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From the most famous of the Beat writers and the author of On the Road and The Dharma Bums, Kerouac’s intoxicating love story of two young bohemians Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same kind of ecstatic flash of inspiration...

Written in 1967 from the vantage point of the psychedelic sixties, Vanity of Duluoz is a fascinating portrait of the artist as a young man. This book presents the formative years in the life of Jack Duluoz—Kerouac’s alter ego—beginning with his high school experiences as a sporting jock in...

The first book in Kerouac’s Duluoz Legend, a novella detailing the writer’s early life as refracted through the prism of the untimely loss of his brother Unique among Jack Kerouac’s novels, Visions of Gerard captures the scenes and sensations of earliest childhood, the first four years in...

From famed Beat writer Jack Kerouac comes a collection of essays and stories compiled from journal entries he made during his travels. In his first autobiographical work, Jack Kerouac reveals exhilarating stories of the years he spent traveling, while writing his acclaimed novels. His journeys...

Originally published in 1965, this autobiographical novel covers a key year in Jack Kerouac’s life—the period that led up to the publication of On the Road in September of 1957. After spending two months in the summer of 1956 as a fire lookout on Desolation Peak in the North Cascade...

The Road Home lies in the shadows of Manifest Destiny and Wounded Knee; it is etched into the landscape of an old man’s memory and into the stubborn dreams of a young man’s heart. In one of Jim Harrison’s greatest works, five members of the Northridge family narrate the tangled epic of...

A Catachan Jungle Fighters unit sent to the death world of Rogar III feels right at home… right down to the ork invaders and the mysterious threats from deep within the jungles. There are few regiments more iconic than the Catachan Jungle Fighters...

From Napoleon's revolutionary campaigns to the way insurgency, terrorism, and nuclear weaponry have defined the nature of warfare in the 21st century, the results of military strategy have changed the course of history. These 24 thought-provoking lectures give you an inside look at both the content and historical context of the world's greatest war strategists. From the triremes and hoplites of ancient Greece to the Special Forces in 21st-century Afghanistan, strategy is the process by which political objectives are translated into military action.

How often you find yourself wanting to hide from the world? You feel like you are invisible and, to be frank, that would be better because you would get overwhelmed otherwise. Every time you try to be confident, you mess up. You speak fast and you want to leave the situation as soon as possible. Work or family gatherings give you chills, and going to a bar or a social event is just an immediate panic attack waiting to happen, and you get anxiety and butterflies in your stomach.

In today's fast-paced and interconnected world, the business landscape constantly evolves, driven by technological advancements, shifting consumer behaviors, and the rise of digital platforms. Social media is at the heart of this transformation. It is a powerful tool that has revolutionized how...

Set during the first pivotal year of the Covid-19 pandemic, Guru Pi, a teacher, finds himself staying with a family in the UK. He embraces three challenges: reading a stack of books equal to his own height within a year, contemplating the vastness of a Googol (10100), and participating in a unique cultural interview. As Pi shares his eccentric ideas, some are welcomed while others are met with skepticism. This unexpected situation provides Pi with an opportunity to explore his life in ways he never thought possible.

He wanted the legendary glory of Evel Knievel. Instead, he got the wrath of Ruthless Ruth. Growing up in the rural 1970s, young Tommy has a dream that is equal parts magnificent and terrifying: he is going to launch a bicycle over the family cattle pond and skyrocket into the daredevil history...

In October 2019, 17-year-old Laurie Herring suffered a sudden, life-altering brain injury. What followed was a 40-month descent into a hidden territory of the British state that few families ever expect to navigate. Written with devastating clarity and a father’s courage, The Undiscovered Country is more than a memoir of loss – it is a rigorous witness statement. Weaving intimate personal testimony with sharp insight from his own legal background, Andrew Herring meticulously reconstructs the medical decisions made behind the closed doors of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Andrew Taylor, an amateur sailor, taking part in the 9th Clipper round the world yacht race, aboard the 70' ocean racing yacht 'Derry LondonDerry Doire', is lost overboard, totally alone and lost in the ice cold North Pacific for almost two hours.

If you ask anyone in New Arley when Brenda and Klondyke first became “a thing,” you’ll get fourteen different answers, all confidently delivered, none of them correct. Some say it started outside the Coop. Some say it started at the bus stop. Some say it started when Brenda dropped her shopping and Klondyke tried to help but accidentally kicked her grapes into the road. But the truth is simpler. It started the moment Arley collectively decided: “Those two would make a lovely couple.”

Born of Water is a raw and reflective collection about becoming human through vulnerability. Across essays, poems, and journal entries, Andrew Osei explores tears, time, darkness and light, fatherhood, mental struggle, faith, resilience, and grace. The work begins with the idea that crying is...

Follow this former drug addict and world-class alcoholic turned into a professional chef—a cookbook with a haunted past. You have choices to make, and on most days, I made the wrong ones. It all began with attempting to cook something while high on a mixed cocktail of drugs and the creation I came up with for fellow partiers. This was my first real glimpse into the healing power of food. Marriage and kids were supposed to be my happily ever after. But the thing about addiction—whether it’s drugs, food, or even work—is that it doesn’t just disappear.

Unlock the secrets of asymmetrical thinking and transform how you approach risk, opportunity, and decision-making. In a world where most people trade time for money and effort for predictable returns, the truly successful understand a different game. They've mastered the art of asymmetrical risk-reward: limited downside with extraordinary upside potential. This guide takes you beyond conventional wisdom, revealing why the world's largest fortunes, breakthrough innovations, and career transformations emerge not from balanced outcomes, but from strategically positioned convex opportunities.

The world has only just begun to break. In the wake of shattering quakes, towering tsunamis, and violent volcanic eruptions, Wallace Graves clings to one mission: lead his family and a band of survivors to safety in the East. But the land itself has changed. A vast canyon tears the country in...

The past won’t stay silent. Justice demands answers. But can he live with the truth? For nearly thirty years, DCI McNeill has been haunted by the unsolved murder of his sister. Now, returning to Skye, he’s finally ready to uncover the truth—no matter the cost. But as he digs into the past...