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When people think of Emilio Pucci, it is of his bright, swirling colours and easy, freeing fabrics, and everyone from Sophia Loren to Jackie Kennedy donning the eye-catching dresses that personify La Dolce Vita. What few know about Pucci, however, is that before creating his world-famous fashions, he played a critical role in the war against the Nazis, risking his life to smuggle out to the Allies one of the most important documents of World War II. The authors bring to life Italy’s darkest and brightest days, with the extraordinary Emilio Pucci at its centre. Italy at the end of the war was broken, and Florence, which the Pucci family had called home for seven centuries, lay in ruins. Pucci returned home having endured trials that would have broken many, but, like Italy itself, rose from the ashes, and went on to design some of the most exuberant fashion of all time. He helped usher in a new era of creativity in Italy, which again became a mecca of fashion, art, design, film, and more. A host of supporting characters—including Mussolini’s daughter and Allen Dulles, and, most importantly, the timeless city of Florence and the mythic island of Capri—enrich this compelling narrative that will draw readers of all kinds, from war and history buffs, to fashionistas and fans of espionage thrillers along with the millions of readers who devour books about Italy and her many charms.

Plunged into the swirling underworld of beautiful women, fast cash, ungodly hours, and strangers' secrets, Baby's grip on reality begins to loosen. She is sure she can handle it-until one autumn morning when Dino disappears without a trace. Thus begins a nocturnal quest for the one she still loves-through the misty hills of San Francisco; at dive bars and bus stops; at the BDSM dungeon where she takes a part-time gig. A brutally funny, propulsive story of power, fantasy, love, and loss, Brittany Newell's Soft Core is an ode to the heartbroken and unhinged, to those whose appetites lead them astray. It is a hallucinogenic romp about a girl coming undone, whose longing for friendship, romance, and revenge will take her over the edge and back again.

*A USA Today bestseller*Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in this dazzling next installment in a captivating Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin.21 June, 1815. London may be cheering the news of Napoleon?s surrender at Waterloo, but Lady Petra Forsyth has little to celebrate after discovering that the death of her viscount fiancé three years earlier was no accident. Instead, it was murder, and the man responsible is her handsome, half-Scottish secret paramour Duncan Shawcross?yet the scoundrel has disappeared, leaving only a confusing riddle about long-forgotten memories in his wake.So what?s a lady to do when she can?t hunt down her traitorous lover? She concentrates on a royal assignment instead. Queen Charlotte has tasked Petra with attending an event at the Asylum for Female Orphans and making inquiries surrounding the death of the orphanage?s matron. What?s more, there may be a link between the matron?s death and a group of radicals with ties to the aristocracy, as evidenced by an intercepted letter.Then, Petra overhears a nefarious conversation with two other men about a plot to topple the monarchy, set to take place during three days of celebrations currently gripping London.As the clock counts down and London?s streets teem with revelers, Petra?s nerves are fraying as her past and present collide. Yet while all?s fair in love and war, she can never surrender, especially when more orphaned girls may be in trouble. And to save their lives, the monarchy itself, and even her own heart, Lady Petra must face her fears with the strength of an army of soldiers and fight with the heart of a queen.

Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in this dazzling third installment to the captivating Regency-era Lady Petra Inquires mystery series.September, 1815. The most illustrious members of the ton are descending upon Windsor Castle for a week of celebrations surrounding the 54th wedding anniversary of King George III and Queen Charlotte.Even better, Lady Petra Forsyth is serving as one of the four judges in a patisserie contest featuring the best cooks employed by London?s finest houses?including her own cook, Mrs. Bing. Indeed, for Petra, the week is shaping up to be one of many delights, including reconnecting with Sir Rufus Pomeroy, England?s most famous former royal chef-turned-cookbook author. Having begun his illustrious career at Buckfields when Petra was a child, Sir Rufus asks to meet with her while they both take part in the festivities.Yet, as Petra goes to greet him, she instead finds a hysterical housemaid pointing to a body. Sir Rufus has been found strangled in the royal library with his own valet standing over him. What?s more, the valet turns out to be Oliver Beecham, the ne?er-do-well brother of Petra?s lady?s maid, Annie.In order to prove the innocence of Annie?s brother?and avoid ruffling too many aristocratic feathers along the way?Petra will have to act like a lady, eat like a French chef, and think like the Royalty surrounding her. Will she be able to solve the case before her head gets served up on a platter?

