1966

New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks knows she should be happy. Her college sweetheart is about to propose and sweep her off to the life everyone has always expected they'd have together: a quiet house in the suburbs, Marion staying home to raise their future children. But instead, Marion finds herself feeling trapped. So when she comes across an opportunity to audition for the famous Radio City Rockettes-the glamorous precision-dancing...

Few, if any, historians have brought such insight, wisdom, and empathy to public discourse as Jill Lepore. Arriving at The New Yorker in 2005, Lepore, with her panoptical range and razor-sharp style, brought a transporting freshness and a literary vivacity to everything from profiles of long-dead writers to urgent constitutional analysis to an unsparing scrutiny of the woeful affairs of the nation itself. The astonishing essays collected in The Deadline...

New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul's in-depth narrative look at the Allman Brothers' most successful album, and a portrait of an era in rock and roll and American history. The Allman Brothers Band's Brothers and Sisters was not only the band's best-selling album, at over seven million copies sold, but it was also a powerfully influential release, both musically and culturally, one whose influence continues to be profoundly felt. Celebrating...

A historical novel about a French botanist's search for a mysterious woman who escaped from slavery in Senegal-- Paris, 1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson lies on his deathbed, the masterwork to which he dedicated his life still incomplete. As he expires, the last word to escape his lips is a woman’s name: Maram. The key to this mysterious woman’s identity is Adanson’s unpublished memoir of the years he spent in Senegal, concealed...

The score has been settled, Red Hulk has been beaten by the Incredible Hulk decisively. The war is over and Steve Rogers is on tap to give these explosive characters a sense of direction! Red Hulk heads out to deal with a deadly contingency plan left behind by Leader and [M.O.D.O.K.], for once on the side of the angels. But Iron Man didn't get the message.--Amazon.com.

When RJ Marshall said she'd be right back, York Newgate should have objected. No, he wasn't going to let her run off to Berlin, even if it was to save a little girl. Only problem--she'd told him this while he was unconscious. So really, it doesn't count, and it's not his fault that she's gone missing. And, he didn't know why he expected RJ not to chase danger into trouble. Now the woman he loves has vanished...and she's in over her head. York must...

Her worst nightmare has happened...but RJ refuses to believe it, and until she has proof, she's going to keep searching for answers. And most of all, for the man she loves, even if it means diving into the past he always wanted to keep secret. It'll take a trip back to Russia, to the sketchy and dark history of York's life to find the clues to the sinister plans of a global terrorist, as well as answers that she hopes will lead to a happy ending....

After learning that one of their comics will be published, the baby frogs are filled with anxiety and doubt. How will they get their creative groove back? Will Naomi or Melvin emerge as a leader? Will Flippy convince them to finally straighten up and fly right? The story is hysterical, thought-provoking, and full of action-packed mini-comics: 'Frogzilla vs. Mechafrogzilla,' 'I Am Dr. Fredric Wertham,' 'Two Birds,' and 'RoboChubbs.' Bestselling author-illustrator...

Principal Krupp once again turns into the superhero Captain Underpants in order to save the world, and Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, from the evil talking toilets and the Turbo Toilet 2000.

Divided into eight chapters covering the breadth of the US, pictographic maps locate each of the monuments explored, while double-page, poster-worthy scenes convey the beauty of the areas featured. Monuments covered include Statue of Liberty, Stonewall, Katahdin, the National Mall, Forts of the East, Jewel Cave, Pipestone, Pullman, Grand-Staircase Escalante, Chiricahua National Monument, Bandelier National Monument, Rainbow Bridge, the Dinosaur National...