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Zoe the Beach Dragon

Mara, Maddy


We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar! Grace, Zoe, and Sofia are traveling back to the Magic Forest for another adventure as Sea Dragons. The girls must work together and face their fears in order to save a missing turtle leader. Zoe will have to put her surfing skills to work and take the daring lead on this quest. If she doesn't succeed, the Fire Queen will be one step closer to destroying the natural balance of the Magic Forest's seas! Read all the books in the Sea Dragon arc! #10: Grace the Cove Dragon #11: Zoe the Beach Dragon #12: Sofia the Lagoon Dragon
Date Published:2023

We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar!

Grace, Zoe, and Sofia are traveling back to the Magic Forest for another adventure as Sea Dragons. The girls must work together and face their fears in order to save a missing turtle leader.

Zoe will have to put her surfing skills to work and take the daring lead on this quest. If she doesn't succeed, the Fire Queen will be one step closer to destroying the natural balance of the Magic Forest's seas!

Read all the books in the Sea Dragon arc!

#10: Grace the Cove Dragon

#11: Zoe the Beach Dragon

#12: Sofia the Lagoon Dragon

Date Published:2023

Zora the Snow Dragon

Mara, Maddy


We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar! The Storm Dragons are being called back to the Magic Forest for one last adventure. Zora and her cousins, Mina and Hana, have to protect the forest from the Chaos Queen's reign. The harmony of the forest and its snowstorms depend on the bravery of the girls. Can they find a way to beat the Chaos Queen at her own game, once and for all? Read all the books in the Storm Dragon arc! #13: Hana the Thunder Dragon #14: Mina the Lightning Dragon #15: Zora the Snow Dragon
Date Published:2024

We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar!

The Storm Dragons are being called back to the Magic Forest for one last adventure. Zora and her cousins, Mina and Hana, have to protect the forest from the Chaos Queen's reign.

The harmony of the forest and its snowstorms depend on the bravery of the girls. Can they find a way to beat the Chaos Queen at her own game, once and for all?

Read all the books in the Storm Dragon arc!

#13: Hana the Thunder Dragon

#14: Mina the Lightning Dragon

#15: Zora the Snow Dragon

Date Published:2024

A World Appears : A Journey into Consciousness

Pollan, Michael


The Instant New York Times Bestseller "Pollan’s real genius—the word is not too strong—remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with food and psychedelics, and now, though A World Appears focuses on AI only intermittently, he has done it again." —Charles Finch, The Atlantic From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, a panoptic exploration of consciousness—what it is, who has it, and why—and a meditation on the essence of our humanity When it comes to the phenomenon that is consciousness, there is one point on which scientists, philosophers, and artists all agree: it feels like something to be us. Yet the fact that we have subjective experience of the world remains one of nature’s greatest mysteries. How is it that our mental operations are accompanied by feelings, thoughts, and a sense of self? What would a scientific investigation of our inner life look like, when we have as little distance and perspective on it as fish do of the sea? In A World Appears, Michael Pollan traces the unmapped continent that is consciousness, bringing radically different perspectives—scientific, philosophical, literary, spiritual and psychedelic—to see what each can teach us about this central fact of life. When neuroscientists began studying consciousness in the early 1990s, they sought to explain how and why three pounds of spongy gray matter could generate a subjective point of view—assuming that the brain is the source of our perceived reality. Pollan takes us to the cutting edge of the field, where scientists are entertaining more radical (and less materialist) theories of consciousness. He introduces us to “plant neurobiologists” searching for the first flicker of consciousness in plants, scientists striving to engineer feelings into AI, and psychologists and novelists seeking to capture the felt experience of our slippery stream of consciousness. In Pollan’s dazzling exploration of consciousness, he discovers a world far deeper and stranger than our everyday reality. Eye-opening and mind-expanding, A World Appears takes us into the laboratories of our own minds, ultimately showing us how we might make better use of the gift of awareness to more meaningfully connect with the world and our deepest selves.
Date Published:2026