Two feuding co-stars in a Jane Austen film adaptation accidentally travel back in time to the Regency Era in this delightfully clever and riotously funny debutTess Bright just scored her dream role starring in an adaptation of Jane Austen?s Northanger Abbey. It''s not just the role of a lifetime, but it?s also her last chance to prove herself as a serious actress (no easy feat after being fired from her last TV gig) and more importantly, it?s her opportunity to honor her mom, who was the biggest fan of Jane Austen ever. But one thing is standing in Tess?s way?well, one very tall, annoyingly handsome person, actually: Hugh Balfour.A serious British method actor, Hugh wants nothing to do with Tess (whose Teen Choice Awards somehow don?t quite compare to his BAFTA nominations). Hugh is a type-A, no-nonsense, Royal Academy prodigy, whereas Tess is big-hearted, a little reckless, and admittedly, kind of a mess. But the film needs chemistry?and Tess?s career depends on it. Sparks fly, but not in the way Tess hoped, when an electrical accident sends the two feuding co-stars back in time to Jane Austen?s era. 200 years in the past with only each other to rely on, Tess and Hugh need to ad-lib their way through the Regency period in order to make it back home, and hopefully not screw up history along the way. But if a certain someone looks particularly dashing in those 19th century breeches?well, Tess won?t be complaining.A wickedly funny, delightfully charming story, The Austen Affair is a tribute to Jane Austen, second chances, and love across the space-time continuum.

A powerful indictment of the political and military decisions that led to October 7While Israel Slept tells the gripping inside story of how Hamas, Israel?s weakest enemy, succeed in launching a surprise attack on one of the world?s most powerful militaries. Through a detailed examination of the events leading up to October 7, 2023, the book exposes the intelligence and strategic failures that enabled this devastating invasion. It takes readers back in time, showing how years of complacency, mistaken intelligence analysis, and a misguided policy of containment enabled Hamas to prepare for an assault that Israel did not believe was possible and that would change the Middle East. The book unveils the dramatic events of the night before the attack, highlighting the cracks in Israel?s military and political leadership. It provides unprecedented details on how key warnings were missed, and how Israel ignored the growing threat from Hamas, believing that the group was weak and deterred. By exposing these failures, While Israel Slept offers a stark, sobering account of how overconfidence and complacency paved the way for disaster, while underscoring the critical lessons Israel must embrace to safeguard its future.

Mistakenly holding up the coach of the man who broke her heart is bad enough, but having to endure his sinfully alluring company all the way to Scotland is Daisy Hamilton?s worst nightmare . . . and her most secret desire.A midnight mishap.Daisy Hamilton?s new mission for King & Co., London''s premier private investigation firm, is simple: stop heiress Violetta Brand from eloping. But her case is derailed when she mistakenly holds up the carriage of Lucien Vaughan, Duke of Cranford?cynical war hero, infamous libertine, and the very man who broke her heart five years ago.A reluctant road trip.Lucien?s determined to see his lovestruck nephew married to Miss Brand, but the unexpected appearance of Daisy? the one woman he?s never been able to forget?could ruin his plans. As they follow the runaway couple together, Lucien decides that delaying the headstrong Daisy by any means possible?including seduction?will be his absolute pleasure . . . and hers.A dangerous desire.After Daisy?s reputation is threatened, Lucien makes a scandalous claim, but when an unexpected enemy threatens her life, he realizes she?s the only woman for him. Their past encounters have made Daisy almost as jaded about love as Lucien himself, and it?s going to take action, not words, to convince this knife-wielding hellion to risk her heart on him again...

A fling with a mysterious stranger leads to a rollicking adventure in the wilds of South Dakota in this madcap and romantic follow-up to Amanda Sellet’s Hate to Fake it to You.The last thing reluctant resort employee Jean Harrington expected to find on a middle-of-the-night towel run was a bashful scientist in desperate need of company . . . and clothes. Charmed by his awkwardness and endearing tangents about reptiles, she returns the next day to give the handsome mystery guest she knows only as “Charlie” lessons in poker.He’s reserved and she’s chaotic, but together, the two of them just click. It’s like a honeymoon without the hassle of a wedding, until Jean discovers there’s a lot more to Charlie’s story than shyness and snakes—and she isn’t the only person with a pressing interest in his whereabouts, not to mention his secretly scandalous dating history.When Charlie has the audacity to abandon her without a word, Jean has a score to settle. She’ll do whatever it takes to get him back—no, get back at him—even if it means chasing him across an ocean to brave the wild west of his remote hometown, and the famous family business he neglected to mention. With flames from their pasts raising the stakes, Jean is gambling she can get the upper hand before Charlie calls her bluff.The real trick will be remembering what they’re playing for, when the biggest risk is putting all their cards on the table.

