An epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic—the story of a spoiled hero, an exacting grandmaster, and an immortal god-king from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lives of Tao. It has been foretold: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom. The hero: Jian, who has been raised since birth in luxury and splendor, celebrated before he has won a single battle. But the prophecy was wrong. Because when Taishi, the greatest war artist of her generation, arrives to evaluate the prophesied hero, she finds a spoiled brat unprepared to face his destiny. But the only force more powerful than fate is Taishi herself. Possessed of an iron will, a sharp tongue—and an unexpectedly soft heart—Taishi will find a way to forge Jian into the weapon and leader he needs to be in order to fulfill his legend. What follows is a journey more wondrous than any prophecy can foresee: a story of master and student, assassin and revolutionary, of fallen gods and broken prophecies, and of a war between kingdoms, and love and friendship between deadly rivals.

Return to the cozy fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her! If only things were so simple… It turns out that fixing your life isn’t a one-time prospect, nor as easy as a change of scenery and a lick of paint. A drunken and desperate night sees the rattkin waking far from home in the company of a legendary warrior surviving on inertia, an imprisoned chaos-goblin with a fondness for silverware, and an absolutely thumping hangover. As together they fend off a rogue’s gallery of ne’er-do-wells trying to claim the bounty the goblin represents, Fern may finally reconnect with the person she actually is when there isn’t a job to get in the way.

Final Fantasy meets Shadow and Bone in The Demon and the Light, the hotly anticipated follow-up to Axie Oh's The Floating World.The battle is over, but the war is just beginning...With the help of her friends and allies, Ren managed to topple the General's insurrection, but the Floating World and its territories are still under threat of attack from the rival Volmaran Empire. And far worse, she was powerless to save Sunho from being overcome by the monstrous power in his blood. Now he's gone, transformed into a feral, deadly creature that doesn't even recognize her anymore, and her heart aches for the sweet boy she's grown to love.But the escalating war will not pause for her grief. Seen by some as a heavenly savior and others merely a figurehead to be manipulated, Ren must use all her courage and cunning to survive the royal court's game long enough to find Sunho and bring him home before he loses himself to the Demon forever.Also by Axie OhThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the SeaThe Floating World

The year is 1795. The ideals of the French Revolution are sweeping their way across the Caribbean until they reach the shores of St. Vincent, an island inhabited by a tribe of mixed Amerindian and African ancestry called the Black Caribs. A dysfunctional peace treaty with Britain leads to simmering tensions with colonists motivated by greed. At a crucial moment, with British hegemony waning in the region, the Black Caribs foment an all-out war. Supported by French revolutionaries, they attempt to establish their status as “citizens of a free nation.” Based on actual events, Children of the Ocean God, transports readers to a fascinating period in history, capturing the nuances of colonization and slavery in the Caribbean, the revolutionary fervor of the times, and the dauntless, noble fighting spirit of the Black Caribs desperately trying to preserve their birthright. Synposis: The year is 1795, the ideals of the French Revolution are sweeping their way across the Caribbean until they reach the shores of the island of Hiroona. There, Warramou, a young, romantic Garifuna warrior, finds himself caught in the struggle of his life as he tries to save his homeland from destruction in an all-out war against British colonists. Warramou wakes up one day with a bizarre premonition about a war in Hiroona. He soon learns that French revolutionaries from the neighboring island of Camerhogne, have brought news of an insurrection there against the British. This follows on the heels of a violent rebellion in another nearby island, which threatens British hegemony in the Caribbean. Warramou’s tribe, the Garifuna, are presented with an irresistible opportunity to launch a war against the British and drive them out of Hiroona once and for all. Warramou soon finds himself roped into making war plans, after being sent to Paramount Chief Joseph Chatoyé to inform him of these developments and seek his guidance in convening a war council with the main Garifuna chiefs on sacred Mount Qualibou. While waiting to meet with Chief Chatoyé, he goes to see Ranée, Chatoyé’s eldest daughter, hoping to receive an answer to his marriage proposal. At the war council, the chiefs swear a blood oath to wage war against the British, with the aid of their French revolutionary allies. Warramou joins intensive war preparations and is appointed as a lieutenant to a key commander in the Garifuna army. Yet due to his inexperience as a warrior he is worried about his ability to fulfil such an important role for his people. As the start of the war looms Warramou’s grows increasingly anxious. This spurs him to seek guidance from his deceased grandfather, Pa Louen, with whom he has a special spiritual bond. He participates in the opening offensive, in which the Garifuna army savagely attacks a sugar plantation, massacring its inhabitants. During the battle Warramou engages in intense, close combat with a female slave, named Nanette, whom he narrowly defeats and recruits to join the Garifuna cause. Within a day the Garifuna Army controls over half of Hiroona and is poised to make a final assault on the British bastion of Fort Charlotte. While waiting for the final offensive to begin, Warramou has a dream in which Pa Louen urges him to embrace his fate as a warrior and become a leader of the Garifuna people in this righteous war against the British. He exhorts him with the Garifuna battle cry “Only we are people! There are no cowards here, nobody gives up, this land is ours!” However, the Garifuna army hesitates in launching their assault due to Chief Chatoyé’s superstitions. This allows the British to stage a daring midnight raid, which catches the Garifuna and their French allies woefully off guard. The Battle of Dorsetshire Hill ensues, in which Warramou fights valiantly, narrowly evading being killed. After suffering heavy losses, including the tragic death of Chief Chatoyé, the Garifuna Army, is forced to retreat. In the aftermath of the debacle on Dorsetshire Hill, Warramou is bitterly disappointed in himself for not doing more to prevent the Garifuna losses in the battle. After the British withdraw from the battlefield, he leads a mission to recover the bodies of fallen Garifuna warriors, including Chief Chatoyé. He discovers sadly that Nanette has also been killed in the fateful battle. Amid preparations for Chief Chatoyé’s dugu funeral ceremony, Warramou, who is hungry for revenge against the British, leads a retaliatory raid, in which several plantations are burned to the ground. At the emotionally-charged dugu ceremony, two of Chief Chatoyé’s wives are buried alive with him, including Ranee’s mother. Ranée is distraught after losing both her parents. The story ends with Warramou seeking to comfort Ranée in her loss, yet realizing he is unable to do so. For the first time, he realizes that he is ready to step up as the warrior his people need and he vows defiantly to continue the war.

