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Threads of Triumph

Mitchell, McKenzie


The unabashedly ostentatious, over-the-top, bizarre niche of professional-wrestling couture is the main event in this splashy blend of coffee-table book and historical compendium of the inextricable performative relationship between the professional wrestler and costume. Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) personality and correspondent Mitchell spotlights more than 50 iconic wrestlers, with a good balance of men and women, in a chronological arrangement that begins, of course, with Gorgeous George in the 1940s and continues through the present day with WWE superstars such as Rhea Ripley and Seth Rollins. In the WWE, ring entrance ramps become fashion runways, and Mitchell excels at cataloging the sartorial splendor through extensive interviews with designers and wrestlers.
Date Published:2026

The unabashedly ostentatious, over-the-top, bizarre niche of professional-wrestling couture is the main event in this splashy blend of coffee-table book and historical compendium of the inextricable performative relationship between the professional wrestler and costume. Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) personality and correspondent Mitchell spotlights more than 50 iconic wrestlers, with a good balance of men and women, in a chronological arrangement that begins, of course, with Gorgeous George in the 1940s and continues through the present day with WWE superstars such as Rhea Ripley and Seth Rollins. In the WWE, ring entrance ramps become fashion runways, and Mitchell excels at cataloging the sartorial splendor through extensive interviews with designers and wrestlers.

Date Published:2026

Big Fan : Two Friends, 82,490 Miles, and teh Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love.

Posnanski, Joe


An award-winning sportswriter (Posnanski) and an Emmy-winning television producer (Schur) travel across the U.S. and abroad to explore and examine the notion of being a sports fan. The format meanders from journalistic pieces to email exchanges, and conversational chats as the two discuss and deliberate on the depth of peoples’ love or hatred for a given team, sport, or event. This smorgasbord of fandom introduces readers to everyone from the unlikeliest NASCAR fan to a maestro of crossword puzzles. Amid the stories of their travels, Posnanski and Schur discuss the origins of their own love/hate affairs with their favorite teams and deliberate whether fans are born and nurtured to teams or if people can develop into a fan of a sport with study and effort. Several interludes include messages from individuals describing their passion for an event, and in one endearing chapter they have their daughters describe their love for Taylor Swift. An entertaining, humorous, and thought-provoking examination of the human obsession with sports and entertainment told in a delightful, self-deprecating style that will appeal to a variety of readers.
Date Published:2026

An award-winning sportswriter (Posnanski) and an Emmy-winning television producer (Schur) travel across the U.S. and abroad to explore and examine the notion of being a sports fan. The format meanders from journalistic pieces to email exchanges, and conversational chats as the two discuss and deliberate on the depth of peoples’ love or hatred for a given team, sport, or event. This smorgasbord of fandom introduces readers to everyone from the unlikeliest NASCAR fan to a maestro of crossword puzzles. Amid the stories of their travels, Posnanski and Schur discuss the origins of their own love/hate affairs with their favorite teams and deliberate whether fans are born and nurtured to teams or if people can develop into a fan of a sport with study and effort. Several interludes include messages from individuals describing their passion for an event, and in one endearing chapter they have their daughters describe their love for Taylor Swift. An entertaining, humorous, and thought-provoking examination of the human obsession with sports and entertainment told in a delightful, self-deprecating style that will appeal to a variety of readers.

Date Published:2026

Mastering Your Mental Game

Elion, Julie


Over the past twenty-five years Julie Elion has been the silent force behind some of the most prominent athletes of our time. Her clients on the PGA Tour, who have included Phil Mickelson, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, and Wyndham Clark, have racked up over $500 million in career earnings and twenty-five major championship wins. Known as “Stealth” for her discreet but potent coaching style, Elion has been honing her unique methods for decades. Now, she’s ready to share her winning strategies in this transformative guide that blends mental health coaching and mindfulness to help improve the way you think, perform, and succeed.
Date Published:2026

Over the past twenty-five years Julie Elion has been the silent force behind some of the most prominent athletes of our time. Her clients on the PGA Tour, who have included Phil Mickelson, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, and Wyndham Clark, have racked up over $500 million in career earnings and twenty-five major championship wins. Known as “Stealth” for her discreet but potent coaching style, Elion has been honing her unique methods for decades. Now, she’s ready to share her winning strategies in this transformative guide that blends mental health coaching and mindfulness to help improve the way you think, perform, and succeed.

