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111 Places in Women's History in Washington DC That You Must Not Miss
Women's history is everywhere in Washington, if curious locals and adventurous tourists know where to look. As the District of Columbia evolved into one of the world’s top tourist destinations, women emerged as pioneers and a town created to house the federal government matured into a gilded city affluent in feminist culture. Historic houses, hidden alleyways, and neighbourhood parks stand as memorials to America’s founding mothers who built the nation’s capital. This book records the legacies of these women and encourages readers to explore their names on headstones, street signs, and buildings, while also discovering where hidden history is unmarked. Rising from a strong foundation, modern DC women have continued to nurture the legacy of their foremothers as chefs, artists, athletes, philanthropists, politicians, and entrepreneurs. Most notable are the stories of collaboration in which these women flout the myth that nothing gets accomplished in Washington. Feminism in the city is fueled by the creativity, leadership, and fortitude of local women, each with a personal experience that is uniquely special. While no story is the same, the themes of preservation and progress are weaved throughout this book as a reminder; her story is history and it is still being written.
Light Wielder
THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO METAL SLINGER, AKA THE BOOK THAT BROKE BOOKTOK!Oaths were made. Magic was stolen. War is raging.Can love endure that which it was born to destroy?It has been four years since the rebellion started. War is raging. Now known as the fierce Light Wielder, Jovie must use her power to end the war between her once beloved communities - or burn them to the ground trying.As rumours of a new darkness rising begin to rumble, Jovie will need to look to the past for answers. But is she willing to sacrifice her soul - and her heart - to secure her Kingdom''s destiny?From BookTok sensation Rachel Schneider comes the spellbinding conclusion to the must read romantasy Metal Slinger - told in dual POV, expect political intrigue, forbidden love, and plenty of spice****READERS ARE GOING WILD FOR METAL SLINGER''The BEST plot twist to ever grace my Kindle'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''The author is a mastermind. Romantasy is back!!!!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Need the next book like I need water'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''I foamed at the mouth multiple times because they were so HOT!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''RUN, DON''T WALK. READ THIS RIGHT NOW!!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Happiness and Love
The funny, propulsive new novel about hating your friends, hating what they bring out in you, hating how you pander to them, the perfect satirical summer read for fans of Emma Cline, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Ottessa Moshfegh. Longlisted for the 2026 Brooklyn Public Library Book PrizeA LitHub most anticipated book of 2025‘Exceptionally funny and entertaining’ Katy Hessel, bestselling author of The Story of Art Without Men‘A gorgeous book on being a hater, and I inhaled this in one sitting’ StylistYears after escaping her unbearable artworld friends in New York for a new life in London, an unnamed writer finds herself once more at their dinner table for a single, hideous evening. It’s the day after the funeral of their mutual friend, a failed actress and – Eugene and Nicole, an artist-curator couple – are hosting a dinner party. If the narrator once loved and admired the couple and their important friends, she now despises them all. Most of all, however, she despises herself for being lured back to this cavernous apartment, to this hollow, bourgeois social set, for a dinner party that isn’t even being thrown in their deceased friend’s honour, but in the honour of an up-and-coming actress who is by now several hours late. As the guests sip at their drinks and await the actress’s arrival, the narrator, from her vantage point in the corner seat of a white sofa entertains herself - and us - with a silent, tender, merciless takedown. A satire about friendship, capitalism, culture, and art, Happiness and Love is the razor-sharp new novel from an exciting literary voice. ‘Bracing and funny and fiercely clever’ Orlando Whitfield, Nero-award listed author of All that Glitters‘An ecstatic performance of heightened perception’ Chris Kraus, bestselling author of I Love Dick‘Zeitgeist and timeless, cynical but not soulless. Fabulous!’ Melissa Broder, author of Milk Fed and The Pisces
The Nightlights Collection: A Trilogy of Tales
This celebratory 10-year anniversary edition brings the Nightlights graphic novel series to a stunning end with all three stories in one volume.Follow Sandy as she falls into technicolour wonderlands beyond your wildest dreams, meeting wise turtles, tiny flower people, and sinister spirits along the way. This trilogy of jaw-droppingly beautiful (comics/tales) by Lorena Alvarez features the first two books in the Nightlights series, plus one brand-new story, and bonus material from the artist.