She’s determined to keep her family home. He won’t let his friend down. Will conflicting interests shatter their chances of happily ever after? Finley Fox refuses to give up her life’s work. With her family’s cabin rental business at risk of going under, the eldest of five has been laboring for years to care for the property, not to mention her now grown siblings. But when a New York billionaire makes a play for the ailing resort, Finley struggles to resist her attraction to the handsome man sent to secure the deal. Archer Weston craves stability. With his best buddy since childhood in need of a favor, the lonely businessman heads to the mountains to convince the owner to sell. But his mission hits a hurdle when his heart melts in the presence of the hardworking, beautiful woman. With debt and sibling drama piling high, Finley fears that leaning on her irresistible guest for support could end in her own heartbreak. But as their relationship grows and intensifies, Archer is caught between his long-term loyalty and his one shot at finding his forever… Can this unexpected couple keep both their dreams alive? Between a Fox and a Hard Place is the first book in the Fox Family romantic comedy series. If you like swoon-worthy men, witty dialogue, and enemies-to-lovers antics, then you’ll adore this sweet and steamy tale.

Bernardine Evaristo is the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the first black woman to receive this highest literary honor in the English language. Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women that paints a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and looks back to the legacy of Britain’s colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean. The twelve central characters of this multi-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed playwright whose work often explores her Black lesbian identity; her old friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London’s funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley’s former students, is a successful investment banker; Carole’s mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about her daughter’s lack of rootedness despite her obvious achievements. From a nonbinary social media influencer to a 93-year-old woman living on a farm in Northern England, these unforgettable characters also intersect in shared aspects of their identities, from age to race to sexuality to class. Sparklingly witty and filled with emotion, centering voices we often see othered, and written in an innovative fast-moving form that borrows technique from poetry, Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel that shows a side of Britain we rarely see, one that reminds us of all that connects us to our neighbors, even in times when we are encouraged to be split apart.

This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throughout time, as that would entail writing an encyclopaedia. Rather, this is a drop in the ocean, a paddle in the shallow end of sex history, but I hope you will get pleasantly wet nonetheless. The act of sex has not changed since people first worked out what went where, but the ways in which society dictates how sex is culturally understood and performed have varied significantly through the ages. Humans are the only creatures that stigmatise particular sexual practices, and sex remains a deeply divisive issue around the world. Attitudes will change and grow – hopefully for the better – but sex will never be free of stigma or shame unless we acknowledge where it has come from.

Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink—all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I’m not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue. In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman of color while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years and commenting on the state of feminism today. The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture. Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better. Feel me, see me, hear me, reach me -- Peculiar benefits -- Typical first year professor -- To scratch, claw or grope clumsily or frantically -- How to be friends with another woman -- Girls, girls, girls -- I once was Miss America -- Garish, glorious spectacles -- Not here to make friends -- How we all lose -- Reaching for catharsis : getting fat right (or wrong) and Diana Spechler's Skinny -- The smooth surfaces of idyll -- The careless language of sexual violence -- What we hunger for -- The illusion of safety/the safety of illusion -- The spectacle of broken men -- A tale of three coming out stories -- Beyond the measure of men -- Some jokes are funnier than others -- Dear young ladies who love Chris Brown -- So much they would let him beat them -- Blurred lines, indeed -- The trouble with Prince Charming, or, He who trespassed against us -- The solace of preparing fried foods and other quaint remembrances from 1960s Mississippi : thoughts on The help -- Surviving Django -- Beyond the struggle narrative -- The morality of Tyler Perry -- The last day of a young black man -- When less is more -- The politics of respectability -- When Twitter does what journalism cannot -- The alienable rights of women -- Holding out for a hero -- A tale of two profiles -- The racism we all carry -- Tragedy, call, compassion, response -- Bad feminist : take one -- Bad feminist : take two

On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12-year-old Palestinian-American girl is yelled at by a group of men outside the Church of the Nativity. She has exposed her legs in a biblical city, an act they deem forbidden, and their judgement will echo on through her adolescence. When our narrator finally admits to her mother that she is queer, her mother's response only intensifies a sense of shame: "You exist too much," she tells her daughter. Told in vignettes that flash between the U.S. and the Middle East--from New York to Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine--Zaina Arafat's debut novel traces her protagonist's progress from blushing teen to sought-after DJ and aspiring writer. In Brooklyn, she moves into an apartment with her first serious girlfriend and tries to content herself with their comfortable relationship. But soon her longings, so closely hidden during her teenage years, explode out into reckless romantic encounters and obsessions with other people. Her desire to thwart her own destructive impulses will eventually lead her to The Ledge, an unconventional treatment center that identifies her affliction as "love addiction." In this strange, enclosed society she will start to consider the unnerving similarities between her own internal traumas and divisions and those of the places that have formed her. Opening up the fantasies and desires of one young woman caught between cultural, religious, and sexual identities, You Exist Too Much is a captivating story charting two of our most intense longings: for love, and a place to call home.