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Visit the Island of Misfit Toys in this board book based on the classic 1964 holiday TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer that''s perfect for toddlers ages 0 to 3.Meet Santa Claus, Hermey, the Bumble, and the rest of Rudolph?s friends from the North Pole. This board book with sturdy pages introduces all the best-loved characters from the iconic Christmas classic story. It?s the perfect stocking-stuffer for children ages 0 to 3.Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has been a beloved holiday tradition since it was first broadcast on December 6, 1964.

In this stunningly illustrated graphic novel, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar''s life as a social justice advocate comes to life through the story of a high school student whose promising basketball career is in jeopardy.Monk Travers is the star basketball player on his high school team. Confident about his future as an NBA player, he doesn?t see the point in caring much about school, let alone his community. But his world is about to change?big time!After getting caught graffitiing his team''s rival school, Monk comes to the awful realization that his actions have put his place on the team?and his future?in jeopardy. He?s taken by surprise when his coach offers him an unorthodox way to atone: completing a report on the life of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.Monk is ecstatic. He knows all Kareem?s records and stats. He smugly announces that the project will be a snap, but his excitement is short-lived when Coach tells him that the project is not about Kareem?s basketball career?it?s about his life as an advocate for change.As Monk grudgingly begins his research, he discovers a history of struggles, conflicts, frustrations, and violence that he?d never been aware of, awakening a passion for social justice that rivals Kareem?s own.Authored by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar himself, alongside longtime collaborator Raymond Obstfeld, and vividly illustrated by artist Ed Laroche, Champion highlights and celebrates Kareem?s work for good like never before, inspiring fans of all ages.

Get to know BTS?the South Korean K-pop group loved by millions of fans around the world?with this beautifully illustrated collectible Little Golden Book!BTS?s popularity has grown larger than anyone could have imagined.This boy bands'' smash success story comes to life?from their early days together in South Korea, to becoming one of the biggest music groups in the world with hit songs like "Dynamite" and "Yet to Come," to speaking at the United Nations. When you?re BTS, you work as a team, stay true to yourself, and inspire millions! This Little Golden Book Biography is perfect for BTS fans of all ages, the BTS ARMY, and people looking for inspiring stories about talented young musicians. Little Golden Book biographies feature the iconic gold-foil design and share the life stories of extraordinary artists, world leaders, performers, and athletes including: The BeatlesTaylor SwiftLady Gaga Harry StylesThe Bee Gees

Get to know tennis legend Serena Williams with this collectible Little Golden Book, which tells her inspiring life story alongside gorgeous full-color illustrations!Serena changed the world of tennis with her power, strength, and style.The tennis ace''s story comes to life?from her close bond with sister Venus, to her Olympic gold medals and Grand Slam titles, to her awesome fashion sense both on and off the tennis court. When you?re Serena Williams, you break barriers and inspire others to do the same! This Little Golden Book Biography is perfect for Serena Williams fans of all ages and families looking for inspiring stories. Little Golden Book biographies feature the iconic gold-foil design and share the life stories of extraordinary artists, world leaders, performers, and athletes including:Katie Ledecky Willie Mays LeBron JamesSimone BilesThe Kelce Brothers

A holistic approach to creating a home using the colors, patterns, and textures found in the natural world, from the author of Living with Color and Living with Pattern.Hailed by Vogue for her "approachable patterns and textiles" Rebecca Atwood shares a new method for styling your interiors, one guided by nature: specifically landscapes that capture your imagination. As an artist, she has found that the details of a landscape helps make design accessible, and when decorating a home, it can even direct the decisions you make. Think of a place outside that contains a mood you want to bring into your home, such as the beach or a garden you saw on your travels. Identify the colors in its landscape and you can choose a room?s paint colors. Pick out its textures and you can decide what materials?rugs, wallpaper, upholstery fabric?to bring into the room. The Harmonious Home walks you through six different landscapes?Dunes, Ocean, Field, Forest, Garden, and City?and shows you how to pull together color and pattern combinations you might not have imagined on your own that evoke the feeling of the place without looking overly thematic.Throughout, you?ll find gorgeous photographs of interiors around the country and expert advice from celebrated interior designers for selecting lighting, a floor plan, window treatments, and more. With endless inspiration for building a room around a mood, The Harmonious Home takes you from fabric and paint swatches to a harmonious design that feels like home.

