"Cor, look at the tentacles on that!"Two golden ages collide in this celebration of cosmic horror and classic British comedy.Before the Karma Sutra there was The Nookienomicon, a book so insidious that it brought more than mere titillation... it brought terror!Follow the path of madness wrought by this dreadful tome from the Hyborian Age to the present day as it spreads its influence, and its tentacles, throughout history. Join Kolon the Barbarian, Annie Mater, the ...

The role that race and religion play in American presidential elections is attracting national attention like never before. The 2008 presidential candidates reached out to an unprecedented number of racial and religious voting constituencies including African Americans, Latinos, Muslims, Mainline Protestants, Catholics, Evangelicals, Jews, women, the non-religious, and more. Religion, Race, and the American Presidency focuses on the roles of these racial and religious groups in presidentia...

**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun-Time...

FINALIST: 2013 Best Mystery/Thriller by The Kindle Book ReviewJust as suspenseful as any Grisham novel!-Reader Jessica BrownThe truth can set you free.Jaymee Ballard trusted only one person with the secret of her lost daughter. Now that person is dead—murdered, just like another woman in town. Jaymee is convinced her past and the secrets she has fought for so long to hide have come back to haunt her. And in a small to...

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestselleris the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human NatureIn the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by dra...

The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our StarsWinner of the Michael L. Printz Award • A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist • A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels • TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time • A PBS Great American Read Selection • Millions of copi...

Winner of the Edgar AwardThe #1 New York Times BestsellerPublishers Weekly and USA Today BestsellerMillions of Copies SoldQuentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificent Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life—summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. When their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Margo has di...

From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a mesmerizing handbook on seduction: the most subtle and effective form of powerWhen raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power, has toppled empires, won elections and enslaved great minds. Immerse yourself in the twenty-four maneuvers and strategies of the seductive process, the ritual by which a seducer gains m...

The legend is real. The King is waiting. And sixteen-year-old Tom is the only one who can wake him.When Tom's grandfather vanishes without a trace, the police write it off. Tom can't. Determined to find answers, he follows clues that lead somewhere no map can take him — a parallel world of ancient magic, shape-shifters, and fey creatures older than memory.In this Other World, Tom discovers everything he believed about himself was a lie. Vivian, the mysterio...

10 Complete Works of Evelyn Everett-GreenA Heroine of FranceFor the FaithFrench and EnglishIn the Days of ChivalryIn the Wars of the RosesThe Lord of DynevorThe Lost Treasure of TrevlynThe Secret Chamber at ChadThe Sign of the Red CrossTom Tufton's Travels

The book states plainly that both its speaker and the speaker’s mother have suffered near- deadly head injuries (“when I woke up in the hospital thirty years after you did,” “my head: / rotting pear”), resulting in loss of memory. However, rather than let a taxonomy like “family curse” sit unquestioned, Green writes toward the fugues (i.e., the condition of having one’s identity questioned) by making a kind of fugue (i.e., interweaving song). Johnathan Culler writes that “the fundamental c...

Condiments, Spices and Flavors is a comprehensive exploration of the world’s most essential culinary enhancers, offering readers a fascinating journey through the history, cultivation, and uses of condiments and spices from around the globe. Drawing on a wealth of historical sources and practical knowledge, the book delves into the origins and evolution of flavorings that have shaped cuisines for centuries. It covers a wide array of ingredients, from common kitchen staples like salt, peppe...