A comprehensive look at how slavery and resistance to it have shaped Yale UniversityAward-winning historian David W. Blight, with the Yale and Slavery Research Project, answers the call to investigate Yale University’s historical involvement with slavery, the slave trade, and abolition. This narrative history demonstrates the importance of slavery in the making of this renowned American institution of higher learning.Drawing on wide-ranging archival materia...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The shark-versus-man classic that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie—now in a fiftieth anniversary edition with an exclusive foreword from the author’s wife, renowned ocean conservation advocate Wendy Benchley“A tightly written, tautly paced study of terror.”—The Washington Post**A great white shark terrorizes the beautiful summer getaway of Amity Island, and a motley group of men take to the water to do battle wi...

As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity.For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal terms, but those days are gone. Nigh...

Hugo and Shirley Jackson award-winning Peter Watts stands on the cutting edge of hard SF with his acclaimed novel, BlindsightTwo months since the stars fell...Two months of silence, while a world held its breath.Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever's out there isn't talking to us. It's...

Running a call center is hard. But it can also be rewarding.Tip the balance in your favor with Call Center Connections to discover the keys to produce successful customer service outcomes.Experience a thriving center operation and become a leader in customer service with Call Center Connections.Benefits:- Boost staff morale and appreciation- Create a positive customer experience- Improve lea...

THE VELVET CURTAINA Memoir of Strength, Survival, and GraceBOOK DESCRIPTIONIn the heart of Paris, behind a curtain of deep burgundy velvet, lies a world that few dare to enter and even fewer truly understand. The Velvet Curtain is not merely an establishment it is a threshold between the ordinary and the extraordinary, between the secrets we keep and the truths we reveal.This is the story of Vivienne Laurent.Born into poverty in the shadow of Montmart...

**INCLUDES A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PATRICK ROTHFUSSExperience one of the most enduring classics of the twentieth century and the book that The Atlantic has called “one of the best fantasy novels ever.”**The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone......so she ventured out from the safety of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind. Joined along the way by the bumbling magician Schmendrick and the indomitable Molly Grue, th...

The Best Day is Today: A Practical Guide to Stop Waiting and Start LivingOverview: Are you constantly waiting for the "perfect time" to start your business, get in shape, or finally write that book? The Best Day is Today is a powerful wake-up call designed to help you break free from the paralysis of preparation and step into immediate action. We often tell ourselves stories about why now isn't the right time, but while we wait for ideal c...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RIDLEY SCOTT AND STARRING JACOB ELORDI, MARGARET QUALLEY, AND JOSH BROLIN • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The River: In this "end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning" (San Francisco Chronicle), Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. His gripping story is "an ode to friendship between two men...the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth liv...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next."A rare book that makes you question your assumptions about the world.” —The Wall Street JournalFrom the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the...

Now a DreamWorks movie available on Prime Video!This #1 New York Times bestselling illustrated middle grade novel from a Caldecott Honor winner tells an extraordinary story full of action and thought-provoking questions as a robot learns to survive—and live—in the wilderness.Can a robot survive in the wilderness?When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. S...

A page-turning science-fiction thriller from the author of Paradox Bound and the Ex-Heroes series.Step into the fold. It's perfectly safe.The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn’t much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he’s content with his quiet and peaceful existence.That is, until an old frien...