"A young Indigenous journalist's research into her state's Indian boarding schools becomes a sweeping journey through her own family's history, the memories of survivors, intergenerational trauma, and Native strategies of survival, resistance, and resilience"-- Provided by publisher.
"This international bestseller is the true story of a devoted book lover who finds connection in the vast sea of Tokyo by recommending to strangers the book that will change their lives"-- Provided by publisher.
"This space coffee table book takes a visual journey through NASA's amazing achievements, featuring 100 influential objects"-- Provided by publisher.
If you've used your phone, opened your laptop, or checked your email today, you are a participant in the world of cybersecurity. We've all received phishing emails, been alerted of suspicious logins, and questioned why a "strong password" needs all those letters, numbers, and special characters. And yet, even though cybersecurity is such a central part of modern life, it's practically unintelligible to the non-techie. In this enlightening and accessible new book, Pablo Brum closes the gap between high-minded concepts and the day-to-day skills and strategies that readers need to know to stay safe in the digital world.
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst offers a life-giving alternative to the exhausting madness of trying to change people who don't want to be changed, prevent outcomes we fear, and manage things outside of our control"-- Provided by publisher.
"We're living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come from? All the Wrong Moves offers a new, eye-opening answer, rooted in history, business, and the author's firsthand experience, that reveals the true origins of America's current political crisis. In All the Wrong Moves, Anthony Scaramucci charts how both political parties, over three decades, made a series of catastrophic decisions that quietly dismantled the system supporting the American dream. First came Bill Clinton's trade deal with China, which opened U.S. markets while abandoning American workers. Next, George W. Bush's choice to wage war while cutting taxes, exploding the deficit. Finally, Barack Obama's bank bailout, which saved Wall Street but left millions of ordinary families behind. Each decision deepened inequality, corroded trust, and fueled the anger that empowered Donald Trump's rise and his ongoing assault on democracy and the rule of law. From the trading floors of Wall Street to the corridors of Washington, Scaramucci has witnessed how money, ambition, and hubris reshaped American politics. A product of the working class who rose to the heights of finance and power, he brings a rare insider's perspective to how both parties lost touch with the people they once represented. But All the Wrong Moves isn't just about how we got here-it's about how we get out. Scaramucci lays out practical solutions, including economic policies to rebuild opportunity for the working class and constitutional reforms to protect our democracy. It's a sharp, surprising critique that cuts through partisanship and challenges readers on the left, right, and center to reclaim what the American dream was always meant to be"-- Provided by publisher.
"When was the last time you said "no"? Not, I don't think so, or maybe, or let me think about it; but a full-chested "NO"? And how often do you agree to do things you don't want to do? Most of us--especially those who don't wield traditional modes of power, or, at least, not much of it relative to others--find ourselves in situations when we are navigating around "no," and landing on "okay" or "sure" instead. The Power of No releases us from our white-knuckled grip on agreeability. In this idiosyncratic yet empowering book, Atlantic columnist Anna Holmes reveals why it's so damn hard for us to utter that two-letter word on its own, through searing analysis, expert-led research, and stirring insights from the likes of Charlotte Bronte to Shonda Rhimes. From the linguistic, to the societal, to the psychological, from our impressionable childhood to the revelations of middle age-to sex, desire, bodily autonomy, Holmes playfully traces how "no" shapes our lives, and if exercised properly, can radically change the way we carry ourselves and move about the world. Equal parts heartfelt meditation and fiery manifesto, The Power of No is a call to embrace the invigorating truth that "no" is a complete sentence."-- Provided by publisher.
"A memoir by Patrick O'Connell, the award-winning American chef and proprietor of the Inn at Little Washington in Washington, Virginia"-- Provided by publisher.
