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A self-taught Mexican composer, arranger, bandleader and pianist, Esquivel was revered for his unusual instrumentation and innovative sounds and this striking music biography allows listeners to hear why.

When Brian Dillon was sixteen his mother died and he simply gave up all schoolwork. Halfway through college his father died, and the stakes of reading and writing seemed even higher. Ambivalence explores what learning meant to its author, what it enabled and denied, between the ages of seventeen and twenty-six, when he left his native Dublin. It's at once a memoir of that city in the 1980s and 1990s, an uncynical portrait of the adolescent and early-adult mind, and an intimate defence of radical thinking about literature and life.

Acclaimed classicist James Romm translates surviving pieces of timeless wisdom from the lost plays of ancient Athens. "The truly happy man ought to stay at home." "Hunger, and lack of coin, put a stop to love." "Hades, alone of the gods, does not enjoy bribes." These quotes―and hundreds of...

The gripping, definitive account of the private family behind one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world. “Pulls the curtain back on one of the country's most powerful and mysterious financial institutions … It’s a must read.” ―William D. Cohan , New York Times...

Join Party People Brie Larson and Courtney McBroom as they take you on a journey through their favorite parties and give you all the tips and tricks to make your celebrations just as legendary! Brie Larson and Courtney McBroom found each other through food—a huge vat of molten queso, to be...

Luke was an unremarkable student of agriculture at a prestigious college on Mars. He was undecided about whether to continue his education or ask his longtime girlfriend to marry him. That was, until she betrayed him and tossed away all they were. In a panic, he called his professor and took the farthest job opportunity he possibly could. Before he knew it, Luke was back on Earth, nestled in the high farmland of northern Montana, standing before the Golden Fields Ranch. He just never expected the dear friend his professor told him about to be a Totrelin, a Minotaur-like alien species.

A belly-bubbling story packed with laughs, chocolate chaos, and a stinky secret ingredient! When the school’s notorious bully, “The Bog,” snatches and gobbles up Bobby’s last favorite chocolate bar, Bobby wants payback. But his plan goes horribly wrong, sending him headfirst into the dark, stinking sewers beneath the city. Trapped underground, Bobby meets a mysterious stranger with a genius taste for disgusting revenge. Together, they cook up a plan with consequences more explosive than he ever imagined.

The Family I Once Knew is a heart-pounding post-apocalyptic thriller that drags listeners into a world shattered by chaos, where survival is written in blood and the bonds of family are tested like never before. Written by Fenix Sanders, this gripping tale follows a broken group of survivors—haunted by loss, driven by duty, and bound by an unbreakable oath to protect what remains of humanity. When a devastating outbreak turns cities into graveyards and the infected evolve beyond mindless rage into terrifyingly intelligent predators, one family stands between hope and oblivion.

Kate survived the forest. What she didn’t expect was how much harder it would be to stay. After escaping a place where time fractures and people disappear, Kate returns to a life that looks ordinary from the outside: a quiet town, a small insurance office, familiar routines. But the pull of the in-between hasn’t vanished. It has simply learned to wait. As strange sensations ripple through her body and the world presses closer in subtle ways, Kate is forced to confront a different kind of danger—one without spectacle or clear edges.

Healthcare workers and first responders go to work every day to do amazing things for complete strangers. A culture exists, where it is not acceptable to admit how experiencing tragic events affect them. This book focuses on the stressors faced from a nurse's perspective, specifically in the emergency department. Traumatic stress is a real problem and contributing factor to the short career life expectancy of many nurses. Nurse turnover is higher than the general population and ER nurses turnover is exponentially higher.

Spanning from the battles in the sky of WWI, to the dark days before World War II, the story follows TJ’s evolution from a wounded recruit to a battle-forged veteran. Haunted by the love he lost and the men he buried, he struggles to survive not just the war around him but the war within his own heart. Along the way, an old man guides him toward a truth he never expected — a truth tied to family, sacrifice, and destiny.

Brian Owens wandered into an unknown startup during college and discovered the American dream. He began packing books and spent the next twenty-six years leading operations at what is now the world’s largest online retailer. Brian had it all—a thriving career, a beautiful family, and a clear path forward. The only problem? Death and defeat kept knocking at his door. Each time he answered, he was forced to reevaluate what matters most in life. Facing his deepest fear gave him a new perspective that changed everything.

10 Life Laws for a Calmer Mind explores ten well-known life principles and shows how they quietly influence stress, anxiety, decision-making, and emotional reactions. When these laws go unnoticed, your mind feels overwhelmed. When you understand them, clarity and calm naturally follow.

Love, loyalty, and fate collide in the powerful final installment of The Firestone Academy series. We’ve escaped the Demon wastelands to find even more danger lurks back home. The shadow weavers have been spinning elaborate webs of lies with the Empress controlling every single one of the threads. She wants us dead and her secrets buried along with us. But I didn’t come this far to be silenced. I will reveal the truth even if it brings the walls of this realm crashing down around me. And I will do it with the four men I love standing by my side. We’re going to fight for our happy ever after.

Long before modern philosophy, psychology, and political theory existed, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were asking the questions that shaped our civilization.

What happens when intelligence stops being scarce? For most of human history, progress was built on a simple constraint: thinking was limited. Expertise required years to develop. Knowledge was difficult to obtain. Insight was rare. Artificial intelligence has changed that. Today, machines can generate analysis, strategy, research, and creative output in seconds. As AI accelerates, something deeper is unfolding beneath the surface of society: Human cognition itself is entering a state of saturation. This phenomenon has a name: Cognitive Saturation Shock.

Laid off during the 2008 financial crisis, Kevin Kerry scrambles to keep his family intact until he finally lands a bookkeeping job at JD Customs, a Pittsburgh jewelry store with a sleek showroom up front and considerably more interesting arrangements in the back. The money is modest at first, barely enough to justify the commute. The boss, Johnny DelGatto, is charismatic and rough around the edges. The crew that moves through the place doesn't look like they're there to browse engagement rings.

By the time you read this sentence, it has already become the past. Your brain is lying to you—and that lie keeps you alive. Every perception you experience, every movement you make, every intuition that guides your decisions is not a response to reality but a prediction about it. You are not seeing the present. You are seeing your brain's best guess about what the present should be.

From the author of Native Moments comes a haunting and heartfelt portrait of life on the margins of the Florida panhandle. In Panhandlers, Nic Schuck tells a raw and unflinching story of Hank Ackerman, a boy born into poverty in the forgotten lumber town of Sullivan, Florida. As Hank struggles to break free from a legacy of hardship and addiction, he learns that escape isn’t just about leaving—it’s about finding something worth running toward.

When I waged war to become the Pakhan of the Bratva in order to protect my daughter, I didn’t expect to be ambushed by an arranged marriage. The Irish wanted to cement our alliance, as if the sacrifices I’ve made for them weren’t enough. Now they expected me to engage in their barbaric customs; blood oaths, hand fasts and other ridiculous rituals. They presented me with this fiery-haired, waifish, scared little thing with a unpronounceable name. I was halfway ready to back out when she stabbed me right in the middle of dinner.