European Shi?ism
The presence of Sh? te communities in Western Europe dates to the late nineteenth century, with Britain as the primary destination for immigration, as well as notable communities developing in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. Exploring selected encounters of Twelver Sh? te Muslims with the European West, this study examines local and transnational religious organization to assess socio-political integration. Its central thesis defines European Sh? sm through peripheral engagement and religious retention. Building on a range of language sources, interviews with Sh? te spokesmen and fieldwork in Iran, Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany, Matthijs van den Bos identifies European Sh? sm with a religious mode of engagement involving hierarchization of collective self and other identities. Sh? te parties with greater distance to high politico-religious authorities abroad are seen more likely to engage in cultural exchange with their European milieu. On one side stand ethnically varied Sh? te organizations with limited engagement of others in Europe. The other shows civic outreach, ritual transformation, and integrationist theology.
Devil Three Times
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025''Compelling . . . I raced through this multi-generational, magical realistic story'' DAILY MAIL''A page-turning, rollicking novel . . . From the first page, I was spellbound'' NATHAN HARRIS, New York Times bestselling author of THE SWEETNESS OF WATER The Devil first visits Yetunde aboard a slave ship heading to America. Her home burned to ash, she lies shackled in the belly of the ship with only her dead sister''s spirit for company. Worse, she has a caught the eye of a white man. To survive the hell that awaits her, the Devil offers his protection and a piece of his supernatural power. In return, Yetunde makes an incredible sacrifice. Their bargain extends far beyond Yetunde''s mortal lifespan. Over the next 175 years, the Devil visits her descendants in their darkest hour of need. There''s Lucille, a conjure woman; Asa, the white-passing son of a slave; Louis and Virgil, a twentieth-century Cain and Abel; Cassandra, a girl who speaks to the dead; James, a father struggling to keep his family together; and many others. The Devil offers each of them his own version of salvation, all the while wondering: can he save himself, too? ''[An] exuberant slice of Southern gothic . . . Fayne follows Percival Everett and Andrea Levy in stressing the rich emotional lives of their characters'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''Fayne''s imaginative narrative illustrates how the choices made in each generation ripple through the next'' WASHINGTON POST ''Ambitious, rollicking, heartbreaking, multi-vocal . . . it demands to be read over and over'' MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
Cold War Football
A gargantuan battle for hearts and minds, the Cold War is the supreme example of a 'people's war'. But what did the 'people's game' have to do with it? From Dynamo Moscow's stormy tour of Britain in 1945 to the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1991, Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall chart the clash between capitalism and communism in ten iconic football matches. They take us across Europe, Asia, South America and Africa to uncover football's part in bolstering democracies and dictatorships and in the struggle for influence in the developing world. They show how these matches offered a rare opportunity to see what life was like on 'the other side' of the Iron Curtain, making friends of enemies but also fuelling revolution. Featuring legendary players, goals and on- and off-field controversies, this is a fascinating history of how the Cold War shaped football and how football shaped the Cold War.
Távol Louisianától
Az amerikai indián Ischate és a kreol úrihölgy, Suzette sorsa a 18. századi Louisianában fonódik össze, ám társadalmi és kulturális értelemben is egy világ választja el őket egymástól: az indián fiú bölcs harcos, ám a kreolok szemében egyszerű "vadember˝. Ezzel szemben Suzette egy vagyonos New Orleans-i kereskedő lánya, aki gyermekkorától kezdve a társadalmi, erkölcsi és illemszabályok béklyójában él. A két fiatal gyermekkori találkozása mindkettőjük életét örökre megváltoztatja, és ebben a sodró lendületű műben végigkísérhetjük, amint az évtizedek során szembenéznek azon akadályokkal, amelyeket a társadalom és a történelem eléjük gördít. A spanyol szerző, Luz Gabás Planeta-díjjal (2022) jutalmazott regénye több, mint egy szerelmi történet, hiszen a fiatalok viszontagságain keresztül bemutatja az Amerikai Egyesült Államok és Európa történelmének meghatározó időszakát - az amerikai függetlenségi háborútól a francia forradalomig -, s közben olyan fontos fogalmakról gondolkodtat el, mint a hűség, a haza és a szerelem.