"Andrews perfectly balances the second chance-romance with the twisty mystery against a beachy backdrop that will please any armchair traveler." --Publishers Weekly "A fun, heart-warming, and intriguing summer read. For readers who?d enjoy a blend of friendships (old and new), budding romance, and secrets held within the walls of a hotel that needs rescuing, as in Elin Hilderbrand?s The Hotel Nantucket." --Library JournalBook your summer escape with a "mesmerizing mix of mystery and romance" (Publishers Weekly, starred) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Newcomer.Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper. . . .Everyone refers to the St. Cecelia as ?the Saint.? If you grew up coming here, you were ?a Saint.? If you came from the wrong side of the river, you were ?an Ain?t.? Traci Eddings was one of those outsiders whose family wasn?t rich enough or connected enough to vacation here. But she could work here. One fateful summer she did, and married the boss?s son. Now, she?s the widowed owner of the hotel, determined to see it return to its glory days, even as staff shortages and financial troubles threaten to ruin it. Plus, her greedy and unscrupulous brother-in-law wants to make sure she fails. Enlisting a motley crew of recently hired summer help?including the daughter of her estranged best friend?Traci has one summer season to turn it around. But new information about a long-ago drowning at the hotel threatens to come to light, and the tragic death of one of their own brings Traci to the brink of despair.Traci Eddings has her back against the pink-painted wall of this beloved institution. And it will take all the wits and guts she has to see wrongs put to right, to see guilty parties put in their place, and maybe even to find a new romance along the way. Told with Mary Kay Andrew?s warmth, humor, knack for twists, and eye for delicious detail about human nature, Summers at the Saint is a beach read with depth and heart.

Strange, intimate, haunted, and hungry?Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil is an intoxicating and surreal fiction debut by award-winning author Ananda Lima. "Remarkable and memorable." ?OLIVIE BLAKE ? ?An astounding new voice.? ?ERIC LaROCCA ? "I love it so much.? ?KELLY LINK ? ?Trippy, eerie, wry, and always profound.? ?JOHN KEENE ? ?Incredible. Truly wondrous.? ?KEVIN WILSON ? "Heart-wrenching and wickedly funny." ?GWEN KIRBY ? ?Propulsive, uncanny, and expertly built.? ?JULIA FINE At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughout her life and she writes stories for him about things that are both impossible and true.Lima lures readers into surreal pockets of the United States and Brazil where they?ll find bite-size Americans in vending machines and the ghosts of people who are not dead. Once there, she speaks to modern Brazilian-American immigrant experiences?of ambition, fear, longing, and belonging?and reveals the porousness of storytelling and of the places we call home. With humor, an exquisite imagination, and a voice praised as ?singular and wise and fresh? (Cathy Park Hong), Lima joins the literary lineage of Bulgakov and Lispector and the company of writers today like Ted Chiang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil includes: ?Rapture,? ?Ghost Story,? ?Tropicália,? ?Antropógaga,? ?Idle Hands,? ?Rent,? ?Porcelain,? ?Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory,? and ?Hasselblad.?A great next read for fans of Carmen Maria Machado''s Her Body and Other Parties and V. E. Schwab''s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.Recommended reading by Chicago Review of Books, Electric Literature, The Kenyon Review, and more!

The return of a spectacular, reviled, and iconic classic of American filth! John Waters takes us back to the scene of his original crime against good taste. Watch as Babs Johnson fights to hold on to her title as ?Filthiest Person Alive,? fending off the craven attempts to dethrone her by her nemeses Connie and Raymond Marble.Read along as Waters takes us on a romp through his camp and filthy vision of Baltimore, from nefarious baby-stealing lesbians to scenes of unspeakable things done to unsuspecting chickens, to the film?s iconic and revolting coup de grace (no spoilers, but it is just as stomach-churning on the page more than fifty years later!). Pink Flamingos is John Waters at his provocative, disgusting, piety-puncturing best, with the hellish and hilarious trash masterpiece that first made him a household name.

Becky Chambers'' two award-winning, bestselling, beloved, and uplifting Monk and Robot stories, A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, together in trade paperback for the first time!Becky Chambers'' delightful, post-Utopian, Hugo Award-winning series gives us hope for the future.It''s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered.But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how.They''re going to need to ask it a lot.Becky Chambers'' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?This book includes both A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy in paperback for the first time!

