A witty, wicked, and wildly romantic Regency romance.Lady Verity Hawthorne has one week to save her crumbling estate—and her pride. The plan? Host the grandest house party of the Season and charm a wealthy duke into marriage. Preferably one who isn’t England’s most notorious scoundrel.But when the new stablehand turns out to be none other than Ash Calder, the Duke of Quelston, her long-time nemesis and the man who once broke her he...

A beautiful celebration of the joy of reading from bestselling children's author Piers Torday."Perhaps the greatest gift is reading itself."Join Girl, her loyal companion Dog, and new arrival Baby Brother on a magical journey to discover books. Together, they explore the many joys of reading: for happiness, adventure, empathy and even future success. From the quiet magic of libraries to the warmth of sharing stories at home, their world, reflections, ad...

Following the kidnapping of his wife who is now being held hostage, Max Flynn is forced to break the laws of the city of Denver, the very same laws he’s spent his career trying to protect and enforce, if he ever wants to see her alive again.Growing increasingly desperate with each new dangerous request from the kidnappers, Max knows he’s close to the point of no return and must decide whether to take matters into his own hands before it’s too late… for both him and his wife.

It's harpy hour in the New York Times**–bestselling series, as a one-of-a-kind Xanth woman searches for her happy ever after.**Though Gloha loves every inch of Xanth—from Lake Ogre-Chobee to the Ever Glades—being the only harpy-goblin cross in existence has her feeling a bit lonely. Now that she;s old enough to enter into the Adult Conspiracy, she has to face reality: There are no males of her kind to mate with. Her only chance at love is ...

Max has finally reached a breaking point with his wife’s kidnappers and, with his most trusted allies by his side, has taken matters into his own hands to get her back. But when a shocking revelation shatters his world and everything he believed, it soon becomes a race against time to save the city from total systemic destruction, countless deaths, and absolute chaos. Will Max be able to stop this insidious enemy before it’s too late, or is this the end of everything he’s worked so hard to...

A highly illustrated look at the Allied push to stop the Germans across central Italy, culminating in a battle in the middle of Florence.Following the fighting at Anzio and Cassino in 1944, the Allies were in pursuit of the Germans, who had managed to get away when the Americans took Rome. With experienced troops recalled from Italy to participate in the invasions of Normandy and southern France, the Allied numbers dwindled, only partially replaced by three divisio...

In The Divine Mimesis, Pasolini reimagines Dante’s descent into Hell not as allegory but as lived, historical reality—urban, political, and deeply personal. Written in the final years of his life, this unfinished and fiercely experimental work leads us through the wreckage of modern Italy: housing projects, consumer culture, political betrayal, the spiritual void left in the wake of fascism and capitalism alike. The poet is no longer a pilgrim, but a witness—disillusioned, irreverent, obse...

'A singular voice'NEW YORK TIMES'Tondelli shaped the sound of a generation'PARIS REVIEWSummer 1983, Rimini.Against the crowded panorama of the Adriatic Riviera, dazzling with its neon lights and promised pleasures, seven lives intersect.A young journalist on his first important assignment, determined to unravel a web of political corruption.A woman sea...

Summer 1983, Rimini.On the beaches and in the nightclubs of the Adriatic Riviera, dazzling with its neon lights and promised pleasures, seven lives intersect.A young journalist on his first important assignment, determined to unravel a web of political corruption.A woman searching for her runaway teenage sister - and a new life after the end of her marriage.A gossip columnist who follows the dramatic unfolding of an internat...

In The Naked Therapist, the author shares her memoir chronicling her transformative journey from a child-woman to a well-traveled crone over thirty years as a marriage and family therapist. Her narrative intertwines personal and professional experiences, revealing the profound impact of her mother's addiction and subsequent suicide on her life. The author candidly shares her struggles with anorexia, depression, and the challenges of single motherhood, all while navigating her career.

Notorious writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini’s final novel—visionary, phenomenally strange, and unfinished at the time of his brutal murder—tells a fragmentary and characteristically provocative story of an oil executive split between the desire to dominate and the desire to be dominated.Seventeen years after Pier Paolo Pasolini’s brutal death, his sprawling, unfinished magnum opus was published in Italy. Petrolio is an extraordinary display of Pasol...

Now in paperback, a collection of the legendary filmmaker's short fiction and nonfiction from 1950 to 1966, in which we see the machinations of the creative mind in post-World War II Rome.In a portrait of the city at once poignant and intimate, we find artistic witness to the customs, dialect, squalor, and beauty of the ancient imperial capital that has succumbed to modern warfare, marginalization, and mass culture. The sketches portray the impoverished masses that...