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COURSE FOR THE ISLANDS OF AZEROTH!

Betwixt
the sweeping seas of Azeroth, islands and isles await, bursting with
splendid treasures--powerful artifacts, enchanted armor, and rousing tales
from ages past. With duty delaying their honeymoon for years, First
Arcanist Thalyssra and Lord Regent Lor'themar Theron finally resolve to
set sail, seeking the perfect setting to celebrate their love. Join the
happy couple as they travel to distant shores, scouting for the perfect
sunset and learning that it is the journey--and those with whom we share
it--that should be cherished most. From the magnificent Suramar and the
lush jungles of Zandalar to the rugged seas of Kul Tiras and the verdant
beaches of the Dragon Isles, Exploring Azeroth: Islands &
Isles is your next step in a charming voyage across Azeroth.

The ultimate guide to digital marketing and advertising - from one of the most influential digital marketers in the world, Alex Schultz, CMO of Meta.

"Alex is one of a small handful of people that I can say without his work, our community would not have connected more than 2 billion people around the world." - Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Meta

"Few people understand marketing and growth better than Alex." - Daniel Ek, CEO, Spotify

"Growth isn't chance - it's science, and Alex Schultz is its genius." - John A. List, author of The Voltage Effect and The Why Axis

"Alex is the person I go to when I have a really hard growth question." - Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI

Growth is good. But how do you achieve growth for your business in the digital age?

Now, more than ever, there are a myriad of ways to achieve growth by marketing your business, large or small, using the tools available on the internet. There are any number of different channels and platforms, and a vast array of tools and mechanisms to advertise to your potential customers. How do you decide which is the best for your product or service?

The answers are right here, thanks to Alex Schultz, the chief marketing officer of META. Alex's unparalleled expertise and experience is crystalised in this essential bible for digital marketing. He guides readers through the key principles for maximizing the impact of your marketing budget - whether you are working for a global corporation or running your own start-up. From understanding channels, to testing creative, to measuring incremental gains - Click Here is the book you need to read if you want to grow your business.

Two legendary comics talents collaborate on one of comics' most iconic characters, as collected in a new Deluxe Edition hardcover!

In 2015, Swamp Thing co-creator Len Wein returned to his beloved creation alongside Kelley Jones, the artist of iconic horror comics including Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, for Convergence: Swamp Thing #1-2. This partnership branched into a full six-issue Swamp Thing series, where the Guardian of the Green receives what seemed impossible--a chance to live again as the man he once was.

This collection also includes Swamp Thing Winter Special, Wein's final Swamp Thing story, released posthumously and drawn by Jones.

Collects Swamp Thing #94 and #100, Batman #521-522, Convergence: Swamp Thing #1-2, Swamp Thing (2016) #1-6, and Swamp Thing Winter Special #1.

A sumptuous narrative history of presidential food--from Washington starving at Valley Forge to Trump's well-done steaks with ketchup--from the co-author of My Life in France.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is perhaps the most important house in the world, which gives the food on the Commander-in-Chief's table unprecedented significance. What our leaders choose to eat, how the food is prepared and by whom, and the context in which these meals are served speaks volumes not only to the country, but often to the world at large. These gustatory messages touch on everything from personal taste (Jefferson's love of eggplant, FDR's terrapin stew, Nixon's daily lump of cottage cheese topped with barbecue sauce, Obama's arugula) to local politics, national priorities, global diplomacy, climate change, and war--not to mention race, gender, class, money, and religion. In The First Kitchen, Alex Prud'homme explores the fascinating stories of first families through the food they ate and served, and in doing so paints a unique picture of the institution of the presidency--and its place in American history.

The first African American Rockette charts her journey to one of the world's most celebrated dance troupes in this gripping memoir that, for the first time, goes behind the velvet curtains at Radio City's legendary holiday show.

"Smashing through glass windows and paving the way for others requires a special blend of bravery and perseverance. Being a pioneer involves breaking down stubborn barriers, challenging closed-minded people and navigating through instances of racism and prejudice. This journey often included facing ongoing resistance from individuals who were unwilling to embrace change. It's believing in your dream--that you can be and do whatever it is that you love."--Jennifer Jones

The Radio City Rockettes are as American as baseball, hot dogs, and the Fourth of July. Their legendary synchronized leg kicks, precise lines, and megawatt smiles have charmed audiences for a century. But there is a hidden side to this illustrious national institution. When the Rockettes began in 1925, Black people were not allowed to dance on stage with white people. However, during the Civil Rights Movement, dance history changed significantly when Black and white dancers were permitted to perform together, marking a moment of progress and inclusivity in the world of dance and entertainment. Even so, as late as the early 1980s, Rockette director Violet Holmes said having "one or two Black girls in the line would definitely distract."

