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Through ancient art, evocative myth, exciting archaeological revelations and philosophical explorations Bettany Hughes shows why this immortal goddess endures through to the twenty-first century, and what her journey through time reveals about what matters to us as humans. Charting Venus's origins in powerful ancient deities, Bettany demonstrates that Venus is far more complex than first meets the eye. Beginning in Cyprus, the goddess's mythical birthplace, Bettany decodes Venus's relationship to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, and, in turn, Aphrodite's mixed-up origins both as a Cypriot spirit of fertility and procreation - but also, as a descendant of the prehistoric war goddesses of the Near and Middle East, Ishtar, Inanna and Astarte. On a voyage of discovery to reveal the truth behind Venus, Hughes reveals how this mythological figure is so much more than nudity, romance and sex. It is the both the remarkable story of one of antiquity's most potent forces, and the story of human desire - how it transforms who we are and how we behave.

The story revolves around a complex emotional relationship intertwined with desire, absence, and waiting, while the neighbor becomes a figure who evokes in the narrator a profound sense of reflection and attachment. Habib Selmi writes about human relationships from a perspective close to everyday life, where feelings are neither clear nor stable, but rather shift with distance, time, and memory. The neighbor transforms from a mere figure in the setting into a mental presence that accompanies the narrator and reshapes his perception of himself and others. Longing emerges as a psychological state linked not only to the absence of a person, but also to the questions, memories, and unfulfilled possibilities left behind by that absence. Ordinary details intertwine with profound emotions, revealing the complexities of human relationships, including hesitation, desire, and the fear of loss. The narrative provides space for contemplation on love, the body, loneliness, and social connections, paying close attention to the details that shape everyday memory. The role of place in solidifying emotions is also highlighted, as proximity and neighborliness do not necessarily equate to the ability to access or possess the other. The work offers a tranquil narrative experience based on the psychological analysis of the characters and the subtle shifts in a relationship that evolves from observation and longing to an attempt to understand oneself and others.

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'An intriguing exploration of withdrawal and solitude' Daily Telegraph 'Stagg writes masterfully' The Times What do we gain and what do we lose when we step back from the world? Guy Stagg follows in the footsteps of three extraordinary twentieth-century figures who withdrew during moments of crisis: Ludwig Wittgenstein, David Jones and Simone Weil. Blending history, travel, biography and a moving personal story, The World Within examines how retreat can save a life or transform a creative practice. It asks why the idea of retreat still enchants people to this day and hints at how each one of us can find a sanctuary of our own. 'Stagg writes well and brightly about all he encounters' Observer 'A readable book that looks at how three people tried to live at the extreme edge of the human spirit' Literary Review 'Remarkable . . . Stagg, too, is on a journey, which is what makes his books so attractive and accessible' The Tablet 'In an age riddled with noise and distraction, The World Within feels timely. It reminds us that silence and solitude are vital for self-discovery' Press Association

Set over a single June day in postwar London, Mrs. Dalloway follows Clarissa Dalloway as she prepares for an evening party, while the shell-shocked veteran Septimus Warren Smith moves toward catastrophe. Woolf transforms ordinary urban experience into a profound study of memory, time, class, empire, and mortality. Her lyrical stream-of-consciousness technique, influenced by modernist experimentation yet distinctively musical, dissolves conventional plot into shifting interior perspectives, placing the novel among the central achievements of literary modernism. Virginia Woolf, a leading figure of the Bloomsbury Group, brought to the novel her deep engagement with psychology, aesthetics, and the changing social order after the First World War. Her own experiences of mental illness, her feminist critique of patriarchal institutions, and her sensitivity to the pressures of public respectability all inform the book's intricate portrayal of divided selves and social performance. Mrs. Dalloway is essential reading for anyone interested in how fiction can capture consciousness itself. It rewards careful attention with emotional force and philosophical depth, offering a luminous, unsettling portrait of modern life in which private anguish and social ritual are inseparably entwined.

