An electrifying and “provocative, rich, and assured” (Vogue) debut novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their sensational breakup, and the dark secrets unearthed when they try to reunite decades later for one last tour.“A packed time capsule that doubles as a stick of dynamite.” —The New York Times Book ReviewOpal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in he...

The “riveting” (The Economist), secret story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China.Spies is the history of the secret war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage, sabotage, and subversion were the Kremlin’s means to equalize the imbalance of resources between the East and West before, during, and after the Cold War. There was nothing “unpr...

In this “sure-fire all-American success story” (The New York Times Book Review), the founder of Wal-Mart describes the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to build the largest retailer in the world.“[A] wise and inspiring autobiography—Walton tells his quietly fantastic story with conviction and makes no bones about his mistakes.”—San Francisco ChronicleMeet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespu...

Spiritual Life Writing sets out various ways of reflecting upon spiritual experience when writing from everyday life. It draws upon the history of spiritual autobiography as well as more recent forms of creative nonfiction and provides a worked example drawn from the author’s own spiritual life writing.

Now a Major Motion Picture starring Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, and Taylor Russell!Fans of More Happy Than Not and The Perks of Being a Wallflower will cheer for Adam in this uplifting and surprisingly funny story of a boy living with schizophrenia.When you can't trust your mind, trust your heart.Adam is a pretty regular teen, except he's navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia. His hallu...

WINNER of the 2018 Campbell Award for Best Novel A WALL STREET JOURNAL Best Science Fiction Book of 2017 In this science fiction thriller, brothers are pitted against each other as a pandemic threatens to destabilize world governments by exerting a subtle mind control over survivors. Neil Johns has just started his dream job as a code breaker in the NSA when his brother, Paul, a mycologist, goes missing on a trip to collect samples in the Amazon jungle. Paul returns with a gap in his memor...

Macy Quinn has spent seven years building a life with Rhys Carr, Blackstone MC’s hard-edged vice president and the man whose name she once wore proudly on her back. Together, they own a thriving custom motorcycle shop, share a home, and are trying for the baby Macy has wanted for years.Then Rhys admits he slept with another woman.One confession becomes something uglier when Macy learns the betrayal did not begin in a bedroom. For months, Rhys gave another woman the conversa...

Finalist for 2017 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult LiteratureFor the first time, Jo Walton’s critically acclaimed, genre-defying trilogy Thessaly—The Just City, The Philosopher Kings, and Necessity—is available in softcover, in a single-volume trade paperback omnibusThe goddess Athena thought she was creating a utopia. Populate the island of Thera with extraordinary men, women, and children from throughout history, and w...

"Two period dramas . . . told through the science fictional conceit of alternate realities . . . All of this is rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty." — The New York Times Book ReviewIt's 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. "Confused today," read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know—what year it is, major events in the lives of her children. But she remembers things that don't seem possible...

From two of the most acclaimed writers in the field today, a groundbreaking look at how SF and fantasy writing—and reading!****—work.Jo Walton and Ada Palmer are two of the most innovative and insightful writers to emerge in the SF and fantasy genres in this century. As writers of fiction they’ve each won multiple awards. As commenters on SF and fantasy in print and in visual media, they’ve both sparked new conversations that expanded our imaginations and understan...

The Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award–winning author delivers a magical re-imagining of the man who remade fifteenth-century Florence.Young Girolamo's life is a series of miracles.It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. When Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field,...

Can Santa and the Grinch find love together?CandyI've been madly in love with my co-star for years. Four years to be exact. We only perform together once a year for the annual Christmas play, but I look forward to the days I can kiss Devin on stage. He doesn't need to know my kisses are real especially since he's engaged.But then he tells me he's single…DevinBeing a famous actor isn't easy. But coming home every Chr...