From the popular Lost Women of Science podcast, comes an empowering collection that recognizes ten trailblazing female scientists whose lives and works have been lost to history...until now. Uncover the truth behind some of the world''s greatest accomplishments--and the women who made it happen.For far too long, women in science have been overlooked. But despite the missing pages from the history books, these remarkable ladies conducted groundbreaking experiments, discovered diseases that changed lives, deciphered codes that altered the course of world wars, and so much more. And now, we know their stories. From the creators of award-nominated Lost Women of Science podcast comes an illuminating and moving portrayal of ten revolutionary women in STEM who dared to break barriers even when no one was watching. Through riveting sketches, rarely-before-seen photos, and insightful stories, unearth the lives and triumphs of these science pioneers whose influence cannot be forgotten.

A deeply personal memoir-in-essays, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women?from Kaila Yu, former pin-up model and lead singer of Nylon Pink.No one fetishized Kaila Yu more than she fetishized herself. As a young girl, she dreamt of beauty. But none of the beautiful women on television looked like her. Growing up as a teenager in the late 90s and early 2000s, Asian representation was scarce, and where it existed, the women were often reduced to overtly sexual and submissive caricatures?the geishas of the book turned film Memoirs of a Geisha; the lewd twins, Fook Mi and Fook Yu, in Austin Powers films; Papillon Soo Soo?s sex worker character in the cult Vietnam War movie Full Metal Jacket; and pin-up goddess Sung-Hi Lee. Meanwhile, the "girls next door" were always white. Within that narrow framework, Kaila internalized a painful conclusion: the only way someone who looked like her could have value or be considered beautiful and desirable was to sexualize herself. Blending vulnerable stories from Yu?s life with incisive cultural critique and history, Fetishized is a memoir-in-essays exploring feminism, beauty, Yellow Fever, and the roles pop culture and colonialism played in shaping pervasive and destructive stereotypes about Asian women and their bodies. Yu revisits the formative moments that shaped her identity. She reflects on the women in the media who influenced her, the legacy of U.S. occupation in shaping Western perceptions of Asian women, her own experiences in the pin-up and import modeling industry, auditioning for TV and film roles that perpetuated dehumanizing stereotypes, and touring the world with her band in revealing outfits. She recounts altering her body to conform to Western beauty standards, allowing men to treat her like a sex object, and the emotional toll and trauma of losing her sense of self in the pursuit of the image she thought the world wanted. Raw and intimate, Fetishized is a personal journey of self-love and healing. It?s both a searing indictment of the violence of objectification and a tender exploration of the broken relationship so many of us have with beauty, desire, and our own bodies.

Lady-in-waiting Lucia makes dire discoveries that haunt her every move in this third volume of Suitor Armor, an exciting Webtoon romantasy graphic novel, with an exclusive bonus storyline and behind-the-scenes content.After paying a visit to an illegal market on the outskirts of the kingdom, per direction from her imprisoned faerie ally Quinn, Lucia learns that she has been living in complete ignorance: Fairies are being tortured, mutilated, and killed as a consequence of the war. And the elves that she has seen humans taking as servants and laborers are just faeries who have had their wings forcibly removed. Lucia is ridden with immense guilt and emotional turmoil that she has survived for so long in secrecy as one the last of the monarch faeries with her wings still intact.Bearing the weight of her newfound knowledge, amidst the arrival of King Reimund?s terrifyingly suspicious uncle Lord Ricon, Lucia fears she is no longer safe both within and beyond the castle. Modeus continues to serve as a pillar of comfort and safety for her, but he begins to develop his own complicated emotions while wrestling his true violent inclinations. Lucia?s relationship with Kirsi is strained as the future queen begins to assert herself and the power of her status, leaving Lucia feeling utterly alone.Complete with original behind-the-scenes content and a bonus storyline exclusive to the book, this thrilling and suspenseful third volume includes episodes 39-51 of the greatly successful Webtoon webcomic.

Lady-in-waiting Lucia makes dire discoveries that haunt her every move in this third volume of Suitor Armor, an exciting Webtoon romantasy graphic novel, with an exclusive bonus storyline and behind-the-scenes content.After paying a visit to an illegal market on the outskirts of the kingdom, per direction from her imprisoned faerie ally Quinn, Lucia learns that she has been living in complete ignorance: Fairies are being tortured, mutilated, and killed as a consequence of the war. And the elves that she has seen humans taking as servants and laborers are just faeries who have had their wings forcibly removed. Lucia is ridden with immense guilt and emotional turmoil that she has survived for so long in secrecy as one the last of the monarch faeries with her wings still intact.Bearing the weight of her newfound knowledge, amidst the arrival of King Reimund?s terrifyingly suspicious uncle Lord Ricon, Lucia fears she is no longer safe both within and beyond the castle. Modeus continues to serve as a pillar of comfort and safety for her, but he begins to develop his own complicated emotions while wrestling his true violent inclinations. Lucia?s relationship with Kirsi is strained as the future queen begins to assert herself and the power of her status, leaving Lucia feeling utterly alone.Complete with original behind-the-scenes content and a bonus storyline exclusive to the book, this thrilling and suspenseful third volume includes episodes 39-51 of the greatly successful Webtoon webcomic.