'Time turns, sets a backward course, starts for the start with speed: the fragile moments drop unravelling, reversing, unwound, back to the beginning.' Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change. Award-winning writer and director Robert Icke transforms Sophocles' epic tragedy into an essential and explosive political thriller. First performed in Dutch in 2018 at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and the Edinburgh International Festival, this arresting version of Oedipus received its English-language premiere at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End in 2024, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, and starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. The production won Icke the Best Director Award at the 2025 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress for its leads, and the production won Best Revival at the 2025 Olivier Awards. It transferred to Broadway in December 2025. Robert Icke is one of the most visionary figures in theatre today, celebrated for his contemporary re-imaginings of classic texts by Shakespeare, Schiller, Chekhov, Aeschylus and Ibsen. 'Robert Icke is the great hope of British theatre' Time Out

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When the truth slips, Ling Lang must choose between looking away and looking up at someone ready to take the reins. An idol x idol drama danmei makes its debut! From the author of Transform Me, Mark Me: Gaizao Wo, Biaoji Wo (Novel), also from Seven Seas. For ten years, A-list actor Ling Lang has lived by the rules of a secret contract: no romance, no sex. Now the contract has finally ended, and he has no idea what to do with his newfound freedom. That’s when he’s cast opposite Feng Hao, a captivating rookie actor whose penetrating gaze seems to see straight through him. As Feng Hao excels in dominating roles over Ling Lang, their shoots grow increasingly intimate, awakening desires that Ling Lang has spent years suppressing. The chemistry between them is enough to send Ling Lang to his knees. Rumors swirl, the media closes in, and ominous figures begin following Ling Lang’s every move. Through it all, Feng Hao refuses to leave his side, determined to prove that Ling Lang can trust him. But can he? If Ling Lang truly submits to these feelings, Feng Hao will have tremendous power over him—and giving in to something so dangerous could bring both pleasure and pain.

Transform darkness into art as you color intricate, line-drawn illustrations of monsters, apparitions, and mysterious landscapes. Within the pages of Macabre Masterpieces, gothic romance meets the grotesque, where shadowed figures, moody locales, and haunting details come together to create a mesmerizing world of macabre elegance. Each design invites quiet reflection and creative escape, blending the strange and the stunning in perfect harmony. Inside, you’ll find: More than 100 detailed designs blending horror and beauty Intricate, line-drawn illustrations of creepy creatures, gruesome ghouls, and spooky places Back-of-the-page meditative patterns for extended coloring and relaxation A beautifully illustrated full-color introduction to spark inspiration Perfect for horror enthusiasts, Halloween lovers, and admirers of dark art, Macabre Masterpieces is a chillingly gorgeous journey into the beauty of the darkly bizarre. Chartwell Coloring Books is the ultimate coloring book series, encompassing designs of every kind. From intriguing abstract patterns to beautiful pictures from the natural, technological, and fantasy worlds, each of these coloring books will soothe the mind and inspire the inner creative in anyone. With so many variations of complex, beautiful designs in each book, you’ll have plenty of pages to bring to life. Whether young or old, creative or not, this series has something for you.

