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In her first story collection since Love in Infant Monkeys, which became a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Lydia Millet explores what it means to be home. Nina, a lonely real-estate broker estranged from her only relative, is at the center of a web of stories connecting fractured communities and families. She moves through the houses of L.A.'s wealthy and elite and finds men and women both crass and tender, vicious, and desperate.

Foraging is becoming increasingly popular, from TikTok to tasting menus at the most exclusive restaurants around the world. People are discovering that delicious wild edibles are waiting for us in our own backyards, led by champions such as Gabrielle Cerberville. Known as “The Chaotic Forager” online, Cerberville argues that foraging is the past, present, and future of food, and the key to unlocking a reciprocal relationship with the land that feeds us. Through learning to engage with the world of wild food, she contends, we can also build a kinder, more respectful relationship with ourselves.

Get this limited edition holiday romance collection of two novels, two novellas, and two short stories from Kit Tunstall, writing as Aurelia Skye and Kit Kyndall.

Welcome to "The Bear's Island," a captivating collection of short stories that will whisk young readers away on a magical journey through the enchanting world of Bear's Island. In this delightful book, children will be introduced to the lovable characters of Big Bear, Mama Bear, and their curious cub, Little Bear, as they embark on a series of heartwarming adventures filled with friendship, discovery, and the wonders of nature.

Dana Patterson never regretted the simplicity of her life in Alaska until she moved in with playboy Connor Sinclair. On the surface, Connor is the darkly seductive owner of Vegas’s hottest new casino. But in private, she gets to see a vulnerable side that no one else knows about—and the combination makes him a temptation she isn’t willing to resist any longer.

Tracks from Nowhere takes the listener into the remote and impoverished coal-mining community of New River Gorge, West Virginia. The year is 1936. Hank O’Neill, a ruggedly handsome coal miner, bears the burden of a promise that threatens not only his life, but his marriage to the lovely, Louise as well. She is discontented with living in poverty and is desperate to escape; but in the isolated Appalachian Mountains of post-depression America, a way out is difficult to come by.

Eldene McGrady is the mother of two teenage children. Taylor, a strapping six-foot 15-and-half-year-old, and his little sister, Patty, who is 14, just 11 months younger than Taylor. Eldene is suddenly widowed due to an accident in which her husband, Jake, is killed. Her grief is such that she just can't continue their life in Baltimoret, selling all her holdings and deciding, along with her children, to plan and join a wagon train and move West to the Oregon Territory.

On the verge of signing the most important document in African history, Agent Six and Detective Reggie Kona must race against the clock to get the document in the right hands before the big day. The powers-that-be have other plans. Six and Reggie find the job tougher at every turn, meeting elite operatives and killers all after one thing: a document that could change the future of Africa.

Unlock the mystery of Original Sin—a cornerstone of Christian theology that reveals humanity’s brokenness and need for redemption. From Adam and Eve’s pivotal sin in the Garden of Eden, this book delves into inherited sin and its far-reaching effects on our spiritual lives and moral understanding.

Olivia discovers letters and a painting by her uncle William, an artist and WWII bombardier who vanished after being shot down over France just before D-Day. Inexplicably compelled, Olivia begins a personal quest to discover William’s fate.

Thomas Roop has been fortunate enough to travel widely through his life, learning from a wide variety of cultures, traditions, and religions. These encounters inculcated and developed a love for humankind. While travelling through Denmark, he encountered and fell in love with the work of the 19th century poet, novelist, and playwright Hans Christian Anderson. The literature of T. S. Eliot, Carl Sandburg, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, and others are all evident influences on Roop’s own work.

Poetry has always provided comfort, inspiration, and connection, especially during socially precarious and politically divisive times. That has never been truer than it is today. The Wild Edge of the Heart: Women Poets Raise Their Voices presents the work of some of our leading contemporary female poets who are lauded for their ferocity, sensitivity and eloquence.

My name is Kevin Markos, former anchor for Full News Broadcasting. I say former, because an exhaustion—and frustration-fueled emotional on-air meltdown of apocalyptic proportions means my previously dignified reputation and successful career as a highly respected conservative TV news host and commentator lay in smoking, irreparable ruins. Only one person will hire me now, and it's the last person I want to work for—Democratic Senator ShaeLynn Samuels, who's determined to be the next president of the United States. My reluctance isn't because of her, but because of who's working for her.