Corin Ashe pours ale for a living and reads a room for survival. It's enough, until the morning the woman he loves stands in the town square and swears, before the whole city, that he is a traitor.He doesn't understand why. Not yet. He only understands that his father dies trying to reach him, that the crown's guards drag him away in chains, and that Isolde's face gives him nothing at all. No grief. No apology. Nothing.Ash Hollow is where broken men go to finish breaking. I...

In this first book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's beloved YA fantasy series Books of Bayern**,** Princess Ani must become a goose girl before she can become queen.Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, spends the first years of her life listening to her aunt's stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. As she grow...

An award-winning author's humorous dark fantasy novella about demonic possession.In a botched demonic extraction, they say the demon feels it ten times worse than the man. But they don't die, and we do. Equilibrium.The unnamed and morally questionable narrator is an exorcist with great follow-through and few doubts. His methods aren't delicate but they're undeniably effective: he'll get the demon out—he just doesn't particularly care what happens to the per...

The Strega Award–winning Italian author's "scalding and incisive" novel of marriage and family bonds that come undone in the wake of an affair ( Library Journal, starred review).A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Sunday Times and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearWinner of the 2015 Bridge Prize for Best NovelItaly, 1970s. Like many marriages, Vanda...

"Fifty-one columns, short in length but long on wisdom" from the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, an HBO original series ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller, the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called "one of the great novelists of our time" ( The New York Times)."This is my...

K. J. Parker returns to the amoral world of Prosper’s Demon with a wry, sardonic novella that flips the eternal, rule-governed battle between men and demons on its head.An anonymous representative of the Devil, once a high-ranking Duke of Hell and now a committed underachiever, has spent the last forever of an eternity leading a perfectly tedious existence distracting monks from their liturgical devotions. It’s interminable, but he prefers it that way, now that he’s been o...

Lost in space and time…Zac’s supposed to be in grad school, not outer space. He’s determined to carve out a life for himself, but he never imagined a three way romance between himself, an alien soldier, and a human woman with the heart of a Synnr warrior.A human born Synnr…Grace has never quite fit in. One hundred percent human, but raised by a Synnr father and human mother, she has a foot in two worlds and belongs in neither. A Synnr Match would g...

WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and ultimately finds himself stuck at the end of a forest road. It soon grows dark and begins to snow. But instead of searching for help, he ventures, foolishly, into the dark forest. Inevitably, the man gets lost, and as he grows cold and tired, he encounters a glowing being amid the obscurity. Strange, haunting and drea...

A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and finally he gets stuck at the end of a forest road. Soon it gets dark and starts to snow, but instead of going back to find help, he ventures, foolishly, into the dark forest. Inevitably, the man gets lost, and as he grows cold and tired, he encounters a glowing being amid the obscurity. Strange, haunting and dreamlike, A Shining is a luminous tale about the boundary between li...

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**Bayes' Theorem and Bayesian Statistics: Your Gateway to Understanding**Dive into the fascinating world of Bayesian statistics with "Bayes' Theorem and Bayesian Statistics," the essential beginner's guide in the acclaimed "Getting Started With Statistics" series.**Why You Need This Book:**- **Demystify Bayesian Statistics:** Learn Bayes' Theorem in plain English, free from intimidating mathematical jargon.- **Accessible Introduction:** Perfect for beginners ...

LEARN TO READ WHILE HAVING FUN! Level 2 of this award-winning learn-to-read series continues to help children develop the skills they need for independent reading success.The Now I'm Reading! books offer a comprehensive approach that integrates the best of phonics and storytelling to help young readers take their first steps toward reading success.In LEVEL 2: AMAZING ANIMALS, children learn essential phonics skills while re...