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Genshin Impact Official Cookbook: Culinary Journeys Across Teyvat
Chef Thibaud Villanova presents 60 delicious recipes directly from the world of Genshin Impact. Dive into the world of Genshin Impact with 60 delicious recipes inspired by dishes from the game! Created by chef Thibaud Villanova, author of Gastronogeek Anime and The Unofficial Ghibli Cookbook, this recipe book will take you on an epic culinary journey through recipes from the first four regions of Teyvat: Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma and Sumeru. Recreate signature dishes from the game, accompanied by the Gourmet Supremos, the game's iconic cooking quest givers. With prefaces from Michelin star chefs Paul Pairet and Mory Sacko, this book invites you to explore, taste, and experience the adventure of Genshin Impact in an entirely new way. Featuring new and accessible recipes for chefs of all abilities, let the magic of cooking transport you into the world of your favorite game! -
This Wretched Beauty: A Dorian Gray Remix
Haunted by a portrait that seems to taunt them, a conflicted young aristocrat spirals down a path to the worst possible version of themself in this suspenseful retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray, perfect for fans of The Spirit Bares Its Teeth and These Violent Delights.
Then one night they sneak out of their grandfather's house, they meet a sweet and talented young painter named Basil, who immediately recognizes Dorian as his new muse. They agree to sit for Basil for a portrait, and Dorian is struck by the beauty and depth that Basil paints into their likeness--and they dare to begin hoping there might be more to life than being their grandfather's perfect, empty-headed heir. Dorian is further elated when Basil introduces them to the world of molly houses and drag performers--they've never seen such joyful variety of humanity and gender expression. But, as the barrier between the London they know and the one they're discovering begins to crumble, Dorian must face the fact that freedom and safety do not come hand in hand. The aftermath of this realization pulls Dorian into a terrible downward spiral, torn between guilt over their own actions and hatred for the suffocating expectations of society. They push away those closest to them, surrounding themself instead with vapid courtiers and decadent socialites. And as Dorian's spiral of self-loathing deepens, something strange happens--Basil's portrait of them begins to change. Their smile becomes a little sharper, the glint in their eyes a little colder. Dorian will have to choose--embrace the wickedness within and allow themself to become what they were always meant to be, or dare to try for something far more fragile and dangerous: a life of their own making. The Remixed Classics Series In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelmingly cishet, white, and male canon.
Happiness needs to be earned in the face of impossible odds, or there's no beauty in it.
London, 1867. Dorian Gray is the heir to a title and their family's estate, but they've never been given the chance to decide whether that's actually what they want out of life. Forcibly estranged from their father by their manipulative grandfather, Dorian feels trapped in the life that has been decided for them.
A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi
What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron
Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig
Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa
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If All the Stars Go Dark
An intergalactic enemies to lovers romance where tensions are high but the stakes are higher.
When eighteen-year-old Keller Hartman is recruited into the Legion's most prestigious galactic unit, it's a dream come true. He's worked hard for this. He's ready to prove himself. The problem? His new partner--the beautiful, no-nonsense pilot Lament Bringer--wants nothing to do with him. Forced to work together under Legion orders, Keller and Lament team up with a motley crew of specialists to investigate a mysterious visionary who can predict catastrophes. As they begin to peel back layers, however, they realize there's more to the story than meets the eye. With threats mounting and secrets unfolding, Keller and Lament will need to trust one another in order to stop the dangers at play. But with trust comes other feelings--ones neither of them is prepared for. With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, the only thing worse than failing their mission might just be losing each other. -
Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers
A BOOK RIOT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A ground-breaking history delivered in a refreshing new voice, Queer Enlightenments details eleven overlooked stories of eighteenth-century queer people who lived extraordinary lives of resistance and joy
Queer people have always existed. In an era when this basic truth faces undue scrutiny, here is a dazzling work of restorative history that reveals the hard-won lives of those who dared to break the mold in the "long eighteenth-century." At once an illuminating romp through the historical archive and an evocative new chapter in our shared history, Dr. Anthony Delaney's Queer Enlightenments uncovers the remarkable queer people of that complex, sometimes paradoxical time.
Unfolding between 1726 and 1836, Queer Enlightenments is a lively journey through the taverns, prisons, and cruising grounds of a bygone era and into the lives of aristocrats, tradesmen, and sex workers who pursued self-expression and freedom no matter the risk. In London, Mother Clap's famous Holborn coffee house is open to all comers, a place of companionship and community, until a tip-off leads to a midnight raid. At the court of King George, a silver-tongued noblewoman remarked of one of Queen Caroline's confidants, "The world consists of men, women, and Herveys." And in New York, a Black sex worker endures a degrading trial that labels her the "Man-Monster"--but between the lines of its transcripts can be found traces of her life, one of acceptance, defiance, and indomitable spirit.
