From a key voice of the Harlem Renaissance, Claude McKay’s classic novel about the vibrant but perilous world of Jazz Age Harlem, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line.Back in Harlem after fleeing the horrors of World War I, Jake has left his past behind—only to find himself drawn into the city’s seductive Jazz Age underworld. He navigates the bustling nightclubs and treacherous streets, discovering a society caught between dazzling ...

A country under siege. A high-stakes financial gamble to rescue it, and the men willing to risk all to make it succeed or sabotage it. The Shark Pond is a political and financial novel that blends literary fiction with insider realism, drawing readers into the arcane world of international banking, currency markets, and risky government decision-making. Set against the turbulent economic and political backdrop of the 1970s—a decade marked by inflation, shifting alliances, and monetary inst...

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Volume 69 in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors, including timely topics such as Lanthanide-based light upconversion implemented in molecular complexes using linear optics, Rare Earth-Transition Metal-Arsenides, and Molecular Complexes of High-Oxidation State Lanthanide Ions. - Provides the latest in...

• Describes the origins and evolution of the Wild Hunt across pagan, Christian, and folk traditions, revealing its role in death and fertility rituals• Reveals how spectral armies, female spirits, and supernatural processions shaped European beliefs about the afterlife and the soul’s journey• Provides practical approaches for understanding the Wild Hunt’s significance in seasonal festivals, ancestor veneration, and communal ritesFor centuries, tales of ghostly rider...

Spring, 1892. A series of anarchist bombings have struck terror across Paris. In the chaos, the city's beloved Elzévir bookshop suffers a break-in: but the thief runs away with only a worthless decorative goblet. Then, the aristocratic Englishwoman who entrusted it to the bookshop is murdered.It seems this goblet has a secret worth killing for. As the body count rises, Victor Legris and the Elzévir booksellers track the murderer across a city wracked by political turmoil in a deadly...

Why is a dog “Fido” but a bird “Peter”? In this brilliant short text, Claude Lévi-Strauss shows that the way we name animals reveals a hidden structure of thought. What looks trivial turns out to be a system: classification, metaphor, and how we place ourselves in the world, everything is at play. Clear, surprising, and quietly profound, this short essay will change how you see the ordinary.

**Butterflies: Tiny Wings, Big Role in Biodiversity**What if the colorful butterflies dancing among flowers were much more than beautiful creatures?In this engaging children's ebook, young readers are invited to discover the fascinating world of butterflies and understand the important role they play in the balance of biodiversity.Through an accessible and captivating journey, children will learn how butterflies interact with flowers, contribute to pollination, serv...

Have you ever prayed for direction, and then quietly wondered if the answer was really from God — or just what you wanted to hear?Is this really Him, or is this just me? Why does God feel silent right when I need Him most? How do I know if I'm being tested, or if I'm simply wrong?If you've asked yourself questions like these, you are not alone and you are not confused because something is wrong with you. You are confused because no one ever taught you how to tell the differ...

At dawn on the Boulevard Montmartre, the body of a barefoot young woman wearing a lavish red dress is found brutally murdered. That same day, a single red shoe is delivered to the Elzévir Bookshop, owned by amateur sleuth Victor Legris.Victor and his team of booksellers feel compelled to investigate. When they discover a corpse in a wine barrel, and then a dancer strangled in her apartment, a treacherous trail unfolds through the gleaming nightclubs, bustl...

Bees: Tiny Heroes of BiodiversityWhat if the smallest creatures could make one of the biggest differences in our world?Discover the fascinating world of bees and explore the incredible role they play in keeping nature healthy and balanced. Through engaging explanations and captivating illustrations, young readers will learn how bees pollinate flowers, help plants reproduce, support food production, and contribute to the incredible diversity of life around u...

Pelvic fractures are severe and complex injuries that carry a high risk of complications and adverse sequelae for patients. Pelvic Fracture Reduction and Fixation: Technical Aspects and Principles, edited by Drs. H. Claude Sagi and Michael T. Archdeacon, provides case-based, easy-to-follow guidance on everything from positioning and surgical approach to operative and radiographic technique—exactly what today’s orthopaedic trauma surgeon needs to know for optimal patient management and stab...

The ultimate threat100 kilos of plutonium have vanished. No one yet grasps how serious this is.A train derails in the Alps, on the night of Halloween. Two railway workers disappear without a trace. Officially: an accident.Unofficially, French intelligence already knows it isn’t.Meanwhile, in a small Normandy village, an overworked country doctor is grinding through winter consultations — flu, sore throats — until a ...