Collection: Adult

This book is a vindication of Europe. It challenges the view of Europe as a tired, overregulated continent, arguing instead that Europe has emerged from decades of crisis-financial turmoil, Brexit, COVID-19, war in Ukraine-as a resilient, reformed, and quietly successful model of governance and society.

While the world often focuses on the rivalry between the U.S. and China, Europe has steadily built a different path: one defined by high living standards, strong public institutions, universal healthcare, and a commitment to sustainability and human rights. Its cities lead in quality of life, its democracies remain among the most robust, and its cultural and regulatory influence-exemplified by GDPR, climate policy, and social protections-extends globally.

In contrast, the United States, though still dominant in innovation, faces mounting internal challenges: political dysfunction, social fragmentation, inequality, and mistrust in institutions. The dynamism of Silicon Valley and Wall Street has come at the cost of social cohesion and civic faith.

Europe's success is not just relative-it is real. It has shown the ability to balance prosperity with inclusion, and pragmatism with principle. It also engages China on its own terms, defending democratic values while pursuing economic ties.

Yet, Europe suffers from a psychological weakness: a lack of self-confidence. Many Europeans feel peripheral in a fast-changing world. This insecurity fuels populism, EU skepticism, and nostalgic politics. The book counters this with evidence and clarity, reminding readers that Europe remains one of the best places on Earth to live, work, and raise a family.

While acknowledging unresolved issues-defense, migration, competitiveness-it argues that Europe's model is not obsolete, but exemplary. The continent's trajectory is positive. Its best days, the author suggests, may still lie ahead.

"A piercing ethnographic study of the power dynamics and misunderstandings that plague 'food justice' nonprofits."--Publishers Weekly

Breaks open the privilege and promise of food justice to envision a radical liberatory future.

Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite their best intentions, they often perpetuate food access inequalities and racial stereotypes. Hanna Garth shows how the movement has been affected by misconceptions and assumptions about residents, as well as by unclear definitions of justice and what it means to be healthy. Focusing on broad structures and microlevel processes, Garth reveals how power dynamics shape social justice movements in particular ways.

Drawing on twelve years of ethnographic research, Garth examines what motivates people from more affluent, majority-white areas of the city to intervene in South Central Los Angeles. She argues that the concepts of "food justice" and "healthy food" operate as racially coded language, reinforcing the idea that health problems in low-income Black and Brown communities can be solved through individual behavior rather than structural change. Food Justice Undone explores the stakes of social justice and the possibility of multiracial coalitions working toward a better future.

In 1960, Eddie, a paperboy from Queens, NY, stumbles upon a ritualistic setup in the garage of one of his customers while making collections. He finds a cage designed to carry animals and is determined to find out if the garage and cage have anything to do with the disappearance of his friend, a street dog named Sampson.
Eddie, a thirteen-year-old boy from a fractured family, finds freedom and purpose as a paperboy. Though hard-working and cocky, he masks his insecurities and yearning for belonging as he navigates the challenges and complexities of friendship and teenage crushes.
With his friends, he unravels the mystery of the suspicious garage, ultimately confronting grief and becoming more thoughtful and compassionate.

In The Resilient Climber, Doctor of Physical Therapy Jared Vagy breaks down 40 climbing movements and shows you how to train the strength and mobility needed for each one. Each movement begins with a challenge, a test that assesses your body's capacity to perform it well, followed by targeted exercises to address the specific limitations uncovered. You'll then learn how to integrate these exercises into a structured routine. This isn't just an injury-prevention book. It's a movement-based training guide designed to help you climb stronger, move better, and stay injury-free.

Inside You'll Find:

• 40 key climbing movements broken down in detail
• Challenges that assess your ability to perform each movement
• Targeted exercises to address mobility and strength limitations
• Guidance on integrating exercises into a structured routine
• Strategies to build resilience and reduce injury risk

Last witness of an elder time, handmaid of the age to come.

It was a time of the end of empire. The world was in turmoil. The Romans were abandoning Britain, leaving the remaining servants of empire to try to stem the tide of chaos. Aurelia was one such, the child of a Magistrate, and wife of a Legate. The entire world was changing around her. How could she raise her sons to thrive in such a world?

Everywhere, it seemed, the old, well-ordered realm she had been born into was passing away to be replaced by . . . what?

It was that question her sons, Aurelius and Uther--with the help of Merlin--were born to answer.

