The Eighteenth Brumaire in the United States, Germany, and France, 1852–1933 is the first extended political history of Karl Marx’s seminal text.Written largely in an engaging narrative form that centers political actors engaging with the text, the book uses published and archival sources to reconstruct the contexts of editions in three languages over eight decades. Stark begins with a new interpretation of the origins of the Brumaire in a context of arguments among revolu...

Darkly beautiful, funny yet self-aware, 'Break My Curse' takes tropes from werewolf romance lore and turns them on their head. A lovely tale about love, found family, and forgiveness. After a lonely trek across the US, Chris Navarro is offered a home with the strange but charming Cain clan—much to the dismay of Noah Cain who hates everything about Chris at first sight. But as Chris and Noah start getting closer, Chris learns about the family's tragic past, and secrets start to unravel. To ...

A chance meet brings two fated mates together, but can they overcome their personal hurdles to make their relationship work, when one of them isn't quite as human as the other?KhushWhat were the chances of running into my mate the first time I visited the human world? Almost none. And yet, there he was, with sparkling blue eyes, brightly painted nails, a wide smile, and a sassy as fuck mouth.There was no way I was dropping ...

Lucky is anything but his namesake. First, he gets roped into marrying a woman when she claims he got her pregnant. Now, he's getting divorce papers claiming he's been unfaithful. To add insult to injury, no one will even listen to his side of the story. A kindhearted bar manager saves him from sleeping in his car, but can he handle sharing a house with eight other men?Spencer sometimes hates his job as a private investigator. His last case funded his college exchange course in Aus...

Ali Hazelwood meets Dungeons & Dragons in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy academia romcom where rival grad student wizards are forced to work together without killing—or falling for—each other.Will they conjure love, or evoke chaos? Two rival wizards are about to find out.Sebastian Walsh: Evocation Department. Human. The first of his family to pick college over the military.Elethior Tourael: Conjuration Department. Half-elf. Pretent...

This issue of Weird Tales presents a batch of entirely new short stories, flash fiction, poems, and an essay dealing with monsters who defy death, including zombies, vampires, mummies, and various and assorted revenants. There are some real heavy hitters here—bestsellers and names listeners might not yet know … but should. And will.Like Weird Tales itself—the magazine that never dies—these monsters are coming for you and they are very, very hungry.“The Eyr...

You don't need to reach Mars to reach your dreams.Robbed of their chance at leaving Earth to pursue green-energy innovations, Ryn embraces new dreams-fighting deep sea threats in conjunction with a giant cephalopod. It's 2139 in the Cali-Coastal Corporate Zone, and Ryn struggles with their own body and brain as they fight to survive five days locked up with academic rivals and the military-backed billionaires who've misled them all since their teenage years.Ryn needs an exi...

In the next installment of this New York Times bestselling early chapter book series, Eva and her friends celebrate the winter holiday, Moonfest!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help ...

“There are wonders and terrors out there you can't yet imagine, and people out there you don't yet know are family.”I don’t mix well with people; I prefer the birds. I spend my time trying to find the Trickster—a finch treasured by the locals. My smart mouth, brash behavior, and being non-binary in this secluded southern town keep me on the periphery of Spastoke’s society. Fine by me. All I need are the birds and my uncle Jeremy.Until he dies, and ...

Two fated mates bond over their mutual love of comic books, but when one of them discovers his new friend isn’t quite human, will their friendship end or turn into something more?HarutoMy first visit to the human realm in decades was… memorable. I visited a comic book store, and made a new friend. Liam was just as geeky as me, and while he might seem scary to humans, all I saw were his sweet smiles and kind gestures.Discove...

Cornelius Sawyer is a man of many talents, but forgiveness is not one of them.Watt Johnson is a man of his word, but not once in his life has he spoken up for himself.Once connected by the bonds of childhood, threads now severed by the demands of life, the pair are brought together for a once in a lifetime opportunity: an all expenses paid expedition to Brazil, searching for a man the world believes to be long dead, Percy Fawcett. And perhaps, even the Lost City that he was...

Two fated mates. One deadly need. Is this their ending…or the beginning of forever?ZamirThe Sanctuary gave me a home, and the ability to survive without killing like the rest of my kind. Life was good… until all my friends started finding their mates.I thought I could drown my loneliness in alcohol, but instead, I found him: the ancient, impossibly hot dragon who owns the bar…and who happens to be my mate.No...