The Instant New York Times Bestseller
"Pollan’s real genius—the word is not too strong—remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with food and psychedelics, and now, though A World Appears focuses on AI only intermittently, he has done it again." —Charles Finch, The Atlantic
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, a panoptic exploration of consciousness—what it is, who has it, and why—and a meditation on the essence of our humanity
When it comes to the phenomenon that is consciousness, there is one point on which scientists, philosophers, and artists all agree: it feels like something to be us. Yet the fact that we have subjective experience of the world remains one of nature’s greatest mysteries. How is it that our mental operations are accompanied by feelings, thoughts, and a sense of self? What would a scientific investigation of our inner life look like, when we have as little distance and perspective on it as fish do of the sea? In A World Appears, Michael Pollan traces the unmapped continent that is consciousness, bringing radically different perspectives—scientific, philosophical, literary, spiritual and psychedelic—to see what each can teach us about this central fact of life.
When neuroscientists began studying consciousness in the early 1990s, they sought to explain how and why three pounds of spongy gray matter could generate a subjective point of view—assuming that the brain is the source of our perceived reality. Pollan takes us to the cutting edge of the field, where scientists are entertaining more radical (and less materialist) theories of consciousness. He introduces us to “plant neurobiologists” searching for the first flicker of consciousness in plants, scientists striving to engineer feelings into AI, and psychologists and novelists seeking to capture the felt experience of our slippery stream of consciousness.
In Pollan’s dazzling exploration of consciousness, he discovers a world far deeper and stranger than our everyday reality. Eye-opening and mind-expanding, A World Appears takes us into the laboratories of our own minds, ultimately showing us how we might make better use of the gift of awareness to more meaningfully connect with the world and our deepest selves.

Date Published:2026

The Wild Kingdom

Huizenga, Kevin


The new master of Comics Experimentalism returns with his Everyman, Glenn Ganges Standing out among his contemporaries, Kevin Huizenga's subtle mastery of the medium has earned him countless accolades and awards. His comics are at once straightforward and experimental, serious and funny. His character is the suburban everyman Glenn Ganges, a modern-day Dagwood Bumstead, who tackles and stumbles with such heady topics as mysticism and science. In The Wild Kingdom Glenn Ganges blindly interacts with the nature of his suburban neighborhood: dead houseplants, a recipe for gray squirrel brain, and pigeons eating discarded French fries in the parking lot of a fast-food joint. Huizenga juxtaposes Glenn's ignorance of his surroundings with television commercials highlighting society's needs for cure-all pharmaceuticals and "hot new things" like teeth whiteners. Starting off wordless, The Wild Kingdom grows more complex page by page, ending with encyclopedic entries, biographical excerpts, anthropologic flowcharts, and a cataclysmic encounter of nature and technology.
Date Published:2020

The new master of Comics Experimentalism returns with his Everyman, Glenn Ganges

Standing out among his contemporaries, Kevin Huizenga's subtle mastery of the medium has earned him countless accolades and awards. His comics are at once straightforward and experimental, serious and funny. His character is the suburban everyman Glenn Ganges, a modern-day Dagwood Bumstead, who tackles and stumbles with such heady topics as mysticism and science.

In The Wild Kingdom Glenn Ganges blindly interacts with the nature of his suburban neighborhood: dead houseplants, a recipe for gray squirrel brain, and pigeons eating discarded French fries in the parking lot of a fast-food joint. Huizenga juxtaposes Glenn's ignorance of his surroundings with television commercials highlighting society's needs for cure-all pharmaceuticals and "hot new things" like teeth whiteners. Starting off wordless, The Wild Kingdom grows more complex page by page, ending with encyclopedic entries, biographical excerpts, anthropologic flowcharts, and a cataclysmic encounter of nature and technology.

Date Published:2020

Widow's Point : The Complete Haunting

Chizmar, Richard


New York Times bestselling author Richard Chizmar, "one of horror's indispensable writers" (Paste), and his son W.H. Chizmar, critically acclaimed author of Them (hailed by New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman as "one of the best debuts I've ever read") present a riveting found footage narrative about doomed thrill-seekers trapped in a haunted lighthouse. "This is a bad place. I don't think people are meant to live here." Longtime residents of Harper's Cove believe that something is wrong with the Widow's Point Lighthouse. Some say it's cursed. Others claim it's haunted. Originally built in 1838, three workers were killed during the lighthouse's construction, including one who mysteriously plunged to his death from the catwalk. That tragic accident was never explained, and it was just the beginning of the terror. In the decades that followed, nearly two dozen additional deaths occurred in or around the lighthouse including cold-blooded murder, suicide, unexplained accidents and disappearances, the slaughter of an entire family, and the inexplicable death of a Hollywood starlet who was filming a movie on the grounds. The lighthouse was finally shuttered tight in 1988 and a security fence was erected around the property. No one has been inside since. Until now. Told across two harrowing incidents from 2017 and today, those who enter the Widow's Point Lighthouse, searching for material for the next big thing, will find themselves cut off from the outside world. And although no one has recently stepped foot inside the structure, they will not be alone. In this remarkable collaboration, father and son writing team, Richard and W.H. Chizmar combine forces to tell a terrifying ghost story that will make you think twice about what is waiting for you in the dark.
Date Published:2025

New York Times bestselling author Richard Chizmar, "one of horror's indispensable writers" (Paste), and his son W.H. Chizmar, critically acclaimed author of Them (hailed by New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman as "one of the best debuts I've ever read") present a riveting found footage narrative about doomed thrill-seekers trapped in a haunted lighthouse.
"This is a bad place. I don't think people are meant to live here."