Known in his lifetime primarily to readers of science fiction, Philip K. Dick is now seen as a uniquely visionary figure, a writer who, in editor Jonathan Lethem's words, "wielded a sardonic yet heartbroken acuity about the plight of being alive in the twentieth century, one that makes him a lonely hero to the readers who cherish him." This Library of America volume brings together four of Dick's most original novels. The Man in the High Castle (1962), which won the Hugo Award, describes an alternate world in which Japan and Germany have won World War II and America is divided into separate occupation zones. The dizzying The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965) posits a future in which competing hallucinogens proffer different brands of virtual reality, and an interplanetary drug tycoon can transform himself into a godlike figure transcending even physical death. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968), about a bounty hunter in search of escaped androids in a postapocalyptic society where status is measured by the possession of live animals and religious life is focused on a television personality, was the basis for the movie Blade Runner. Ubik (1969), with its future world of psychic espionage agents and cryonically frozen patients inhabiting an illusory "half-life," pursues Dick's theme of simulated realities and false perceptions to ever more disturbing conclusions, as time collapses on itself and characters stranded in past eras search desperately for the elusive, constantly shape-shifting panacea Ubik. As with most of Dick's novels, no plot summary can suggest the mesmerizing and constantly surprising texture of these astonishing books. Posing the questions "What is human?" and "What is real?" in a multitude of fascinating ways, Dick produced works-fantastic and weird, yet developed with precise logic, marked by wild humor and soaring flights of religious speculation-that are startlingly prescient imaginative anticipations of twenty-first-century quandaries.

Asserting the central role of the dressed body in art throughout history, this catalogue presents fashion as an essential expression of creativity and identity Fashion transforms our bodies. Exploring this concept through the lens of age, size, gender, and disability, Costume Art demonstrates how the clothed body is central to artistic expression and representation. The luxuriously designed book features a die-cut cover, three specialty papers, debossed details, and metallic silver foils. New assemblages created specifically for this volume by artist Julie Wolfe, composed of photographs by stylist and designer Nathalie Agussol, highlight the connection between art and fashion through collage, overlay, and juxtaposition. The contemporary and historic fashions draw on a range of artistic inspirations-from Greek molded cuirass armor and carved Roman sculptures to manuscripts, enameled decorative figures, and grand painted canvases. New photography by Paul Westlake of designs by makers such as Madame Grès, Alexander McQueen, Rick Owens, and Madeleine Vionnet-some dressed on bespoke mannequins made by scanning real people-reevaluates idealized representations of the human form. Bookended by essays from art and design scholar Llewellyn Negrin and award-winning author Andrew Solomon, the texts reveal the ways the body shapes how we dress and how we understand ourselves and others. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (May 10, 2026-January 10, 2027)

16 VIBRANT COLORS & WIRELESS REMOTE: Effortlessly cycle through 16 color modes with the included remote—from a gentle nightlight for bedtime to vibrant party lights for playrooms; a single click transforms any space into an elegant ballet-themed glow USB POWERED – NO BATTERIES NEEDED: Plugs directly into any USB port (laptop, power bank, or wall adapter) for continuous, hassle-free illumination; no batteries to buy or outlets to hunt—place it anywhere from desks and shelves to nightstands and dance rooms GRACEFUL ARTISTIC ATMOSPHERE FOR GIRLS, TEENS & DANCE LOVERS: Turns any bedroom into a cozy ballet-themed glow zone—a calming nightlight for little ones who love dance or a charming accent lamp for teens and adults; the elegant ballerina figure creates a soft and magical focal point that appeals to ballet & dance lovers from ages 4 to adult PREMIUM 80MM CLEAR GLASS & WOODEN BASE: Expertly crafted with an 80mm high-clarity glass crystal ball showcasing a detailed ballerina figurine—paired with a polished LED wooden base; the blend of natural wood and luminous glow creates a lovely crystal lamp that elevates any desk, shelf, or bookshelf THE BALLET LOVER GIFT FOR ALL AGES: Whether it's a birthday gift for a kid who adores ballet, a Christmas present for teens who enjoy elegant room decor, or a thoughtful surprise for adult dance enthusiasts—this mystical ballet crystal ball suits ages 4 to adult; also great for housewarmings, teacher appreciation, and any occasion celebrating a passion for ballet and dance art