My First Recipe Book is a colourful cookbook written and designed with budding chefs at top of mind-intended for the many young people who love cooking, want to get their hands dirty, or even prepare their own party. These delicious dishes are recipes they''ll actually want to make, written with the simple step-by-step instructions that kids can follow on their own. In My First Recipe Book you''ll find chapters like... BREAKFASTS: There''s more to breakfast than cereal! Nutrition-packed breakfasts to help kids make it to lunch without a sugar crash, but the recipes seem like desserts!; SNACKS: Perfect for an after-school pick-me-up, kids learn how to make customisable granola bars using their favourite flavours with ideas to adjust for potential restrictions; LUNCH & DINNER: What should we eeeeeaaaaatttt? The biggest chapter in the book is packed with ton of lunch and dinner ideas-oodles of noodles, salads, rice bowls, tacos, and more; DRINKS: I''m thirsty!!! Homemade bubble tea? Watermelon slushies? Fruity frappes? Yes please! Hydrating can be exciting!; DESSERTS: Everyone''s favourite chapter! Single-serving kid-chef-friendly dessert recipes that come together in a snap. Filled with drool-worthy photos, punchy colours, and pop-off-the-page graphics, every part of this irresistibly-designed book is made with kids and young people in mind. And in addition to the gorgeously illustrated recipes, the book contains plenty of advice, tips, basic techniques, and general information slipped into the pages in a playful way. My First Recipe Cookbook is packed with recipes that young people will genuinely love, and all the instructions they need to cook them themselves from A to Z. It is the perfect book for those curious about cooking, and more experienced young chefs looking for new inspiration!

A fateful summer of secrets and lies alters the trajectory of a young girl?s life in this glimmering debut about love, addiction, and the power of storytelling. I?d been raised on secrets, I knew they weren?t a good idea.Sixteen and living in a small Michigan town, Gertie is harboring a secret heavy enough to fracture her closest friendship. She and Cindy have been bonded since birth by the fact their fathers are addicts, but their unsteady home lives are a little easier when they?re together, sprawled on trampoline vinyl with pilfered vodka and dreams of moving to New York.  Everything was changing so fast. I didn?t know what was real.  After an accident involving a bonfire and an aerosol can sends Gertie to the hospital, she finds herself with nowhere to go but to Sioux Falls to live with her newly clean father. She sees it as a chance to escape the hometown drama she''s caused, but it finds her all the same: parties without curfews, boys without boundaries, a compromising photo, tragedy back home . . . and her father, once again teetering on the edge of oblivion. Terrified of the consequences of being honest with Cindy, her sole refuge is the fantasy novel she?s writing, a portal to another world and the story of a young girl roaming a strange land, trusting her wits to survive. I had to become a different person before I?d even figured out who I was in the first place. Years later, when ghosts of the past surface, Gertie decides to write again about that explosive summer from the stabler shores of adulthood. Powered by the fierce imagination of her youth, Gertie finally allows herself the grace to tell a version of her story that she always hoped would be true. Written with the feel and power of a ticking time bomb, Atomic Hearts is an unforgettable story of the relationships that shape us beyond all reason and the ways it might be possible to pull ourselves back from the brink.

The Fallbacks return for another adventure in Dungeons & Dragons? Forgotten Realms! The Fallbacks might not be Faerun?s first choice for saving the day, but if the money?s right they?ll get the job done. In this ragtag band of adventurers, each member plays a vital role: Tess the disciplined elven thief; Anson the courageous fighter; Lark the cunning bard; Baldric the wily cleric; Cazrin the inquisitive wizard; and Uggie, their pet monster who eats garbage. Squint a little and they?re the heroes Faerun needs. Fresh off a harrowing journey into the infinite dungeon of Undermountain and the defeat of a powerful undead lich (with the help of a giant hungry worm or two), the adventurers are now a proven and dedicated team, ready for a new adventure which will take them to strange new realms.

