The war is over. But peace has not arrived.Deep in the Mississippi Delta, hidden among the willow brakes and cypress water, sits a leaning shack called The Crooked Lantern. By day, it is little more than a weathered building. By night, it becomes something else entirely—a kitchen, a juke, a sanctuary, a church for the weary.The people who gather there are newly freed men and women, laborers, drifters, widows, veterans, and souls trying to learn what freedom is supposed to f...

Men were raised for one world - then found themselves in another.Lead with clarity. Live with purpose. Build real connection.Men were raised for one world - then found themselves in another. The rules changed. The role models disappeared.Albert Jamae faced that same confusion, questioning what healthy masculinity actually meant in today's world. Through hard conversations, personal growth, and decades of lived experience, he rebuilt...

What happens when one of the clearest minds of the modern age turns on capitalism? In this brief, bracing essay, Albert Einstein argues that competition distorts democracy, corrodes education, and leaves human life precarious and small. Against it, he proposes something unfashionable: a society organized for cooperation rather than profit.

Robert Warren, also known as Bob, is the son of wealthy and doting parents who gave their child everything except for brains. When it finally comes time for their son to enter college, they ensure him admission to one of the finest schools in the country on an athletic scholarship. Once there, his good looks and idiotic charm lead him to discover the school's biggest secret—a time machine. The normally furtive research team decides that the best way to keep him quiet and keep the project u...

Built by Blood, Stolen by Greed is a powerful true memoir of ambition, family loyalty, betrayal, and resilience.Albert Crisafulli shares the remarkable story of his journey from humble beginnings as a warehouse worker to becoming one of the most successful sales professionals in the janitorial supply industry. Through relentless determination, hard work, and an unwavering commitment to excellence, he built a thriving business from the ground up.But success ca...

Jam Woodrow isn't the kind of investigator you call for routine work. Known for his rough edges, sharp instincts, and a vocabulary as colorful as his past, he's the man The Upstate Investigation and Executive Protection Agency trusts when a case demands grit and results.When rising football star Neo Wells vanishes into a web of secrets, Jam reluctantly takes the job. What begins as a missing-person search quickly unravels into something far darker: a hidden network of corruption co...

John Albert Macy's A child's guide to reading is a thoughtful early twentieth-century work of literary instruction, designed to cultivate not merely mechanical literacy but intelligent, pleasurable, and morally alert reading. Written in a clear, persuasive, and pedagogically refined prose style, the book belongs to a period when educators and men of letters sought to shape taste through disciplined encounters with worthy texts. Macy treats reading as an art of selection, appreciation, and ...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • The masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus now in a striking American English translation. The Stranger remains vital for its unsettling insights into the impossibility of moral certainty in the face of violence.“Matthew Ward has done Camus and us a great service. The Stranger is now a different and better novel for its American readers; it is now our classic as well as France’s.”—Chicago Sun-Times

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK“Enchantingly sinister. . . a Gothic thriller, with a frisson of magic.” —Jennifer Harlan, The New York Times Book Review“An extraordinary book. It’s a page-turner, full of mystery, but that’s the least of it. The language is dusted with magic. The Children reminded me of Ray Bradbury at his best.” —Stephen King...

The badge gave her authority. Losing it made her dangerous.When a child vanishes, Dannie Bauer, the youngest Deputy in the Geauga County Sheriff's Department, pushes past procedure and politics, chasing leads others dismiss.But a missing child is just the beginning.What she uncovers isn't a single predator—it's a coordinated network trafficking children beyond the reach of local law enforcement. The deeper she digs, the more resistance she faces—fro...

Full of grief and jaded by love, corporate philanthropist Egan MacGuire is given two options by his boss: take a leave of absence or kiss his job goodbye. A road trip with a friend is just the distraction Egan needs to figure out how to get his life back on track.Celeste St. Angelo left the bright lights and big city for the mountains of North Carolina to open the next phase of her flourishing Angel Therapy business, a healing and wellness center. With the grand opening looming she...

“Off Base combines a sexy romance with an emotionally dramatic story and is a great start to the Out of Uniform series.”—All About RomanceAfter trading the barracks for a fixer-upper rental, navy SEAL Zack Nelson wants peace, not a roommate—especially not Pike, who sees things about Zack he most wants to hide. Pike’s flirting puts virgin Zack on edge. And the questions Pike’s arrival would spark from Zack’s teammates about his own sexuality? Nope....