Longtime residents of Harper's Cove believe that something is wrong with the Widow's Point Lighthouse. Some say it's cursed. Others claim it's haunted.

Originally built in 1838, three workers were killed during the lighthouse's construction, including one who mysteriously plunged to his death from the catwalk. That tragic accident was never explained, and it was just the beginning of the terror. In the decades that followed, nearly two dozen additional deaths occurred in or around the lighthouse including cold-blooded murder, suicide, unexplained accidents and disappearances, the slaughter of an entire family, and the inexplicable death of a Hollywood starlet who was filming a movie on the grounds.

The lighthouse was finally shuttered tight in 1988 and a security fence was erected around the property. No one has been inside since.

Until now.

Told across two harrowing incidents from 2017 and today, those who enter the Widow's Point Lighthouse, searching for material for the next big thing, will find themselves cut off from the outside world. And although no one has recently stepped foot inside the structure, they will not be alone.

In this remarkable collaboration, father and son writing team, Richard and W.H. Chizmar combine forces to tell a terrifying ghost story that will make you think twice about what is waiting for you in the dark.

Date Published:2025

The Watcher

Maclean, Charles


Charles Maclean's horror classic is finally back in print Friday, rush hour. Martin Gregory just manages to catch the 4:48 train. Tomorrow is his wife's birthday and he plans to devote the weekend to her and their beloved dogs. But when he rises in the morning, Martin does something so horrific, so inexplicable, and so out of character that his only option is to run. A lost horror classic back in print at last, The Watcher chronicles Martin as his quest for understanding plunges him through shifting realities and twisted corridors of time, and into the deepest recesses of the human mind. "The number one horror novel of all time!" —The Guardian (London) "An extraordinary book, unlike anything else I've read." —Charlie Higson, author of The Dead "I'm something of an insomniac. I read The Watcher and stopped sleeping altogether." —Paul Newman "If you are easily upset...stop right here." —The New York Times
Date Published:2012

Charles Maclean's horror classic is finally back in print
Friday, rush hour. Martin Gregory just manages to catch the 4:48 train. Tomorrow is his wife's birthday and he plans to devote the weekend to her and their beloved dogs. But when he rises in the morning, Martin does something so horrific, so inexplicable, and so out of character that his only option is to run. A lost horror classic back in print at last, The Watcher chronicles Martin as his quest for understanding plunges him through shifting realities and twisted corridors of time, and into the deepest recesses of the human mind.

"The number one horror novel of all time!" —The Guardian (London)
"An extraordinary book, unlike anything else I've read." —Charlie Higson, author of The Dead
"I'm something of an insomniac. I read The Watcher and stopped sleeping altogether." —Paul Newman
"If you are easily upset...stop right here." —The New York Times

Date Published:2012

A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting

Delisle, Guy


Meditations on fatherhood from the author of Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City With A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting, the trademark dry humor that pervades Guy Delisle's landmark and praised graphic travelogues takes center stage. Quick, light vignettes play on the worries and cares any young parent might have, and offer wry solutions to the petty frustrations of being a dad who works from home. Readers familiar with Delisle's stranger-in-a-strange-land technique for storytelling (employed in Jerusalem, Pyongyang, Burma Chronicles, and Shenzhen) will recognize the titular parent in this book; Delisle's travelogues were simultaneously portraits of complex places and times, and portraits of a stay-at-home dad's ever-changing relationship with his children while his wife is out working for Doctors Without Borders. The relationship between young child and all-too-irony-aware parent is beautifully done here, and Delisle's loose flowing style has been set free, creating a wonderful sense of motion throughout. A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting is an intimate, offbeat look at the joys of parenting. A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting has been translated from the French by Helge Dascher. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. A contributor to Drawn & Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as the Aya series by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, Hostage by Guy Delisle, and Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. She lives in Montreal.
Date Published:2021

Meditations on fatherhood from the author of Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City With A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting, the trademark dry humor that pervades Guy Delisle's landmark and praised graphic travelogues takes center stage. Quick, light vignettes play on the worries and cares any young parent might have, and offer wry solutions to the petty frustrations of being a dad who works from home. Readers familiar with Delisle's stranger-in-a-strange-land technique for storytelling (employed in Jerusalem, Pyongyang, Burma Chronicles, and Shenzhen) will recognize the titular parent in this book; Delisle's travelogues were simultaneously portraits of complex places and times, and portraits of a stay-at-home dad's ever-changing relationship with his children while his wife is out working for Doctors Without Borders. The relationship between young child and all-too-irony-aware parent is beautifully done here, and Delisle's loose flowing style has been set free, creating a wonderful sense of motion throughout. A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting is an intimate, offbeat look at the joys of parenting. A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting has been translated from the French by Helge Dascher. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. A contributor to Drawn & Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as the Aya series by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, Hostage by Guy Delisle, and Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. She lives in Montreal.

