In the dark recesses of a hangar, hidden deep in the Mojave desert, an experimental hypersonic aircraft awaits a highly classified task.A secret to all but a handful of men, the XS-81 has a very specific purpose, ready to protect the United States' military secrets from a new wave of Soviet satellites.To crew a politically sensitive first mission, a young test pilot will sit alongside an Edwards AFB veteran. For Captain Red Brunson, this is a chance to make...

'I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.'First published in 1901, Up From Slavery is Booker T. Washington's powerful memoir, recounting his journey from enslavement to becoming a leading educator and advocate for Black progress.Born into slavery in the American South, Washington recalls his rise to becoming a founder of the Tuskeg...

Originally published in 1988, and charting the first decade of Prince’s meteoric rise, Prince: Imp of the Perverse, was the earliest book to explore Prince’s prodigious and eccentric talent.Prince Rogers Nelson stood alone as a musical maestro amongst his peers, and proved you could do it all yourself: write, play, perform, produce and take control of your career. He took American pop by the scruff of the neck and shaped it to his own mercurial ends.This contemporary accoun...

Smile. You're on camera. Everywhere you go.— A conwoman. A cop. A gentleman. A rebel. —In a small suburb of Connecticut, and totally unaware of each other, four lives are about to collide.But will their lives entangle before experienced cop, Nate Bennett, and rookie cop, Maggie Zucha, complete their investigation of tracking down footage that, if released, will shake America to its very core?Their detective skills are put to the toughest test, but they'll nee...

IN THE FUTURE, TECHNOLOGY WILL EXCEED HUMANITY… OF THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT.Time: 2047Place: Washington DC.A loner. A teacher. A killer. A preacher.On the streets of the capital city, four lives may be about to collide.And if they do, a nation once regarded as “the greatest country in the world”, will begin to self destruct.President Sally W. Campbell can see the danger coming. But can her plan to end America’s misery come to fruition before it’...

Dive into the tumultuous life of Robert Downey Jr., a Hollywood icon whose journey from stardom to the brink of destruction reveals the complexities of fame and redemption.This comprehensive account chronicles Robert Downey Jr.'s extraordinary life and career, exploring his rise to fame through iconic roles in Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, alongside his early days in the Brat Pack and memorable appearances on Saturday Night Live and A...

**NATURE IS CALLING—but they shouldn't have answered.“A compulsive page-turner mixing supernatural survival horror and ... adventure.” — Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearers' Club**Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakes from a coma to find that his climbing buddy, Augustin, is missing and presumed dead. Nick’s own injuries are as extensive as they are horrifying. His face wrapped in bandages and unable to speak,...

"MAGNIFICENT...I could not stop reading it. I loved it.” —Charlotte McConaghy, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Wild Dark Shore“Armfield is an ERA-DEFINING writer.” —Kaliane Bradley, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of The Ministry of Time“Armfield writes the kind of books that STICK WITH YOU FOR LIFE.” —Kristen Arnett, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING autho...

From the Emmy, Critics Choice and Golden Globe winning co-creator and star of Netflix’s acclaimed Adolescence comes an era-defining book on fathers, sons, and the meaning of manhood.What do you wish you could tell your son before he faced his first real failure? Before his heart got broken? Or before he had to stand on his own two feet? How would you teach him to show strength, courage, and ambition without being aggressiv...

Formula One meets The Hating Game in this rivals-to-lovers romance between a legacy driver and F1’s first woman driver★★Now with a bonus short story exclusive to eBook readers! ★★Diana Zahrani is Formula One’s first female racing driver this century. All the other drivers are told to race carefully around her, and leave her to her real job: being a pretty face and good advertising for a hypermasculine sport. But Diana’s not worked this hard her who...

Three years ago, Lexie destroyed their friendship group with a single, unforgivable act. Now she’s bringing them all back together. And someone’s going to pay…On a cold October night, a group of old college friends arrive at a fog-shrouded lakehouse, summoned by a curious email that reads more like a threat than an invitation. From the woman no one has spoken to for three years.There’s the cynical best friend, the anguished fiancé, the careless player, the ...

Bloomsbury presents Writing Black Panther by Howard Rambsy II, read by Greg LockettA timely look at contemporary African American creative works through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates's ground-breaking entry into the comic book industry.Writing Black Panther traces Ta-Nehisi Coates’s presence in comic books from 2015-2023, focusing on his contributions as the writer for Black Panther. His ambitious 50-issue run of the Marvel comic c...