Date Published:2026

The Messi Effect : How the Global Legend Changed the Future of American Soccer.

Tenorio, Paul


Major League Soccer (MLS) began its first season in the U.S. in 1996, but was on life support throughout much of its early years. Since its inception, the league has been given short shrift in the soccer world: its structure didn’t allow for the same sort of competition as the European Leagues, and the teams only seemed to sign big-name talent when the players were on the verge of retirement. Around 2019, the nascent Inter Miami team began wooing a superstar in the hopes of boosting its team’s fortunes. After four years of courting, Lionel Messi signed with Inter Miami. Tickets were sold out as crowds and celebrities came to see him play, yet to keep the league viable, the key was to maximize the superstar’s presence.
Date Published:2026

Major League Soccer (MLS) began its first season in the U.S. in 1996, but was on life support throughout much of its early years. Since its inception, the league has been given short shrift in the soccer world: its structure didn’t allow for the same sort of competition as the European Leagues, and the teams only seemed to sign big-name talent when the players were on the verge of retirement. Around 2019, the nascent Inter Miami team began wooing a superstar in the hopes of boosting its team’s fortunes. After four years of courting, Lionel Messi signed with Inter Miami. Tickets were sold out as crowds and celebrities came to see him play, yet to keep the league viable, the key was to maximize the superstar’s presence.

Date Published:2026

Food in Italy.

Gaspari, Claudia


Surveys food products, customs, and preparation in Italy, describing regional dishes, cooking techniques, and recipes for a variety of meals.
Date Published:1989

The Rainbow Fish

Pfister, Marcus



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The Final Gambit, Bk 3

Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn)


Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets and they know her. But as the clock ticks down to the moment when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help--and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player.
Date Published:2022

Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets and they know her. But as the clock ticks down to the moment when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help--and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player.

Date Published:2022

The Brothers Hawthorne, BK 4

Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn)


Drawn into twisted games on opposite sides of the globe, Grayson and Jameson--with the help of their brothers and the girl who inherited their grandfather's fortune--must dig deep to decide who they want to be and what each of them will sacrifice to win.
Date Published:2023

Rhythm of War, Bk 4

Sanderson, Brandon.


While Dalinar manages the coalition and the battlefront, Shallan and Adolin seek allies among the honorspren. Kaladin, finally forced to acknowledge the consequences of unbroken fighting, seeks new purpose away from the frontlines. Navani continues her work with new fabrial technology. The cost to both sides in a war everyone perceives as determining their very survival is tremendous. While there is plenty of strategy and politics, leading to suitably epic battles, Sanderson plays to his strengths, and the meat of the book is in the discovery of new information, both in history and in the magic system—or natural sciences, depending on how you look at it. There’s also plenty of subterfuge, from a traitorous king to a desperate bid to escape subjugation.
Date Published:2020

While Dalinar manages the coalition and the battlefront, Shallan and Adolin seek allies among the honorspren. Kaladin, finally forced to acknowledge the consequences of unbroken fighting, seeks new purpose away from the frontlines. Navani continues her work with new fabrial technology. The cost to both sides in a war everyone perceives as determining their very survival is tremendous. While there is plenty of strategy and politics, leading to suitably epic battles, Sanderson plays to his strengths, and the meat of the book is in the discovery of new information, both in history and in the magic system—or natural sciences, depending on how you look at it. There’s also plenty of subterfuge, from a traitorous king to a desperate bid to escape subjugation.

Date Published:2020

Words of Radiance, Bk 2

Sanderson, Brandon.


