The bestselling novel of love and sacrifice under fascist rule, and "a treat for the mind. One of the best books I have read in a long time" (Isabel Allende).Raimund Gregorius, a professor of dead languages at a Swiss secondary school, lives a life governed by routine. Then, an enigmatic Portuguese woman stirs his interest in an obscure, and mind-expanding book of philosophy that opens the possibility of changing Raimund's existence. That same night, he takes the t...

A scientist integrates evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies."There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and success as the rest of nature." Thus argues evolutionary psychologist Pascal Boyer in this uniquely innovative book.Integrating recent insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychol...

Can you ever leave a fetish behind? What if it's a behind fetish?These days, Jane's a married woman with a conventional sex life. But she wasn't always an average-in-every-way "plain Jane." Lately she's been haunted by memories of a few sordid months, of a time forgotten, a time when she discovered a forbidden taste and the pleasures of being submissive…. When she sees someone from her college days in a television commercial, someone who shares her secret, will she...

Can Jessica save Elizabeth from falling in with the wrong crowd when her twin is determined to make friends with the most unpopular girl in school?! The fun and drama continues in this New York Times bestselling graphic novel series!Sophia Rizzo is the best writer in school and Elizabeth knows she'd be perfect to write the new Sweet Valley Middle School play! The one problem? There are rumors about Sophia and Jessica is sure she'll only get Elizabeth in bi...

WINNER OF THE PETRONA AWARD 2023'Fresh, brilliant writing and utterly compelling, I loved it' Peter JamesWhen 25-year-old Emelie is found murdered in her Stockholm apartment the same week her ex-partner is released from prison, it feels like an open and shut case for Detective Vanessa Frank. Who else would launch such a frenzied attack on the young woman?But Frank suspects there is something they’re missing. Could the killing be linked to the rising ...

From the author of Night Train to Lisbon: a father's story about his daughter unravels "[a] tale of grief, fraud, guilt and madness . . . Revelatory" ( The New York Times Book Review).Pascal Mercier's international bestseller Night Train to Lisbon mesmerized readers around the world, and was adapted into a film starring Jeremy Irons. Now, in Lea, Mercier returns with a mysterious tale of a father's love and a daughter's ambition ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE PETRONA AWARD 2025FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FEMICIDE (OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE)‘Pascal Engman is the master of the new generation’ David LagercrantzTwo bodies are discovered in a Stockholm park, one a policeman and the other an unidentified young woman. With the police believing the woman to be nothing more than unfortunate collateral damage, they focus on the murder of the police...

In The Bitcoin Enlightenment, billionaire entrepreneur Ricardo B Salinas, who bought his first Bitcoin at $200, shares the hard-won monetary wisdom passed down through four generations of his family. Having survived Mexico's devastating hyperinflation of the 1980s, Salinas understands firsthand how fiat money destroys wealth, corrupts society, and enslaves entire populations.This groundbreaking book reveals:Why saving in dollars, euros, or any fiat currency guarantees pover...

Professor John Bookman Collection: Con Law and End of Days (Con Law II). And a bonus for the kids: Parts & Labor: The Adventures of Max DuganCON LAWJohn Bookman—Book to his friends—is a tenured professor at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin. He rides a Harley and wears jeans and cowboy boots and his hair too long to suit the conservative dean. He’s thirty-five, handsome and unmarried but seldom without a female companion. He teaches karate and Con Law, law sch...

An ISIS attack on America is narrowly averted when the FBI uncovers a plot to detonate a weapon of mass destruction in Cowboys Stadium during the Super Bowl. A federal grand jury indicts twenty-four co-conspirators, including the most dangerous man in Dallas, Omar al Mustafa. He is a notorious and charismatic Muslim cleric known for his incendiary anti-American diatribes on YouTube and Fox News. His mosque is a veritable breeding ground for Islamic jihadists. His arrest is greeted with che...

An FBI agent shoots and kills a black boy during a gang raid gone bad. The politically ambitious Dallas district attorney indicts the agent for manslaughter and turns the case into a cause. The agent begs Federal District Judge A. Scott Fenney to defend her, but that would require he resign his lifetime appointment to the federal bench. He can't.But he must.

A practical, non-technical guide for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and curious minds"Agents are (…) bringing about the biggest revolution in computing since we went from typing commands to tapping on icons." — Bill Gates"AI agents will become the primary way we interact with computers in the future." — Satya Nadella"The age of agentic AI is here"— Jensen HuangIn a world where ChatGPT took us by storm, a f...