Date Published:2021

Truffle Trouble

Flower, Amanda


Summer is finally upon the village of Harvest, Ohio, nestled in picturesque Amish Country, and folks are abuzz over their very own Bailey King's upcoming June wedding. The Amish Candy shop owner and star of TV's Bailey's Amish Sweets is marrying Holmes County Sheriff Aiden Brody. To sweeten the occasion will be a scrumptious giant chocolate truffle wedding cake, made especially for the happy couple by Bailey's New York City mentor, Jean Pierre. Other than the risk of the ring bearer, Jethro the pig, taking a bite out of the confection, what could go wrong? As it turns out, a food-related disaster does befall the day. But with Bailey in the mix, it's nothing so pedestrian as a peckish pig. At the reception, a wedding guest dies after sampling the hors d'oeuvres. Café owner and new caterer Darcy Woodin, who made all the food except the desserts, is pegged by police as the number one suspect. Even more incriminating, the victim is one of Darcy's ex-boyfriends . . . Still, Bailey is friends with Darcy, and she's certain the young woman is innocent. Even before the first dance with her new husband, Bailey's on the case. Can she help solve it in time for her honeymoon—or will a killer try to end her happily ever after before it's even begun?
Date Published:2026

Summer is finally upon the village of Harvest, Ohio, nestled in picturesque Amish Country, and folks are abuzz over their very own Bailey King's upcoming June wedding. The Amish Candy shop owner and star of TV's Bailey's Amish Sweets is marrying Holmes County Sheriff Aiden Brody. To sweeten the occasion will be a scrumptious giant chocolate truffle wedding cake, made especially for the happy couple by Bailey's New York City mentor, Jean Pierre. Other than the risk of the ring bearer, Jethro the pig, taking a bite out of the confection, what could go wrong?
As it turns out, a food-related disaster does befall the day. But with Bailey in the mix, it's nothing so pedestrian as a peckish pig. At the reception, a wedding guest dies after sampling the hors d'oeuvres. Café owner and new caterer Darcy Woodin, who made all the food except the desserts, is pegged by police as the number one suspect. Even more incriminating, the victim is one of Darcy's ex-boyfriends . . .
Still, Bailey is friends with Darcy, and she's certain the young woman is innocent. Even before the first dance with her new husband, Bailey's on the case. Can she help solve it in time for her honeymoon—or will a killer try to end her happily ever after before it's even begun?

Date Published:2026

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again : Essays and Arguments

Foster Wallace, David


In this exuberantly praised book - a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner - David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
Date Published:2012

In this exuberantly praised book - a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner - David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.

Date Published:2012

Stella the Starlight Dragon

Mara, Maddy


We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar! Best friends Rosie, Phoebe, and Stella have been working together to save the Magic Forest from the evil Fire Queen. She's determined to ruin nighttime for everyone! So far, the girls have succeeded in returning both nighttime dreams and beautiful moonlight to the creatures that live in the forest. But there's more work to be done. Stella is leading her friends on a quest to free the stars that the Fire Queen has stolen right out of the sky. The queen is gaining power by the minute, so Stella must use every ounce of her strength, magic, and smarts to defeat her! Read all the books in the Night Dragon arc! #7: Rosie the Twilight Dragon #8: Phoebe the Moonlight Dragon #9: Stella the Starlight Dragon
Date Published:2022

We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar!

Best friends Rosie, Phoebe, and Stella have been working together to save the Magic Forest from the evil Fire Queen. She's determined to ruin nighttime for everyone! So far, the girls have succeeded in returning both nighttime dreams and beautiful moonlight to the creatures that live in the forest. But there's more work to be done.

Stella is leading her friends on a quest to free the stars that the Fire Queen has stolen right out of the sky. The queen is gaining power by the minute, so Stella must use every ounce of her strength, magic, and smarts to defeat her!

Read all the books in the Night Dragon arc!