The world of Roshar is still very close to being a character in its own right (one thinks of Dune), as Sanderson has used the room afforded by a book of this size to build it in loving detail, including the fierce storms that make civilized life difficult even in peacetime. But the humans and the humanoid Parshendi are still fighting, although Brightlord Kholin is leading an army deep into enemy territory. His sister, Jasnah, is with him, seeking a legendary lost city that her student, Shallan, believes may hold the key to victory. Far below the level of the high command, the rising young slave warrior, Kaladin, learns that the Parshendi have a counterstrategy in preparation, one that portends the destruction of the world unless he can become the founder of a new order of the legendary Knights Radiant.
Date Published:2014

The world of Roshar is still very close to being a character in its own right (one thinks of Dune), as Sanderson has used the room afforded by a book of this size to build it in loving detail, including the fierce storms that make civilized life difficult even in peacetime. But the humans and the humanoid Parshendi are still fighting, although Brightlord Kholin is leading an army deep into enemy territory. His sister, Jasnah, is with him, seeking a legendary lost city that her student, Shallan, believes may hold the key to victory. Far below the level of the high command, the rising young slave warrior, Kaladin, learns that the Parshendi have a counterstrategy in preparation, one that portends the destruction of the world unless he can become the founder of a new order of the legendary Knights Radiant.

Date Published:2014

The Way of Kings, Bk 1

Sanderson, Brandon.


It’s a classic story of intrigue, magic, and war, with a large cast of characters and multiple settings lovingly detailed in a way only possible in volumes of this size. Two characters stand out. One is Shallin, a young woman seeking to enter the household of a royal princess so that she can steal a magical talisman and restore the tattered fortunes of her family. The other is Kaladin, a gifted young soldier enslaved for desertion, who fights his way back to freedom in battles on the Shattered Plain. There’s wit (Shallin’s amiably unscrupulous sailor protect Yod is a gem), magic (the weather is almost a character in its own right), and erudition (if the fighting on the Shattered Plain doesn’t owe something to WWI, this reviewer would be surprised).
Date Published:2010

It’s a classic story of intrigue, magic, and war, with a large cast of characters and multiple settings lovingly detailed in a way only possible in volumes of this size. Two characters stand out. One is Shallin, a young woman seeking to enter the household of a royal princess so that she can steal a magical talisman and restore the tattered fortunes of her family. The other is Kaladin, a gifted young soldier enslaved for desertion, who fights his way back to freedom in battles on the Shattered Plain. There’s wit (Shallin’s amiably unscrupulous sailor protect Yod is a gem), magic (the weather is almost a character in its own right), and erudition (if the fighting on the Shattered Plain doesn’t owe something to WWI, this reviewer would be surprised).

Date Published:2010

Reaching Out, Bk 3

Jimenez, Francisco, 1943-


The Circuit (1997) and Breaking Through (2001), this sequel tells Jiménez’s personal story in self-contained chapters that join together in a stirring narrative. As he works many jobs to send something home, he is haunted by memories of his childhood spent laboring in the fields, and in college, he tells no one that he was born in Mexico and is not an American citizen. Rooted in the past, Jiménez’s story is also about the continuing struggle to make it in America, not only for immigrant kids but also for those in poor families. Never melodramatic or self-important, the spare episodes will draw readers with the quiet daily detail of work, anger, sorrow, and hope.
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The Circuit (1997) and Breaking Through (2001), this sequel tells Jiménez’s personal story in self-contained chapters that join together in a stirring narrative. As he works many jobs to send something home, he is haunted by memories of his childhood spent laboring in the fields, and in college, he tells no one that he was born in Mexico and is not an American citizen. Rooted in the past, Jiménez’s story is also about the continuing struggle to make it in America, not only for immigrant kids but also for those in poor families. Never melodramatic or self-important, the spare episodes will draw readers with the quiet daily detail of work, anger, sorrow, and hope.

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Breaking Through, Bk 2.

Jimenez, Francisco, 1943-


Sequel to: The circuit. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
Date Published:2001

Suspended, Bk 2

Reynolds, Jason


In the previous installment (Miles Morales, rev. 9/17), sixteen-year-old Miles ("Boricua and Black and Brooklyn as hell") was bitten by a radioactive spider, became the latest Spider-Man, and defeated the Warden, head of an ancient white supremacist organization. Now he sits in In-School Suspension (ISS) for standing up to his racist history teacher, along with classmate Tobin Rogers, who is in ISS for removing books -- Baldwin, Morrison, Angelou, Angie Thomas -- from the school library. Even more weirdly, Tobin was eating the pages; all that were found were the books' spines. Add a termite infestation at school for an intriguing puzzle for Miles to solve. This sequel is more multilayered than the first installment, with action-packed digital drawings, Miles's first-person poems, and a third-person narrative all capturing a day in the life of Miles Morales -- his neighborhood, his crush on Alicia Carson, his friendship with Ganke, and his conflicts with teachers.
Date Published:2023