In 1987 the 63-year color barrier at Radio City was finally broken by one brave and tenacious woman. When she arrived, Jennifer Jones was met with pushback--a fierce resistance she details in this intimate and inspiring memoir. After overcoming seemingly impossible odds to join the line of The Rockettes, a PR director summoned the Black dancer to her hotel room and announced, "You're old news, nobody cares about you, your story or anything about you. You're just lucky to be here."

Those words would haunt this shy, insecure biracial woman, who had always felt like an outsider.

Like Gelsey Kirkland's iconic Dancing on My Grave, Becoming Spectacular allows us to walk in Jones' tap shoes--beautiful and glittering, yet painful and binding. Bringing into focus the wounded life of a trailblazer, this searing memoir is also a triumphant celebration of a spirit who refused to be counted out.

From Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series and How Winston Delivered Christmas, comes a fantastically festive Christmas adventure about a gorgeous grumpy character. Inspired by The Krampus and with a hint of The Grinch, The Grumpus is a heartwarming story that celebrates the true meaning of Christmas, accompanied by irresistible colour artwork to make it the perfect story for all the family to enjoy together.

Do you know about The Grumpus?

And his Dastardly, Dreadful Christmas Plan? And about the Awful Thing that happened at the North Pole on Christmas Eve?

Perhaps I should tell you about it . . .

A beautiful hardback with a festively foiled cover and beautiful artwork from the author, it is the perfect Christmas gift, destined to become a modern Christmas classic that adults and children alike return to year after year.

'Little ones will love this festive tale about a grumpy monster and his dastardly plan to stop Christmas' - Good Housekeeping, The best books to buy for your family and friends this Christmas

The national bestseller.

Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you're in.

"This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me."
-TikTok user camrynbanks

Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself?

Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expression--even if through a few tears!

Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that's about you, and just for you. This is not a diary, and there is no posting required. And when you're finished, toss it, hide it, or Burn After Writing.

Can angel wings appear on your house when a loved one passes away? It seems they can. Can we communicate with our loved ones on the other side? Apparently, we can.

Journey on Angel Wings tells the true story of Alex Heaton, a retired US Army officer who loved his wife beyond words. After her passing, Alex was consumed by grief and set out on a quest to reconnect with her on the other side.

Along the way, he encountered strange, real-life experiences that challenged both his Catholic upbringing and military background. Through this journey, Alex discovered the true nature of what lies beyond this life, leading him to affirm, "We don't die; we transition to the other side."

"Meg Jones is a must-read author in the romance genre. If you want charming sports romances with plenty of steam and well-written banter, look no further than Meg Jones' books!" -- Hannah Bonam-Young, NYT bestselling author of PEOPLE WATCHING

A sizzling sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance between two rival tennis superstars, taking place during the US Open!

Nothing fades faster than a former prodigy--and Inés Costa is dangerously close to disappearing.
Once queen of the court, Inés is limping through qualifiers. And after losing her biggest sponsor to Chloe Murphy, the sport's fiery new favorite, she and her bank account are running on fumes.
Chloe, known as much for her talent as her temper, is a top seed for the upcoming US Open. But thanks to broken rackets, code violations, and the inability to play well with others, her "favorite" status is slipping away.
However, when they are forced to share the same side of the court, and the world surprisingly doesn't implode, Chloe makes an offer: she'll fund Inés's journey to the US Open, but only if Inés agrees to be her hitting partner and teach her to keep a level head.
It's strictly business, but somewhere between practice drills and tour stops, the line between rival and something more begins to blur.
As the summer burns toward Flushing Meadows, their sizzling tension catches fire. With a trophy in sight and emotions running high, will their romance double fault at set point?
Tropes:

• Sports Romance
• Rivals to lovers
• Celebrity
• Pro-Athletes
• Sapphic Romance
• Forced Proximity
• Open Door
• Dual POV
• Only One Bed
• Mixed Double Partner's Ex-Girlfriend

"Not only an engrossing read about the distant past, both informative and entertaining, but also a profoundly thought-provoking view of our not-really-so-'new' present . . . All medieval history is here, beautifully narrated . . . The vision takes in whole imperial landscapes but also makes room for intimate portraits of key individuals, and even some poems."--Wall Street Journal

"A lively history . . . [Jones] has managed to touch every major topic. As each piece of the puzzle is placed into position, the modern world gradually comes into view . . . Powers and Thrones provides the reader with a framework for understanding a complicated subject, and it tells the story of an essential era of world history with skill and style."--The New York Times

The New York Times bestselling author returns with an epic history of the medieval world--a rich and complicated reappraisal of an era whose legacy and lessons we are still living with today.