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'Inspiring . . . An absorbing chronicle of talent, character, pluck, and luck' Wall Street Journal THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first definitive biography of basketball legend LeBron James, by the acclaimed author of Tiger Woods. LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of the twenty-first century and vying with Michael Jordan as the greatest of all time. The reigning king of the game, LeBron wears the crown like he was born with it. Yet his ascent has been anything but effortless and predetermined. As a child, he was a scared and lonely little boy living a nomadic existence in Akron, Ohio. Destitute and fatherless, one year he missed almost 100 days of school. Desperate, his mother placed him with a family that gave him stability and put a basketball in his hands. Bringing home Cleveland's first NBA championship was the culmination of a stellar multi-championship, multi-MVP, gold medal-decorated career -- Le Bron is the NBA's all-time leading scorer and the first active NBA player to become a billionaire . Today LeBron also produces Hollywood films and television shows, has more than 100 million followers on socia media , engages in political activism , has taken outspoken stances on racism and social injustice , and transforms lives through his visionary philanthropy . In LeBron, Jeff Benedict, the most celebrated sports biographer of our time , paints a vivid picture of LeBron's epic origin story and his meteoric rise to sports superstardom. He goes behind the scenes of LeBron's grappling with his seismic celebrity, including appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a high school junior . Based on three years of exhaustive research and more than 250 interviews, LeBron is a gripping, inspiring, and unprecedented portrait of one of the world's most captivating figures.

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An examination of the sacred botany and the pagan origins and rituals of Christmas Analyzes the symbolism of the many plants associated with Christmas Reveals the shamanic rituals that are at the heart of the Christmas celebration The day on which many commemorate the birth of Christ has its origins in pagan rituals that center on tree worship, agriculture, magic, and social exchange. But Christmas is no ordinary folk observance. It is an evolving feast that over the centuries has absorbed elements from cultures all over the world--practices that give plants and plant spirits pride of place. In fact, the symbolic use of plants at Christmas effectively transforms the modern-day living room into a place of shamanic ritual. Christian Rätsch and Claudia Müller-Ebeling show how the ancient meaning of the botanical elements of Christmas provides a unique view of the religion that existed in Europe before the introduction of Christianity. The fir tree was originally revered as the sacred World Tree in northern Europe. When the church was unable to drive the tree cult out of people’s consciousness, it incorporated the fir tree by dedicating it to the Christ child. Father Christmas in his red-and-white suit, who flies through the sky in a sleigh drawn by reindeer, has his mythological roots in the shamanic reindeer-herding tribes of arctic Europe and Siberia. These northern shamans used the hallucinogenic fly agaric mushroom, which is red and white, to make their soul flights to the other world. Apples, which figure heavily in Christmas baking, are symbols of the sun god Apollo, so they find a natural place at winter solstice celebrations of the return of the sun. In fact, the authors contend that the emphasis of Christmas on green plants and the promise of the return of life in the dead of winter is just an adaptation of the pagan winter solstice celebration.