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Život po životě
Úchvatný příběh od autorky bestselleru Zůstaň se mnou Amber se jednoho krásného jarního odpoledne vrací na kole domů ze školy. Je to úplně normální den. Jenže když ji uvidí její matka, začne křičet. Amber totiž před sedmi lety zemřela – srazilo ji auto na tom samém kole, na němž teď přijela. Její nevysvětlitelný návrat ovlivní všechny, které její smrt hluboce zasáhla. Uprostřed všeho toho zmatku se Amber potýká sama se sebou. Jakým člověkem bývala? Jak a proč dostala druhou šanci na život? Román dokonale zkoumá tenkou hranici mezi životem a smrtí, vykresluje, jakou stopu může na světě člověk zanechat, a oslavuje život jako takový v celé jeho spletitosti.
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Megvédelek mindenáron - Éldekorált kiadás
KÜLÖNLEGES, ÉLDEKORÁLT KIADÁS
Daphne Green, a milliárdokat érő Greenway Discoveries cégbirodalom örökösnője a kiváltságosok gondtalan életét éli, ám amikor betörnek az apja irodájába, elővigyázatosságból testőrt fogadnak mellé.
Milosh Petrov jól képzett, rátermett, egyenes, és komolyan veszi a munkáját: "Vigyázz rájuk, aztán lépj le." Ám amikor Daphne személyi testőrének fogadják fel, az elválás egyre reménytelenebbnek tűnik, különösen azután, hogy a lány élete valódi veszélybe kerül. Milosh megfogadja: bármit megtesz, hogy megvédje Daphnet.
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Space (My Little World)
Toddlers will love learning first facts about space as they turn the wheels, open the flaps and pull the tabs of this interactive board book all about space. Packed full of key space topics explained in a simple way, little space fans will love discovering about our home planet, the moon, our solar system, galaxies, supernovas and beyond!The interesting space facts are brought to life by the adorable and charming illustrations by Lizzy Doyle. Planets with cute faces, a smiley Mars rover and a beautifully bright depiction of our solar system are just some of the illustrations that make this a truly special book. Designed to encourage young children to be curious about the world around them, the bright pages and chunky board book format make learning about space a fully interactive experience. Looking for other early-learning books for your little ones? Check out My Little World: Dinosaurs, My Little World: Animals and My Little World: Potty Fun!
Reading Champion: Graphics: Kid Pirate: The Golden Bottle
Join Kid Pirate and his crew - Salty, Meg, Bo and Vane - marooned on a desert island. In this adventure, a mysterious golden bottle washes up on the island - what could be inside? Reading Champion Graphic readers is a new strand in the Reading Champion programme. Each story follows the adventures of the same set of characters in exciting comic book form, perfect for encouraging reluctant readers. The books have been book banded to support children's reading in the classroom. The Kid Pirate books have all been banded at book band 7 Turquoise.
