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The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of mathematics who goes by Wala Kitu. (Wala, he explains, means "nothing" in Tagalog, and Kitu is Swahili for "nothing.") He is an expert on nothing. That is to say, he is an expert, and his area of study is nothing, and he does nothing about it.

Rookie reporter Edie York dreams of being out in the field, instead of being stuck writing up the wartime headlines, transcribing Churchill’s rousing speeches on her cranky typewriter. So when her first real assignment one misty morning ends with the crack of a pistol shot and the sudden death of a Home Guard soldier, she’s determined to take her chance and investigate. With the local police force, under the utterly irritating but outrageously handsome DCI Louis Brennan, stretched to the limit as bombs rain down, Edie strikes out alone. And she discovers more than she’d ever hoped – or feared.

Only after his regiment is recalled to the Continent to fight the horrific battle of Waterloo does Captain Geoffrey Mantell at last see the truth: that Miss Emily Chandry, the unfortunate daughter of the miser next door, is more than his childhood playfellow. He comes back to England after the war to claim her hand, but he is too late—Emily is lost to him, the wife of a stranger who does not seem to care for more than her social connections. Reeling from this turn of events, Geoffrey must try to move on. But Emily's situation will continue to haunt him.

Our culture is undergoing radical change. We see evidence of this cultural revolution all around us as values, norms, language, and laws all shift beneath our feet. But this revolution didn't come out of nowhere—and it isn't too late to stop it. The Progressive Miseducation of America is an eye-opening look at how our universities have polluted the cultural landscape we live in today—and how Christians can take strategic actions in response.

A Lady with a past. A man with ambition. A romance far from London society that might bridge their divides. Lady Phoebe Hunt never anticipated returning from exile. A fatal choice drove her from England, but the death of her father—and the revelation of his debts—has brought her home. Once...

“Beautiful and important.”—New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn When a Victorian apothecary hires a stoic private investigator to protect her business, they learn there’s only one way to treat true love—with a happily ever after. When Lucinda Peterson’s recently perfected...

In desperate need of a fresh start after a recent heartbreak, Cat Hardwick leaves her life in the city behind and travels to the remote Scottish Highlands. Arriving at her godfather's estate, she hopes returning to the beautiful place she remembers from childhood will help mend her broken heart. But as she steps into the grand hall, the castle isn't as she expects. With a sagging roof and buckets to catch the leaks, Cat soon realizes the estate is in trouble.

Join Everett Worthington, world-leading social scientist and acclaimed clinical counselor, to learn how to live according to your values through the power of social psychology. Cultivate humility, compassion, and gratitude in your daily life.

Everett and Kincaid present a fictitious chronicle of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond's desire to pen a history of African Americans—his and his aides' belief being that he has done as much, or more, than any American to shape that history. An epistolary novel, A History follows the letters of loose-cannon congressional office workers, insane interns at a large New York publishing house, and disturbed publishing executives, along with homicidal rival editors, kindly family friends, and an aspiring author named Septic.

When a magical hotel appears smack-dab in the middle of the most unmagical of worlds, the last thing the residents expect is to fall in love. Manager of the Number Five Wayside Inn and World Travel Hub, Pax Nomen has one of the easiest jobs in all the known universes, unless you count the...

North of Nelson presents six gripping short stories set in the wilderness of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will hold the listener spellbound as the various protagonists live, and sometimes perish, in this often harsh and rugged land. The mythical village of Nelson frames the life and plights of the various actors as they plunge headlong physically, psychologically, and metaphorically into the treacherous waters of the Sturgeon River Country, where humans live precariously on the edge of a knife, and every mistake could be fatal.

These five compelling short stories from North of Nelson, Volume 2 will captivate even the most jaded listener with frankness and audacity. Moore holds nothing back, no subject is out of bounds, and no apologies are given as he exposes stories of incest, lust, love, and hate.

USA Weightlifting coaches Greg Everett & Ursula Garza address audience questions on weightlifting technique, program design, competition and more.

Edward Everett Hale’s The Man Without a Country is a poignant and patriotic short story that explores the devastating consequences of exile and the importance of national identity. The story follows Philip Nolan, a young army officer who, in a moment of reckless defiance, renounces his country during a treason trial. As punishment, he is sentenced to spend the rest of his life at sea, never again hearing mention of the United States.

Qui est James ? Le jeune esclave illettré qui a fui la plantation ? Ou cet homme cultivé et plein d’humour qui se joue des Blancs ? Percival Everett transforme le personnage de Jim créé par Mark Twain, dans son roman Huckleberry Finn , en un héros inoubliable. James prétend souvent ne rien savoir, ne rien comprendre ; en réalité, il maîtrise la langue et la pensée comme personne. Ce grand roman d’aventures, porté par les flots tourmentés du Mississippi, pose un regard incisif entièrement neuf sur la question du racisme.

Un afamado pintor de mediana edad nos cuenta cómo se ha librado del peso de un secreto que no le permitía vivir. Un secreto lleva a otro y a otro hasta que la comunicación con los más cercanos resulta imposible. El protagonista cuenta su viaje juvenil a El Salvador atravesado por la muerte y la violencia, un affair amoroso en París y su fracturada vida familiar en los Estados Unidos. Una historia actual contada con una sencillez de lenguaje llamativa y que alcanza una gran profundidad.

Becoming a super dad isn’t by chance but by choice. Discover how you can become the best father and partner, one step at a time. It’s Friday morning, and you’re all set to shut the week with a bang. The big presentation went well, and your weekend is booked with friends and fun. Then your phone rings. It’s your partner on the other side, calling to break the big news: "You’re going to be a father!" As her words echo in your head, you can’t make sense of anything. The good news is that, although challenging, fatherhood is a joyous and enriching experience.

Every city has its own horrible history. Each month hosts Emily Barlean and Rachel Everett will venture to two new cities and do a deep dive into a piece of history that you won't read about in the travel brochures – all the horrible, tragic and traumatic things that have happened in the history of the world.

Who could possibly throw over a woman as beautiful and vivacious as Roxana? Certainly not Alex Winslow, the Earl of Ayersley, who has spent years trying in vain to forget his unrequited love. When he learns she's been abandoned by her cad of a fiancé, he finds himself offering a shoulder for her to cry on. Comfort soon turns into a passionate kiss—and scandal when they are caught in an embrace.

In 1992—when Amy Fisher dominated every news channel—there lived two men. The first was a once prominent cartoonist who had a very public fall from grace. The other was an alcoholic who worked in a landfill. Both lived in different parts of the country and led completely separate lives—until their paths crossed. You know their names. And for over twenty years, you thought you knew their story—until their journals were found and authenticated in 2014. And what we thought we knew—what the old news clips and the old stories wanted us to think—were all wrong.