Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperiled if we veer off course.For the vast majority of its 4.54 billion years, Earth has proven it can manage just fine without human beings. Then came the first proto-humans, who emerged just a little more than 2 million years ago—a fleeting mome...

**In this “well-researched guide,” two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement—and offer “powerful ideas about how to fight back” (Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun)“Science is indeed under siege, and that’s not good for any of us. Here, Peter Hotez and Michael Mann name names...It’s not too late to do something; it’s time to get things done. Read on” (Bill Nye, science educator)**From pandemic...

A one-night hookup leads to an attraction that threatens the futures and hearts of a college student and a nightclub bouncer.In this prequel to Vindicated, Karly has been working hard to support her little sister and finish college. Her girls’ night out turns unexpected when she runs into Felony Bar’s bad boy, Randy McKenzie.Randy doesn’t do relationships—not since his girlfriend left with their son. When she left, something died inside him. They’re over, a...

An uptight accountant meets her match with a playboy bartender in the city’s most notorious nightclub.Ally Taylor is a good girl who likes safe, normal, boring guys. Jack Jameson is anything but safe. From his tattoos to his sexy grin, he’s the ultimate male package. Dating him goes against everything she believes in…but he gets her like no one else ever has. She’s strong-willed but not strong enough to resist the attraction between them or the temptation of having him in her bed.

Sparks fly behind closed office doors when a grumpy billionaire seeks revenge on his high school sweetheart by becoming her new boss.If I want something, I go after it, and I want revenge on Dakota Atwell.I hate the way she’s lived rent-free in my head since the day she left me.I hate the way she smells like fresh flowers and citrus.I hate the way my pulse races every time she walks into my office.I hate the way I dream about touchin...

"John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece." -The New Yorker"Doctor Faustus is Mann's deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods." -The New RepublicThomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonis...

A down-on-her-luck waitress struggles to finish college while battling attraction to the sexy bouncer at a dangerous nightclub.Karly’s only goal in life is to maintain a passing grade in college while working to support her little sister. To make ends meet, she takes a job at the infamous Felony Bar. The brooding bouncer Randy proves to be a distraction with his tattoos, muscles, and brooding eyes.Randy lost his girlfriend because he couldn’t say those thre...

The Lost Keys of Freemasonry is Manly P. Hall's early esoteric meditation on the inner meaning of Masonic symbolism, ritual, and moral discipline. Rather than a procedural manual, it reads as a philosophical allegory of initiation, presenting the lodge, the builder's tools, and the figure of the Master Mason as emblems of spiritual regeneration. Its elevated, aphoristic prose places it within the early twentieth-century occult revival, where comparative religion, Neoplatonism, Hermeticism,...

This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner's great masterpiece is a major literary event.Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts-The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider-as a unified narrative, a "mythological novel" of Joseph's fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the w...

One night. No names. No faces. It should have been simple.When Rourke crashes a secret masquerade ball, she has no idea the nameless, faceless stranger she hooked up with is about to be her new boss. He has her running in circles like he’s trying to break her, but when her life is in danger, this mafia prince will stop at nothing to keep her safe.Cinderella meets Fifty Shades in this dark, royalty romance from USA Today bestselling author Jeana E. M...

A fairytale marriage enters the battlefield when the exiled prince reveals his secrets and claims his throne as The War King.I married the man of my dreams and landed in a nightmare of secret government agencies, assassins, and military coups. To keep him, I must fight his enemies. To love him, I must tame my fears.He’s not the man I thought he was.He’s more.From award-winning author Jeana E. Mann comes the thrilling final installmen...