You bought this book because the trail looked like the perfect family day until the weather turned, a backpack felt too heavy, or a child asked are we lost and you were not sure of the answer. Family hiking is not hard because the trail is hard. It is hard because the smallest person has the thinnest margin, and you carry that margin for everyone in the group.This book is not a collection of gear ads. It is not a survival fantasy and it is not a list of scary headlines. What you ne...

Rosa Pelham lives in a castle in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, built by her late husband to woo her during their courtship, a story rooted in local legend. Still in her early thirties, her lavish lifestyle has pushed her to the brink of bankruptcy. One night on the rooftop, her current lover plunges to his death, leaving behind a note that points her toward a nearby spring whose waters grant extraordinary longevity.One hundred fifty years later, Rosa and her son Wyeth still resi...

An expert week-by-week pregnancy guide in deck format, from the OBGYN and pediatrician authors of the bestselling baby and pregnancy bibles Baby 411 and Expecting 411**.**Expecting 411’s Pregnancy Deck distills expert advice into a take-anywhere format. Each card shares insights into your baby's development as well as wellness practices to encourage comfort, confidence, and joy t...

‘Shoe Dog meets Goodfellas with a dash of The Little Prince’ ARIANNA HUFFINGTON‘Here in Technicolor is another of Hollywood’s greatest characters’ RICK RUBIN‘A rare peek at how Hollywood really works’ WALTER ISAACSONOne of Hollywood’s most accomplished, feared – and funny – dealmakers has some stuff he wants to get off his chest. A lifetime worth of stuff. And secrets. And...

This handbook explores Japanese architecture and the built environment from diverse disciplinary and methodological perspectives, tracing the influences that have shaped modern Japanese architecture and urbanism.Divided into four thematic parts—translations, materializations, meditations, and characterizations—the handbook takes the reader on a stroll through developments of Japanese architecture and the transnational exchanges that have shaped conceptions and production of Japanes...

A potent YA poetry anthology that explores policing and public safety while honoring the past, recognizing our present, and making space for dreams of the future.This wide-ranging collection springs from a simple invitation to share stories. It includes contributions from nearly forty poets, including Ada Limón, Jason Reynolds, Erin Entrada Kelly, Danez Smith, and Amanda Gorman. The multifaceted chorus of voices explores experiences and emotions related to policing...

A proper lady is expected to be graceful, obedient, and above reproach.These ladies have other plans.Behind ballroom doors and beneath society's watchful gaze, desire refuses to follow the rules. A stolen kiss becomes a dangerous temptation. A reckless encounter threatens a carefully guarded reputation. And the most unsuitable gentlemen may prove impossible to resist.From daring bargains and secret rendezvous to delicious scandals and passions worth risking everythi...

Demons do taxes. Vampires renew their licenses. The fae pay fines like everyone else.Hydes are the panic button.I chart them for a living—Under the Skin, five hundred episodes on how Personas choose, lie, and kill. It's Hyde Season: tethers snapping, headlines frothing. Now the bodies are turning up exactly like my episodes. A "Siren" laid out like Ep. 118. A "Rook" arranged like Ep. 42. My taxonomy, made murder.HCU drags me in to "clarify." I bargain: five ...

I'm chaos wrapped in skin.By day, I'm a tattoo artist with ink under my nails and a guilty seat in the back pew at Sunday mass.By night, I'm the monster other monsters fear—hunting demons who can't keep their claws to themselves.I never leave a trace.Until one slip, one mark, puts a hunter on my trail.He's everything I should avoid—holy steel, lethal precision, and a body I want to sin against until I forget my own nam...

Everyone has a thing. Some people bake. Some people binge true crime podcasts.Seventeen-year-old Salem Whitlock? She really, really wants to murder people. And not in the haha what if I just stabbed Chad way.No—Salem has an itch.A magical, bone-deep craving that festers under her skin like wildfire until it's unbearable. It's a family trait, passed down like a cursed casserole recipe. Her mother made her swear not to kill anyone until her ei...

What if your life is not controlled by fate, luck, or circumstances — but by an invisible inner code?THE LIFE OPERATOR is a practical and philosophical guide for those who are ready to rewrite the patterns that shape their reality.Combining psychology, self-development, philosophy, and system thinking, STAN ARI introduces a unique approach to understanding how beliefs, habits, emotions, and decisions create the life we experience.This book will help you:• Und...

The smart, reassuring guide to pregnancy with expert-backed advice informed by the real world, from a leading OB/GYN and a pediatricianCongratulations, you’re having a baby! From the moment you see the positive test result, your world has changed. Alongside the excitement, you might feel daunted by the journey ahead. What should I be eating? What’s going on down there? Wait, how many tests do I need to have?OB/GYN Michele Milovina and pediatrician ...