**"Think: lesbian DJ love triangles, anticonformists, grainy MTV, and designer drugs.” —Sophia June, Playboy "Most Anticipated Books of 2026"One of the premier French cult novels of the last thirty years, a tender and combative portrait of Paris’s queer rave scene in the 90s — for fans of Virginie Despentes and Gary Indiana.**Louise is a woman in her early thirties with a record contract, colorful roommates, and a passionate, volatile relationship with the lesbian ...

Paris, late 90s: at the centre of the city's queer techno scene, musician Louise lives in a haze of parties, drugs and hooking up. A group of women orbits her magnetic DJ ex-girlfriend Alex; as they bar hop, go to each other's sets and climb into each other's beds, Louise struggles to make rent and work on her own electronic music.Then comes what should be her big moment: Louise gets a life-changing record contract, but she has no idea what she wants. Pulled between her ex-boyfrien...

Lawrence of Arabia meets Sebastian Junger's War in this unique, incendiary, and dramatic true story of heroism and heartbreak in Afghanistan written by a Pulitzer Prize–nominated war correspondent.Army Special Forces Major Jim Gant changed the face of America’s war effort in Afghanistan. A decorated Green Beret who spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq training indigenous fighters, Gant argued for embedding autonomous units with tribes across Afghanistan to earn the Afghans’ trust an...

When Scott and Kim Quinn discover a mysterious diamond, their family suddenly finds itself at the center of unwanted attention—from greedy corporations to sensationalist media outlets. But this diamond didn't come from a mine… it came from their dog, Max.After Max eats and later poops out a large crystal, Scott and Kim tap into online resources and discover it’s a genuine diamond. What starts as an innocent Internet search quickly spirals into a viral media storm, fueled by misinfo...

In this fabulous fantasy series opener, one of the newest students at a school for magical ponies learns about confidence and the power within.Daisy is thrilled to be attending the Enchanted Pony Academy, where glitter ponies learn to use their magic. But she's nervous, too. Daisy's hooves are sparkly, just like every other magical pony's, but they don't give off glitter. And worse, she has no idea what her magical power might be!Will the Academy help Daisy d...

In 1942 Pauli Murray, a young black woman from North Carolina studying law at Howard University, visited a constitutional law class taught by Caroline Ware, one of the nation’s leading historians. A friendship and a correspondence began, lasting until Murray’s death in 1985. Ware, a Boston Brahmin born in 1899, was a scholar, a leading consumer advocate, and a political activist. Murray, born in 1910 and raised in North Carolina, with few resources except her intelligence and determination...

Riding fun at the Enchanted Pony Academy!Electra loves to be outside, running as fast as she can--and she's fast! So now that it's time to learn to ride with the children at Enchanted Pony Academy, Electra couldn't be more excited.But riding is a lot harder than it looks. When Electra accidentally throws a prince onto the dirt, the other children are afraid to get in the saddle. Can she find her perfect match and keep working toward becoming a royal pony -- before time runs out?

Chocolate - irresistible to so many of us - has gone upmarket, with chocolate shops full of the most beautiful confections. Luckily, creating mouth-watering confections at home no longer requires hours of training and this book will teach you all the inside tips, techniques and methods for making chocolates like a professional chocolatier. Using ingredients such as strawberries and cream and espresso, to the more adventurous flavour combinations such as jasmine and rose, chilli chocolate, ...

In Book Two, Playing with Fire (23,081 words), Scott and Alex use their own detective skills to help undermine a criminal consortium.A news story about a fire in a local strip mall sets the adventure in motion. Four stores are burned to the ground. Each member of the family has their own suspicions about who set the fire and why. A friendly bet between family members results.Alex helps Scott and Amy helps Kim try and solve the mystery. Alex is convinced his father knows som...

This manual provide guidelines and inspiration for creating and sustaining listening circles for women. In this book, I draw from experience working with those facing homelessness or transition. The manual is also designed for any of us to meet the ever-growing need to come together in community to share and receive support in connecting to our inner place of home.This work, of "working without doing," is vital nourishment, and absolutely needs to be shared in a world of ever-incre...

This book is a collection of stories about some of the hundreds of courageous, newly homeless women who have participated in the meditation circles Anne Scott has led over the course of the past five years. These are stories of how, when given a safe space to reconnected with the sacred within themselves, women of all backgrounds and religions can come together to find healing and transformation in the simplicity of silence, sharing, and witnessing.In this luminous collection of st...

Anne Scott has never housed her books in order of theme or author yet she knows where each of them is and the kind of life it has led. Some have been gifts but most have been chosen in bookshops unique in their style and possibilities. They have been observers of discovery, decisions, and marvels with her, following the line of her time and place. Some are everyday shops with a shelf of books in a corner, some are beginning again after long lives as churches, printing presses, medieval hou...