#7: Rosie the Twilight Dragon

#8: Phoebe the Moonlight Dragon

#9: Stella the Starlight Dragon

Date Published:2022

Spirits & Spells True Paranormal Anthology

Adkins, Heather Marie


Spirits & Spells is a podcast by USA Today bestselling authors Heather Marie Adkins & Alex Owens, both of whom are obsessed with things they can't explain - especially the weird, the witchy, and the woefully spectral. Step beyond the veil with twenty-one spooky tales of TRUE supernatural encounters by some of today's hottest paranormal authors. Between these pages, you'll witness a pair of disembodied legs cross the street and wake up beside ghostly felines; you'll experience visits from deceased family members and be haunted by terrifying shadow people. But be forewarned: these strange tales will send shivers down your spine and make you certain you're not alone, even when you are. The old saying is true: real life is stranger (and scarier!) than fiction. Stories included: Heather Marie Adkins - Residual Darkness Alex Owens - Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner Rick Gualtieri - A Ghost Cat, Broken Crystal, and No Body in Sight Karin Cox - Paws For Thought Jennifer Rainey - Up Close and Personal: A Visit to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Candace Osmond - Nightmares Lily Luchesi - The Man in the Black Hat Alyssa Breck - Wicked Game Michelle Hughes - A Haunting on North Street Kim Cleary - Uplifting Real Life Paranormal Lindsey R. Loucks - Just Curious Ann Gimpel - The Benson Hut Ghost Shannon McRoberts - Precognition Caia Daniels - We See Dead People Tanya Dawson - My Paranormal Experiences Brea Viragh - Poppy's Coming Debra Kristi - A Ghostly Research Trip LA Kirk - Gravity in Reverse Selene Kallan - The Chase Bria Lexor - Encounter with the Devil in Mexico S K Gregory - A Ghostly Encounter And a bonus novella from Caroline Peckham - A Game of Vampires (A Vampire Games Prequel Novella)
Date Published:2018

Spirits & Spells is a podcast by USA Today bestselling authors Heather Marie Adkins & Alex Owens, both of whom are obsessed with things they can't explain - especially the weird, the witchy, and the woefully spectral.

Step beyond the veil with twenty-one spooky tales of TRUE supernatural encounters by some of today's hottest paranormal authors. Between these pages, you'll witness a pair of disembodied legs cross the street and wake up beside ghostly felines; you'll experience visits from deceased family members and be haunted by terrifying shadow people.

But be forewarned: these strange tales will send shivers down your spine and make you certain you're not alone, even when you are.

The old saying is true: real life is stranger (and scarier!) than fiction.

Stories included:

Heather Marie Adkins - Residual Darkness
Alex Owens - Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner
Rick Gualtieri - A Ghost Cat, Broken Crystal, and No Body in Sight
Karin Cox - Paws For Thought
Jennifer Rainey - Up Close and Personal: A Visit to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Candace Osmond - Nightmares
Lily Luchesi - The Man in the Black Hat
Alyssa Breck - Wicked Game
Michelle Hughes - A Haunting on North Street
Kim Cleary - Uplifting Real Life Paranormal
Lindsey R. Loucks - Just Curious
Ann Gimpel - The Benson Hut Ghost
Shannon McRoberts - Precognition
Caia Daniels - We See Dead People
Tanya Dawson - My Paranormal Experiences
Brea Viragh - Poppy's Coming
Debra Kristi - A Ghostly Research Trip
LA Kirk - Gravity in Reverse
Selene Kallan - The Chase
Bria Lexor - Encounter with the Devil in Mexico
S K Gregory - A Ghostly Encounter

And a bonus novella from Caroline Peckham - A Game of Vampires (A Vampire Games Prequel Novella)

Date Published:2018

Sofia the Lagoon Dragon

Mara, Maddy


We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar! The Sea Dragons have a final adventure left in their quest to save the Magic Forest. One last Sea Keeper needs to be rescued—and it's the most important one yet! Sofia will lead the group using her diving skills. Together the girls must travel to the depths of the ocean to find a missing magical narwhal. The girls are running out of time before the Magic Forest is left to the fate of the Fire Queen! Read all the books in the Sea Dragon arc! #10: Grace the Cove Dragon #11: Zoe the Beach Dragon #12: Sofia the Lagoon Dragon
Date Published:2023

We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar!

The Sea Dragons have a final adventure left in their quest to save the Magic Forest. One last Sea Keeper needs to be rescued—and it's the most important one yet!

Sofia will lead the group using her diving skills. Together the girls must travel to the depths of the ocean to find a missing magical narwhal. The girls are running out of time before the Magic Forest is left to the fate of the Fire Queen!

Read all the books in the Sea Dragon arc!