The Last to Know
WHAT IF THE ONE YOU'RE MEANT TO LOVE . . . IS THE LAST PERSON YOU'D EVER EXPEC? spicy, Sapphic, enemies-to-lovers romcom from the queen of the meet-cute. *****Ash has met her perfect match. So has CJ. Unfortunately for them, it’s the same man. Mid-thirties and feeling the pressure, they’re ready to fight for him. Even if it means sabotaging each other. As Ash and CJ turn up on each other’s dates, ruin one another’s chances, and accidentally end up spending an awful lot of time together, their friends begin to wonder. Are they fighting over the same guy? Or are they fighting their feelings for each other . . . ?*****PRAISE FOR LAURA JANE WILLIAMS. . . 'I'm a big fan of Laura Jane Williams - she writes such fresh, smart, funny romances.' Beth O'Leary'An absolute delight!... romantic, relaxing, inspiring... I love it!' Emily Henry'The perfect romcom' Lucy Vine'Smart, delightful and heaps of fun' Fiona Gibson'Laura Jane Williams writes such warm and yet realistic love stories - they're not escapism, but rather hope-ism.' Holly Bourne'Joyful, romantic and life-affirming.' Red'Guaranteed to make you smile.' Closer'Hilarious, heart-warming and truly authentic - your modern rom com must-read!' Hello!'Tender, energetic and authentic.' Daisy Buchanan'Pure escapist fiction!' Stacey Halls'Smart and funny. The perfect escape.' Sarah Morgan'Full of fun and charm... an utterly feel-good love story.' Holly Miller'So funny and wonderful and life affirming' Lorna Cook'This is the laugh-out-loud love story you need to read this summer.' Glamour'Smart, sisterly storytelling... You can practically feel modern romance evolving as you're reading it' Emma Jane Unsworth, Observer
All the Feels
*‘All The Feels is a brilliant field-guide for all of us trying to make sense of the weird and even wonderful ways our love of technology is transforming our emotional lives. I urge you to read it!’ Tiffany Watt Smith, author of The Book of Human EmotionsTechnology is transforming the way we feel and express emotions, from rage-fuelled doomscrolling and ‘three-dot’ texting anxiety to the entire pantheon of emojis and memes at our disposal. Tech can amplify our feelings, foster ‘emotional contagion’, and help us to build close relationships. Our emotional intelligence has already been expanded, from the nuanced expression of a well-timed GIF to the ways we treat Siri and Alexa more like friends than computer programs. But could the next wave of tech rewire the way we express ourselves and understand others even further? And, with computers now able to read and express sentiments too, how can we best navigate this new landscape in which our emotional lives have become inextricably entwined with our digital lives? We’re often told just to ‘switch off’, but that’s becoming more difficult. Instead of raging against the machines, we could learn how to live with them. Tech no longer stands apart from who we are; it is reshaping our inner lives. In this groundbreaking and much-needed book, Pamela Pavliscak provides the toolkit we’ve been waiting for, encouraging readers to look forward to a healthier, more emotionally diverse future. It’s time to harness the power of technology to lead emotionally rich lives – both online and off. _______‘Hugely refreshing.’ Elaine Kasket, author of Reset: Rethinking Your Digital World for a Happier Life‘Nuanced, compassionate, and clearly written, this is a deeply humane book that we can all benefit from.’ Ethan Kross, International bestselling Author of Chatter and Shift
The Everest Mystery
There is no mystery more compelling than the disappearance of British mountaineer George Mallory and Sandy Irvine, last seen ‘going strong for the top’ of Mount Everest on 8 June 1924. Mallory was a renowned climber; Irvine was a daring young sportsman embarking on the greatest adventure of his life . . . The question of exactly what happened to them on that fateful day has fascinated people for more than a century. Now, Irvine’s great-niece Julie Summers and mountaineering historian Jochen Hemmleb have written a gripping account of the 1924 expedition from Sandy’s perspective, challenging misconceptions regarding his role and the skills and knowledge of the two men. The narrative brings to life all the remarkable characters involved in the attempt and describes the extraordinary feats of endurance and planning needed to survive the extreme conditions on Everest. The authors also examine whether the two men reached the summit – becoming the first to do so – or died on the ascent. Were their bodies seen by Chinese expeditions in 1960 and 1975? What can we learn from the discoveries of Mallory’s remains in 1999 and Sandy’s boot and foot in September 2024?An intriguing detective story, The Everest Mystery is also a moving account of men pushing themselves to their limits in an attempt to make history.
