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For fans of Mating in Captivity and Come as You Are, this bold and relatable book redefines fetishes for the 21st century, taking readers on an eye-opening journey through the full spectrum of human desire, offering tools to help individuals understand their longings, overcome shame, and celebrate their authentic self. Resources for folks with unique desires are scarce and often reinforce the debunked notion that fetishes are best suppressed or kept secret. Sex educator Niki Davis-Fainbloom is here to change the cultural narrative by tackling these tired stereotypes with fascinating stories and new research aimed at understanding a constellation of...

A practical and inspiring guide that helps ADHD entrepreneurs harness their unique brains to build a thriving business. “Honest, practical, and deeply empowering. It will change how you work and how you lead.” —Gino Wickman, author of Traction and Shine For entrepreneurs with ADHD, some traits, such as creativity, hyper-focus, and risk-taking—are rocket fuel for launching a new venture. Others, such as trouble with attention to detail and time management, can make running a business feel impossibly overwhelming. Traditional business advice, designed for neurotypical brains, doesn’t help—it can even intensify stress and self-doubt, leading to burnout. That’s why serial e...

A swoonworthy and suspenseful holiday rom-com that will make fans of Ally Carter and Carlie Walker laugh out loud and fall completely in love this Christmas season. It’s the hap-happiest con of the year … Scarlett Payne and Nathan Lambros agree on exactly one thing: they both despise Christmas. But when Scarlett receives a cryptic letter—from someone claiming to be Santa and threatening to sabotage New York’s Santa Claus Con—they’re the only two FBI agents who can stop the holiday spectacle from turning into a national disaster. Unfortunately, the last time Scarlett saw her former rival, he was break...

A steamy thriller set at an exclusive ski resort in the Swiss Alps where the ultrawealthy’s winter vacation is full of schemes, scandals, and murder. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and older readers who enjoyed The White Lotus. Reilly is spending the winter looking after ultra-rich guests at a luxury ski resort. But she’s not there for the stunning slopes—she’s there to take revenge on the beautiful socialite she holds responsible for the death of her best friend. The one distraction she didn’t plan on? Jacob. He’s irresistibly charming and Reilly feels like she could te...

Bring on the holiday cheer in this delightful collection of three feel-good novellas from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Night We Met featuring an ensemble cast and an audio-exclusive Q&A session with Abby, her editor, and her daughter Maya. Sweater Weather: Read by Anthony Palmini and Patti Murin. Stealing Christmas: Read by Grayson Owens and Mollie Stark. Marry Little Christmas: Read by Christine Lakin and Zachary Webber. Tis the season to fall in love! Anna thought only the food would be a disaster at her Christmas dinner—until her high school ex shows up and they qu...

From the bestselling author of literary sensation The Art of Fielding comes an urgent, deeply felt story of friendship, art, love, and grief, following two young women on the brink of irrevocable change. Parties and weddings, messy hookups and marred friendships, art and love and grief—The Brightness follows the electric, chaotic, everything-can-happen lives of Pella and her best friend, Irma, as they fumble their way out of sleepy, Midwestern Westish College and into a larger world that will upend their connection and everything they thought they understood about their own place within it. At 27, Pella’s life looks settled: she’...

Emmy Award-winning actor Christopher Lloyd—one of the most iconic performers of his generation—shares an intimate portrait drawn from the defining moments of his life, from his early years in theater to his time on the sets of iconic television and film, his struggles with addiction, and an isolated childhood of privilege. Whether appearing as a disembodied head in Wednesday or taking on the title role in a stage production of King Lear, Christopher Lloyd has become known for portraying larger-than-life characters with a singular intensity and imagination. Now, for the first time, Christopher shares stories from his life that...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shift, this richly drawn portrait of four nurses in four different sectors of our broken healthcare system reveals where solutions are actually possible—to make care about people rather than profits. Theresa Brown worked as a oncology nurse for years before finally burning out, but instead of leaving the healthcare system behind entirely, she set out to find places where it’s actually working. She embedded with nurses in four key areas of care that cover the human lifespan—a maternity center in Pittsburgh, a primary care facility in Portland, an elder...

The breathtaking sequel to the New York Times bestselling Never Ever After, this epic fantasy finds Yining on the run and fighting to save her family and her kingdom. Order now and receive the SPECIAL FIRST EDITION while supplies last—featuring a designed case cover under the jacket and illustrated endpapers, in addition to shiny foil and embossing. This must-have special edition is only available in the limited first printing. After the explosive events of Never Ever After, Yining flees the Iron Mountains with her unlikely allies, seeking the truth about her newfound powers amid the secrets surrounding her ancestral ho...

