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For fans of Kate DiCamillo and Jack Gantos, a hilarious, wrenching, hopeful novel about finding your friends, healing your heart, and speaking your truth. Simon O'Keeffe's biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he'd do anything to forget: the one starring Simon as a famous survivor of gun violence at school. Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone--the only place in America where the internet is banned. Instead of talking about Simon, the astronomers who flock to the area are busy listening for signs of life in space. And when Simon makes a friend who's determined to give the scientists what they're looking for, he'll finally have the chance to spin a new story for the world to tell. From award-winning author Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says is a breathtaking testament to the lasting echoes of trauma, the redemptive power of humor, and the courage it takes to move forward without forgetting the past.

In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city, for fans of Song of Achilles. Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception. Io, the youngest, uses her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator in the half-sunken city of Alante. But her latest job leads her to a horrific discovery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill. To find the culprit, she must work alongside Edei Rhuna, the right hand of the infamous Mob Queen--and the boy with whom she shares a rare fate-thread linking them as soul mates before they've even met. The investigation turns personal when Io's estranged oldest sister shows up on the arm of her best suspect. Amid unveiled secrets from her past and her growing feelings for Edei, Io must follow clues through the city's darkest corners and unearth a conspiracy that involves some of the city's most powerful players before destruction comes to her own doorstep.

It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging--and allows her to heal from any wound. In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption for her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune. But when the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind's mission pivots. A series of murders is causing unrest in Shanghai, and the Japanese are under suspicion. Rosalind's new orders are to infiltrate foreign society and identify the culprits behind the terror plot before more of her people are killed. To reduce suspicion, however, she must pose as the wife of another Nationalist spy, Orion Hong, and though Rosalind finds Orion's cavalier attitude and playboy demeanor infuriating, she is willing to work with him for the greater good. But Orion has an agenda of his own, and Rosalind has secrets that she wants to keep buried. As they both attempt to unravel the conspiracy, the two spies soon find that there are deeper and more horrifying layers to this mystery than they ever imagined.

Κατά τη διάρκεια της επίσκεψης μιας τάξης μαθητών σε ένα μουσείο γλυπτών, κάποιο από τα έργα τέχνης, με τον αινιγματικό τίτλο Ο Πελεκάνος, γεννά διάφορα ερωτήματα: Γιατί το ονόμασε έτσι ο καλλιτέχνης; Τι συμβολίζει άραγε; Μήπως κρύβει κανένα μυστικό; Ο γλύπτης θα ταξιδέψει τους μικρούς επισκέπτες σε άλλες εποχές μέσα από μια ιστορία για την περιπέτεια της μόρφωσης, το κυνήγι των ονείρων και τη μαγεία της τέχνης. Θα τους αποκαλύψει όμως ποιος είναι ο πραγματικός πελεκάνος;

2042. Ο κόσμος έχει χωριστεί σε δύο στρατόπεδα, τους δικτυομάχους, που θεωρούν ότι το διαδίκτυο έχει πλέον μετατραπεί σε έναν ανεξέλεγκτο αόρατο δικτάτορα, και τους δικτυολάτρες, που επιθυμούν τη συγχώνευση του ανθρώπινου μυαλού με την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη. Ο πόλεμος αρχίζει. 2062. Η Νέα Κοινωνία ανακοινώνει τον εξοστρακισμό πενήντα εφήβων από τους κόλπους της, πράγμα που σημαίνει πενήντα θέσεις ανοιχτές ξανά προς διεκδίκηση. Πενήντα εισιτήρια για την κοινωνία της απόλυτης γνώσης και της αιώνιας ευτυχίας. Το όνειρο για κάθε έφηβο του παλιού κόσμου και ο διακαής πόθος για κάθε γονιό. Η διαδικασία της Επιλογής προκρίνει τους καλύτερους. Από εκεί και πέρα αναλαμβάνει ο 'Αργος, το πιο προηγμένο νευρωνικό δίκτυο του πλανήτη. Ένας νοήμων ηλεκτρονικός υπερυπολογιστής που καθορίζει τι θα σπουδάσεις, ποιο επάγγελμα θα ακολουθήσεις, αλλά και ποιον θα ερωτευτείς. Γιατί σε γνωρίζει καλύτερα απ' ό,τι εσύ τον εαυτό σου. Γιατί ο 'Αργος είναι μία μηχανή και οι μηχανές σπάνια κάνουν λάθη... Πώς είναι να ζεις σε έναν κόσμο όπου οι πράξεις και οι σκέψεις σου ελέγχονται απόλυτα και σου δίνεται πίσω, σαν αντάλλαγμα, η αιώνια ευτυχία; Μια παρέα νέων του παλιού κόσμου αποφασίζουν να δοκιμάσουν τη ζωή στη Νέα Κοινωνία και σύντομα δοκιμάζονται και οι αντοχές τους. Μια δυστοπική περιπέτεια για τη δύναμη της ελεύθερης σκέψης, την αξία των προσωπικών επιλογών και τον ρόλο της τεχνολογίας στη ζωή μας