Peopled with female husbands, midnight elopements, and one unforgettable soldier/diplomat/spy of ambiguous gender, Queer Enlightenments delves into the archives and emerges with new discoveries and a fresh view of the people who challenged society's expectations.
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Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation
A lyrical and groundbreaking exploration of the misunderstood ways women survive and forever carry trauma from the award-winning New York Times Magazine writer Jen Percy. "Percy's subject is brutal, but her writing allays some of the impact by being almost impossibly beautiful: crisp, vulnerable, lyrical....Her stories, woven together, become something like a fabric, a totality....Girls Play Dead is a vital continuation of [the effort] 'to tell true stories of women's lives, ' in such breadth and definition that the justice system finally has to acknowledge what it's been obscuring." -- Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic "Girls Play Dead reads like a novel, exquisitely rendered, and a kind of geography, mapping out the complexities of women's experiences going 'down below' and the specific ways that they come to understand their altered bodies and minds."
--Rachel Aviv, New York Times bestselling author of Strangers to Ourselves After a childhood spent learning survival strategies in the wilderness, Jen Percy thought she knew how she would respond in the face of danger. But a series of unsettling interactions with men left her feeling betrayed and confounded by her body's passivity. Forced to reckon the myths of her own empowerment, Percy set off a broader inquiry into the way fear shapes behavior in the context of sexual violence, including the strange behaviors of three generations of women in her family.
Drawing on original reporting, years of conversations with survivors, and her own life story, Percy explores the surprising ways in which responses to sexual violence are shaped by both evolutionary instinct and gendered scripts. She takes on taboo subjects--orgasms during assault, sexual promiscuity, female rage, freezing and passivity--illuminating how society misreads these acts as deviance or consent, rather than brilliant acts of self-preservation. Like Joan Didion, Katherine Boo, and Janet Malcolm, Percy is a fearless cultural critic with a talent for wresting deep truths from lived experiences. Girls Play Dead meaningfully expands the language available to survivors and complicates our expectations of how a trauma story should sound--especially when belief, justice, and healing are contingent on how well a story "makes sense." Percy examines how trauma corrupts storytelling itself, making survivors' accounts seem fractured or surreal--and therefore less credible to institutions demanding coherence--resulting in an ambitious testament to the mind as a record of resilience. -
When You Listen to This Song: On Memory, Loss, and Writing
A quietly powerful exploration of memory and forgetting, from one of France's leading feminist public intellectuals
"A labyrinth of looping, interlocked narratives which spiral out beyond the Annex as the night progresses. . . . The penultimate pages of this elegiac book are a sword-thrust to the heart."--Laurel Berger, Irish Times
Exploring the many stories told about Anne Frank, Lafon tries to find the precocious girl at the heart of the venerated and exploited myth, a disciplined writer whose famous diary is in fact a wonderfully constructed literary work. Throughout, Lafon reflects on what it means to lose loved ones, both Lafon's own family in the Holocaust and her childhood friend to the Khmer Rouge. A prizewinner and bestseller in France, this book asks us to consider the stories we tell ourselves about tragedy, how we grapple with loss, and why, in the face of danger and confinement, women write.
In 2021, the award-winning French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight--alone for ten hours--in the Annex in Amsterdam where Anne Frank and her family had hidden from the Nazis between 1942 and 1944. Lafon's visit to this space, where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary, evoked the confinement and constant danger suffered by the Franks, and the family's ghostly presence as well. "The night was inhabited, lit by reflections," Lafon writes. "Some urgency still dwelled at the heart of the Annex, crouched there, ready to be discovered." -
Powered by Protein Cookbook: A Cookbook: Simple, Delicious, High-Protein Recipes
Great flavor, super-simple prep, and plenty of protein for real life cravings from the beloved creator of lowcarbstateofmind
For years, Jackie Hartlaub struggled with her health and tried to find ways to feel her best to be more successful in her job as an ironworker. She tried a keto diet, which worked great . . . until she found restrictive eating to be unrealistic in the long term. So she honed in on her cooking--making it delicious so she'll keep craving it, and making it easy enough so she'll keep doing it. She started sharing these recipes online, and now millions of followers log in to find hits like her Roasted Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings, Sausages loaded with balsamic-glazed peppers, onions, and mozzarella, and her BBQ Chicken Crust Pizza (yes, the crust is chicken). In her debut cookbook, you'll find those hits and more than 85 all-new recipes, like easy Chorizo Egg Bakes, Beef Fried (Cauliflower) Rice with Yum Yum Sauce, and Sheet Pan Shrimp "Boil." Whether you're focused on building muscle mass, eating meals that keep you feeling satiated, or supporting your overall nutrition, it can be a challenge to reach your daily protein target. Power your day with these delectable, high-protein recipes that prove healthy eating can be both effortless and extraordinary. -
Explorers Club Presents: Letters from the Edge: Stories of Curiosity, Bravery, and Discovery
