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Julie Otsuka’s commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any we have ever seen. With crystalline intensity and precision, Otsuka uses a single family to evoke the deracination—both physical and emotional—of a generation of Japanese Americans. In five...

When an Argentine math student discovers the smothered body of his landlady, conventional wisdom points to a family member with the most prosaic of motives. But then renowned logician Arthur Seldom, author of a book on the mathematics of serial killers, tells of a strange note left in his...

Psychologist and author of Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic Self, Dr. Thema Bryant, PhD, speaks with two women in the midst of major life transitions. Together, they explore how to move through tumultuous periods with compassion and grace—and how to embrace change, big or small.

With her characteristic brilliance, grace, and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost unthinkable. In Are Prisons Obsolete?, Professor Davis seeks to illustrate that the time for the prison is approaching an end. She argues forthrightly for "decarceration," and argues for the transformation of the society as a whole. 

Ghost Station is a tense thriller about espionage, cryptography, and paranoia, set in the earliest days of the Berlin Wall. Can Reed trust Longshore? His boss? His lover? Can he find the truth behind the lies - or will Berlin become ground zero for a world-ending war?

In this Hugo-nominated novel, an alien walks into a museum and asks if he can see a paleontologist. But the arachnid ET hasn't come aboard a rowboat with the Pope and Stephen Hawking (although His Holiness does request an audience later). Landing at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the spacefarer, Hollus, asks to compare notes on mass extinctions with resident dino-scientist Thomas Jericho.

The Sword of the Lictor is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian, driven by a powerful and unfathomable destiny, as he carries out a dark mission far from his home.

Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun" is one of speculative fiction's most-honored series. In a 1998 poll, Locus Magazine rated the series behind only "The Lord of the Rings" and The Hobbit as the greatest fantasy work of all time.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . . When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Darth Vader, find themselves stranded in the middle of insurgent action on an inhospitable planet, they must rely on each other, the Force, and their own ruthlessness to...

In the quiet town of Briar Hollow, evil doesn’t knock… it marks you. When a brutal murder is discovered inside an abandoned church, journalist Caleb Ryder is drawn into a story that quickly turns deadly. Carved into the victim’s chest is a chilling symbol locals begin calling “The Devil’s Kiss.” But this is no ordinary crime. As Caleb investigates, he uncovers a hidden world beneath the town —a secret cult, ritual sacrifices, and a pattern of killings that were never meant to be found.

In You Are Royalty, author Alice Masci takes listeners on a journey through Scripture to discover the privileges of belonging to the King.

A charming smile. A perfect life. A deadly secret. Stephanie Greene is beautiful, charismatic, and seemingly harmless—but appearances can be dangerously deceiving. Behind her innocent facade lies a darkness that no one suspects. From her first victim to her carefully orchestrated murders, Stephanie navigates a world where desire, obsession, and deception collide. Detective Mark Sullivan thinks he’s caught her once… but love complicates everything.

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER It has been three years since The Others, an ancient and evil cult, declared war on all vampires. Deirdre and Mitch fled to the small seaside town of Whitby where they’ve opened up a pub called The Black Rose bringing in tourist money as well as tourist blood to live on. But when The Others close in once again, their situation grows desperate. Deirdre is poisoned and her body begins to change, causing strange cravings and hallucinations. Her vampire family travels to Whitby to consult and console Deirdre, who is gradually losing all of her memories.

Aaliyah awakens to the human world with her mutilation a harsh reminder that it had all been real, and not just a terrible dream. She is quickly taken in by fellow Deipan members who promise to help her make contact with her father, even as he suffers in Hell. Aaliyah vows to have her revenge on the woman who mutilated her. Shelley Fasquelle has been invited to the next Deipan party on Owen Island by her twisted cousin, Jodie.

In this part memoir, part self-help book, Sandra Anne Davis provides tools for reframing the divine, taken from her personal life experiences and work as a spiritual counsellor. Her passion for holistic healing led to her immersion in the wisdom of Indigenous practitioners, as well as traditional psychologists. She is committed to sharing her understanding of the sacred place our shadow holds, and its significance in our present-day world. Through the knowledge of mirrors, you too can learn to “speak kindly to your shadow.”

Surviving your forties requires coffee, good friends, and a morally flexible relationship with illegal magic. Tovah Silver runs Mad Queens Inc., an unlicensed magical problem-solving agency with her three best friends. They've built their reputation on grit, loopholes, and unrepentant competence...

Sophie is coasting through life—everything feels beige, predictable, safe. She doesn’t realise she’s losing her sparkle… But someone does. Someone has been watching her. Waiting. The first email feels harmless… Until it says things no stranger should know. Until he starts asking for...

When Chewbacca the Wookiee finds out that a job he thought was just ferrying tooka cats is actually much more, he's excited to have something to do! But when he, a young bounty hunter/librarian, and a droll cargo droid--who, unbeknownst to the others is rebel spy droid K-2SO--land in the middle...

Douglas Abrams’s magical debut novel captures the heart of the Spanish Golden Age and the secret life of the world’s greatest lover–Don Juan. It was a time of discovery and decadence, when life became a gamble and the gold that poured endlessly into the port of Sevilla devalued money...

The war for Earth has begun. Adrian Morgan has seized control of Earth, and he will burn everything before he lets it be taken from him. The other Praetors want him dead. Tiberion is pursuing a secret endgame of his own. And in the chaos between them, billions of lives hang in the balance. Now...

What does it mean to truly see another person? Fellow Human Beings is a collection of deeply human stories drawn from years of walking alongside people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness, trauma, and profound vulnerability. These are not case studies or clinical success stories. They are lives—messy, resilient, and contradictory. Through the journeys of real people facing serious challenges, this book explores what happens at the intersection of care, power, dignity, and love.