New England is one of the most storied regions of America, home to a host of literary icons. Who were the people behind the pages? Book Lovers' New England answers this question by bringing readers on a fascinating and lively tour of the places and locations that shaped the contributions of authors such as Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Sylvia Plath, Robert Frost, and more. Structured as an interactive, fascinating compilation of day trips and opportunities to experience regional travel in a new way, the book offers rich literary history of America as centered in New England coupled with sumptuous photography. Book Lover's New England is a one-of-a-kind literary road trip designed to inspire book lovers, travelers, and anyone curious about the creators behind the creative art.

Book Lovers' will explore primary places associated with New England authors such as homes, estates, museums, and commemorative sites with a descriptive scoop on the surrounding towns and cities that shaped their lives and art. The book will feature interest-worthy locations such as notable bookstores or libraries holding important author papers or manuscripts and each sidebar will be dedicated to famous books set in New England sites and streets--a book lover's dream!

Visionary talent Peach Momoko's striking reimagination of Marvel's mutants continues!

Has Hisako been saved?! Find out as the climactic battle begins between Armor and Shadow King in the Astral Plane! But what secrets does Kageyama still hold? And what of the Children of the Atom's dependence on his power?

COLLECTING: Ultimate X-Men (2024) #19-24, Ulimate Universe: Finale (2026) #1 (X-Men story)

A high school reunion comes to an abrupt end when the dead body of the class jock shocks the school's gymnasium in this cozy mystery debut, perfect for fans of Ellery Adams and Eva Gates.

Belinda Bishop is unemployed and single. At thirty-two, her journalism career feels stuck, and let's not even speak about her love life, which isn't helping her look forward to her upcoming high school reunion. Stuck working at her parents' seaside cottage and RV park in Nova Scotia for the time being, she needs time to regroup and come up with a killer story to get her career and her life back on track.

When she literally stumbles across the dead body of the philandering class jock at the reunion, the party quickly comes to a stop. At first, it seems like the perfect opportunity for Belinda to channel her inner Christianne Amanpour, until her childhood-best-friend-turned-nemesis, Jolene Dexter, is declared the prime suspect. Despite their falling out, Belinda is convinced the former pageant queen is innocent.

As the two women struggle to put aside their differences, they have to work together to catch the real murderer before this sleepy coastal town is rocked to its foundations.

This romp of a mystery is perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Benjamin Stevenson.

One night-that's all it was supposed to be. No names. No complications.

And now? He's everywhere.

In every trending video.

In all the news headlines.

On every freaking billboard.

Turns out, he's not just some guy. He's Flynn Holland, Lake City's new hotshot pitcher. The one that's supposed to end our team's fifty-year championship drought.

(The same way I've fantasized about him ending mine).

As if that weren't bad enough, my daughter loves him and he's the poster boy for my rival bookstore.

Flynn's perfect smile is plastered all over town, selling their books, like some kind of traitorous golden boy-while he's over here giving me his best game.

Pass.

I've had enough heartbreak for two lifetimes.

But then he looks at me, and I forget how to breathe.

Not to mention, he's so good with my little girl, it's downright unfair.

He's maddeningly gorgeous, ridiculously persistent, and dragging me straight into his spotlight.

[STARRED REVIEW] "Brilliant."
--Publishers Weekly

A subversive debut short-fiction collection from one of the hottest talents in speculative fiction: 2025 Compton Crook Award winner and Pushcart Prize nominee Samantha Mills (The Wings Upon Her Back). These riveting stories range effortlessly from fantasy and science fiction to literary fiction, from the here and now all the way into the farthest reaches of space. The central tale of the collection is Mills' pivotal Nebula, Locus, and Sturgeon Award-winning story "Rabbit Test," which interrogates the past, present, and future of abortion rights.

A time-traveling fisherwoman keeps landing on the right shore, but at the wrong time. A pair of witches fight over the gate between life and death. A new consciousness, intent upon seeing all the wonders of the universe, visits a floating library. A rock-and-roll legend squares off against a town full of devils. Humanity makes first contact, but falters when put in charge of selecting the world's representatives.

In her strange and emotional worlds, with stakes ranging from the epic to the personal, Mills creates ample room for humor and hope amidst tragedy and struggle.

Introduction by Meg Elison (Find Layla)

'We learn by doing, ' the old adage tells us. And in the case of entrepreneurship, you can take that literally! Becoming a successful entrepreneur involves lots of hard work and learning from your mistakes as you progress. There is no magic formula, but following the right lessons can take you a long way. In Start, Grow, Sell, Jürgen Ingels reveals the lessons he has learned as a top entrepreneur. He gives concrete, practical tips about how you can take your company to the next level, from your business model to operations, from marketing and sales to human resources and from the composition of your team to the financial structure of your organization. Using a series of personal anecdotes, Jürgen illustrates his own entrepreneurial story, which did not always go the way he had planned. With this book, he hopes to inspire others, to pass on his passion for entrepreneurship and technology, and to help the budding entrepreneurs of the future to overcome the problems they will inevitably face.

