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The boldly original, dramatic, intertwined story of three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men.Orphaned from infancy, Catherine de Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French king, she was widowed by forty, only to become the power behind the French throne during a period of intense civil strife. In 1546, Catherine gave birth to a daughter, Elisabeth de Valois, who would become Queen of Spain. Two years later, C...

Nathan Go's taut meditation on forgiveness and regret is told in the indelible voice of a Filipino chauffeur nearing the end of his life.After suffering a serious heart injury, Lito Macaraeg reaches out to his estranged son-a journalist who lives in the United States, far from his father's Manila nursing home-to promise him a scoop: the story of a secret meeting between Imelda Marcos and Corazon Aquino. Imelda, best known for her excessive sho...

A master historian's retrieval of the spiritual visions and vitalisms that animate American life and the possibilities they offer today.In Animal Spirits, the distinguished historian Jackson Lears explores an alternative American cultural history by tracking the thinkers who championed the individual's spontaneous energies and the idea of a living universe against the strictures of conventional religion, business, and politics. From Puritan ti...

In exhilarating, transformative prose, the poet Patrick Mackie reveals a musician in dialogue with culture at its most sweepingly progressive.Mozart is one of the most familiar and beloved icons of our culture, but how much do we really understand of his music, and what can it reveal to us about the great composer?Following Mozart from his adolescence in Salzburg to his early death, from his close and rivalrous relationship with his father to ...

A startling new portrait of George Eliot, a beloved novelist and rare philosophical mind who explored the complexities of marriage.In the 1850s, Marian Evans transformed herself into George Eliot-an author celebrated for her genius as soon as she published her debut novel. During those years she also became a wife. After eloping to Berlin with George Lewes-a writer, philosopher, and married man-Eliot lived with him for twenty-four years. She a...

From the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Arkansas Ozarks, and the group of friends obsessed with finding it.Five friends arrive back in Eternal Springs, the small town they all fled after high-school graduation. Each of them is drawn home by a cryptic, scrawled two-word letter: You promised.It has been fifteen years since that life-changing summer, and they're anxious to find out why Brand...

The history of NOW-its organization, trials, and revolutionary mission-told through the work of three members.In the summer of 1966, crammed into a DC hotel suite and passing paper cups of liquor, twenty-eight women hatched a revolutionary plan. Betty Friedan, the well-known author of The Feminine Mystique, and Pauli Murray, a lawyer at the front lines of the civil rights movement, had quietly pulled away attendees from the State Womens' Commi...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer's first novel, Veniss Underground, takes readers on a journey to a labyrinthine city of tunnels, and the dangers lurking behind each turn.Set in the mysterious and magical city of Veniss, a surreal metropolis that sits over an underground labyrinth of tunnels and mines. In this tale, epic and mythological in scope, VanderMeer takes the reader below the surface of the e...

Moving and evocative, Disappearing Act is a YA memoir-in-verse following author Jiordan Castle's coming of age as her family reckons with the aftershocks of her father's imprisonment.It was the summer before high school, the beginning of everything.But also an end.Jiordan's family was never quite like everyone else's, with her father's mood swings, her mother's attempts at normalcy, and her two older sisters with a different last name. But on ...

A riveting true story about dreams, dedication, and an amazing robot named Stinky, based on Joshua Davis' New York Times bestseller and now adapted for young readers by bestselling Mexican American author Reyna Grande. In 2004, four undocumented Mexican teenagers arrived at the national underwater robotics championship at the University of California, Santa Barbara. No one had ever told Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they would amount ...

Our favorite fish is on the soccer field!Mr. Fish is on a team, but his team does not win the game. All the fish are about to pout! But playing a game isn't always about who scores the most points-it's about having fun along the way! Turn little pouts into big smiles with this Beginning Reader about soccer, teamwork, and enjoying the moment featuring the characters from the New York Times-bestselling Pout-Pout Fish series by Deborah Diesen wit...

The sequel to Erin Beaty's buzzworthy YA medieval fantasy-thriller Blood and Moonlight, Silence and Shadow is full of swoony romance, dangerous magick, and murder. Perfect for fans of Kerri Maniscalco and Mary E. Pearson. After catching a killer and barely escaping with their lives, Cat and Simon arrive in the sprawling city of Londunium disguised as husband and wife to avoid suspicion. Cat looks to hone her mysterious new powers at the local ...

Of Light and Shadow is a novel about magic, mayhem, love, and betrayal-the story of a bandit and a prince who change each other in unexpected ways.When they don't give us our birthright, we steal it. Roshan Chaya is out for justice. Abandoned by her parents at birth and adopted by the kingdom of Jwala's most notorious bandit before his brutal murder, she is now leader of the Shadow Clan, a gang of farmers-turned-bandits impoverished by the pro...

Our favorite fish is on the hunt for the class pet!Mr. Fish's class has a pet, but one day the pet isn't in its cage. Where did he go? The whole class is about to pout! Will they be able to work together to bring the pet home?This paperback Level 1 Beginning Reader about patience, teamwork, and classroom fun features the characters from the New York Times-bestselling Pout-Pout Fish series by Deborah Diesen with illustrations from Dan Hanna.

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Smile, a refreshingly honest middle-grade debut novel about toxic sibling rivalry, socioeconomic disparity, and dental drama.Max Plink's life is complicated. Her parents aren't getting along. The school bullies are relentless-and her own sister is the cruelest of them. Worst of all, her mouth is a mess. With a mismatched puzzle of a jaw, Max has a Class II malocclusion, otherwise known as a severe overbit...

Our favorite fish is on the hunt for the class pet!Mr. Fish's class has a pet, but one day the pet isn't in its cage. Where did he go? The whole class is about to pout! Will they be able to work together to bring the pet home?This paperback Level 1 Beginning Reader about patience, teamwork, and classroom fun features the characters from the New York Times-bestselling Pout-Pout Fish series by Deborah Diesen with illustrations from Dan Hanna.

Don't miss the other books in the adorable If Animals Kissed Good Night series by Ann Whitford Paul and David Walker: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Celebrated Christmas, If Animals Went to School, If Animals Gave Thanks, and If Animals Tried to be Kind!If animals went to work . . .what would they do?Mail carrier Kangaroo would carry cards and packages in her pouch.Librarian Owl would read books aloud.And ...

This sweet, rhythmic picture book written by Janet Lawler with stunning illustrations by Tamisha Anthony is a gentle yet powerful exploration of how hope makes us loving, courageous, and connected to one another.There's no place like hope, where possible lives, where people are helpful and everyone gives.If you're feeling scared or sad, happy or helpful, or anything in between-hope will make it better and help you through. It's not always easy...

Accompanied by drawings from Elizabet Vukovic, Debbi Michiko Florence writes a beautifully heartfelt and richly humorous eighth book in the Jasmine Toguchi series.Eight-year-old Jasmine Toguchi is now an expert on travel and doesn't want summer to end! In this final book chronicling her family vacation in Japan, she visits Kyoto. And wowee zowee, on this vacation there is still lots more to see.This is their last stop, and Jasmine is thrilled ...

From Sarah Allen, the acclaimed author of What Stars Are Made Of and Breathing Underwater, comes a chilling middle-grade tale of fear, friendship, and finding courage even in the darkest of moments. In this monster story that's also an allegory for relentless anxiety, see how far a penny's worth of hope will take you when you enter The Nightmare House.I saw a person with blank, colorless eyes . . . and this time, I wasn't dreaming.Penny Hope u...