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This Song Is About Me
A reporter strives to discover the reason behind a superstar’s disappearance in an enthralling novel about the mysteries of love and success by a New York Times bestselling author. It was a night to remember. Ryan Holding, the most famous pop star in the world, won every music award imaginable at the industry’s highest event. She exited the stage to thunderous applause…then disappeared off the face of the earth. Six years later, her social media accounts remain untouched. Her band has broken up. Her Malibu estate sits quiet. And billions of obsessed fans still ask: Whatever happened to Ryan Holdin? mid theories, suspicions, and rumors, reporter Elyse James wants the truth about the girl who poured her heart into every song she wrote. As Elyse searches through the stories of Ryan’s life, from those willing to talk—her best friend, a childhood teacher, and Ryan’s first love among them—a portrait of a flesh-and-blood icon begins to emerge. So do clues to a mystery that has captivated the world. Did Ryan disappear to find herself? Or did someone deliberately make Ryan disappear? The answers are the stuff of legend.
Jacob’s Transition Goals
Jacob loves football, but being accepted by his teammates isn't easy. Meet Jacob, a transgender boy with a dream of becoming a footballer. But Jacob has another dream-to join the boy's team and play happily with his teammates. This story follows Jacob on his journey as he joins a football team, his struggles to be accepted and his happy ending. This uplifting picture book will help start conversations about gender diversity and inclusion with children. It also includes a guide for adults with a glossary of terms and answers to questions that might be asked in conversations about trans people in sport.
Soudce Ti 1: Záhada čínského zlata
LEGENDÁRNÍ SOUDCE TI ŘEŠÍ ZÁHADNOU SMRT SVÉHO PŘEDCHŮDCE… Mladý soudce Ti Žen-ťie přijíždí do sychravého přístavu Peng-laj, aby se ujal svého prvního úřadu. Namísto poklidné správy okresu ho však čeká mlhou zahalené hnízdo intrik. Jeho předchůdce Wang za záhadných okolností zemřel uprostřed zamčené pracovny, a nitky zločinu vedou až do nejvyšších pater císařské správy. S pomocí věrného seržanta Chunga a dvou napravených zbojníků Ma Žunga a Ťiao Taje musí soudce Ti vyřešit nejen smrt náčelníka a zmizení mladé nevěsty, ale také odhalit tajemství zlaté sochy, které ohrožuje stabilitu celé říše. Každý jejich krok je může stát hlavu, neboť nepřítel je mnohem blíž, než si připouštějí. Robert van Gulik v tomto chronologicky prvním románu ze slavné série historických detektivek ze staré Číny sleduje zrod legendárního soudce Ti, jehož slavné případy sahají od říčních nevěstinců až po paláce nejmocnějších představitelů impéria.
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They Called It Peace
A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empiresImperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at their discretion. They Called It Peace is a panoramic history of how these routines of violence remapped the contours of empire and reordered the world from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. In an account spanning from Asia to the Americas, Lauren Benton shows how imperial violence redefined the very nature of war and peace. Instead of preparing lasting peace, fragile truces ensured an easy return to war. Serial conflicts and armed interventions projected a de facto state of perpetual war across the globe. Benton describes how seemingly limited war sparked atrocities, from sudden massacres to long campaigns of dispossession and extermination. She brings vividly to life a world in which warmongers portrayed themselves as peacemakers and Europeans imagined “small” violence as essential to imperial rule and global order. Holding vital lessons for us today, They Called It Peace reveals how the imperial violence of the past has made perpetual war and the threat of atrocity endemic features of the international order.
Screen People
'Incisive' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation of how technology and entertainment have warped humanity 'SOPHIE GILBERT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST AND AUTHOR OF GIRL ON GIRL_______From an award-winning staff writer for the Atlantic, Screen People is an eye-opening look at how the current media landscape conditions us to see everyone as characters in ongoing entertainment - and how we can fight backWhether it's our expertly curated Instagram feeds or the reality-television-star US President, the line between what's real and what's fabricated for entertainment has never been more blurred. Screen People explores what happens when we cede our reality to spectacle and explains how today's internet-inflected culture incentivises us to see one another as characters in a show, and how some of our most chronic and harmful social conditions - loneliness, depression, mistrust, misinformation and cynicism - stem from our demand for diversion. In ten chapters, each themed around an element of entertainment Garber argues that this comedy of our daily lives is quickly becoming tragedy. And we can't understand our politics without first understanding our culture. Screen People shows why Garber is one of the most respected and widely read journalists of our day. This book is an urgent, dazzling look at how we entertained ourselves into our current predicament and shows how we might find our way out of the chaos.