A moving, whimsical debut love story of ‘what if’ about a grieving widow who attempts to rewrite her past with magical typewriter ribbons to try to save her husband from his unfortunate fate, for readers of In Five Years and Me Before You. “A wholly original tale of love, fate, and second (and third and fourth) chances that will leave your jaw on the floor. I’ll be thinking about this book for a long time.” —Colleen Oakley, USA Today bestselling author of Jane and Dan at the End of the World Alone in her snowbound oceanfront cottage, Caroline Ora mourns the l...

Friendship is timeless, as Frog and Toad prove in this parody that invites readers to follow along and laugh as these classic characters are reimagined throughout world history from the author of Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best. With tender-hearted humor, author Jennie Egerdie transports us away from the chaotic present day with her latest parody, Frog and Toad Make History. She channels charms of Arnold Lobel’s iconic duo as she posits how they’d react to moments throughout history, starting as cave amphibians and continuing through ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, the Industrial Revolution, and more. Together, they...

Comedian and actor Byron Bowers’ wild, funny, and fearless memoir proves that healing can be a psychedelic experience—and that sometimes the only way to tell the truth is to laugh about it. Byron Bowers is a comic’s comic—the guy other comedians watch from the back of the room wondering how he just pulled that off. His sets dive into spirituality, race, the dollar, and manhood—and sometimes he wings half of it on the spot. Most comics turn pain into jokes. Byron turns it into something stranger and deeper. And it all started with his father, a paranoid-s...

Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the darkest chapter of his past in this electric thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. When Harry Bosch was eleven years old, his mother was murdered and he became a ward of the state, housed in MacLaren Children’s Center, a notorious facility where abuse was rampant. Decades after its closure, a massive class action lawsuit has resulted in a multibillion-dollar settlement for former residents. But when Bosch’s half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, brings him word that Harry is entitled to $400,000, Bosch says he doesn’t want the money. He wan...

In An Uncertain Magic, the second book in AM Kvita’s award-winning Green Witch Cycle, Brooklyn’s most chaotic coven has to take on ancient gods (yes, gods) to avoid a magical apocalypse and save the city—no big deal. “An impressively assured urban fantasy that packs a paranormal punch!” —Publishers Weekly on An Unlikely Coven (starred review) Joan Greenwood has been adjusting nicely to her life away from her powerful family of witches. She has an apartment full of friends, her dream job at an architecture firm, and a constant companion in the sentient magic that makes up New York City. F...

Argento finds himself shielding a teenage boy caught up in a manhunt in this explosive installment of the Kurt Argento series, from USA Today bestselling author, Adam Plantinga. “Brutal, unflinching and honest. A true triumph!.”—Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Terminal List and The Fourth Option After the bloodshed in Fenton, Arizona, former Detroit cop Kurt Argento had to disappear. He reemerges in the small town of Barton, South Dakota, working under an assumed name as a church handyman. It’s a serene existence of tending to the church grounds and avoiding questions. Until he meets seventee...

Nothing ever changes. No friends, no girlfriends--nothing but a solitary life at school... So why is Hachiman so uncomfortable? Maybe it's the fact that their club room is one girl short. There's no way Yukino and Hachiman can solve the problems born from this chain of misunderstandings. The bittersweet time with Totsuka, preparing for battle with Zaimokuza, a secret side of Ms. Hiratsuka...and strip poker? Surrounded by characters sprinting headlong in the wrong direction, will the club ever return to normal?

Three mechanically created siblings set out to uncover the truth behind their inventor mother’s disappearance in this whimsical mystery adventure from renowned social media storytellers Tristan Tales and Luke Pounder. Perfect for fans of The Swifts and A Series of Unfortunate Events. In the town of Blissburg, everything is perfect. The lawns are trimmed to an identical length, the streets shine without a speck of dust, and everyone lives in harmony … or do they? High above the town, in the fantastical workshop known as the Observatory, order dissolves into wacky weirdness. This is the home of the extraordinary Cogsworth sibl...

A cold snap in winter leaves the usually warm Zoltan blanketed in snow, providing Red and Rit with the perfect excuse to get cozy with each other. At the same time, Ruti, having found a way to free herself from the restraints of her blessing, makes her way to Zoltan in search of Red. Will this powerful little sister finally reunite with her beloved older brother?

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals—now a streaming series on Hulu! The classic hit every Englishwoman remembers with a sigh—Riders, the steamy, scandalous tale of sexual and equestrian competition within the heroic world of international show jumping. Welcome to a world of cutthroat competition populated by fearless athletes, wealthy sponsors, and beautiful starlets and set against the glorious Cotswold countryside and the playgrounds of the world. Within this arena we meet the brooding gypsy Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands the most difficult horse or woman becomes biddable, who is driven by his hatred of Rupert Campbel...

Set in the world of The Second Death of Locke, a devastatingly romantic epic fantasy between a spy and thief who were married and are now estranged enemies forced to work together, perfect for fans of The Knight and the Moth and The Six Deaths of the Saint. A ruthless spy. A deadly mission. A thief who could ruin it all. Nore Gordon is a woman of many talents: she can speak a variety of languages, disguise herself in plain sight, and has made a name for herself as a successful wine merchant. But unbeknownst to those closest to her...

