"After rescuing the Children of Night, Abeni and her friends are in search of the elder spirits--who they hope can protect Asha. But before the group can reach their destination, they're captured and held prisoner by the Kingdom of the Gold Spinners, whose magics manipulate gold to build and achieve wonders. To secure their freedom, the companions make an agreement to retrieve the kingdom's sacred and mystical Golden Throne, the very soul of their...

"Germany, 1918: a country in flux. The First World War is over, the nation defeated. Revolution is afoot, the monarchy has fallen and the victory of democracy beckons. Everything must change with the times. Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launches an unprecedented political project- its first democratic government. The Weimar Republic is established. The years that follow see political extremism, economic upheaval, revolutionary violence...

"The story of how Victoria's Secret skyrocketed from a tiny chain of boutiques to an intimates monolith with annual sales in excess of $6 billion-all the while defining female beauty and sex standards for generations of Americans-and how the brand's grip on the industry slipped. Victoria's Secret is one of the most influential, and polarizing, brands to ever infiltrate the psyche of the American consumer. The company's catalog made national headlines...

"A Mask of Flies by Matthew Lyons is a pulse-pounding crime horror epic about a criminal on the run, the deadly family secrets she unearths along the way, and the sinister monster from her past that has gotten a taste for her blood--and won't sleep until she's dead. In the grisly aftermath of a botched bank heist, career criminal Anne Heller has no choice but to return to her family's cabin - a secluded shack in Colorado's San Luis Valley, and the...

"Where do tractors go when it turns cold and snows?" Do they make cozy beds in their giant red sheds? In this bright and bouncy read-aloud, tractors dig and scoop, round up the sheep and feed the chickens... all before they chug and stomp, zig and zag -- dancing with their farmyard friends. Then, in a second story inspired by "Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed," count down from ten with Field Mouse, Farmer, and a colorful cast of hard-working tractors....

"We live in a society that prioritizes men's convenience over women's suffering. Nowhere is this more evident in the female technology industry. In 2020, the total value of investment in the digital health industry was $14.1 billion. Female-focused digital health companies received just 1.8% of that funding. Women continue to get short-changed when it comes to their health and sexual wellness because venture capitalists are predominantly male. And...

Over 200 real photographs. No duplicates. No text. Just pictures. - from back cover.

"Who decides what is fashionable? What clothes we wear, what hairstyles we create, what color lipstick we adore, what body shape is "all the rage". The story of female adornment from 1860-1960 is intriguingly unbuttoned in this glorious social history. Virginia Nicholson has long been fascinated by the way we women present ourselves--or are encouraged to present ourselves--to the world. In this book, we learn about rational dress, suffragettes' hats,...

"From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of King James I's favorite, George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham"-- Provided by publisher.

"All right, she had to admit it: it really was an adventure to be in a new place. A different Caspia emerged here. A Brooklyn-Caspia, just like the Brooklyn-dandelion. Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially New York. So, she isn't thrilled by the news that her parents are taking her to Brooklyn for the whole summer. But everything changes when Caspia discovers a bundle of letters, written by a blind girl many years ago, and hidden in...