Rock the Kasbah
Rock the Kasbah takes you on a journey through Morocco’s most inspiring places to stay. From ancient kasbahs and serene riads to intimate boutique hotels and luxurious desert tented camps, this book showcases around 20 unique hideaways scattered across the country. Each property is beautifully captured by Spanish-based photographer Bibiana Cristina, whose evocative images bring the soul and atmosphere of Morocco to life. A feast for design lovers, travellers, and dreamers alike, Rock the Kasbah is both a source of inspiration and a celebration of Moroccan hospitality.
Unemployed Killers Support Group Vol.1
"Top 10 Must-Read Manga" Publishers Weekly, Spring 2026. For fans of Reservoir Dogs-style dark comedy and chaotic criminal camaraderie, a Noir-turned-Manga. Rio delivers stunning artwork, sharp wit, blood-soaked backstories, and a brutally offbeat take on redemption. Unemployed Killers Support Group is a razor-sharp, darkly hilarious noir-esque manga from Taiwanese creator Rio, this is not your average self-help group. Selected by Taiwan Pavillion as a featured work to be showcased at the 2023 Angouleme International Comics Festival. Locker Loyed, once a deadly sniper, lost his vision—and his job—on a mission gone wrong. Now, he’s joined an unlikely circle of former contract killers, each grappling with their own personal collapse. Among them: Gloria Maze, a meticulous assassin whose career imploded after catching her husband cheating and killing the mistress in a jealous rage; Jerry Cole, a justice-obsessed lawyer turned bloodthirsty executioner; and Jordi Joe, a delusional con man who’s never actually killed anyone. As they try to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives, Locker begins to realize his past isn’t done with him. A dangerous figure—the one responsible for his blindness and a friend’s death—is still at large. And revenge is still on the table. For fans of dark comedy, crime thrillers, and twisted found family, Unemployed Killers Support Group is a bold, bloody, and brilliantly offbeat ride through the lives of society’s most dangerous burnouts. Welcome to the group—check your conscience at the door.
Survival at Treblinka
On August 2, 1943, prisoners at the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, located in occupied Poland, launched an uprising against their captors, during which hundreds successfully escaped while guards killed as many in the process. In this groundbreaking work, Chad S.A. Gibbs draws upon recently discovered sources and novel research methods to fundamentally reassess Jewish resistance at Treblinka—both before and during the revolt. Using the testimonies of revolt survivors, prior escapees, those who passed through the camp, and a handful of bystander witnesses and former SS guards, Gibbs sheds new light on the events of August 2 as well as many prior acts of resistance. Critical to these new interpretations of the revolt are the actions of women prisoners, who here assume a central place in this story for the first time.
The Bridge Kingdom Boxset
A complete epic fantasy collection from bestselling author Danielle L. Jensen, this Bridge Kingdom box set includes The Bridge Kingdom, The Traitor Queen, The Inadequate Heir, The Endless War and The Twisted Sister. Packed with romance, betrayal and high-stakes political intrigue, this sweeping saga delivers fierce heroines, dangerous alliances and unforgettable enemies-to-lovers tension.
Father, I Dont Want This Marriage, Vol. 6
Juvelian has finally found true love . . . but she must save her father before she can have her happily ever after. This manhwa adaptation of Hong Heesu's webnovel is now available in English print for the first time.
It's official: Lady Juvelian and Max are a real couple! But Juvelian doesn't have time to bask in their romance. She's busy preparing for her coming-of-age ceremony - and trying to prevent Mikhail from causing trouble yet again, this time at an upcoming hunting competition. Although Juvelian knows about his deranged schemes from her past life, she has no idea of the dangers that currently await her.
As the tyrannical emperor pushes him to the edge, Duke Legis Floyen can no longer hide the truth, not with Juvelian's safety at risk. But as Juvelian and Max seek a way for Legis to break free, the emperor is already targeting his next pawn: Princess Beatrice. Can Juvelian protect her loved ones - and herself - in this life?
Volume 6 collects episodes 81-96 of the webcomic Father, I Don't Want This Marriage.
