The last thing she wants is to dig up the past…When the body of a celebrated journalist is fished from the Edgartown Harbor, the official report rules his death accidental. But why was he alone on a senator’s yacht during a nor’easter? That’s only the first question London-based lawyer Kyra Gibson has when she arrives on the idyllic island of Martha’s Vineyard to settle her estranged father’s affairs.She’s not looking for closure. She’s not seen him in decades since he left...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Japan.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from visiting Yoshino for Japan's most famous cherry-blossom-viewing festival to sipping sake at a 300-year-old brewery in Niigata, and exploring the Unesco-listed streetscapes of Hagi.Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet's

*WINNER OF 2023 LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL * FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AWARD, and THE LOS ANGELES TIMES RAY BRADBURY PRIZE“The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I’ve read in years.”—Blake Crouch, author of Upgrade and Dark MatterHumankind discove...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel.Over 1 million copies sold in the UK.Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve ...

I just want to drink hot chocolate all day, but that guy with all the muscles and the killer tan is super distracting.As a new business owner selling gourmet hot chocolate to tourists and locals alike in our little beach town, I don’t allow for distractions. My plans are set and they don’t include a man.But things heat up faster than I can handle when a bronzed lifeguard pursues me in the most delicious of ways. Mix in a stalker determined to throw me off m...

She's texting him her heart. But she's got the wrong number…When Isabel "El" Watson applied for a sales job with her company, she had no idea a jelly donut would explode on her blouse, or that her grumpy boss would practically laugh her out of the interview. Accountants could be salespeople, she was sure of it, even if that jerkface didn't think so.So when a lady at the local wine festival offers her a sales job on the spot at a new boutique winery...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come**Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's predict...

Does Your Daughter Quit When It Gets Hard?Real confidence on the field isn't something girls are born with. It's built through every missed shot they learn from, every tough practice they show up for, and every moment they choose courage over comfort.Unstoppable Girls in Sports brings together 7 powerful, deeply relatable stories about young athletes navigating the raw emotions most sports books gloss over: crushing disappointment,...

Does Your Girl Give Up When Things Get Hard?Real confidence isn't something girls are born with. It's built, one brave try at a time.Growth Mindset Stories for Brave Girls — 7 warm, funny, and deeply relatable short stories about girls navigating the messy emotions most growth mindset books skip: jealousy, embarrassment, the fear of being judged, and the sting of going unnoticed. These aren't glossy, everything-works-out tales. The...

The year is 2051.They have it all.Control over information.Control over fear.Control over the future.They believehumanity will never awaken again.But every system has a weakness.All it takes is one person.One idea.One line of code.And when the machine awakens,the world will begin to changefaster than they can stop it.The process has already begun.

Stop Splitting Your Attention. Start Scaling Your Output. Modern business culture continually celebrates busyness as a proxy for effectiveness. We are conditioned to monitor incoming communications, respond to real-time alerts, and juggle strategic planning while navigating daily operational noise. Many entrepreneurs view multitasking as an essential skill for managing high-volume workloads. This perspective fundamentally misinterprets how the human brain processes...

The history of modern India cannot be understood without studying the evolution of its political parties. Among them, the Bharatiya Janata Party occupies a particularly significant place because of its transformation from a relatively small cadre-based organisation in 1980 into one of the most influential political parties in the world's largest democracy.Much has been written about the BJP's electoral victories, ideological positions, governments, and prominent leaders. Comparativ...