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Born in the firelit domain of the under realm, Matilda is the youngest goddess of her clan, blessed with humble messenger magic. But in a land where gods often kill each other to steal power and alliances break as quickly as they are forged,...

The harrowing and hilarious memoir of Jennette McCurdy, star of the tv series iCarly and Sam&Cat, recounts her struggles as a child actress -- eating disorders, addictions, and a thorny relationship with her mother -- and how she regained control of her life. Jennette...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we’ll go to in order to get what...

As if seen by X-ray, the characters of these stories show us everything that a human being should hide, every story is filled with unmentionable eccentricities. A Parisian photographer who is interested only in eyelids, a Japanese office worker who discovers his strange affinity...

Mathematics does not only exist in textbooks; it is in every sip of wine, in every church, and in every beetle. Pedro Miana, together with a team of leading contemporary mathematicians, reveals how numerical patterns and equations silently sustain the world we live in....

This is a practical diary, organized according to the months of the year, which provides you with techniques, strategies and teachings to manage your time more consciously, learn to set priorities and make decisions, take on conflict as part of life, and more. To...

50 years on the Moon. On the morning of July 16, 1969, a spacecraft was launched into space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Destination: the Moon. On board Apollo 11 were three astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. Eight days...

Growing up, Nobuko Tanaka was always a ...side character... standing off in the corner. Now in her 20s, she...s fallen in love for the first time. While she isn...t any good at being assertive, she will muster her courage bit by bit as she...

What if you were told that women's sports, as we know them, are a tool of patriarchy? This book is a manifesto that dares to question the foundations of sport and propose a radically new and liberating vision. Open Play explains why sport not...

Why does doping continue to cast a persistent shadow over sport? Is it really a contemporary phenomenon, or has it accompanied athletes and competitions since their inception? And to what extent do current anti-doping policies protect fair play... or excessively punish the athletes themselves?...

Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors? Spanning millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures, Around the World in Eighty Games gleefully explores how mathematics and...

In Will You Please Be Quiet Please?, his first book of short stories, which he wrote and re-wrote over fifteen years and which granted him immediate recognition, Raymond Carver renewed the short story form, even giving them haiku formats without this radical use of...

Jinbocho, Tokyo: a neighborhood of bookstores and publishers, a paradise for readers. There lies the Morisaki Bookshop, owned by Takako’s family for three generations. A small store packed with books, run by her eccentric uncle Satoru. There, Takako will discover the healing power of...

Discover the magical potential of runes and how to cast them in this beautifully illustrated gold-embossed hardback. The word rune means both 'letter' and 'mystery' and these wondrous symbols were gifted to the Norse god Odin who hung speared from the World Tree Yggdrasil...

Tales and Maxims from the Midrash opens the door to a universe where ancient wisdom is transmitted in the form of parables, legends, and moral teachings. Samuel Rapaport guides us through the Midrashic texts—from Genesis Rabbah to the Midrash on the Psalms, including stories...

Shine in any context with the book from the most popular protocol and etiquette account on social media. Remember those awkward moments, like when you don't know whether to greet with two kisses, shake hands, or simply say "Hello"? Or the eternal dilemma of...

Psychopaths don't always carry knives or appear in the news. Most live among us, integrated into families, offices, or circles of power, camouflaged behind a seductive smile or inspiring speech. Concha Calleja brings the perspective of a communications expert, applying all her knowledge to...

How did we come to believe that human emotions are simply chemical fluctuations? What role did the pharmaceutical industry, the media, and the healthcare system itself play in constructing this idea? For decades, we have been told that depression is the result of a...

Clotilde Cerdá, whose stage name was Esmeralda Cervantes, was a child prodigy on the harp who left us a dozen compositions and traveled the world giving concerts. But Clotildina was much more than that. The illegitimate daughter of the famous urban planner Ildefonso Cerdá...

Mara feels a little lost. Her job doesn't quite fulfill her, and her family seems to be experts at getting on her nerves. Her crazy brother, Johnny, drives her crazy every other minute with his impertinence, her grandmother, Inés, is a kind of lively...