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Dragon Fairy Tales

Soar the skies with fire-breathing beasts, explore the mythological lands of Ancient Greece, and brandish your sword with Saint George in this illustrated collection of dragon tales from around the world.…

90s: The Collection Vol.7

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 13

As Andrew McCarthy wrote in The New York Times Book Review about the previous volume, "For more than 20 years, Travelers' Tales has been publishing books that might best be described as the literary …

Joyful, Joyful

Best New Children's Books - Guardian Children's Book of the Week- Sunday Times 'A wonderful collection of short stories and poems from 40 black writers and illustrators . . . Brilliantly curated by Dapo A…

Hannes Tschürtz

Useless Music Knowledge

You can save lives by pumping to the beat of "Stayin' Alive", Fleetwood Mac once sued Fleetwood Mac and a zither melody once topped the US Billboard charts. As "useless" as all this ma…

Charlene Smith,

Game Changers

We belong here!Meet 13 inspiring hijabi athletes! Many of these women were the first in their sport to play while wearing the hijab. Some overcame cultural expectations that discouraged girls from playing…

Joelle Kidd

Jesusland

Using a blend of cultural criticism, humor, and personal memoir akin to Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror or Grace Perry's The 2000s Made Me Gay, Joelle Kidd writes about her evangelical adolescence through th…

Lily Dyu

Earth Heroes

Amid the climate crisis, can individual people create change?> > > Featuring striking illustrations by Jackie Lay and the stories of activists from around the world:Mohammed Rezwan, architect beh…

V. Castro

Tales of the Dark Feminine

Dive into a dark, empowering world where folktales, horror and feminist magic collide. This collection features 26 modern retellings of legends and folktales about fierce female deities and spirits from a…

Philip Seaton, Lawrence W Zettler

Saving Orchids

A gorgeously illustrated ode to the beauty and significance of orchids--and to those fighting to save these unique plants across the globe.Until recently, a myriad of lifeforms enriched our lives. In some…

Gerry Smyth

Serpent, Siren, Maelstrom, and Myth

An entrancing collection of myths and legends of the sea The sea is beautiful and alluring, but it is also dangerous and deadly. Above all, it is unknowable and untamable. Storytelling offered our ancesto…

Lucy Fischer

Cinema of Converging Lives

What happens when strangers meet in film? In this book, Lucy Fischer analyzes films by a diverse and international group of directors which portray the seemingly random intersection of separate lives. Exp…

Lucy Fischer

The Cinema of Converging Lives

What happens when strangers meet in film? In this book, Lucy Fischer analyzes films by a diverse and international group of directors which portray the seemingly random intersection of separate lives. Exp…

Dorian Lynskey

Everything Must Go

"A rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what fact…

Karun Chandhok

Drive to Victory

The perfect read for the Formula 1-mad kid in your life. Written by real-life racing driver Karun Chandhok!How fast do Formula 1 cars really go? How do you become a racing driver? What track is the hardes…

Miri Rodriguez, Izabela Duiwe

The Women of Microsoft

{PRAISE FOR The Women of Microsoft}"As a 25-year Microsoft veteran, this book brought me back to pivotal career moments-its stories are rich with insight, inspiration, and the power of women's journe…

Damien Lewis

SAS Great Escapes Three

The new bestseller from Damien Lewis, the Regiment's de facto historian.

Frank Foster

Bonefish Dreams

Bonefish Dreamsis a light-hearted but fact-filled romp through a novelist's almost forty-year obsession with fly fishing. Prepare to be informed and entertained by this worldwide, how-to guidebook that vi…

David G. Haskell,

Die schöpferische Kraft der Blumen

In "Die schöpferische Kraft der Blumen" definiert der Biologe David Haskell unser Verständnis von Blumen neu und stellt sie ins Zentrum der Evolution. Denn Blumen sind weit mehr als nur Zierde, …