Two men marked by boyhood adventures now stand together, forced to confront a country changing beyond recognition. Cities of the Plain brings Cormac McCarthy's legendary Border Trilogy to its brutal, inevitable conclusion. 'The completed trilogy emerges as a landmark in American literature' - The Guardian 1952, New Mexico. John Grady Cole, last seen in All the Pretty Horses, works as a ranch hands alongside Billy Parnham, of The Crossing. These are the dying days of the American frontier. From the north, the military encroaches upon the ranch. To the south are the mountains of Mexico, the pull of which prove irresistible to John Grady. And so it is that, when he falls in love with a sex worker south of the border, events are set into motion that will prove as dangerous as they are unstoppable. 'This haunting, deeply felt novel completes one of the literary masterworks of the 1990s' - The Telegraph 'Like a slow-acting hallucinogen, the book has managed to transform a Texas boy of sixteen looking for adventure into a mysterious figure that augurs the destruction of the world' - Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars Room Cities of the Plain is the final novel in the Border Trilogy. It is preceded by the first two volumes: All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing. Praise for Cormac McCarthy: 'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' - Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren 'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series '[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' - Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Una novela de Marvel Moreno. >En la obsesión de Lina por recordar su pasado, esta magistral novela logra transformar las anécdotas de una vida en una idea absoluta del mundo, un panorama profundo de la sociedad barranquillera de finales de los años sesenta. De la memoria personal a la realidad histórica, la estructura de este libro goza a la vez de precisión y de poesía, con el saber distante de una narradora que inmortaliza desde lejos aquellas cosas que ocurrieron en esta ciudad tan cerca del mar. Con una clara distancia frente a sus contemporáneos del Boom latinoamericano, Marvel Moreno rompe con las figuras femeninas del universo mítico y narra una realidad que va desde las vidas privadas de los barranquilleros hasta una condición de la humanidad entera. En diciembre llegaban las brisas contiene múltiples voces que se tejen alrededor de las contradicciones del mundo femenino, en un universo narrativo que combate tanto las ataduras de una vida burguesa y tradicional como sus formas de representación. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A novel by Marvel Moreno. >Through Lina's obsession with remembering her past, this masterful novel transforms the anecdotes of a life into an absolute vision of the world, a profound panorama of Barranquilla society in the late 1960s. From personal memory to historical reality, the structure of this book possesses both precision and poetry, with the detached insight of a narrator who immortalizes from afar the events that took place in this city so close to the sea. Maintaining a clear distance from her contemporaries of the Latin American literary Boom, Marvel Moreno breaks with the female figures of the mythical universe and narrates a reality that ranges from the private lives of Barranquilla's residents to the condition of humanity as a whole. The Breezes Arrived in December contains multiple voices that weave around the contradictions of the female world, in a narrative universe that combats both the constraints of a bourgeois and traditional life and its forms of representation.

This #1 New York Times bestseller brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey , as she discovers her own power, forges her identity, and challenges the gods who seek to control her. "[A] bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story." - The New York Times In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child-not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power-the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus. But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love. With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world. Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, Buzzfeed, Paste, Audible, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Thrillist, NYPL, Self, Real Simple, Goodreads, Boston Globe, Electric Literature, BookPage, Guardian, Book Riot, Seattle Times, and Business Insider.

'Dazzling. Mind-altering. World-changing. A once-in-a-generation contribution' NAOMI KLEIN 'Sweeping and provocative ... groundbreaking' AMITAV GHOSH 'Will transform your understanding of the modern world' JONATHAN KENNEDY From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes the first definitive history of the Western hemisphere, a sweeping five-century narrative of North and South America that redefines our understanding of both continents. The story of the United States' unique sense of itself was forged facing south - no less than Latin America's was indelibly stamped by the looming colossus to the north. In this stunningly original reinterpretation of the New World, Professor Greg Grandin reveals how the Americas emerged from constant, turbulent engagement with each other, shedding new light on well-known historical figures like Bartolome de las Casas, Simon Bolivar and Woodrow Wilson, as well as lesser-known actors such as the Venezuelan Francisco de Miranda, who almost lost his head in the French Revolution and conspired with Alexander Hamilton to free America from Spain. America, America traverses half a millennium, from the Spanish Conquest - the greatest mortality event in human history - through the eighteenth-century wars for independence and the Monroe Doctrine, to the coups and revolutions of the twentieth century. This monumental work of scholarship fundamentally changes our understanding of Spanish and English colonialism, slavery and racism, the rise of universal humanism, and the role of social democracy in staving off authoritarian impulses. At once comprehensive and accessible, America, America shows how the United States and Latin America together shaped the laws, institutions, and ideals that govern the modern world. Drawing on a vast array of sources, and told with authority and flair, this is a genuinely new history of the New World. 'Masterful and erudite yet absolutely riveting' ADA FERRER 'A major and desperately needed synthesis of the Americas' NED BLACKHAWK 'An awe-inspiring masterpiece' SAMUEL MOYN * Professor Greg Grandin won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction in 2020 with his book The End of the Myth.

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