full potential.