Rebel women between the wars
An inspiring group biography of thirteen intrepid women who challenged the status quo in interwar Britain. What did it mean to be a ‘rebel woman’ in the interwar years? Historian Sarah Lonsdale traces the struggles, passions and achievements of a set of fearlessly determined women who stopped at nothing to make their mark in the traditionally masculine environments of mountaineering, politics, engineering and journalism. From the motorist Claudia Parsons to the ‘star’ reporter Margaret Lane, the mountaineer Dorothy Pilley and the journalist Shiela Grant Duff, the women charted in this book challenged the status quo in all walks of life, alongside writing vivid, eye-witness accounts of their adventures. Recovering their voices across a range of texts, including novels, poems, journalism and diaries, Rebel women between the wars reveals the inch-by-inch gains these women won through courageous and sometimes controversial acts. -- .
Where the Earth Meets the Sky
Antarctica is a land of extremes: the coldest, windiest and most remote place on Earth – and now one of the most vulnerable to climate change. On isolated Ross Island – from where legendary explorers Scott and Shackleton once set out for the South Pole – conservation scientist Louise K. Blight travels south to live and work at the edge of the world. There, alongside one of the world’s great Antarctic scientists, she documents how the planet’s largest iceberg is transforming the lives of Antarctica’s penguins. Amid blizzards, endless daylight and the stark, hypnotic beauty of the ice, Louise observes the rhythms of penguin life and the small and eccentric human community that shares this inhospitable place. As days are shaped by weather, waiting and survival, Antarctica becomes both a physical and emotional testing ground, its vast silences offering space for reflection. Interwoven with stories of early explorers and modern-day Antarcticans, and enlivened by humorous and touching portraits of the penguins she studies, Where the Earth Meets the Sky is a powerful meditation on solitude, resilience and renewal – and a vivid testament to how the harshest landscape on Earth profoundly alters those who enter it.
The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain (Manga) Vol. 6
Claudia learns that all is not well in Bari Kingdom, at least according to Raul’s loyal retainer, Lestea. Raul doesn’t want the throne, but a certain faction wants him as ruler, and their actions against Raul’s brother, the king, are escalating. Meanwhile, Sylvester faces an insurrection in the town he’s visiting, and evidence suggests he’s acting on Raul’s orders. Sensing a scheme, Claudia decides to it’s time to take the initiative and do some investigating on her own!
Strangers Within
A comprehensive study of the New Christian elite of Jewish origin—prominent traders, merchants, bankers and men of letters—between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuriesIn Strangers Within, Francisco Bethencourt provides the first comprehensive history of New Christians, the descendants of Jews forced to convert to Catholicism in late medieval Spain and Portugal. Bethencourt estimates that there were around 260,000 New Christians by 1500—more than half of Iberia’s urban population. The majority stayed in Iberia but a significant number moved throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, coastal Asia and the New World. They established Sephardic communities in North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Amsterdam, Hamburg and London. Bethencourt focuses on the elite of bankers, financiers and merchants from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries and the crucial role of this group in global trade and financial services. He analyses their impact on religion (for example, Teresa de Ávila), legal and political thought (Las Casas), science (Amatus Lusitanus), philosophy (Spinoza) and literature (Enríquez Gomez). Drawing on groundbreaking research in eighteen archives and library manuscript departments in six different countries, Bethencourt argues that the liminal position in which the New Christians found themselves explains their rise, economic prowess and cultural innovation. The New Christians created the first coherent legal case against the discrimination of a minority singled out for systematic judicial inquiry. Cumulative inquisitorial prosecution, coupled with structural changes in international trade, led to their decline and disappearance as a recognizable ethnicity by the mid-eighteenth century. Strangers Within tells an epic story of persecution, resistance and the making of Iberia through the oppression of one of the most powerful minorities in world history. Packed with genealogical information about families, their intercontinental networks, their power and their suffering, it is a landmark study.
Kvetinárky z raja
Rozvod, dospelé deti a kvetinárstvo, ktoré ide aj bez nej?
Flora si konečne povie dosť – a odlieta na Madeiru, ostrov večnej jari, kde kvitnú kvety, sny aj nové začiatky.
Tu stretne Margaridu, šikovnú záhradníčku, ktorá má cit pre rastliny, veľké srdce a energie na rozdávanie. Spolu sa pustia do zveľaďovania záhrad a kam vkročia, tam všetko rozkvitá.
Pomáhajú, radia, sem tam niečo prevrátia naruby a popri tom začnú meniť nielen cudzie, ale aj vlastné životy. Pochopia, že občas je potrebné čosi vytrhnúť, aby mohlo narásť niečo nové.