"In her "paradigm-influencing" ( Christianity Today) bestseller Jesus and John Wayne, which has changed how countless Americans understand their faith, historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez showed how evangelicals made Jesus into an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism. Now she uncovers the roots of today's glittering, Instagram-ready culture of white Christian femininity. Live Laugh Love explores a world intimately familiar to millions of American women: Christian bookstores and radio, Hallmark movies, multilevel marketing companies, and contemporary lifestyle brands. This consumer culture may seem trivial, but Du Mez demonstrates that it has an unlikely and revealing history that stretches all the way back to the late nineteenth century and the emergence of New Thought, a movement that championed the power of the mind to shape reality. Du Mez shows how this idea drew together disparate traditions, including Mormonism, holiness evangelicalism, and holiness theology's charismatic offshoots. Usually seen as distinct, these creeds in fact overlapped, and in the process gave rise to prosperity theologies and to the gospel of positive thinking. But positivity had a dark side. Du Mez introduces us to religious innovators who taught that positive thinking was the secret to spiritual and material success, and reveals how these notions gave rise to a new feminine ideal. As women read prairie fiction; bought and sold Tupperware containers and Mary Kay makeup; shopped at Hobby Lobby, Target, and Altar'd State; and decorated homes with shiplap, they moved freely between the religious and the secular. Marketed as empowering, these products were part of a consumer culture that elevated domesticity and vulnerability while exposing women to systems susceptible to manipulation. Combining sweeping cultural history with intimate storytelling, Du Mez explains how theological exclusion led women to build their own brand of Christianity, rich in cultural influence if thin in formal doctrine. Ultimately, Live Laugh Love explains how a powerful yet elusive vision of womanhood has shaped lives, families, and politics for more than a century now--and how it has brought us to our reactionary moment."--
"Top Chef fan favorite Carla Hall returns to her first culinary love story and offers over 80 recipes for pancakes, biscuits, quick breads, cookies, pies, cakes, and beyond dazzling celebration desserts, perfected and personalized over the course of her remarkable career"--
"An intimate, story-driven cookbook about the therapeutic and restorative powers of food, featuring 75 recipes for comforting, happy-making meals from the James Beard Award-winning author of Where Cooking Begins and That Sounds So Good. Carla Lalli's beloved, free-wheeling style of food has always drawn from her experiences cooking and eating with her family. But, after her divorce, she discovered how eating your feelings can be a good thing. Carla has always believed that what matters most in the kitchen is how a recipe works for you and how it can lead you to cook with abandon. In Food Is a Feeling, she uses her signature humor to dig deeper into her favorite recipes alongside tales of how cooking has been a comfort and salve in her challenging times. While she first self-soothed with soft pretzels dragged through herbed butter and one-portion pots of beans and greens, she became flooded with memories of all the ways cooking has served as a scaffold for her entire life-through her childhood growing up in an Italian family, to her years as a restaurant cook, and as a parent and food writer. With poignancy and hilarity, she marvels at how this painful life phase still manages to inspire beautiful and delicious things to eat and comes to see how this transition shapes how she sees cooking now with more simplicity, more generosity, more pleasure. Food Is a Feeling is a celebratory (and delicious) reminder that the joy of cooking for oneself is as powerful as sharing food with others"--
Love meat but love the planet more? Sam Jones' carnivore-friendly plant-based cookbook is a must-have for the enlightened eater.
A reference guide covering the many parts of a vehicle provides step-by-step instructions for automotive repair and maintenance, as well as a list of ten important preventive maintenance measures and ten ways to save fuel.
"Streetlight glow and swinging screen doors, lipstick smudge and secondhand shoes: in her debut collection, Nadia Mota offers the reader glimpses of grief filtered through the lens of girlhood. With sharp-edged iconography, La Chiflada spends time looking at Chicana identity, lineage, and home. Repetition and refrain are a persistent heartbeat that connects these poems and highlights how lived pain mingles with pain that is passed down, how each loss today magnifies the last"-- Provided by publisher.
Imagine you're sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner, knowing it's going to get heated. One uncle is ready to argue about politics, another relative has very different views, and you usually try to stay out of it, even though you have strong opinions yourself. Conversations like these have split some families up. Now imagine that dinner table debate broadcast daily to millions. Welcome to the world of Jessica Tarlov, an unflappable liberal voice on Fox News Channel's The Five. When you're outnumbered four to one on a daily basis, you better know your stuff. When you're outnumbered four to one on the highest-rated show on cable news, you better have your beliefs on lockdown. In the conservative fishbowl of The Five, Tarlov is no stranger to navigating thorny, often contentious debates with poise, authenticity, and conviction. In this riveting guide, Jessica Tarlov shows us how she does it. Because at some point or other, we all face disagreements--whether with colleagues, family, or friends--and want to walk away with both our values and our relationships intact. Tarlov models an important and accessible route to building bravery for these conversations. She demonstrates that navigating contentious situations is a skill that requires radical honesty, knowing how to engage with numbers and statistics, understanding when to listen and when to talk, and articulating the common threads that unite us all. Tarlov has honed these skills with practice, and here, she reveals her tools of the trade for the first time. She also explores the future of coalition building, the policies that will animate voters, and a politics we can all feel better about. Whether you find yourself at a charged debate with the in-laws, or in a tricky conversation with your boss, Jessica Tarlov will prepare you to stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone--and why standing alone doesn't mean standing apart.
In a world where AI-generated content has everyone second-guessing what's real, "Wired Into Weird" proves that truth is stranger than fiction! Readers will meet incredible people, see quirky creations, visit far-off places, discover odd animals, and witness astonishing feats - and it's all real! Reboot your curiosity and binge the bizarre with the all-new "Ripley's Believe It or Not! Wired Into Weird." All-new and all-true! Latest edition of the best-selling series with hundreds of new stories from across the globe. No attention-span struggles here! Vibrant imagery, bite-size stories, fun lists, and silly callouts attract even the most reluctant reader. Every page an adventure! Explore a vast variety of topics, from jaw-dropping feats to silly animals, unusual art, strange places, historic wonders, and more. Family-friendly fun! Everyone from grandparents, adults, teens, and kids alike will have a blast exploring every page and sharing the unbelievable together.