An exhilarating collection of letters and stories from the world-renowned Explorers Club, featuring firsthand accounts of crossing boundaries and making history over the past century For centuries, explorers from all over the globe have traveled the far reaches of what the world has to offer, helping us expand the map, learn about other cultures, and move the needle of human knowledge. But an explorer's work isn't finished when they reach a new destination or make a discovery; they need to somehow tell the tale. Letters from the Edge compiles letters, email exchanges, field journals, and more from explorers who have joined the esteemed and longstanding organization The Explorers Club. As they undertook their journeys, sometimes with their lives at risk, they penned their dispatches from afar, sharing their thoughts on enduring lava-spewing volcanos in Australia; suffering starvation and isolation in the harsh tundra of the Arctic; rescuing trapped kids in hazardous caves in Thailand; plunging into the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean to excavate the history of the Titanic; communicating with the other side of the galaxy; and so much more--all to quench the insatiable curiosity of humanity. And still, humanity strives to discover more. Using source materials and interviews with the explorers, Letters from the Edge helps us understand the edge of our knowledge, culture, and universe, and inspires us to navigate the edges in our lives. -
Medicare 101: From Your Initial Enrollment Period to Parts A, B, C, and D, an Essential Primer on the Government Healthcare Program
Navigate your health care future with confidence and learn the ins and outs of the Medicare system with Medicare 101, an essential guide that transforms complex health care jargon into easily digestible knowledge. Medicare 101 simplifies the complex Medicare regulations and policies, guiding you through a clear, step-by-step path to understanding the vital US health care program. Discover Medicare's critical role in the US health care system today, its future implications for retirees, and how to easily decode the choices available using this guide's straightforward structure. With this book, you will master the art of calculating Medicare costs, comparing Part A, Part B, and supplemental coverage options, and maximizing your Medicare benefits for long-term savings. Whether you're planning for retirement or helping a loved one navigate their health care options, this guide is the ultimate resource for navigating Medicare's complexities. Packed with practical tips and advice, Medicare 101 provides the essential tools to help retirees and caregivers make informed health care decisions. -
Burning Grounds
**THE BURNING GROUNDS is the next thrilling novel from the author of the British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year 2025, HUNTED**' 'An unmissable series' The Times
'Captivating, moving and exciting, it's historical fiction at its finest' Sunday Express In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear. The body is that of a popular patron of the arts, a man who was, by all accounts, beloved by all: so what was the motive for his murder? Despite being out of favour with the Imperial Police Force, Detective Sam Wyndham is assigned to the case and finds himself thrust into the glamorous world of Indian cinema. Meanwhile Surendranath Banerjee, recently returned from Europe after three years spent running from the fallout of his last case, is searching for a missing photographer; a trailblazing woman at the forefront of the profession. When Suren discovers that the vanished woman is linked to Sam's murder investigation, the two men find themselves working together once again - but will Wyndham and Banerjee be able to put their differences aside to solve the case? 'Abir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre...breathtaking' Peter May, Sunday Times bestseller, on The Shadows of Men -
Whispers of Rock: The Stories That Stone Tells about Our World and Our Lives
A geologist's revelatory account of how our planet's seemingly inert bones pulse with unexpected vitality "Poetic and heartfelt."--Robert Macfarlane, author of Is a River Alive? A New Scientist Best Book of the Year If you listen, can you hear the stones speak? The question seems absurd. After all, rocks are lifeless, inert, and silent. In The Whispers of Rock, earth scientist Anjana Khatwa asks us to think again and listen to their stories. Boldly alternating between modern science and ancient wisdom, Khatwa takes us on an exhilarating journey through deep time, from origins of the green pounamu that courses down New Zealand rivers to the wonder of the bluestone megaliths of Stonehenge, from the tuff-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia, to Manhattan's bedrock of schist. In unearthing those stories and more, Khatwa shows how rocks have always spoken to us, and we humans to them. She delicately intertwines Indigenous stories of Earth's creation with our scientific understanding of its development, deftly showing how our lives are intimately connected to time's ancient storytellers. Through tales of planetary change, ancient wisdom, and contemporary creativity, The Whispers of Rock offers the hope of reconnection with Earth. With Khatwa as your guide, you won't simply hear rocks speak--you, too, will feel the magic of deep time seep into your bones. -
Flora: The Secret Language of Plants in Art
A lush exploration of the many ways plants and flowers have inspired art and artists throughout history. "A visually rich exploration of how humankind perceives and represents the botanical world."―Library Journal Piet Mondrian's chrysanthemums, Faith Ringgold's sunflowers, Georgia O'Keefe's black iris, Salvador Dalí's narcissus, Yayoi Kusama's pumpkin--these are just a few of the many exemplary pairings featured in Flora that offer a unique, artistic interpretation of a plant's essence. This visually captivating survey from Hope Werness is arranged thematically by the trees, flowers, fruit, vegetables, spices, grasses, grains, and vines that have served as a root for artistic inquiry across time. Flora deepens our understanding of plants through the lens of artistic expression, bringing a new context to an ever-enduring love of nature. -
They Both Die at the End Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition
The life-changing first installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Silvera's remarkable They Both Die at the End series is now available in a deluxe package for a limited time. This edition of They Both Die at the End will feature bonus content, a unique silver foil cover design, intricate printed edges, custom iconic endpapers, a skull foiled case design, and jaw-dropping jacket flaps.