#10: Grace the Cove Dragon

#11: Zoe the Beach Dragon

#12: Sofia the Lagoon Dragon

Date Published:2023

Showa 1926-1939 : : A History of Japan Volume 1

Mizuki, Shigeru


A fascinating period in Japanese History explored by a master of manga Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan is the first volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth century Japan. This volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with equal ease. When the Showa Era began, Mizuki himself was just a few years old, so his earliest memories coincide with the earliest events of the Era. With his trusty narrator Rat Man, Mizuki brings history into the realm of the personal, making it palatable, and indeed compelling, for young audiences as well as more mature readers. As he describes the militarization that leads up to World War II, Mizuki's stance toward war is thoughtful and often downright critical – his portrayal of the Nanjing Massacre clearly paints the incident (a disputed topic within Japan) as an atrocity. Mizuki's Showa 1926-1939 is a beautifully told history that tracks how technological developments and the country's shifting economic stability had a role in shaping Japan's foreign policy in the early twentieth century. Translated from the Japanese by Zack Davisson.
Date Published:2021

A fascinating period in Japanese History explored by a master of manga Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan is the first volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth century Japan. This volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with equal ease. When the Showa Era began, Mizuki himself was just a few years old, so his earliest memories coincide with the earliest events of the Era. With his trusty narrator Rat Man, Mizuki brings history into the realm of the personal, making it palatable, and indeed compelling, for young audiences as well as more mature readers. As he describes the militarization that leads up to World War II, Mizuki's stance toward war is thoughtful and often downright critical – his portrayal of the Nanjing Massacre clearly paints the incident (a disputed topic within Japan) as an atrocity. Mizuki's Showa 1926-1939 is a beautifully told history that tracks how technological developments and the country's shifting economic stability had a role in shaping Japan's foreign policy in the early twentieth century. Translated from the Japanese by Zack Davisson.

Date Published:2021

Selena the Sunflower

Mara, Maddy


We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar! Selena and her friends Charlotte and Layla are shocked to discover they are all Flower Dragons. They have been called to the Magic Forest because each girl has special talents this unusual place needs to survive. Selena is a Sunflower Dragon-she has traded her human form for powerful wings, glittering scales, and a roar that shakes the ground. As a Dragon Girl, she must help break the evil spell that the Fury Queen has cast over the Magic Forest. The forest's animals are deep in a sleep they can't wake up from, unless the Flower Dragons can collect all the ingredients for a special perfume. Selena's hope glows as bright as the tallest sunflower and she's determined to lead her friends to success. Read all the books in the Flower Dragon arc! #19: Selena the Sunflower Dragon #20: Charlotte the Rose Dragon #21: Layla the Water Lily Dragon
Date Published:2026

We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar!

Selena and her friends Charlotte and Layla are shocked to discover they are all Flower Dragons. They have been called to the Magic Forest because each girl has special talents this unusual place needs to survive. Selena is a Sunflower Dragon-she has traded her human form for powerful wings, glittering scales, and a roar that shakes the ground.

As a Dragon Girl, she must help break the evil spell that the Fury Queen has cast over the Magic Forest. The forest's animals are deep in a sleep they can't wake up from, unless the Flower Dragons can collect all the ingredients for a special perfume. Selena's hope glows as bright as the tallest sunflower and she's determined to lead her friends to success.

Read all the books in the Flower Dragon arc!

#19: Selena the Sunflower Dragon

#20: Charlotte the Rose Dragon

#21: Layla the Water Lily Dragon

Date Published:2026

Seasonal Fears

McGuire, Seanan


*From New York Times* bestselling author Seanan McGuire, Seasonal Fears is the extraordinary companion novel to Middlegame.** The king of winter and the queen of summer are dead. The fight for their crowns begins! Melanie has a destiny, though it isn't the one everyone assumes it to be. She's delicate; she's fragile; she's dying. Now, truly, is the winter of her soul. Harry doesn't want to believe in destiny, because that means accepting the loss of the one person who gives his life meaning, who brings summer to his world. So, when a new road is laid out in front of them—a road that will lead through untold dangers toward a possible lifetime together—walking down it seems to be the only option. But others are following behind, with violence in their hearts. It looks like Destiny has a plan for them, after all.... "One must maintain a little bit of summer even in the middle of winter." —Thoreau A Macmillan Audio producton from Tor.com Imprint Quarterly.
Date Published:2022

From New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire, Seasonal Fears is the extraordinary companion novel to Middlegame.
The king of winter and the queen of summer are dead. The fight for their crowns begins!
Melanie has a destiny, though it isn't the one everyone assumes it to be. She's delicate; she's fragile; she's dying. Now, truly, is the winter of her soul.
Harry doesn't want to believe in destiny, because that means accepting the loss of the one person who gives his life meaning, who brings summer to his world.
So, when a new road is laid out in front of them—a road that will lead through untold dangers toward a possible lifetime together—walking down it seems to be the only option.
But others are following behind, with violence in their hearts.
It looks like Destiny has a plan for them, after all....
"One must maintain a little bit of summer even in the middle of winter." —Thoreau
A Macmillan Audio producton from Tor.com Imprint Quarterly.