"John Coltrane's impact on music and culture endures far beyond his prolific career and untimely death in 1967 at age forty. His masterful saxophone style and groundbreaking jazz compositions had a profound effect on the evolution of music through the decades, and it continues to resonate across styles and genres to this day. This beautiful photography book offers an intimate and in-depth look at his life with over one hundred expertly curated images taken by renowned photographers such as Chuck Stewart and Francis Wolff. The selection includes outtakes from the album cover photoshoot for Ascension, in-studio candid shots taken during the recording of Blue Train, a glimpse backstage with Alice Coltrane before their first performance together, and more. Coltrane is a visual celebration of John Coltrane's musical legacy, complete with an introduction by his son and fellow musician Ravi Coltrane, along with personal stories from other musicians, artists, and writers who have been moved by his work."--
"Prepare for liftoff with a sweeping new book on the universe from the world's most celebrated astrophysicist, brimming with wit, authority, and laugh-out-loud humor. Filled with 5,000 tantalizing facts and more than 300 charts, maps, and photographs, this book offers a dazzling look at the cosmos from our home planet to the farthest reaches of outer space"--
"An indispensable guide to help women reclaim hours in their day by overcoming the 4P's-People Pleasing, Procrastination, Perfectionism, and (time) Padding-from the acclaimed author of The Myth of the Nice Girl"-- Provided by publisher.
The official manga adaptation of Agatha Christie's best-selling mystery classic! Ten people are sent an invitation to a secluded island by someone none of them seem to remember knowing. Isolated from the world, they soon realize that this is no ordinary excursion. They are all trapped. And no one is coming to their rescue! As the guests arrive at the island enclave, they discover that there is no obvious link between them and that nobody is quite sure who lured them there. They resolve to enjoy themselves regardless of their missing host's whereabouts. But when past crimes are brought to light, it becomes clear that their host's intentions are not benevolent.
"Aneela Idnani has a secret to tell: a secret that she's held onto for more than twenty-five years. Starting at the age of twelve and continuing into adulthood, Aneela has struggled with chronic hair pulling, also known as trichotillomania. After her father's death from leukemia, her mental health spiraled, leading to a suicide attempt. And then, with the birth of her first child, there came a life-changing reckoning. In this compelling memoir, Aneela shares her journey from confusion, shame, and despair to healing, purpose, and advocacy for others. By shining a light on body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), she offers hope to those who feel alone or misunderstood in their suffering. And with vulnerability and piercing honesty, Aneela shows that recovery begins when shame give way to understanding, and when hidden pain is finally brought out into the open."--
It may be scant solace, but history will be particularly harsh to a subset of Trump enablers with a few key things in common: They have money and power. They represent intuitions that are central in determining whether America remains a free, functioning democracy or not. And they absolutely know better. History starts now. In Profiles in Cowardice, Jacob Weisberg has written one of the first defining books of the Trump Era--how this pitch-black political moment happened, why so few resisted, and what it reveals about the character of American leadership. Jeff Bezos, Amazon, and Big Tech. Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone, and Wall Street. Brad Karp, Paul, Weiss, and Big Law. Mitch McConnell and the United States Senate. Eight individuals in all, together forming an entwined network of power in America, and a new way to understand how authoritarianism can take root in an open society--not by overthrowing institutions, but by bending and bullying them into submission. The book is a masterful study of the ways people create rationalizations to justify basic human instincts such as greed, vanity and fear--above all fear. Fear is the great enemy of democracy, and the book illuminates how it operates, how it disguises itself, and how it spreads. The book is timeless: its profiles are case studies, but they are also mirrors. They ask readers to examine their own instincts, their own silences, their own thresholds for action. This is not a morality tale with easy villains. It is an attempt to describe the moral mechanics of democratic failure. By studying that failure up close, we may better understand what courage truly requires--and why it is so rarely summoned when it matters most.
Supermajorities used to be the norm in American politics, yet today it seems unimaginable that our nation could break hard for one party or the other. But as Adam Jentleson demonstrates in Supermajority, his follow up to the "truly excellent" (Ezra Klein) Kill Switch, periods of stasis almost always break and give way to dominant one-party rule. For most of the twentieth century, Democrats held overwhelming control of Congress-supermajorities so commanding that Republicans could do little more than mimic Democratic positions. These supermajorities didn't just enable sweeping legislation, such as Social Security, but also made that legislation stick. Jentleson argues that today's Democrats let interest groups and activists hold them back from building a supermajority, and that they forget that politicians need to be attentive to public opinion even as they seek to shape it. He shows that the party must learn the correct lessons from the successes of FDR, LBJ, and Barack Obama if they hope to usher in a new liberal realignment and forge lasting change.