Balmoral
Balmoral Castle and it’s 50,000-acre estate has been the private Highland retreat of The Royal Family since the 1850s. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert fell in love with the Scottish Highlands in the 1840s and built the present Grade A listed castle in 1856, one of the very favourite homes of The Royal Family ever since, hosting kings, queens, tsars, kaisers, statesmen, prime ministers and many others. Much of the interior of the castle can now be visited together with a new restaurant, café, visitor centre and shop. Well-marked footpaths allow visitors to walk over much of the estate, with its astonishing views of one of the most beautiful and wild parts of Scotland. A unique guide and gift book to be treasured.
I'm Just a Girl
It is a truth universally acknowledged that boys will be boys and girls have to grow up . . . Over the past decade, girlhood has repainted the cultural landscape pink. From Taylor Swift's Eras tour to Barbiemania, this nostalgia for girlhood has become a billion-dollar business, seen in the music we listen to, the clothes we wear and the 2000s movies (and their long-awaited sequels) we watch on repeat. But at a time when women's rights are being rewritten, this resurgence in girlhood is complicated. Women are caught between a genuine desire to relive the wild freedom, joy and safety found in girlhood, while facing an ever-growing pressure to hold onto their youth. The world demands women continue to look like girls, yet they are rarely given the space to actually be girls. In I'm Just a Girl, journalist Jess Bacon introduces readers to the 'second girlhood', the extended adolescence that allows us to recover the part of ourselves we left behind. Reconnecting with our inner girl is an empowering act of rebellion. It offers a return to creativity and play that can ultimately improve our relationships, our mental wellbeing and establish a renewed sense of self. It is a reclaiming of what was once taken from us. For far too long we have been presented with a false choice between womanhood and girlhood - this book is a celebration of a new way of being where we can fully embrace both.
Dress and Morality
In 747, Saint Boniface declared that wide stripes and scarlet borders in dress were a dangerous incitement of lust and ruination of the soul. A thousand years later the Jesuit Father Bernard Vaughan, in his book The Sins of Society, claimed that immodest dress led to paganism, while the popular v-shaped necklines of fashionable tops (referred to by some doctors as 'pneumonia necklines') were denounced as immoral by religious critics, along with short skirts. For many years dress and morality have been intertwined, while moralists throughout history have raged against fashions for being too short, too long, too tight, too loose, or too costly. In this enlightening and entertaining book, Aileen Ribeiro looks at fashion extremes over the centuries – from codpieces to corsets – revealing how dress has functioned as a vehicle of righteousness or turpitude, and as an expression of sexuality, class or social status. With sharp wit and lavish illustrations, Dress and Morality offers an in-depth exploration of the comical vanities and social etiquettes associated with dress in the past. This foundational fashion classic has been re-issued with a new preface, afterword and further reading list – remaining an essential and entertaining read.
My Cantopop Nights
'Captures that era of Hong Kong music with such warmth and clarity... Transcendent and transportive' Angela Hui‘A wondrous thing: fresh, evocative, self-aware, fantastically light of touch and wholly original’ Sarah HoweA story of music, fandom and identity, from the acclaimed singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss (a.k.a. Emmy the Great)For 11-year-old Emma-Lee, the sound of Hong Kong in the summer of 1995 is Cantopop. The Cantopop stars she idolises are everywhere - their images are on every billboard and their music spills from shop speakers onto the streets. When she and her family move to England later that year, Emma-Lee’s love of Cantopop will be pushed underground – the sound and symbol of her secret childhood identity. My Cantopop Nights is the story of how Emma-Lee found herself in a Hong Kong bar twenty years later, listening to a Cantopop song and realising that this music was her inheritance. It’s about suffering an identity crisis just as the city’s post-colonial tensions erupt into protests. It’s a story of uncanny coincidences, magical thinking and a quest to reconcile the different sides of her heritage: Hong Konger and British, Cantopop and indie. It’s a story of falling in love with a city, its people and its music, while trying to find your own place to belong. ‘An author of exceptional vision... for anyone seeking to understand how complicated, tender histories unfurl in our present – and how art emerges to help us through’ Jessica J. Lee'Prepare to meet your new favourite playlist' Dan Schreiber
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