On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They're going to die today.
Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure--to live a lifetime in a single day.
In the tradition of Before I Fall and If I Stay, They Both Die at the End--one of the Best Books of the 21st Century according to Kirkus Reviews--is a mega-bestselling tour de force from acclaimed author Adam Silvera.
This is a true collector's item available only for a limited first print run--so be sure to order your copy now!
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Love, Sex, and Frankenstein
An evocative, haunting retelling of the summer that should have broken Mary Shelley, but instead inspired her to write her masterpiece. A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816: the dark summer that birthed a monster. Eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. Tormented by Shelley's betrayals, haunted by the loss of their baby, and suspicious of her sister's intentions, Mary seeks a refuge. But Lord Byron's villa, lying under ominous, ash-shrouded skies, feels more like a trap. When Byron suggests each guest write a supernatural tale, Mary is as drawn to the challenge as she is, unexpectedly, to Byron himself. And so an idea begins to form in her mind . . . It spills out of her in thick, black ink. A thing given life by her imagination. Day and night, it possesses her. Her heart, her desires. But is she in control, or is it? In this hauntingly evocative feminist retelling, Caroline Lea delves into the female rage, creative madness and steamy scandal that bore the world's most famous work of gothic fiction. -
Who Gets to Be Indian?: Ethnic Fraud, Disenrollment, and Other Difficult Conversations about Native American Identity
"This incendiary j'accuse isn't afraid to name names."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Indigeneity is caught between truth tellers and tricksters....Dina Gilio-Whitaker boldly espouses our truths while confronting the tricksters among us. Indigenous America needs more truth tellers like her and books like this."--Gabe Galanda, Indigenous rights attorney An investigation into how Native American identity became a commodity, from cultural appropriation to ethnic fraud to disenrollment Settler capitalism has been so effective that the very identities of Indigenous people have been usurped, misconstrued, and weaponized. In Who Gets to Be Indian?, scholar and writer Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) explores how ethnic fraud and the commodification of Indianness has resulted in mass confusion about what it means to be Indigenous in the United States. As an entry point to the seemingly intractable problem of ethnic fraud, Gilio-Whitaker critically looks to the film industry, including a case study of Sacheen Littlefeather, who is most known as the Native American woman that rejected an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973--though later revealed, she was not who she said she was. Gilio-Whitaker argues that this pretendian phenomenon originated in Southern California when the United States was forcing assimilation of Indians into white America culturally, but also into its capitalist economic system. With Indianness becoming a marketized commodity in the Hollywood film business, the field became open to anyone who could convincingly adopt an Indian persona. Deeply researched using socio-historical analysis, Gilio-Whitaker offers insights from her own experiences grappling with identity to provide clarity and help readers understand how the commodification of Indianness have ultimately left many people of legitimate American Indian heritage to be disconnected from their tribes. Personal and compelling, Gilio-Whitaker takes settler capitalism to task and helps us better understand how we got here in order to counteract the abuses of pretendianism and disenrollment. -
Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential
A USA TODAY bestseller.
Your mindset may be the only thing standing between you and your potential. Break free from the beliefs that hold you back.
As a leader, do you find yourself frustrated, wondering why employees don't meet expectations, peers are slow to act, or pressure from your boss falls unfairly on your shoulders? It's easy to point a finger at others and double down on getting results. But have you ever considered that the problem might not be them--that it might be you?
Through countless hours coaching executives over the past twenty years, C-suite adviser Muriel M. Wilkins has pinpointed the biggest reason behind these common leadership challenges: hidden blockers. These unconscious beliefs can actively stall progress if leaders aren't aware of their existence, preventing them from seeing a situation clearly, solving problems effectively, and advancing their careers.
In Leadership Unblocked, Wilkins reveals seven key beliefs that hold leaders back, from "I know I'm right" to "I need to be involved" to "I don't belong here." Combining illustrative and powerful coaching conversations and research from the fields of neuroscience, leadership, and adult development theory, Wilkins offers a self-coaching guide for identifying, unpacking, and breaking through these barriers.
By using the practical advice in this book, leaders and aspiring leaders alike can cultivate the mindset to achieve their goals and finally become the leaders they want to be.