In the previous installment (Miles Morales, rev. 9/17), sixteen-year-old Miles ("Boricua and Black and Brooklyn as hell") was bitten by a radioactive spider, became the latest Spider-Man, and defeated the Warden, head of an ancient white supremacist organization. Now he sits in In-School Suspension (ISS) for standing up to his racist history teacher, along with classmate Tobin Rogers, who is in ISS for removing books -- Baldwin, Morrison, Angelou, Angie Thomas -- from the school library. Even more weirdly, Tobin was eating the pages; all that were found were the books' spines. Add a termite infestation at school for an intriguing puzzle for Miles to solve. This sequel is more multilayered than the first installment, with action-packed digital drawings, Miles's first-person poems, and a third-person narrative all capturing a day in the life of Miles Morales -- his neighborhood, his crush on Alicia Carson, his friendship with Ganke, and his conflicts with teachers.

Date Published:2023

Miles Morales

Reynolds, Jason,


"Brooklyn Visions Academy student Miles Morales may not always want to be a super hero, but he must come to terms with his identity--and deal with a villainous teacher--as the new Spider Man"--
Date Published:2017

The Tomorrow Project

Critchlow, H.


A terrible sickness has swept through the world, sometimes ravaging people immediately. But sometimes they linger, wasting away before finally succumbing. While scientists frantically scramble to find an effective vaccine, a different type of solution emerges—whisking children away to camps until it's safe to reintegrate them with the rest of society. Maia is one such child, resolutely journeying to a faraway land with other children, though she misses her mother and doesn't quite understand why she's been given up. As time goes on, the camp forms a society of its own, going back to a more rustic way of living, farming and trying to live off the land, not knowing what the rest of the world is like anymore. While everyone is desperate for news of their loved ones, no one feels safe enough to leave until Maia finally decides to venture back out into the world.
Date Published:2026

A terrible sickness has swept through the world, sometimes ravaging people immediately. But sometimes they linger, wasting away before finally succumbing. While scientists frantically scramble to find an effective vaccine, a different type of solution emerges—whisking children away to camps until it's safe to reintegrate them with the rest of society. Maia is one such child, resolutely journeying to a faraway land with other children, though she misses her mother and doesn't quite understand why she's been given up. As time goes on, the camp forms a society of its own, going back to a more rustic way of living, farming and trying to live off the land, not knowing what the rest of the world is like anymore. While everyone is desperate for news of their loved ones, no one feels safe enough to leave until Maia finally decides to venture back out into the world.

Date Published:2026

This Heart of Mine

Hunter C.C.


Seventeen-year-old Leah MacKenzie is heartless. An artificial heart in a backpack is keeping her alive, which will only work for a few years. And with her rare blood type, a transplant isn't likely. Living like you are dying isn't all it's cracked up to be. But when a heart becomes available, she's given an amazing second chance at life. Then Leah discovers who the donor was--a boy from her school--and people are saying he killed himself. Plagued with unsettling dreams since the transplant, Leah realizes she may hold the clues to what really happened. Matt refuses to believe his twin killed himself. When Leah seeks him out, he learns they are both having similar dreams, and he's certain it means something important. While unraveling the secrets of his brother's final moments, Leah and Matt find each other and a love they are terrified to lose. But life and even new hearts don't come with guarantees. Who knew that living took more courage than dying? This Heart of Mine is a haunting, poignant tale about living and dying, surviving grief, guilt, and heartache, while discovering love and hope.
Date Published:2018