Date Published:2022

The Score : A Parker Novel

Stark, Richard


The absolute wildest of all the novels in the classic hard-boiled crime series starring Parker, the deadliest heister of all! Richard Stark's Parker novels are the hardest of hard-boiled, classic crime novels where the heists are huge, the body counts are high, and the bad guys usually win. The Parker novels have been a huge influence on countless writers and filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, Stephen King, George Pelecanos, Colson Whitehead, Lucy Sante, John Banville, and many more. Their stripped-down language and hard-as-nails amorality create an unforgettable world where the next score could be the big one, but your next mistake could also be your last. There's nothing else like them. It was an impossible crime: knock off an entire town—a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores—in one night. But there was one thief good enough to try—Parker. In The Score, Parker takes on his biggest job yet. All he needs are the right men, the right plan, and the right kind of help from Lady Luck. But as everyone knows, you can never count on that last one. This chilling caper could either be the perfect crime . . . or a set-up that would land him in jail—for life.
Date Published:2010

The absolute wildest of all the novels in the classic hard-boiled crime series starring Parker, the deadliest heister of all!

Richard Stark's Parker novels are the hardest of hard-boiled, classic crime novels where the heists are huge, the body counts are high, and the bad guys usually win.

The Parker novels have been a huge influence on countless writers and filmmakers, including Quentin Tarantino, Stephen King, George Pelecanos, Colson Whitehead, Lucy Sante, John Banville, and many more. Their stripped-down language and hard-as-nails amorality create an unforgettable world where the next score could be the big one, but your next mistake could also be your last. There's nothing else like them.

It was an impossible crime: knock off an entire town—a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores—in one night. But there was one thief good enough to try—Parker. In The Score, Parker takes on his biggest job yet. All he needs are the right men, the right plan, and the right kind of help from Lady Luck. But as everyone knows, you can never count on that last one. This chilling caper could either be the perfect crime . . . or a set-up that would land him in jail—for life.

Date Published:2010

Pretty Pictures

Savage, Nancy


Every picture tells a story. But sometimes, the ending is deadly. Ruby Blake is desperate for a fresh start. Uprooting her two children, Mory and Cameron, she's convinced this move will finally be the one that sticks. The house is ideal, the neighbors seem friendly, and when she meets Justin, it's everything she's been waiting for. But the cracks soon appear. Her new home needs more than just a lick of paint. The woman next door is a living nightmare. And Justin isn't telling her the whole truth. Then Ruby begins finding photographs hidden throughout the house – images of women that grow more disturbing the longer she looks at them. When Mory starts keeping secrets of her own, Ruby realizes her perfect new life is already unraveling. Because someone is watching. Someone who knows the truth behind the pictures. Someone who is willing to do anything to keep the past buried. Pretty Pictures is a gripping and unsettling thriller perfect for fans of C.L. Taylor, Lisa Jewell and John Marrs.
Date Published:2026

Every picture tells a story. But sometimes, the ending is deadly. Ruby Blake is desperate for a fresh start. Uprooting her two children, Mory and Cameron, she's convinced this move will finally be the one that sticks. The house is ideal, the neighbors seem friendly, and when she meets Justin, it's everything she's been waiting for. But the cracks soon appear. Her new home needs more than just a lick of paint. The woman next door is a living nightmare. And Justin isn't telling her the whole truth. Then Ruby begins finding photographs hidden throughout the house – images of women that grow more disturbing the longer she looks at them. When Mory starts keeping secrets of her own, Ruby realizes her perfect new life is already unraveling. Because someone is watching. Someone who knows the truth behind the pictures. Someone who is willing to do anything to keep the past buried. Pretty Pictures is a gripping and unsettling thriller perfect for fans of C.L. Taylor, Lisa Jewell and John Marrs.

Date Published:2026

Pretty Pictures

Savage, Nancy


Every picture tells a story. But sometimes, the ending is deadly. Ruby Blake is desperate for a fresh start. Uprooting her two children, Mory and Cameron, she's convinced this move will finally be the one that sticks. The house is ideal, the neighbors seem friendly, and when she meets Justin, it's everything she's been waiting for. But the cracks soon appear. Her new home needs more than just a lick of paint. The woman next door is a living nightmare. And Justin isn't telling her the whole truth. Then Ruby begins finding photographs hidden throughout the house—images of women that grow more disturbing the longer she looks at them. When Mory starts keeping secrets of her own, Ruby realizes her perfect new life is already unraveling. Because someone is watching. Someone who knows the truth behind the pictures. Someone who is willing to do anything to keep the past buried. Pretty Pictures is a gripping and unsettling thriller perfect for fans of C.L. Taylor, Lisa Jewell, and John Marrs.
Date Published:2026

Every picture tells a story. But sometimes, the ending is deadly.

