AspenI've finally escaped the everyday hell I've dealt with since I was a child. Moving to the small Colorado town of Raven Creek to build a new life felt like the best idea at the time. One of peace, calm nights, and good friends. But when I introduce the hot-as-sin cowboy as my fake boyfriend for one night, everything shifts. The question is, is it for better or worse?RowanI've spent my entire life taking care of my family and our...

American democracy is at an impasse. After years of zero-sum partisan trench warfare, our political institutions are deteriorating. Our norms are collapsing. Democrats and Republicans no longer merely argue; they cut off contact with each other. In short, the two-party system is breaking our democracy, and driving us all crazy.Deftly weaving together history, democratic theory, and cutting-edge political science research, Lee Drutman tells the story of how American politics became ...

For the first time ever, a complete collection of short fiction the New York Times bestselling author of The Queen's GambitWalter Tevis is widely regarded as a master for both his gritty poolhall novels and his brilliant rendering of the world of competitive chess. This long overdue collection establishes Tevis's rightful place as a maestro of the short form, as well. Bringing together the 1981 short story collection Far From Home with a ...

To his admirers, Luis W. Alvarez was the most accomplished, inventive, and versatile experimental physicist of his generation. During World War II, he achieved major breakthroughs in radar, played a key role in the Manhattan Project, and served as the lead scientific observer at the bombing of Hiroshima. In the decades that followed, he revolutionized particle physics with the hydrogen bubble chamber, developed an innovative X-ray method to search for hidden chambers in the Pyramid of Chep...

Two starred reviews!A brilliant girl risking it all to infiltrate a secret society of enchanters gets unexpected help from one of their victims—now a vengeful spirit—in this “cunning, high-stakes” (Publishers Weekly) historical dark academia novel by New York Times bestselling author S. E. Grove.In a world where magic is drawn from the rea...