When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era--and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with big names--from St Augustine and Attila the Hun to the Prophet Muhammad and Eleanor of Aquitaine--Dan Jones charges through the history of the Middle Ages. Powers and Thrones takes readers on a journey through an emerging Europe, the great capitals of late Antiquity, as well as the influential cities of the Islamic West, and culminates in the first European voyages to the Americas.

The medieval world was forged by the big forces that still occupy us today: climate change, pandemic disease, mass migration, and technological revolutions. This was the time when the great European nationalities were formed; when the basic Western systems of law and governance were codified; when the Christian Churches matured as both powerful institutions and the regulators of Western public morality; and when art, architecture, philosophical inquiry and scientific invention went through periods of massive, revolutionary change.

The West was rebuilt on the ruins of an empire and emerged from a state of crisis and collapse to dominate the world. Every sphere of human life and activity was transformed in the thousand years covered by Powers and Thrones. As we face a critical turning point in our own millennium, Dan Jones shows that how we got here matters more than ever.

"A sharp-tongued spokesman for Japan's environment and traditions" --The New York Times

In Alex Kerr's critically acclaimed Lost Japan and Dogs and Demons, he documented the decline of the traditional landscapes of Japan, his adopted home of many years. Here, in Hidden Japan he makes a journey of rediscovery to find the wonders that still remain.

Originally published in Japanese as a call to preserve disappearing facets of Japan's rich and ancient culture, Hidden Japan records Kerr's travels to various remote and lesser-known places where pockets of traditional culture can still be found. Some are faraway--like Aogashima Island, 200 miles south of Tokyo--while others are easy to reach, such as Mii-dera temple just east of Kyoto. The ten engaging essays in this book describe surprising remnants of Japan's fragile physical and cultural environment, including:

• Avant-garde Butoh dancing in the remote village of Tashiro in Akita Prefecture
• How shochu liquor is distilled from tropical ferns on the Pacific island of Aogashima
• An austere but delicious kaiseki meal in rural Tottori Prefecture composed of local herbs and meats
• Anecdotes relating to Kerr's childhood growing up in Japan and his passion for restoring old houses
• The damage caused by governmental infrastructure and reforestation policies, as well as by tourism
• Plus many other topics!

Kerr's sharp eye for detail and exquisite descriptions of Japanese, arts, architecture and foods will inspire readers who already appreciate his unique look at the "reality" of Japan beyond the romance. His personal involvement and obvious love for his subjects encourage us all to think more carefully about our own traditions and environment, and to challenge ourselves to search for better solutions to preserve what is of value all around us.

Have you ever felt like your faith was shattered-by disappointment, unanswered prayers, or the weight of real-life struggles? Faith Rebuilt is a guide for anyone standing in the rubble of broken beliefs, wondering if God can truly make things new again. Drawing from raw personal stories and timeless biblical truths, this book doesn't sugarcoat the pain of doubt, loss, or betrayal. Instead, it shows how something stronger, deeper, and more unshakable. With honesty and hope, Faith Rebuilt invites you to see setbacks not as the end of your story, but as the foundation for a renewed faith that stands the test of fire. Each chapter offers practical steps, spiritual encouragement, and real-life examples of what it looks like to rebuild-not with clichés, but with courage. Whether you're wrestling with questions, walking through suffering, or just longing for something real, Faith Rebuilt is a reminder that God is not done with you―and what feels broken can become beautiful.

Celebrating the Formula One World Championship's 75th season in unique, sometimes poignant, sometimes shocking, and always high-energy style with the face of F1 TV's, Alex Jacques.

In over 75 chapters, Alex Jacques tells the story of Formula One's rise, fall, and recovery through the extraordinary moments that shaped the world's most dramatic sport. Covering the teams, the drivers, the bosses, and the pit crews, Alex Jacques truly takes us trackside to feel the energy and hear from the personalities we love to watch.

With stories ranging from the huge personalities that make up the sport - and the hijinks they wreak at every turn - to a simple misreading of regulations that led to the creation of a monster car, to Lewis Hamilton's shock move to Ferrari, and Romain Grosjean's death-defying Man on Fire crash, Grid to Glory brings together some of the most iconic moments in the sport's history, making it a classic F1 title.

