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Annie Collins emerged from the wreckage of the last invasion of Sorrow Falls with a spaceship in her garden, a loud alien idea in her head, and—because returning to college was out of the question—a lot of free time. What she chose to do with the idea, the spaceship, and all that free time, kickstarted a worldwide technological boom. Now, nine years later, it seems as if not a day passes without the announcement of a new breakthrough in something, be it quantum computing, nuclear energy, neurobiology, or some other esoteric corner of cutting-edge science.

A brilliant new cultural history of the long 18th-century, Writing on the Wall is told through the marks its citizens left behind, bringing into focus lost voices from the highest to the lowest in society. From the centre of London to the islands of the Caribbean, Pelling goes in search of graffiti, evidence of how ordinary people experienced the world-changing events that defined their lives – from political prisoners to sex workers, homesick sailors, Romantic poets and the artisans of the industrial revolution.

Le meilleur ami de Lili Graffiti s'appelle Justin. En classe, quand elle n'arrive pas à résoudre une fraction, Justin lui donne la solution. Et quand il doit écrire une rédaction, elle vole à son secours. Ils se connaissent depuis toujours et se retrouvent tous les jours après l'école pour jouer. Ils sont inséparables. Quand Justin doit déménager à des milliers de kilomètres, chacun réagit à sa façon à la terrible nouvelle... Les aventures de Lili Graffiti sont adaptées en série TV en 2022 sous le nom de "Amber Brown".

One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world’s most popular form. “An insightful, revelatory, and informative read.” —Meshell Ndegeocello, singer-songwriter...

Aracely -- L.A. crime mystery attracts two (male and female) law school students who take risks and combine their incomplete legal training and investigative skills with enthusiasm to try to solve a murder. They skirt the law themselves and run afoul of dangerous characters, all the while falling in love. Plus Short Stories of various types, including another Aracely mystery.

Living in the home he inherited from his mother and abandoned by his father, painter and construction worker Cash has never known anything beyond the fields of Johnston, Wisconsin-never particularly wanted to, either. Why would he when his friends are there, his work is there, his history is there? He loves Johnston. But when an emerald-eyed stranger named Rose blows into town one summer evening in his favorite local bar, everything changes. It's love at first sight. For Cash, anyway.

You were born with authority over your life. This book helps you reclaim it. Sections include: Claim your throne Focus on your needs Be obsessed with money Let the waves crash around you Money solves most problems Exploit pain Welcome this breakdown Work on your origin story daily You are a spy Love this sound Only permanent interests Be indifferent Everything serves you You are responsible Ask this question Your two sentence operating system You live a life of indulgence You embrace rapid change You know money buys happiness Relish your victories Know what’s at stake Understand this ...

American food is the story of mash-ups. Immigrants arrive, cultures collide, and out of the push-pull come exciting new dishes and flavors. But for Edward Lee, who, like Anthony Bourdain or Gabrielle Hamilton, is as much a writer as he is a chef, that first surprising bite is just the beginning. What about the people behind the food? What about the traditions, the innovations, the memories? A natural-born storyteller, Lee decided to hit the road and spent two years uncovering fascinating narratives from every corner of the country. 

Cora, the principal’s gloomy goth daughter, is not exactly popular Duke Meyer’s type. Still, Duke finds himself inexplicably drawn to her dark eyes and mysterious manner. She makes it clear she doesn’t return his admiration, but when a burst appendix lands Duke in the hospital, he and Cora will be forced to come together by the most unlikely intermediary: her eight-year-old brother, Jaime.

Before he was one of the most well-known yoga teachers in North America and an international hip hop artist, MC YOGI was a juvenile delinquent who was kicked out of three schools, sent to live at a group home for at-risk youth, arrested for vandalism, and caught up in a world of drugs,chaos and...

Spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer explores the question of human identity and shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and achieve happiness and self-realization.

‘“It’s midnight or midday somewhere in the world. Fill your belly with something, brother. It’ll help you get on with things.”’ By the side of the motorway sits a service centre providing goods and services to all brothers and sisters getting on with things at all hours of the day. Two brothers collide around and inside the walls of a twenty-four-seven fast food restaurant. Each shows signs of friendlessness and uncertainty. Each has the choice to continue along together or make a U-turn at the first sign of danger. Signage is a short story from the author of The Spirit Series (...

Having received an offer to move to out of the country to work. Lokhi is thrust without warning into the new life in Madagascar where he is sent to manage telecommunications infrastructure. From the rice fields on the outskirts to the town with its enticing night life, Lokhi finds solace with some of the locals. However, all is not what it seems. Suddenly there is a political upheaval, an uprising that threatens foreigners such as himself. Eventually leaving love behind he moves onto Comoros to continue his adventure and to look for a skillful engineer that roams those islands, before going...

In this 87th Precinct thriller, Detective Steve Carella must track down a killer who's systematically rubbing out all the city's graffiti artists, leaving each victim mischievously splashed with paint and blood.Foul play takes another form when an old nemesis, the Dead Man, taunts Carella and...

Coming out of COVID-19, the year 2021 started a renaissance movement with nonfungible tokens (NFTs), witnessed by remarkable growth and development of different NFT marketplaces: gaming, metaverses, collectibles, art, and music, to name just a few. This book covers the early part of that movement, around the April 2021 timeframe, just before the massive market explosion just a few months later. The interviews contained within this book, looking back, were the early harbingers of that growth market. NFTs have grown dramatically since their inception, and even since April 2021. This book ...

In this page-turning novel set in 2003 New York City, a genderqueer book conservator feels trapped by her gender presentation, her ill-fitting relationship, and her artistic block—until she discovers a decades-old hidden queer love letter and becomes obsessed with tracking down its author...

How could LSD be a weapon, an effective tool for psychotherapy and a sacrament capable of facilitating peak mystical experiences? Just what happened at the world's longest running psychedelic clinic, and what did it have to do with the CIA, brainwashing, and a small house party I went to on mushrooms? Shamanic Graffiti is a mystery story that stretches to the origins of culture, consciousness, all the way to the front lines of a drug war, and a society on the brink of transformation.

High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background—average student, average looks, average dysfunctional family. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you...

Crown The Noise isn’t an art history book. It’s a mixtape. A diary on subway walls. A crown painted in gold across broken concrete. Step into the chaos and brilliance of Jean-Michel Basquiat — the radiant child who turned the streets of New York into a studio, who made noise into poetry, and who crowned forgotten heroes with glory. Through fragments, quotes, and stories layered like his canvases, this book brings Basquiat alive on the page: his fire, his battles, his fame, his loneliness, and the eternal echo of his art. It’s not about looking at Basquiat. It’s about feeling him. ...

Mackenzie Phillips shares “a raw glimpse” (Entertainment Weekly) into her lifelong battle with personal demons and near-fatal addictions—and reveals the shattering truth behind her complex, secretive, and damaging history with her father, the legendary John Phillips of The Mamas & the...