Captain America faces the elusive super villain the Spot in this action-packed storybook!Captain America is on his way to the community center to give a speech about what it really means to be a hero. But on the way, he runs into the Spot—a super villain who can create interdimensional portals! The Spot is using his powers to rob a museum. Can Captain America stop the villain, return the stolen items, and still make it to his scheduled speech on time? Join Captain ...

The Middle Atlas, at the close of the seventh century. The armies of the Caliphate are advancing city by city — and soon their shadow will reach the mountains where the Awraba have been free since time began.Amayas, son of the chieftain Amezian, is barely twenty-four when he realizes his people face an impossible choice: submit, flee, or fight. Around the council fires the tribes turn on one another — some dreaming of alliance, others already counting the price of surrender. And as...

From award-winning author Rex Ogle, a mixed-format middle grade novel about three boys who skip school, told in verse, prose, and comics.With a dad in jail and a lack of teachers interested in helping him learn, Manny doesn’t see the point in anything besides skateboarding and writing lyrics. Calvin has so many responsibilities to his father and little brothers that when his bike is stolen, he can’t make it to school on time. And while Liam is studious and wants to...

They came to steal the crown jewels of France. One of them was already dead.Paris, September 1792. While the city drowns in blood and suspicion, five thieves break into the royal treasury to strip it of the most dazzling gems in Europe. Lucie is not a thief. She is the one who knows stones — their weight, their water, their worth — and she has been hired to appraise a king's ruin by candlelight.But a guard lies murdered on the gallery floor before the first case is opened, ...

A radical new history of energy and humanity's insatiable need for resources that will change the way we talk about climate change*Winner of a Nouvel Observateur Award, a Fondation pour l'écologie politique Award, the Prix du jury Turgot and the Prix du Sénat du livre d’histoire 2025**Selected as an Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year*It has become habitual to think of our relationship with energy as one of tran...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This official Minecraft novel is an action-packed thriller! When a new virtual-reality version of the game brings her dreams—and doubts—to life, one player must face her fears.Bianca has never been good at following the plan. She’s more of an act-now, deal-with-the-consequences-later kind of person. But consequences can’t be put off forever, as Bianca learns when she and her best friend, Lonnie, are in a terribl...

OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD! Discover the story that has captivated readers around the world...__________________________________'Enjoyable and gripping' GUARDIAN'One of the best historical novels you are likely to read' Christine Dwyer Hickey'A sprawling fresco and star-crossed love story' NEW YORK TIMES'An inventive epic' ELLE...

It was in the month of March, 1812, while we were engaged against the English army commanded by Wellington, at Almeida in Portugal, that we received orders to march for Russia. We crossed Spain, each day being marked by an engagement, sometimes by two and in this way reached Bayonne, the first town over the frontier in France. On leaving this place, we travelled by the stage as far as Paris, where we expected to stay and rest; but after a halt of forty-eight hours, the Emperor reviewed us,...

An Indie Bestseller!In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family.Love potions is a dangerous business. Brewing has painful, debilitating side effects, and getting caught means death or a prison sentence. But what Venus is most afraid of is the dark, sentient magic within her.Then an enemy's iron bullet kills her mother, Venus's life implodes....

The radical, paradigm-shifting international bestseller that destroys our delusions about energy consumption and will change the way we talk about climate change.We have long been taught that humanity’s relationship with energy is one of progress, with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear—until at some future point everything will be replaced by “green” energy. But the long-held belief in transition and sustainability is completely untrue, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz argu...

Learn Louisiana French the fun and easy way through authentic bilingual stories.Have you ever wanted to experience the colorful Cajun culture of Louisiana while picking up a new language? Traditional textbooks feel too dry and complicated, but you still want a clear, enjoyable path to learn Louisiana French. That’s exactly what this book delivers.Short Stories in Cajun French — For Beginners is designed for absolute beginners who want to explore the Cajun dialect w...

From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian mythology, folklore, and legends reimagines epic stories of old for a modern audience.This teen and young adult fantasy anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of stories from fourteen bestselling, award-winning, and emerging writers from the South Asian diaspora that will surprise, delight, and move you. So read on, for after all, magic ha...