The Tenant of Fire is about Queens, NY—its history, public and personal, real and imagined. Many of the people who populate this book—Irish Catholics, Italian-Americans—were once considered ethnic but now fall wholly under the banner of white. And from their anxieties a man like Donald Trump emerges. Born and raised in Queens, Trump is both the product and purveyor of a localized nativist politic.The young white speaker of these poems works to record his parents’ and neigh...

His punishment doesn't fit the crime.Seth is a petty thief, and a hungry one at that. He's becoming desperate and tries his hand at stealing something more substantial. But when he's caught playing around in a dressmaker's shop, the money becomes the least of his concerns.He wasn't working alone, but he'll never say it. There's honor among thieves and all. But maybe there's something else, too, especially when he finds himself thinking of his best friend in...

In a world that has been overran by an alien species intent on reproducing with the human race, Seren finds herself living and training in the Blitz Sanctuary. To Seren, its a means of survival, but when her mentor, Cort, is assigned to her, it becomes clear that something is not as it seems. Young, beautiful and authoritative, Cort eludes to the under workings of the society that has been her refuge. But there's something more to Cort, something familiar... and dark. Dealing with extreme ...

**Set during World War II, a twelve-year-old orphan who accidentally unleashes a shadow monster onto the streets of London must team up with unlikely allies to hunt it down.“The twists and surprises just keep on coming. My kind of book!"—R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps and Fear Street**A 2025 Booklist Editors’ ChoiceSurviving on the streets of World War II London alone certainly hasn’t been easy, but Nimble Nottingham has...

**Set during World War II, a twelve-year-old orphan who accidentally unleashes a shadow monster onto the streets of London must team up with unlikely allies to hunt it down.“The twists and surprises just keep on coming. My kind of book!"—R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps and Fear Street**Surviving on the streets of World War II London alone certainly hasn’t been easy, but Nimble Nottingham has perfected the art of going it alone—and that’s just how he likes...

Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though the influence of Justice William Brennan. In addition, President Reagan described Scalia’s nomination as part of a project to remake the role of the Court, promote an interpretive approach of o...

Hollywood superstar Max Conroy is A-list all the way—one of the few actors who can guarantee box office blockbusters on opening weekend. Max has it all: the devil-may-care charisma, the stunning movie star wife, and a sizable personal fortune that grows along with his legend.When Max escapes from a rehab center in Arizona, disoriented and longing to return to his blue-collar roots, he becomes the target of a motley group of kidnappers planning to cash in by holding him for ransom. ...

What do you do when all your wildest dreams come true?My name is Kit Salazar, and all of my dreams just came true. I'm a romance writer, and my debut novel is going to be the summer's hottest movie for two very big reasons:Rafe Burdock and Grant Stone.They're Hollywood's hottest actors. Any project they take on turns to gold, and, somehow, they're starring in a movie based on my book. They're also the men I've fantasized about for years. Rafe and Gr...

As survivors of genocide, mnemonicide, colonization, and forced assimilation, American Indians face a unique set of rhetorical exigencies in US public culture. Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric brings together critical essays on the cultural and political rhetoric of American indigenous communities, including essays on the politics of public memory, culture and identity controversies, stereotypes and caricatures, mascotting, cinematic representations, and resistance movements ...

BellamyI watched my parents' marriage crumble when my father chose football over family. His love for the game destroyed us. It's why I loathe it. It's also why I don't trust easily. So when I meet a handsome stranger at a hotel bar, we trade nothing but first names. I'm miles from home and I'll never see him again.Until I do. At a family event with my dad, he's there—my mystery man from weeks ago. Only now, I know who he is: a football player on my father'...

Foster: I learned early how to survive on my own. Keep my head down and my past locked away.My childhood taught me that nothing lasts and no one chooses you forever. So I built a life free from love—and pain.Football gave me discipline. Success gave me distance. Silence kept me safe. Then Eden walked into my house.My new housekeeper. Someone meant to clean my messes and remain on the edges of my life. Except she didn't stay on the edges. She saw me—r...

BirdieHer funeral unraveled decades of secrets hidden from me—horrible secrets. This rabbit hole I've fallen down has revealed my past is much more sinister than I could have imagined. Everything I thought I knew has been a lie, and now there's only one place for me to turn: back to the people who have been searching for me all these years.One of those people is my newfound brother's best friend: Lonan Burke, star defenseman for the Minnesota Lakes. His dir...