Real estate is the best way to build real wealth in America - but most people never get started because they think they can't.

Maybe you're broke. Maybe your credit's a mess. Maybe the bank has already turned you down.

That's exactly why I wrote this book. I've closed real deals - with little or none of my own money and I want to show you how to do it too. Inside, I chronicle real stories from my own journey and provide plenty of inspiration to keep you motivated along the way. Let me show you how to get started right now - no excuses.

Here's just some of what you'll learn:

-> How to find properties selling for pennies on the dollar

-> The simple way to figure out what any property is worth

-> How to make offers that sellers say yes to

-> Where to get the money to close - even if the bank says no

-> How to use real estate to build real freedom and create wealth for your family

"This book doesn't just fill gaps in film history; it demands that we confront why those gaps existed in the first place. A fascinating read for lovers of film."--Ava DuVernay​

The rediscovery of the first film to depict African American affection revises the history of American cinema.

In 1898, vaudeville actors Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown joyously embraced in a short silent film titled Something Good--Negro Kiss. The first known film to portray African American affection, it was lost for over a century until its rediscovery inspired contemporary audiences with a powerful and enduring depiction of Black love. More than a missing piece in an untold history of Black cinematic performance, Something Good--and the magnetism of Suttle and Brown--attests to the power of Black performance on stage and screen from the nineteenth century to today.

In Acts of Love, Allyson Nadia Field tells the story of Something Good and recovers the forgotten yet fascinating lives of its performers and their world. Drawing a vivid picture from sparse historical records, Acts of Love examines popular culture's negotiation of blackness to reconsider the intersections of minstrelsy, vaudeville, and cinema in ragtime America. This book not only presents the story of Something Good, its performers, and the drama of its rediscovery; it shows how the rediscovery of this short early film changes our understanding of American film history.

A profound meditation on hip hop's transformative power, In the Hour of Chaos takes us deep into the mind of the genre's most unabashed revolutionary.

This book is not an autobiography. It's not a manifesto. It's a razor-sharp investigation into hip hop and rap music by searing lyricist and global music icon Chuck D of Public Enemy.

Engaging with some of the world's leading thinkers on hip hop, "Professor Chuck" sets out on a journey that celebrates fifty years of hip hop and charts paths forward for its future. Exploring the intersections of hip hop with Black radicalism and feminism, media and technology, and globalization and politics, this curated collection shows the power of culture and the arts not only to bring people together but to bring about political change in this current hour of chaos.

Features conversations with leading thinkers, including Robin D. G. Kelley, H. Samy Alim, Jeff Chang, Davey D, Scot Brown, Cheryl L. Keyes, Gaye Theresa Johnson, Bryonn Bain, Maya Jupiter, Adam Bradley, Joan Morgan, and more.

This is what happens when a devoted daughter revives her famous-baker-dad's recipes--and uncovers a hidden family history.

In this narrative cookbook, Marcy Brenner's devotion to her dad, Max, is evident from the first line to the last--but her journey of discovery goes back in time, to long before she tasted her first Chocolate Top Cookie.

We follow her journey, starting with a childhood of working holidays at Brenner's Bakery in Alexandria, Virginia, and culminating in teaching herself to bake like a pro in her own kitchen. To learn Max's secrets, she decoded his cryptic, commercial recipe cards. In so doing, uncovered an unexpected story--one of generations of bakers who both protected their past and used love as their primary ingredient.

Features fifty primary recipes, with variations, and a special "Notes" section on banking tips and tricks--including how-to's for bread starters. Plus, more than 100 four-color process photos, along with black-and-white illustrations of Max's favorites. The narrative pages include Brenner family photos, past and present.

At last, the continuing adventures of Peter Parker, the Animated Spider-Man!

Because you demanded it: The fan-favorite continuity of the hit '90s animated series returns! After searching to the ends of the Multiverse, Spider-Man swings back into the streets of New York City --with his beloved Mary Jane Watson in tow! But his friendly neighborhood is going to take a decidedly unfriendly turn, courtesy of this universe's debut of not one but two of Spidey's greatest villains! Legendary Spider-Scribe J.M. DeMatteis and rising-star artist Jim Towe bring you the Peter Parker you've been waiting 30 years for! Break out your action figures and post up in front of the television as we bring you back to the greatest era of super-hero animation in history!

COLLECTING: Spider-Man '94 (2025) #1-5