Amid early twentieth-century China’s epochal shifts, a vital and prolific commercial publishing industry emerged. Recruiting late Qing literati, foreign-trained academics, and recent graduates of the modernized school system to work as authors and editors, publishers produced textbooks, reference books, book series, and reprints of classical texts in large quantities at a significant profit. Work for major publishers provided a living to many Chinese intellectuals and offered them a platfo...

Amid early twentieth-century China’s epochal shifts, a vital and prolific commercial publishing industry emerged. Recruiting late Qing literati, foreign-trained academics, and recent graduates of the modernized school system to work as authors and editors, publishers produced textbooks, reference books, book series, and reprints of classical texts in large quantities at a significant profit. Work for major publishers provided a living to many Chinese intellectuals and offered them a platfo...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning historian and best-selling author of Gettysburg comes the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee. An intimate look at the Confederate general in all his complexity—his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward calm, his disloyalty and his honor."An important contribution to reconciling the myths with the facts." —New York Times Book Review...

When an ancient evil rises……six misfits must rally together.But has their destiny already been written?Two teenage star-crossed lovers formed a team who would become their family. They thought their future was bright, but a war is fast approaching. The fate of all reality hanging in the balance.To succeed, they must uncover the true reason why Camelot fell.What no one could predict was their bond would unleash a hellish end.Can destiny be rew...

Could the 2024 election have been the last free election held in a unified America? • "A dire warning of the right’s drift towards authoritarianism.” —Financial TimesPublished in the run-up to Donald Trump’s victory, Rebellion sounded a chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats posed to American democracy by the increasingly radicalized Republican Party. With the Trump administration in place, and attempting a systematic dismantling of the...

The American West has a long tradition of conflict over water. But after fifteen years of drought across the region, it is no longer simply conflict: it is crisis. In the face of unprecedented declines in reservoir storage and groundwater reserves throughout the West, Shopping for Water focuses on a set of policies that could contribute to a lasting solution: using market forces to facilitate the movement of water resources and to mitigate the risk of water shortages.S...

Brought to you by Penguin.A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radicalization of the Republican Party, from a leading historian and intellectualThe 2024 election could be the last free election held in a unified America. So warns Robert Kagan in this brilliant and terrifying analysis of the perilous state of democracy in the United States today. If Donald Trump loses the upcoming election, as he did in...

After Nara died……the Beast was freed.Will her friends survive his wrath?Julie lost her best friend, her mentor, and her body all in a day. Every time she looks in the mirror she sees Nara's face, and the deadly magic it hides. Her sociopathic father is serving the Beast, capturing her boyfriend's little brother to appease it.She and her friends must confront the sins of their families' horrific legacies to prevent a deadly reckoning.Though, Julie wou...

"An incisive, elegantly written, new book about America’s unique role in the world." --Tom Friedman, The New York TimesA brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward.**Recent years have brought deeply disturbing developments around the globe. American sentiment seems to be leaning increasingly toward withdrawal in the fa...

After the rise of a deity……they fled to a magical kingdom.But can they ever return?Nara had spent thousands of years trapped inside her deranged mother's castle. After being enrolled at the Knight Academy, she thought she'd finally be free. She had everything - a mentor in magic, a loving boyfriend, and a group of friends she called family.But then it all fell to pieces.One of her friends was possessed by an ancient evil. The only way for the rest of...

When he learned that magic was real……he began to trust the mysterious stranger.But was he ready for the Knight Academy?At 14-years old, Jason had three problems, his grandfather was missing, his mother was deathly ill, and he had a crush on a 16-year-old girl that was great with a sword. And there was more going on at the school than he saw.There are magical dangers hidden in the modern world.They must learn to fight the threats.What they did...

Rooster covers one year in the lives of two twelve year old boys, living in oak-wooded foothills, and the boys' battles with two persistent antagonists: a fierce old boar hog named Old Lop Ear, and a weird old recluse named Garvey Bockenweiler. The stories are a mixture of real life adventures of the two young boys, and fantastic constructs of one boy's fertile imagination. Rooster conjures up imagined encounters with a huge rattlesnake, a wise old bullfrog, and a motherly skunk. The young...