Colorfully written and encompassing every aspect of the unique composition of elite motorsport - glamour, rivalry, death, strategy, technology, business, and controversy - this book will appeal to old and new fans of the sport, as its mix of known and never-before-told stories provide context to some of the most talked-about incidents in sporting history.

JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE - The ultimate guide to choosing ingredients, developing your palate, mixing drinks, and leveling up your home cocktail game--with more than 600 recipes--from the bestselling team behind Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails and James Beard Book of the Year Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions

"The mad geniuses behind Death & Co have elevated cocktail creation to punk-rock artistry. This dazzling book brings their brilliance home."--Aisha Tyler

IACP AWARD FINALIST - ONE OF THE BEST COCKTAIL BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Minneapolist Star Tribune, Slate

Imagine you're a rookie bartender and this is your handbook. Your training begins with a boot camp of sorts, where you follow the same path a Death & Co bartender would to discover your own palate and preferences, learn how to select ingredients, understand what makes a great cocktail work, and mix drinks like an old pro. Then it's time to invite your friends over to show off the batched and ready-to-pour mixtures you stored in the freezer so you could enjoy your guests instead of making drinks all night.

More than 600 recipes anchor the book, including classics, low-ABV and nonalcoholic cocktails, and hundreds of signature creations developed by the Death & Co teams in New York, Los Angeles, and Denver. With hundreds of evocative photographs and illustrations, this comprehensive, visually arresting manual is destined to break new ground in home bars across the world--and make your next get-together the invite of the year.

"A charming, entertaining, and true book...I would follow Dee's advice any time." --Gayle Forman, author of Frankie & Bug and Not Nothing

With charm and sincerity reminiscent of Judy Blume and Rebecca Stead, this debut middle grade novel is a "compassionate" (Kirkus Reviews), hopeful story about a girl finding herself through secretly giving out advice to classmates.

Back when Dee and Juniper were still friends, Dee never hid in the bathroom. Now, at the beginning of sixth grade, Dee finds herself there often. The dripping faucet is annoying, and there are other places she'd rather be--like at home and in her room with her cat, Norman. But at least Dee is safe from overenthusiastic teachers and having to see Juniper walking through the halls with her new friends. Dee would rather be alone than witness that.

But it turns out Dee isn't the only one hiding from something. There are kids all over the school worrying in secret and needing someone to talk to. After Dee helps a second grader with spelling advice, more students begin coming to Dee with their problems. It turns out she's a good listener, and she likes helping people. And when she starts receiving mysterious notes, it seems someone out there wants to be her friend--if only they would reveal themselves.

"The Dark Wind carried The Curse like a cloud of seeds. Everyone breathed in a seed, and it started to grow."

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS PARTRAIN HAS BEEN RULED

by the King and the High Priestess. A perfect partnership. But they aren't partners at all. Every generation falls into a struggle for power. No one can be trusted. Everyone is a spy.

PRINCE BRYAN WILL BE THE NEXT KING

He doesn't care about the struggle for power. He would rather fish and hike, and his best friend is Dreya, the next High Priestess. They will rule together as a team.

BUT EVIL IS ON THE MOVE

A mysterious curse threatens the Fourth Era. To save the kingdom, Prince Bryan and Dreya must go on a quest that will take them to the land of night, a city in a lake, a pyramid built by ancient sun worshippers and finally, to face the most evil of all wizards.

EVERY ADVENTURE IS PART OF A PUZZLE

Look for the clues as Prince Bryan and Dreya do everything they can to save their kingdom and solve an impossible riddle. And remember, nothing is as it seems.

For animal lovers and sensitive souls comes this quietly breathtaking story of a child whose compassion for wild creatures is returned to him during a fearful storm.

Each morning when James leaves his small house by the sea, he cycles around the island and calls out to his friends. "Good morning!" he calls to the otters in their pool. "Good morning!" to the birds in the trees, the rabbits in their burrow, and the bears in their cave. Every day is wonderful, until one evening when ominous clouds start to paint the sky, and a fierce storm crashes in. The light glowing inside his house gives James comfort, but what about the animals? Should he go outside and make sure they're safe? Beautifully layered illustrations follow the child in his little red coat as he searches the wild, windy night for his friends, to no avail--until an anxious return home rewards him with the fruits of his kindness. Stylized and atmospheric, Richard Jones's exquisite art and lyrical text tell a heart-stirring tale of a loving bond that will linger long after the book is closed.