Flora zisťuje, že aj po štyridsiatke môže prísť dobrodružstvo, aké by jej závideli aj mladšie ročníky. A ktovie – možno sa medzi palmami, ružami a kaktusmi objaví niekto, kto jej rozkvitne v srdci. Svieži, vtipný a láskavý román z Madeiry o dvoch ženách, ktoré dokazujú, že začať odznova sa dá kedykoľvek – a najlepšie s rukami v hline a morským vetrom vo vlasoch.
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Oheň a ľad
Po úspechu krimi Búrka sa Kristina Ohlsson vracia s druhým pokračovaním série o Augustovi Strindbergovi.
V Hovenäsete sa ligoce biely sneh a August je šťastnejší než kedykoľvek predtým. Jeho novootvorený obchod, Strindbergov obchod s použitým tovarom, prosperuje a navyše je August čerstvo zamilovaný. Odchod zo Štokholmu mu vyšiel presne tak, ako dúfal.
Lenže počas jednej mrazivej januárovej noci naruší pokojnú idylu tohto malého mestečka požiar, ktorý zničí dve lodenice. Jedna patrí Augustovi, druhú vlastní Axel Ehnbom, starec, ktorý v Hovenäsete prežil celý svoj život.
Kriminálnej vyšetrovateľke Marii Martinssonovej dáva vyšetrovanie zabrať. Ani sa nenazdá a okrem požiaru polícia vyšetruje aj vraždu. Niekto v Hovenäsete ukrýva vskutku temné tajomstvá. Nebezpečenstvo sa však blíži aj z celkom iného smeru. Čoskoro už nebude v bezpečí ani Maria, ani August...
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Stratené dcéry 2: Kubánska dcéra
Dve ženy, dve generácie a tajomstvo ukryté na slnkom zaliatej Kube
Kuba, 1950. Keď Esmeralda prechádzala okolo Christophera, zadržala dych, lebo sa k nemu priblížila až tak, že sa látka jej šiat musela dotknúť jeho kolena, a on svojím prstom zachytil ten jej. Trvalo to len zlomok sekundy, ich malíčky sa preplietli na tak kratučko, že si to nikto nemohol všimnúť, ale povedalo jej to všetko, čo potrebovala vedieť. Neprišiel si len pozrieť Kubu. Precestoval celú tú diaľku preto, aby videl mňa.
Londýn, súčasnosť. Keď Claudia zistí, že jej stará mama sa narodila v Hope’s House – domove pre slobodné matky –, všetko, čo si doteraz myslela o svojej rodine, sa v okamihu rozpadne. Jedinou indíciou ku koreňom jej starej mamy je rozpadnutý rodinný erb Diazovcov, kedysi jednej z najbohatších dynastií na Kube.
Claudia, hnaná túžbou po pravde, odlieta do horúcej Havany, kde stretáva charizmatického šéfkuchára menom Mateo. Toho s Diazovcami spája nečakané puto – jeho starý otec pre nich kedysi pracoval a Mateo, rovnako ako Claudia, zúfalo túži po odpovediach.
Nájde Claudia v príbehu prastarej mamy odvahu nasledovať vlastné srdce? Alebo ju tragický príbeh lásky donúti vrátiť sa domov?
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Vona
Příběh inspirovaný jedním z největších přírodních i lidských neštěstí Šumavy. Odlehlé osady pod Huťským štítem čekají v dubnu 1853 na příchod jara. Marně. Dočkají se jen přívalů sněhu, který všechno a všechny pohřbí. A taky hladu, neznámé epidemie, hrůzy a šílenství. Někteří si vyberou smrt, jiní se v boji o přežití zřeknou vlastního lidství. Ozvěnu té dávné tragédie si dodnes předávají potomci jednoho z rodů, zatímco hrůzné dědictví čeká na své odhalení.
Román, který ctí horor i detektivku, vypráví prastarý příběh o boji dobra proti zlu a odpuštění proti nenávisti. Příběh o strachu a nepochopení, co přechází z otců na syny. Alespoň do momentu, kdy na scénu vstoupí ta, jež v mužském světě nemá ani právo na jméno — Vona.
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Mondegreen
Mondegreen je slovo pre situáciu, keď niečo zle začujeme – a potom sa tejto mylnej verzie tvrdošijne držíme. V románe autor skúma, ako pamäť a jazyk formujú našu identitu, a že sa ich nemožno vzdať. Krásny a experimentálny príbeh Habu Habinského, utečenca z donbaského regiónu, ukazuje schopnosť ľudí podstúpiť radikálnu zmenu a to, ako táto zmena ovplyvňuje ich životy.
