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Barbara Leaming's Marilyn Monroe is a complex, sympathetic portrait that will totally change the way we view the most enduring icon of American sexuality. To those who think they have heard all there is to hear about Marilyn Monroe, think again. Leaming's book tells a brand-new tale of sexual, psychological, and political intrigue of the highest order.

When Hero De Vera arrives in America--haunted by the political upheaval in the Philippines and disowned by her parents--she's already on her third. Her uncle gives her a fresh start in the Bay Area, and he doesn't ask about her past. His younger wife knows enough about the might and secrecy of...

The long-awaited follow-up to The Resurrectionist, this gorgeously illustrated volume continues the story of Dr. Spencer Black. Genius. Healer. Madman. Destroyer. Once, a gifted surgeon believed he could cure all illness with quick strokes of his knife, that he could create perfection in the...

The heroic story of the siege of Troy is as enthralling today as it ever was. The Greeks are entering the tenth year of their war with the Trojans, but their armies are fractured and their best warrior Achilles has abandoned the battle on a mission of revenge. Only the death of his best friend Patroclus persuades Achilles to return to battle and confront the Trojan leader Hector in single combat.

How do we tell the difference between knowledge and a story that merely sounds like knowledge? For most of the twentieth century, one answer dominated. A claim deserves the name scientific, Karl Popper argued, not because it can be proven, but because it can be proven wrong. A theory that forbids nothing, that bends to fit any outcome, explains everything and therefore tells us nothing. Real science sticks its neck out. It risks refutation. It can be killed by a single stubborn fact.

Trouble is brewing at the home of the hero Odysseus, who has spent years fighting in the Trojan Wars and is now captive of the beautiful nymph Calypso. Hordes of suitors to his wife have invaded the family house, and Odysseus' son Telemachus sets out to find his father. Freed from the clutches of Calypso after the intervention of Zeus, Odysseus begins his epic return journey.

In a world of wizards and sorcery, Ted is a spellcaster. What’s a spellcaster? Ted’s trying to work that out himself. Order, routine, and predictable outcomes. These are the foundations of Ted’s existence. Too bad for Ted, his life spins into chaos, with outcomes hinging on a toss of the dice. He somehow finds himself in a world where wizards rule and mythical creatures stalk the land. During his character creation, Ted avoided choosing wizard or sorcerer, instead opting for spellcaster: other. The result is part mage, part bard, and part… something else.

A cozy paranormal romance featuring enemy vampires who were once lovers, a meddling book club, a compelling murder mystery, and endless cups of tea, from the bestselling author of Fangs for Nothing. Arabella Lestrange is the most notorious dancer in Paris' underground vampire cabaret–until she...

The future of global prosperity will not be shaped by idealism—it will be shaped by systems that work. In The Energy Illusion, Justin Lurie challenges one of the most widely accepted assumptions of our time: that oil and gas are on the verge of being replaced. Instead, he presents a clear, data-driven case for why these energy systems remain not only relevant, but essential to economic stability, industrial growth, and global energy security.

I escaped from Hell and landed on my soulmate’s doorstep. After experiencing the unimaginable at the hands of monsters, I wake up in another world. With the help of the woman who nursed me back to health, I avoided the witch hunters sweeping through the land and journeyed to the main village. Bolstered by the rumors of a human living there, I storm into the Alpha’s lodge just in time to find my sister, Rowan, bleeding out on the floor. The desperate need to save her triggered something in me. Magic. Rare magic that The Moon blessed me with. Incredible magic that can heal.

I died nine months from today, on the day that Fortress ENE, my home and one of the few safe cities left in North America, was assaulted by a million monsters pouring from the same portals we’d been exploiting for years. Nine months. I have nine months to find out who is responsible for the breach, which corporation stands to gain the most, and who is pulling the levels or power to burn my home down.

How will AI change our world within twenty years? A pioneering technologist and acclaimed writer team up for a “dazzling” (The New York Times) look at the future that “brims with intriguing insights” (Financial Times) A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post...

A thrilling and haunting tale of love, obsession, and madness set against the dark and dramatic backdrop of Paris's legendary opera house. Christine Daaé, a beautiful and talented young singer, finds herself caught between two men: the charming Raoul, her childhood love, and the enigmatic Phantom, a mysterious and disfigured genius who lives in the shadows beneath the opera house. As the Phantom's obsession with Christine grows, he manipulates the world around her, creating chaos and terror in the opera house in a desperate bid for her affection.

The harsh winters of Duluth, Minnesota, don’t bother Hugh McLaren. Decades after the death of his wife and estrangement from his children, the only respite from his troubled thoughts comes from ice fishing alone on the windswept expanse of Lake Superior. Out on the ice, Hugh can drop a line in search of monsters of the deep and be free of his own demons.

Justin is a 10-year-old boy with autism who dreams about making children happy—especially those who worry that no one will come to their birthday parties. One night, after drifting off to sleep, he has a very special dream about a magical party bus that can help make his vision come true! With the help of his beloved sidekick, Party Dog, Justin sets off on what will soon become a wonderful adventure.

After & Before: A Memoir of a Life Divided is a deeply personal memoir about a life separated by a single night. On February 19, 2000, seventeen-year-old Justin Ridgeway lost his father in an act of violence that permanently changed his family and the course of his life. But this is not simply a story about tragedy. Moving between childhood memories, family, music, grief, love, adulthood, fatherhood, and the imperfect nature of memory itself, After & Before explores the life that existed on both sides of that dividing line.

A family, their liquor store, and the clash of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments in 1920s St. Paul The Kaner brothers were getting by well enough running Kaner’s Fine Wine and Spirits in St. Paul, Minnesota, until Prohibition took effect in January 1920. With their liquor store...

In Ireland, to say "I'm grand" can range from meaning "I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown" to "I think this is the happiest I've ever been in my life". It is our catch-all term so as not to burden the other person too negatively or positively. (Because we are very sound like that.) It rings...

Charles Hawtrey, the skinny one with the granny glasses, was everybody's favourite in the Carry Ons - but who exactly was he? Up to now the man has remained a mystery. Examining Hawtrey's origins as a child star and as a performer in revue and the Will Hay films, this wonderful little book also...

London, 1907: When the Season's most accomplished and elegant debutante, Victoria Goldsborough, collapses and dies at her engagement ball, the great and good of London Society prepare to mourn the tragic loss of an upstanding young woman. But all is not what it seems, and after a toxic beverage is revealed to be the cause of death, the king himself instructs Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves to unearth the truth.