From the acclaimed author of horror sensation Boys Weekend, a vibrant new graphic novel about a timid academic sent out from the walled dystopian security territory of New York City to investigate a cult in the wilds of the Catskill MountainsIn 1977, a group called The Spiritual Association of Peers decamps to the woods of the Catskills, taking over an abandoned summer camp. They name their new home Simplicity.In 2081, scholar Lucius Pasternak, a fastidiously organized trans man, tries to keep his head down living in the New York City Administrative and Security Territory, which was founded after the formal dissolution of the United States in 2041. Then, he''s offered a job by the mayor, billionaire real estate developer Dennis Van Wervel, to complete an anthropological survey of the people of Simplicity for a history museum he''s financing. A wary Lucius is nevertheless drawn in by the people of the small wooded community, intrigued by its strange rituals and in particular by the charming acolyte Amity Crown-Shy. Born and raised on the compound, Amity is comfortable in their own skin, a striking contrast to Lucius'' repressed reserve. But Lucius'' control starts to slip when he begins to suffer visions both terrifying and sensual?visits from beautiful but nightmarish creatures.Then, just as Lucius discovers that Van Wervel''s project is more sinister than it seemed, members of the community begin to disappear, leaving behind grisly signs of struggle. The denizens of Simplicity believe that a being they call ?The Lamentation? is responsible for the attacks. Amity and Lucius set out to hunt for the creature in the dangerous Exurb Zones, a wild wood full of libertarian doomsday preppers, wealthy isolationists, and worse. There, they''ll finally discover the true threat to their way of life?and what they''re willing to do to stop it.

A deadpan, wildly imaginative collection of stories that slices clean through the mundanity and absurdity of modern life, from the author of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize?winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Same Bed Different Dreams In ?Machine City,? a college student?s role in a friend?s movie causes lines to blur between his character and his true self. In ?Slide to Unlock,? a man comes to terms with his life, via the passwords he struggles to remember in a moment of extremis. And in ?Weird Menace,? a director and faded movie star discuss science fiction, memory, and lost loves on a commentary track for a film from the ?80s that neither seems to remember all that well. In Ed Park?s utterly original collection, An Oral History of Atlantis, characters question the fleetingness of youth and art, reckon with the consequences of the everyday, and find solace in the absurd, the beautiful, and the sublime. Throughout, Park deploys his trademark wit to create a world both strikingly recognizable and delightfully other. All together, these fifteen stories have much to say about the meaning?and transitory nature?of our lives. And they are proof positive that Ed Park is one of the most insightful and imaginative writers working today.

Whether you want to have sushi in a top Tokyo restaurant, visit the shrines of historic Kyoto, go skiing on the slopes of Hokkaido, or head to the beaches of Okinawa, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Japan are here to help! Fodor’s Essential Japan guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor’s “Essential” guides were named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!Fodor’s Essential Japan travel guide includes:AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and doMULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your timeMORE THAN 50 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidentlyCOLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and morePHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “Toky''s Best Quirky Souvenir Stores,” “Best Temples and Shrines,” “Best Things to Buy,” “Best Things to Eat and Drink,” and moreTRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and moneyHISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, music, geography and moreSPECIAL FEATURES on “Japanese Culture Primer,” “Peerless Fuji,” and “Kyoto''s Philosopher''s Path” LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gemsJapanese LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrasesUP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Sapporo, Nikko, Hiroshima, Kobe, Okinawa, Mt. Fuji, Fukuoka, Hakone, Kamakura, Nagoya, and more.Planning on visiting other destinations in Asia? Check out Fodor’s Essential Vietnam, Fodor''s Essential Thailand, and Fodor''s Seoul.*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.ABOUT FODOR''S AUTHORS: Each Fodor''s Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

A shelter cat teaches us that our damaged parts, too, are worthy of love... a captive orca shows us that inconvenience and difficulties are the blessing of a full life... a gorilla teaches the universal language of grief... a group of oysters who prove that magic and science can and do coexist... In HOW TO BE A LIVING THING, Mari Andrew reflects on the ways animals mirror, challenge, and deepen our experiences as living creatures in the world. Through her personal stories and explorations into the inner world of other creatures, Mari illuminates the opportunities and wonders of being a living thing. Highly-sensitive horses, overly-cautious donkeys, and silly social rats are just a few of the animal teachers who offer us glimpses of the glories and shortcomings of humanity. Heart-warming, funny, and insightful, HOW TO BE A LIVING THING reminds us that we are perfectly imperfect beings, capable of profound connection with each other and with all other species of the remarkable natural world that surrounds us.