The edgy, funny follow-up to the USA Today bestselling The Demon Overlord’s Retirement Plan, where an annoying long-lost “cousin,” war, and the prospect of love all threaten the Demon Overlord’s retirement. After centuries of conquering kingdoms and terrifying the cosmos, the Demon Overlord just wants to retire in peace. But when one dangerous succubus and a couple of feuding barons come to the small town of Lower Middleton, peace is hellishly hard to find. Now Willem Porter (definitely not Galornus Prime, destroyer of worlds) must navigate enchanted pickles, noble politics, and the delicate art of staying out of trouble...

A rallying cry and blueprint for creatives everywhere, this boldly unapologetic handbook is The Artist’s Way meets Steal Like an Artist—with unfiltered, honest advice for what it really takes to build a creative career. Real Artists Wear Black is a no-nonsense survival guide that tells it like it really is, exposing the raw truth about pursuing an artistic life. This guide tackles head-on the very real obstacles that derail artists’ careers and dim their creative lights. Drawing from thousands of artist interviews and her own journey from disillusioned art school grad to successful (money-making! gallery-showing! lecture-giving! not totally disill...

A step-by-step practical guide to all types of comedy writing, filled with invaluable advice, exercises, interviews, tools, and jokes that will turn anyone into a funnier writer and person, from authors/editors/teachers/perfect 10s Elissa Bassist and Caitlin Kunkel. INSIDE JOKES is a masterclass in a book on how to write anything funnier, from short humor to essays to psychiatric intake forms. Each chapter has technical and practical instruction to turn comedy outsiders into insiders and non-funny readers into funny writers. Included at no extra cost: interviews with professional comedy writers, brainstorming and writing exercises, prompts, and pep talks...

In this festive whodunit, set in a cozy snowed-in country-house, an innocent mystery game goes horribly wrong, leaving the real-life couple who invented the game Clue to solve a real murder. “A perfect Christmas crime story.” —Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of the Dr. Ruth Galloway series It is Christmas Eve, 1943, when Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive at a snowy English country house to host a murder mystery game, but instead find themselves solving a real murder. The Pratts had planned on a festive game to liven up the dreary wartime atmosphere, where guests using prop weapons as clues would explore the ho...

With women going missing across the Deep South, dynamic detective duo Hap and Leonard zero in on a horrific, chimerical villain protected and abetted by Texas’ most powerful.“ Joe R. Lansdale is to crime fiction what Willie Nelson is to country music: . . . raw, gritty, soulful, and lastly, timeless.”—May Cobb, author of The Hunting Wives The sun never sets on justice, but it may finally be setting on the beloved crime fighting duo of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. The two opposites—brothers from another mother—have called the detecting business quits, but when a prop plane holding the bodies of several k...

A poignant, moving essay collection on the longing and hope of living in diaspora and what it means to be Palestinian today, from the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of You Exist Too Much. Fewer and fewer Palestinians living in the diaspora today have direct experiences of their homeland. How can they maintain a connection to a land so volatile, ever shrinking, and nearly unattainable? And how can a child of diaspora raise a child of diaspora, at a time when Palestinians throughout the world—particularly those living in their homeland—are more vulnerable than ever to censorship, violence, and erasure? Lumi...

A dying gangster’s plea sends Joe King Oliver on a quest for a missing woman across America’s coasts—unraveling a dark and violent family history along the way. Joe King Oliver is the big man you call to solve the most delicate and dangerous of problems. Fresh off unraveling the mystery of his own parents’ fates, King finds himself accepting (again at his grandmother’s request) a case from Arman Babylon, a powerful Los Angeles gangster now dying from cancer. Babylon’s granddaughter, Twyla Mann, has been missing for years, and he’s desperate to find her before he passes. The...

Semantic Error Vol. 3 by J. Soori, Read by Yung-I Chang by HachetteAudio

Two homes, two holidays, and one spontaneous switch changes everything for two women in this warm and festive holiday romance perfect for readers of The Holiday Honeymoon Switch and A Winter Wish.

Read by Stephen Graham Read by Orly Klein Read by Sachin K Sharma Read by Jude Owusu Read by Ian Dunnett Jr Read by Conor Dunne Read by Justin Avoth Read by Adam Stevens Read by Greg Lockett Read by Emil Marwa From the Emmy, Critics Choice and Golden Globe winning co-creator and star of Netflix’s acclaimed Adolescence comes an era-defining book on fathers, sons, and the meaning of manhood. What do you wish you could tell your son before he faced his first real failure? Before his heart got broken? Or before he had to stand on his ow...

