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From the all-time bestselling mind behind Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil, 300, and Sin City, Push the Wall is part memoir, part master class for budding artists and writers by one of the greatest living creators whose work has influenced pop culture for decades. Frank Miller is our...

"Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." In 1981, America was a superpower in search of its soul. Plagued by economic "malaise," a humiliating hostage crisis, and the cold shadow of the Soviet Union, the nation needed more than a politician—it needed a storyteller. Enter Ronald Reagan. As the second volume in The Architects of Change Trilogy: 1989, The Courage to be Free explores the words of the "Great Communicator." From the defiant challenge at the Brandenburg Gate to the healing oratory following the Challenger tragedy, this book captures the ...

Dark secrets and twisted truths...hidden clues and unexpected danger...a lost island of dreams and mystery... It had never been a secret that she loved him with all her heart...then walked away...her dreams and hopes lost. Then everything changed. There was only time to grab her purse and the small keepsake box she couldn’t leave behind. She had no choice but to trust a family friend with his own share of secrets to keep them safe from a mysterious and threatening danger. But was her heart safe from him...was it ever? Addie might have been surprised by Tom’s unexpected arrival at her ...

An illuminating, elegant history of New York City, told through the stories of the women who made it the most exciting and influential metropolis in the world Read any history of New York City and you will read about men. You will read about men who were political leaders and men who were...

In the gritty heart of the Bronx during the 1990s — before smartphones, before body cams, before 9/11 changed everything — a young rookie steps into one of the most dangerous precincts in America: the 46th, known on the streets as “The Alamo.” FIVE AND TWENTY is a raw, unflinching memoir that takes readers behind the badge and into the chaos, humor, and heartbreak of a cop’s baptism by fire. Author Robbin Ramos, a former NYPD officer, recounts his early years patrolling the violent corridors of the South Bronx — a place where loyalty could mean survival, and every shift blurred ...

One September day, New York City suffered a devastating act of domestic terrorism, but that day was not the 11th, and the attack took place over 80 years before the most notorious terrorist attack on America. In 1920, an explosion in the financial district of New York City killed 38 people, injured hundreds more, and caused damage that is still visible on some of Wall Street’s most famous buildings today.

The air is dense and ashy, and a Trojan horse replica sits outside the city's fortress walls. Two teenagers sit atop the wall and reflect on the city beneath them, hoping to find beauty among the desolation.