Ruby Blake is desperate for a fresh start. Uprooting her two children, Mory and Cameron, she's convinced this move will finally be the one that sticks. The house is ideal, the neighbors seem friendly, and when she meets Justin, it's everything she's been waiting for.

But the cracks soon appear. Her new home needs more than just a lick of paint. The woman next door is a living nightmare. And Justin isn't telling her the whole truth. Then Ruby begins finding photographs hidden throughout the house—images of women that grow more disturbing the longer she looks at them.

When Mory starts keeping secrets of her own, Ruby realizes her perfect new life is already unraveling. Because someone is watching. Someone who knows the truth behind the pictures. Someone who is willing to do anything to keep the past buried.

Pretty Pictures is a gripping and unsettling thriller perfect for fans of C.L. Taylor, Lisa Jewell, and John Marrs.

Date Published:2026

Phoebe the Moonlight Dragon

Mara, Maddy


We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar! The Night Dragons are united in friendship and in a shared mission: They must save the Magic Forest from the evil Fire Sparks. They are out to ruin the delicate balance that exists between night and day—and only the Night Dragons can stop them! Phoebe has a special task ahead of her. She must spread her wings and rescue the Dreamlets, magical creatures who create dreams for all the forest animals. Can Phoebe overcome her fears to help save nighttime? Read all the books in the Night Dragon arc! #7: Rosie the Twilight Dragon #8: Phoebe the Moonlight Dragon #9: Stella the Starlight Dragon
Date Published:2022

We are Dragon Girls — hear us roar!

The Night Dragons are united in friendship and in a shared mission: They must save the Magic Forest from the evil Fire Sparks. They are out to ruin the delicate balance that exists between night and day—and only the Night Dragons can stop them!

Phoebe has a special task ahead of her. She must spread her wings and rescue the Dreamlets, magical creatures who create dreams for all the forest animals. Can Phoebe overcome her fears to help save nighttime?

Read all the books in the Night Dragon arc!

#7: Rosie the Twilight Dragon

#8: Phoebe the Moonlight Dragon

#9: Stella the Starlight Dragon

Date Published:2022

Over Easy

Pond, Mimi


A fast-paced semi-memoir about diners, drugs, and California in the 1970s Over Easy is a brilliant portrayal of a familiar coming-of-age story. After being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret finds salvation from the straightlaced world of college and the earnestness of both hippies and punks in the wisecracking, fast-talking, drug-taking group she encounters at the Imperial Caf , where she makes the transformation from Margaret to Madge. At first she mimics these new and exotic grown-up friends, trying on the guise of adulthood with some awkward but funny stumbles. Gradually she realizes that the adults she looks up to are a mess of contradictions, misplaced artistic ambitions, sexual confusion, dependencies, and addictions. Over Easy is equal parts time capsule of late 1970s life in California—with its deadheads, punks, disco rollers, casual sex, and drug use—and bildungsroman of a young woman who grows from a na ve, sexually inexperienced art-school dropout into a self-aware, self-confident artist. Mimi Pond's chatty, slyly observant anecdotes create a compelling portrait of a distinct moment in time. Over Easy is an immediate, limber, and precise semi-memoir narrated with an eye for the humor in every situation.
Date Published:2020

A fast-paced semi-memoir about diners, drugs, and California in the 1970s

Over Easy is a brilliant portrayal of a familiar coming-of-age story. After being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret finds salvation from the straightlaced world of college and the earnestness of both hippies and punks in the wisecracking, fast-talking, drug-taking group she encounters at the Imperial Caf , where she makes the transformation from Margaret to Madge. At first she mimics these new and exotic grown-up friends, trying on the guise of adulthood with some awkward but funny stumbles. Gradually she realizes that the adults she looks up to are a mess of contradictions, misplaced artistic ambitions, sexual confusion, dependencies, and addictions.
Over Easy is equal parts time capsule of late 1970s life in California—with its deadheads, punks, disco rollers, casual sex, and drug use—and bildungsroman of a young woman who grows from a na ve, sexually inexperienced art-school dropout into a self-aware, self-confident artist. Mimi Pond's chatty, slyly observant anecdotes create a compelling portrait of a distinct moment in time. Over Easy is an immediate, limber, and precise semi-memoir narrated with an eye for the humor in every situation.

Date Published:2020