In this festive whodunit, set in a cozy snowed-in country-house, an innocent mystery game goes horribly wrong, leaving the real-life couple who invented the game Clue to solve a real murder.“ A perfect Christmas crime story.” —Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of the Dr. Ruth Galloway series It is Christmas Eve, 1943, when Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive at a snowy English country house to host a murder mystery game, but instead find themselves solving a real murder. The Pratts had planned on a festive game to liven up the dreary wartime atmosphere, where guests using prop weapons as clues would explore the ho...

An uproariously funny collection of sea tales from the coauthor of Mutiny on the Bounty—a cult classic available in print again for the first time in this century. In Portsmouth, by the fireside of the Cheerful Tortoise taproom, British seamen regale themselves with tales of seafaring adventures and mishaps. Enter the one-legged Royal Navy surgeon, Doctor F. Dogbody, raconteur extraordinaire. In each of the ten stories collected here, the good doctor recounts the loss of his “larboard” leg, and each story is more outrageous and hilarious than the last. Weaving rich historical detail into his fantastical tapestry, Dogbody encounters such r...

WTF America?! by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas, Read by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas by HachetteAudio

“Readers exhausted by comparison culture will find this a useful corrective.” – Publisher's Weekly For fans of Chatter and On Our Best Behavior, a practical guide to teach you how to flip the script on envy. Widely viewed as a negative aspect of human nature, envy can function as a powerful motivator for change and personal growth when viewed with the right lens. We all want things that other people have. It’s natural, yet we are ashamed of how it makes us feel—a mix of inferiority, ill will, and injustice. From a young age, we’re taught that comparison is the thief...

An utterly wild, debauched, romantic, and violent ride inspired by the 18th-century Irish pirate Anne Bonny, reimagined here as Amethyst "Meeks" Connell, one of the most extraordinary outlaws of any age. For readers of George Saunders, Percival Everett, and Maggie O'Farrell. Meeks is a poor Irish orphan whose energy, wit, and native sensitivity to the “main chance” take her to the unlikeliest of places. She marries into the aristocracy and follows her war-besotted husband into the latest of England and France’s seemingly endless scrapes where her husband is killed and she, on her way home, is taken prisoner by pirate...

In his most fascinating book yet, #1 New York Times bestselling author Newt Gingrich envisions what daily life in America will look like 50 years from now—and argues the future is golden. Imagine it’s 2076, and America is celebrating the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Despite fears over the AI revolution and pessimism from the Left, Gingrich sees a future in which Donald Trump’s transformative presidency and rapid technological breakthroughs have ushered in a true golden age. A follow-up to the bestseller Trump’s Triumph, the former House Speaker explains the enduring legacy of Trumpism and uses...

A sweeping and cinematic narrative history that follows Renoir’s La Petite Irène, tracing its theft from one of Paris’s wealthiest Jewish families during WWII and the fate of the girl it immortalized. “A vivid and deeply reported portrait of looted art, memory, and one family’s struggle for survival and justice during one of history’s darkest eras.” -Dana Canedy, New York Times bestselling author of A Journal for Jordan In 1941, a specialized German looting unit raided the Chambord chateau in the Loire Valley of France and plundered one of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s most haunting masterworks: La Petite Irène. T...

Read by Jessica Radloff, Jim Parsons, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, Jenna Jordan, Zoe Perry, Annie Potts, Raegan Revord, Alex Reid, Holly Revord, Reba McEntire, Rex Linn, Matty Hobby, Mary Grill, Steve Holland, Melissa Peterman, Doc Farrow, Kelli Smith, Adam Verner, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Fleet Cooper, Mark Sanderlin, Jim Meskimen, Lisa Flanagan, Lee Armitage -- From the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bang Theory oral history comes an in-depth and thoroughly reported exploration of its prequel, Young Sheldon, with major revelations about the show, behind-the-scenes stories from every cast member (yes, that includes the fan-favorite actors behind Dr...

What makes life meaningful? How do we confront our inevitable end? An eminent psychiatrist draws on decades of clinical experience to show how he and his patients have grappled with the most profound existential questions. “A remedy more powerful than any fad or pill could promise.” ―Washington Post In this stunning collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom describes his patients’ struggles—as well as his own—to come to terms with the two great challenges of existence: how to have a meaningful life yet reckon with its inevitable end. We meet a nurse who must stifle the pain of losing he...

How sabotage and disorder threaten the fragile network of undersea cables and pipelines that makes modern life possible—and how it may already be drawing the world into an all-out underwater war. The world depends on a tangle of underwater tubes on the ocean floor. Every day undersea cables transmit nearly all the world’s data, while intercontinental pipelines convey two-thirds of the world’s oil and gas. They do their jobs so reliably that few would guess that “the cloud” is actually underwater, or that global economic stability relies on pipelines on the seafloor. But as award-winning security expert Elisabeth...