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London, 1817: a city glittering with wealth and rotting with secrets. In the uneasy years after the Napoleonic Wars—before fingerprints, detectives, or organized policing—one man bears the burden of justice alone. Captain Winter, once a decorated soldier and now Whitehall's "special emissary," moves easily between the capital's extremes: the stately parlors where power is traded behind fans and smiles, and the shadowed alleys where danger has no name.

An in-depth, nonpartisan analysis of gentrification as an opportunity to make change work for everyone from a veteran architect and urban planner. Constant transformation is a given in urban life. However, re-vitalization and growth projects can often be sources of loss and displacement for many...

National Bestseller - USA Today Bestseller - Publishers Weekly Bestseller There is one human characteristic that separates those who see a world full of problems from those who see a world full of potential: hope. Hope is not in short supply; it is everywhere. Venture-philanthropy leader Jim...

Experience the world's most promising technological innovations and the science behind them in this entertaining photo-rich book. For futurists and sci-tech enthusiasts, every moment reveals advances powering our future, with on-site interviews, deep explainers, and helpful visuals.

A gripping family drama wrapped in a missing-persons case, set during the historic Buffalo blizzard of ‘77. “At once intimate and epic, affecting and very funny, and compulsively readable from start to finish.” —Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of Same As It Ever Was...

Selma Wijnberg is a criminal, a prisoner. Because she is Jewish. For this crime, in the depths of Hitler's occupation of Holland, Selma is deported to the Sobibor death camp, sentenced to sort the clothes of the dead while a smoke made of thousands blackens the sky. And in the light of this enormous funeral pyre, at the end of a Nazi pistol, Selma is ordered to dance. The hand that offers to dance with her is strong. Steady. It belongs to Chaim Engel.

On Halloween night in Louisiana, a college student launches on what should be a routine training flight in a Cessna 172. But somewhere over the dark bayous, the radios fall silent and the airplane begins to fail. With nowhere safe to land, he's forced down near a cluster of distant campfires deep in the wilderness. Bruised and disoriented, he expects to find help waiting for him. Instead, the men who emerge from the darkness speak, dress, and behave as though they belong to another century.

Two centuries after nuclear fire consumed civilization, Jackson Chandler continues his desperate fight across the brutal wastelands of the future. Haunted by the memory of the wife he lost and driven by the hope of finding a way back home, Jackson and his companions push deeper into the deadly Winterlands: a frozen graveyard filled with radiation, collapsing cities, infected horrors, and enemies who know far more about the apocalypse than they should. But the truth behind humanity’s fall is far worse than anyone imagined.

The Boys of Rubber City transports listeners to the gritty streets of 1970s Akron, capturing the untamed spirit of a working-class boyhood. It follows a group of kids as they build hidden forts, collect wheat pennies, and fight over marbles in a world alive with the hum of summer games—sandlot hardball, Chinese jump rope, and Indian wrestling. As streetlights flicker on at dusk, the boys, sunburned and scuffed, head home hungry for supper. Beyond these daily adventures, the story explores the resilience needed to grow up in a Rust Belt city.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes the third book in the sinfully seductive Seasons of Carnage trilogy where dark romantic comedy meets thrilling suspense—and where love is wounded prey. It’s open season on love, and Harper Starling is ready to kill. After her...

Pop music didn't begin with the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949. There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of the 20th century . . . Let's Do It is the first book to tell the definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the 19th century to the beginnings of rock and the modern pop age.

Do you feel like technology is moving too fast to keep up? You are not alone. This practical, jargon free guide helps seniors use AI with confidence, stay safe from online scams, and maintain their independence in today's digital world. No technical experience is required. Learn how to ask everyday questions, write emails and letters, stay organized, connect with family, protect yourself from fraud, and make AI a useful part of daily life.

In Alderbrook, Vermont, winter keeps its secrets buried deep. When a man is found dead in the snow beneath the birches, suspicion falls on Nate Lorimer, an organic chemistry professor whose quiet life is suddenly shattered by rumor, scrutiny, and fear. In a town where everyone knows your name and no one forgets a scandal, it does not take long for suspicion to harden into judgment. As the case tightens around him, Nate becomes the focus of a murder investigation that feels increasingly personal.

Die in Frankreich mehrfach ausgezeichnete Lyrikerin Sabrina Kiefner stellt ihre in Muttersprache verfassten Reime vor. Die passionierte Reiterin hat ihre Gedichte Pferden gewidmet, die ihr Leben begleiten und wie ein roter Faden wirken und der Autorin Halt geben und Inspiration verleihen. Die Magie verzehrender Leidenschaften entfaltet sich in Aphorismen, die Sehnsucht wecken und berühren.

Built to Last in Direct Selling is a strategy-first handbook for corporate teams and executives looking to create real momentum in today's evolving channel.

Hounded by the relentless Baron Valdrik, Justin and his companions plunge into the forgotten halls of Drakendir. As the Baron closes in, Justin finds himself thrust into one danger after another: trolls, feuding goblins, mysteries, and creatures of darkness. With no choice but to evolve from a reluctant adventurer into a confident leader, Justin arms himself with newfound skills, boons, gear, and his newly adopted Focus. He may finally stand as an equal to the enemies pursuing him. Somewhere in the bitter cold of the North, his greatest challenge awaits.

When a disillusioned former Space Force test pilot Gavin Trent tries to get away from life's responsibilities for awhile, he wasn't expecting a visit from an alien emissary named Jay. And he certainly wasn't expecting to learn that an ancient interstellar civilization had been watching humanity for decades. Not to conquer. Not to interfere. But to decide its place in the galactic community. Earth stands at a crossroads. Divided. Armed. Suspicious of itself. And far closer to extinction than anyone realizes.

In the year 2278. The world is a wasteland, civilization erased by a nuclear holocaust two centuries earlier. Jackson was never meant to be here, thrust forward in time from 2041 by a catastrophic mistake that cost him everything… including his wife. Now stranded in a future ruled by a deadly virus, violence, and something far worse, Jackson will do whatever it takes to find a way back to her, even if it means crossing a wasteland crawling with the infected and uncovering secrets buried deep within the ruins of the old world.

"A beautifully written, clear-eyed biography of a very Russian tragedy.”—Dan Jones, The Sunday Times From one of our most acclaimed historians, a major new biography of one of history’s most disturbing, dubious masterminds, showing how a Siberian peasant, through his seduction of the...

The Greenspan family are the envy of Brookline, Massachusetts. Scott Greenspan is a successful cardiologist. His wife is a pillar of the community, his daughter works at a distinguished New York publishing house and his son is at medical school, preparing to follow in his footsteps. They are an...