Seventeen-year-old Leah MacKenzie is heartless. An artificial heart in a backpack is keeping her alive, which will only work for a few years. And with her rare blood type, a transplant isn't likely. Living like you are dying isn't all it's cracked up to be. But when a heart becomes available, she's given an amazing second chance at life. Then Leah discovers who the donor was--a boy from her school--and people are saying he killed himself. Plagued with unsettling dreams since the transplant, Leah realizes she may hold the clues to what really happened. Matt refuses to believe his twin killed himself. When Leah seeks him out, he learns they are both having similar dreams, and he's certain it means something important. While unraveling the secrets of his brother's final moments, Leah and Matt find each other and a love they are terrified to lose. But life and even new hearts don't come with guarantees. Who knew that living took more courage than dying? This Heart of Mine is a haunting, poignant tale about living and dying, surviving grief, guilt, and heartache, while discovering love and hope.

Date Published:2018

Degas and the Dance

DeVonyar, Jill


This authoritative book presents new material about Degas as an artist and his relationship with the ballet of his day. Far more knowledgeable than has previously been realized, Degas is shown responding to numerous ballet productions at the Paris Opra, to the shadowy life of the wings, and to the daily routines of the classroom. 315 illustrations.
Date Published:2002

My dear Hamilton : a novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

Dray, Stephanie,


Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more" (16 pages including portraits). Tells the story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Tells not just as the wronged wife at the center of a political sex scandal--but also as a founding mother who shaped an American legacy in her own right.-- "A general's daughter... Coming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the fight for independence. And when she meets Alexander Hamilton, Washington's penniless but passionate aide-de-camp, she's captivated by the young officer's charisma and brilliance. They fall in love, despite Hamilton's bastard birth and the uncertainties of war. A Founding Father's wife... But the union they create--in their marriage and the new nation--is far from perfect. From glittering inaugural balls to bloody street riots, the Hamiltons are at the center of it all--including the political treachery of America's first sex scandal, which forces Eliza to struggle through heartbreak and betrayal to find forgiveness. The last surviving light of the Revolution... When a duel destroys Eliza's hard-won peace, the grieving widow fights her husband's enemies to preserve Alexander's legacy. But long-buried secrets threaten everything Eliza believes about her marriage and her own legacy. Questioning her tireless devotion to the man and country that have broken her heart, she's left with one last battle--to understand the flawed man she married and the imperfect union he could never have created without her..."--Dust jacket.
Date Published:2018

Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more" (16 pages including portraits). Tells the story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Tells not just as the wronged wife at the center of a political sex scandal--but also as a founding mother who shaped an American legacy in her own right.-- "A general's daughter... Coming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the fight for independence. And when she meets Alexander Hamilton, Washington's penniless but passionate aide-de-camp, she's captivated by the young officer's charisma and brilliance. They fall in love, despite Hamilton's bastard birth and the uncertainties of war. A Founding Father's wife... But the union they create--in their marriage and the new nation--is far from perfect. From glittering inaugural balls to bloody street riots, the Hamiltons are at the center of it all--including the political treachery of America's first sex scandal, which forces Eliza to struggle through heartbreak and betrayal to find forgiveness. The last surviving light of the Revolution... When a duel destroys Eliza's hard-won peace, the grieving widow fights her husband's enemies to preserve Alexander's legacy. But long-buried secrets threaten everything Eliza believes about her marriage and her own legacy. Questioning her tireless devotion to the man and country that have broken her heart, she's left with one last battle--to understand the flawed man she married and the imperfect union he could never have created without her..."--Dust jacket.

Date Published:2018

The Traitor's Wife : A Novel

Pataki, Allison


Everyone knows Benedict Arnold—the Revolutionary War general who betrayed America and fled to the British—as history’s most notorious turncoat. Many know Arnold’s coconspirator, Major John André, who was apprehended with Arnold’s documents in his boots and hanged at the orders of General George Washington. But few know of the integral third character in the plot: a charming young woman who not only contributed to the betrayal but orchestrated it.
Date Published:2014

Everyone knows Benedict Arnold—the Revolutionary War general who betrayed America and fled to the British—as history’s most notorious turncoat. Many know Arnold’s coconspirator, Major John André, who was apprehended with Arnold’s documents in his boots and hanged at the orders of General George Washington. But few know of the integral third character in the plot: a charming young woman who not only contributed to the betrayal but orchestrated it.

Date Published:2014