A drag queen initiates her protégée into the magical arts in this phantasmagoric epic, the first novel from the legendary comics writer and New York Times bestselling author. Grant Morrison is best known for their innovative work on comics, from the graphic novel Batman: Arkham Asylum to acclaimed runs on Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the X-Men, as well as their subversive creator-owned titles such as The Invisibles, Seaguy, The Filth, and WE3.

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From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film, and an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking.
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“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the church of baseball.”—Annie in Bull Durham

From the author of the New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington’s “swamp” into a gold-plated hot tub—and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult.
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From the bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia–a memoir in essays reflecting on radiance, resilience, and the constantly changing nature of reality.

The stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-topping podcasts 2 Bears 1 Cave and Your Mom’s House, hilarious real-life stories of parenting, celebrity encounters, youthful mistakes, misanthropy, and so much more.

Rabbi Steve Leder, the bestselling author of The Beauty of What Remains, presents a guide to writing a meaningful letter about your life. He is the senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles and is the author of five books: “The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things,” “More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul,” and the bestseller “More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us.”

David Koepp has written more than two dozen feature films in a wide variety of genres, including the first two Jurassic Park films, Death Becomes Her, Carlito’s Way, The Paper, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, Panic Room, War of the Worlds, Angels and Demons, and Inferno.

Eliza Reid, the First Lady of Iceland, examines her adopted homeland’s attitude toward women―the deep-seated cultural sense of fairness, the influence of current and historical role models, and, crucially, the areas where Iceland still has room for improvement. Reid’s own experience as an immigrant from small-town Canada who never expected to become a first lady is expertly interwoven with interviews with dozens of sprakkar (“extraordinary women”) to form the backbone of an illuminating discussion of what it means to move through the world as a woman, and how the rules of society play more of a role in who we view as “equal” than we may understand. Secrets of the Sprakkar is a powerful and atmospheric portrait of a tiny country that could lead the way forward for us all.

Family Guy writer, and HBO star Gary Janetti’s Start Without Me, is a collection of hilarious, laugh out loud, true life stories about the small moments that add up to a big life.