In this fresh look at trauma-informed practice, Alex Shevrin Venet urges educators to shift equity to the center as they consider policies and professional development. Using a framework of six principles for equity-centered trauma-informed education, she offers practical action steps for teachers and school leaders.

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old's dream adventure, but after he is mauled by a grizzly bear, it's all about staying alive.

This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts seventeen-year-old Alex Messenger's near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. The story follows Alex and his five companions as they paddle north through harrowing rapids and stunning terrain. Twenty-nine days into the trip, while out hiking alone, Alex is attacked by a barren-ground grizzly. Left for dead, he wakes to find that his summer adventure has become a struggle to stay alive. Over the next hours and days, Alex and his companions tend his wounds and use their resilience, ingenuity, and dogged perseverance to reach help at a remote village a thousand miles north of the US-Canadian border.

The Twenty-Ninth Day is a coming-of-age story like no other, filled with inspiring subarctic landscapes, thrilling riverine paddling, and a trial by fire of the human spirit.

With a new introduction from New York Times best-selling author Tayari Jones, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork.

The Street tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s.

Lutie is confronted by racism, sexism, and classism on a daily basis in her pursuit of the American dream for herself and her son, Bub. Lutie fully subscribes to the belief that if she follows the adages of Benjamin Franklin by working hard and saving wisely, she will be able to achieve the dream of being financially independent.

The first novel by an African-American woman to sell more than a million copies, its haunting tale still resonates today.

"Petry is the writer we have been waiting for; hers are the stories we need to fully illuminate the questions of our moment, while also offering a page-turning good time. Ann Petry, the woman, had it all, and so does her insightful, prescient and unputdownable prose."--Tayari Jones, New York Times Book Review

Featuring 50 profiles and select B&W illustrated portraits, Heroes of Queer Myth & Legend is a celebration of gay gods and goddesses, sapphic sirens, misunderstood mermen, and lesbians of legend.

Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.

Be captivated by stories of forbidden love like Patroclus & Achilles (explored in Madeleine Miller's bestseller Song of Achilles), join the cult of Antinous (inspiration for Oscar Wilde), get down with pansexual god Set in Egyptian myth, and fall for Zimbabwe's trans God Mawi. And from modern pop-culture, through Dan Jones's witty, upbeat style, learn more about 90s fan obsessions Xena: Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Neil Gaiman's American Gods and the BBC 's Doctor Who.

Heroes of Queer Myth & Legend brings to life characters who are romantic, brave, mysterious, and always fantastical. It is a magnificent celebration of queerness through the ages in all its legendary glory.

THE REESE WITHERSPOON X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"One of the most twisted and entertaining plots."--Reese Witherspoon

"Whiplash-inducing."--New York Times Book Review
"Such fun you'll cheer [Emily's] chutzpah."--PEOPLE
"This thriller will hit close to home."--Refinery29

The most twisty, addictive and gripping debut thriller you'll read this year.

HE LOVES YOU: Adam adores Emily. Emily thinks Adam's perfect, the man she thought she'd never meet.
BUT SHE LOVES YOU NOT: Lurking in the shadows is a rival, a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves.
AND SHE'LL STOP AT NOTHING: Emily chose Adam, but she didn't choose his mother Pammie. There's nothing a mother wouldn't do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever.

The Other Woman will have you questioning her on every page, in Sandie Jones' chilling psychological suspense about a man, his new girlfriend, and the mother who will not let him go.

A political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics--from The Beat Generation to Basquiat

This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized narratives. Counterculture brilliantly interrogates the diversity of counterculture and the interwoven relationship between each individual legacy. From Anarchism to the Harlem Renaissance, Alex Zamalin unveils the humanity behind these romanticized figures and popularized movements to capture revolutionary freedom in action.

American counterculture, defined as a movement whose values are outside and oppositional to mainstream norms and whose practices fundamentally reject what is socially respectable, ultimately transformed the 20th century.

With key players:

• Emma Goldman
• Billie Holiday
• Allen Ginsberg
• Amiri Baraka
• Jean-Michel Basquiat

And key movements:

• Anarchism
• Black Bohemia
• The Harlem Renaissance
• The Beat Generation
• The Black Arts Movement
• Hip-Hop

Counterculture reaches new depths, tackling a wide range of historical, social, and political topics, and expanding contemporary understandings of American cultural tradition.

At a time when counterculture was on the outskirts of American society, Alex Zamalin explores the reason why.