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In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survi

Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and

The future isn’t about where we will work, but how. For years we have struggled to balance work and life, with most of us feeling overwhelmed and burned out because our relationship to work is broken.

In the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan, an aspiring writer, moves back to Kentucky to live with his Trump-supporting uncle and grandfather. Eager to clean up his act after wasting time and potential in his early twenties, he takes a job as a groundskeeper at a small local college, in exchange for which he is permitted to take a writing course.

In the summer of his seventeenth year, Sam­uel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basket­ball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on an airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true. Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed, quick­nes

The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95 percent of the world's economies were suffering all at the same time.

Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding--and also appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing? Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply irrational--cavemen out of time saddled with biases, fallacies, and illusions. After a

In One of Our Kind, Jasmyn and King Williams move to the utopian Black community of Liberty, California. While King embraces its wellness culture, Jasmyn feels alienated by the residents' superficiality. When she discovers a dark secret about Liberty, she must confront how its ideals threaten her family's future, exploring the complexities of freedom and identity.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Most Fun We Ever Had, Same As It Ever Was follows Julia Ames as she navigates mid-life stability amid family upheaval. With her son’s surprise announcement and her daughter’s separation looming, the novel explores maternal ambivalence and the complexities of relationships, reinforcing Lombardo's status as a leading novelist of her generation.

In Godwin, two brothers—Mark, a technical writer in Pittsburgh, and Geoff, a desperate soccer agent from the UK—embark on a quest to find an elusive African soccer prodigy named Godwin. This narrative explores themes of family, migration, and the complexities of soccer and global capitalism, while addressing the legacy of colonialism.

From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybrook. When a mysterious accident befalls a member of the all-star high school football team, the town's deadly history stands to repeat itself-and the price of discovering the truth is higher than anyone could imagine.