Author Zack Kaplan and artist Stephen Thompson team up again to create an enigmatic comics thriller tangled in a secret society.When an ambitious and troubled video game programmer dares to audition for a secret society in the gaming/tech industry, composed of cutthroat, genius masterminds that promise to help their members achieve their wildest dreams, he and his rebellious co-worker find themselves in a gauntlet of real-life puzzles that quickly turn deadly. But ...

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An inviting tour of modern macroeconomics—culminating in HANK, a modern framework that will transform the way we understand our economy and the policies that shape it.Macroeconomics and macroeconomic policies shape our lives in profound ways, influencing everything from the price of groceries to the likelihood we’ll have a job next year. But much of what we hear about macroeconomics—from politicians, pundits, and even professors—bears little resemblance to how econ...

From one of the most prominent post-Cold War geopolitics experts, an “illuminating, insightful, and essential” (Chris Miller, bestselling author of Chip War) look at US-China relations and the China experts who have influenced—and continue to influence—America’s policy toward its greatest rival.Few countries or civilizations are as big or as old as China. In the minds of Americans whose job it is to contemplate international affairs, the present-day superp...

An inviting tour of modern macroeconomics—culminating in HANK, a modern framework that will transform the way we understand our economy and the policies that shape it.If discussions about interest rates, debt, or inflation sound like economic sorcery, you’re not alone. Much of what we hear about macroeconomics—from politicians, pundits, or even professors—bears little resemblance to how economists think about policy and to people’s actual experiences. Macro

From one of the most prominent post-Cold War geopolitics experts, an “illuminating, insightful, and essential” (Chris Miller, bestselling author of Chip War) look at US-China relations and the China experts who have influenced—and continue to influence—America’s policy toward its greatest rival.Few countries or civilizations are as big or as old as China. In the minds of Americans whose job it is to contemplate international affairs, the present-day superp...

Learn the basics of the Arabic language quickly with this essential workbook for beginners.Reading & Writing Arabic is the perfect way to begin learning Modern Standard Arabic—the written form of Arabic used throughout the Arab world. It teaches you how to pronounce, read, and write all the sounds and letters of the Arabic alphabet, including those that don't exist in English, with free downloadable audio recordings by native Arabic speakers to he...

A long-awaited English translation of a landmark work in modern Catholic thought that powerfully reframes Catholicism as a living tradition.On the Spirit and Essence of Catholicism presents the first English-language translation of Johann Sebastian Drey’s influential 1819 essays about Catholic Christianity. The founder of the Catholic Tübingen School and a pioneer of fundamental theology, Drey locates the essence of Catholicism not in any single doctrine b...

**Succession meets John Wick…with immortal Vikings.Zack Kaplan and Fico Ossio return with part two of their high-action, high-fashion Viking saga, collected in this sleek graphic novel!**The Asvalds were once a powerful billionaire Viking family with a source of secret immortality, until the family’s only daughter, Frey Asvald, led her brothers in a principled rebellion to overthrow their barbaric father and end their eternal powers.But when an anc...

She's in the Advertising Hall of Fame. Her ad agency taught a duck to yell "Aflac!" She composed the Toys 'R' Us jingle that most Americans can sing by heart. In My Life in 30 Seconds, Linda Kaplan Thaler pulls back the curtain on forty years of creating advertising magic: writing a song with Stevie Wonder, interviewing Warren Buffett over a Cherry Coke, and getting millions of women to moan "Yes! Yes! Yes!" just from washing their hair. Funny, warm, and packed with bite-sized wis...

There is a calm that settles when a candle you made is burning. The light is softer, the scent is yours, and you know you turned wax, wick, and oil into something useful with your own hands. You do not need a workshop or expensive gear to feel it. You need a scale, a thermometer, a pitcher, and the willingness to follow 5 verbs. Melt, scent, wick, pour, cure. This book is not a dump of theory and it is not a promise of perfect factory gloss. It is 10 real projects that build skill as you g...

You have walked past the lessons of this book every day without noticing them. The exit sign above the door, the lifeboat drill before the ship leaves the harbor, the sprinkler in the hallway, the hardened sea wall at the edge of the beach town. Each exists because 1 group of people lived through a night when that protection did not exist and refused to let it happen again.This book tells 100 true stories of catastrophes that forced the world to improve. You will stand on the sand ...