Based on over a decade of research, a powerful, moving work of narrative nonfiction that illuminates the little-known world of the anexos of Mexico City, the informal addiction treatment centers where mothers send their children to escape the violence of the drug war.The Way That Leads Among the Lost reveals a hidden place where care and violence are impossible to separate: the anexos of Mexico City. The prizewinning anthropologist Angela Garcia takes us deep into the world of these small rooms, informal treatment centers for alcoholism, addiction, and mental illness, spread across Mexico City’s tenements and reaching into the United States. Run and inhabited by Mexico’s most marginalized populations, they are controversial for their illegality and their use of coercion. Yet for many Mexican families desperate to keep their loved ones safe, these rooms offer something of a refuge from what lies beyond them—the intensifying violence surrounding the drug war.This is the first book ever written on the anexos. Garcia, who spent a decade conducting anthropological fieldwork in Mexico City, draws readers into their many dimensions, casting light on the mothers and their children who are entangled in this hidden world. Following the stories of its denizens, she asks what these places are, why they exist, and what they reflect about Mexico and the wider world. With extraordinary empathy and a sharp eye for detail, Garcia attends to the lives that the anexos both sustain and erode, wrestling with the question of why mothers turn to them as a site of refuge even as they reproduce violence. Woven into these portraits is Garcia’s own powerful story of family, childhood, homelessness, and drugs—a blend of ethnography and memoir converging on a set of fundamental questions about the many forms and meanings that violence, love, care, family, and hope may take.Infused with profound ethnographic richness and moral urgency, The Way That Leads Among the Lost is a stunning work of narrative nonfiction, a book that will leave a deep mark on readers.

Discover the incredible journey of leaves each season and their essential role in nature! As winter fades into spring, the big job of leaves begins—unfurling from buds and stretching out to soak up the sun. From delicate maple leaves to the large fronds of ferns and everything in between, learn what leaves can do in this pitch-perfect picture book for young readers. With clear, informative text and bright, charming illustrations, along with amusing interjections from the leaves themselves, this is an exciting addition to the LITTLE SEASONS picture book series exploring natural life cycles!

A Best Book of the Year: Kirkus, The Brooklyn Public Library, NBC New York A National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistA New York Times Book Review Editors? ChoiceA Best Book of the Year (So Far): W magazineA Must-Read: The New York Times Book Review, Nylon, Star Tribune, Ms., Kirkus Reviews, The Bay Area Reporter, Town & Country, InsideHook, San Francisco Chronicle?[A] monumental biography.? ?Hilton Als, The New Yorker?A rich portrait of a glittering, communal, and bygone NYC . . . [and] of the glamorous queer icon.? ?Arimeta Diop, Vanity FairFrom the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.You must always be yourself no matter what the price . . . Don?t dare destroy your passion for the sake of others. The Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour person? d, but she was without a real place in the world.Growing up on Long Island, lonely and quiet and queer, she was enchanted by Hollywood starlets like Kim Novak. She found her turn in New York?s early O?-O?-Broadway theater scene, in Warhol?s ?lms Flesh and Women in Revolt, and at the famed nightclub Max?s Kansas City. She inspired songs by Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. She became friends with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, borrowed a dress from Lauren Hutton, posed for Richard Avedon, and performed alongside Tennessee Williams in his own play.Yet Candy lived on the edge, relying on the kindness of strangers, friends, and her quietly devoted mother, sleeping on couches and in cheap hotel rooms, keeping a part of herself hidden. She wanted to be a star, but mostly she wanted to be loved. Her last diary entry was: ?I shall try to be grateful for life . . . Cannot imagine who would want me.? Candy died at twenty-nine in 1974, just as conversations about gender and identity were beginning to enter the broader culture. She never knew it, but she changed the world.Brimming with all the ?zz and wildness of New York in the 1960s and ?70s, this is the ?rst biography of this extraordinary ?gure?an unintentional pioneer who became an icon. Cynthia Carr?s Candy Darling is packed with tales of luminaries, gossip, and meticulous research, laced with Candy?s words and her friends? recollections, and signals Candy?s long-overdue return to the spotlight.Includes 16 pages of color photographs

A witch generationally cursed to never find true love sets out to break the spell cast on her family, and must team up with the last person who wants to help her ? the witch who set the curse in the first place.Doreen MacKinnon is doomed to die of a broken heart - if she can?t break the centuries old curse placed on her family.Three hundred years ago, Ambrose MacDonald, a powerful male witch, fell in love with a MacKinnon. And when the MacKinnon witches forbade him from seeing his love, by secretly hiding her away, he retaliated by cursing the family and its future generations to never find love. But it wasn?t without a cost. Now, Ambrose is imprisoned by those same witches, trapped in a tempest and doomed to outlive everyone he has ever loved.But Doreen isn?t like the other MacKinnon witches. As the 13th generation of the MacKinnon line, Doreen is one of the most powerful witches in centuries? and one of the loneliest. So when she discovers where Ambrose has been trapped, she releases him to help her break the curse, once and for all. Ambrose agrees to help, but with his own motive: vengeance. He plans to use her as bait to enact his revenge on her family. Together, they enter a series of trials, which take them to a castle in Scotland, off a cliff, and into a world beyond their wildest dreams. As they work together, sparks start to fly, but soon Doreen must choose how far she is willing to go to break the curse, and what she''s willing to sacrifice.Paige Crutcher''s A Circle of Uncommon Witches is a story of adventure, romance, and destiny, that asks: is true love worth the cost?