Στις 5 Σεπτεμβρίου, λίγο μετά τα μεσάνυχτα, καλούν από το Δελτίο θανάτου τον Ματέο Τόρεζ και τον Ρούφους Εμετέριο για να τους αναγγείλουν ότι έφτασε η μοιραία μέρα. Ο Ματέο και ο Ρούφους είναι εντελώς άγνωστοι, αλλά, για διαφορετικούς λόγους, και οι δύο θέλουν να κάνουν έναν νέο φίλο. Έχουν μόνο είκοσι τέσσερις ώρες. Μέσα από την εφαρμογή Ο Τελευταίος Φίλος, ο Ρούφους και ο Ματέο πρόκειται να συναντηθούν για την τελευταία μεγάλη περιπέτεια· να ζήσουν μια ολόκληρη ζωή μέσα σε μια μέρα... Μια ιστορία που υπενθυμίζει ότι δεν υπάρχει ζωή χωρίς θάνατο, αγάπη χωρίς απώλεια και ότι είναι δυνατόν να αλλάξει αναπάντεχα όλος ο κόσμος μας.

A young adult graphic novel that captures the complexities of the war in Ukraine, focusing on the siege of Mariupol (Feb '22 - May '22) and the brave people who stayed to defend their city against Russian forces as well as the resulting effects on global politics. A city ruined. In once quiet residential streets, two armies battle, driving people into cellars and basements with little food or water. No lights or heat. Dwindling medical supplies. Shells and bullets deliver cruel, random death to the young and old, men, women, and children.  This is Mariupol, a Ukrainian city and early target of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Bordering Russian-occupied territory, the coastal city seemed doomed to a defeat that would come within days, if not hours. Could Mariupol, and Ukraine, survive? As Russian rockets threatened the city, Ukrainians resisted, and with a heroic combination of sacrifice and bravery, the besieged city endured . . . for months. But it all came at a steep cost. With compassion and his keen journalist's eye, Sibert Honor creator Don Brown illuminates the horrors of Mariupol and the depredations of its people not seen in the city since World War II. He also shows that outside of Mariupol, the city's agonies were mirrored by similar events occurring in towns and cities across Ukraine. 83 Days in Mariupol reminds us that the bloody defiance shown at the Alamo, Dunkirk, Leningrad, and Thermopylae isn't confined to the past but has a violent, modern presence. It is the story of senseless destruction, patriotism, and grit against long odds--a brutal battle whose consequences still reverberate across Ukraine and continue to reshape the global political landscape. Read more books by Don Brown: Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees

The extraordinary -- and extraordinarily powerful -- follow-up to Hey, Kiddo. When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into it, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn't it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn't it be grim? But instead of the shadow of death, Jarrett found something else at Camp Sunshine: the hope and determination that gets people through the most troubled of times. Not only was he subject to some of the usual rituals that come with being a camp counselor (wilderness challenges, spooky campfire stories, an extremely stinky mascot costume), but he also got a chance to meet some extraordinary kids facing extraordinary circumstances. He learned about the captivity of illness, for sure but he also learned about the freedom a safe space can bring. Now, in his follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Hey, Kiddo, Jarrett brings readers back to Camp Sunshine so we can meet the campers and fellow counselors who changed the course of his life.

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Disney World, but self-conscious Huda worries her family will stand out too much. Huda and her sisters can't believe it when her parents announce that they're actually taking a vacation this summer . . . to DISNEY WORLD! But it's not quite as perfect as it seems. First Huda has to survive a 24-hour road trip from Michigan to Florida, with her sisters annoying her all the way. And then she can't help but notice the people staring at her and her family when they pray in public. Back home in Dearborn she and her family blend right in because there are so many other Muslim families, but not so much in Florida and along the way. It's a vacation of forced (but unexpectly successful?) sisterly bonding, a complicated new friendship, a bit more independence, and some mixed feelings about her family's public prayers. Huda is proud of her religion and who she is, but she still sure wishes she didn't care so much what other people thought.

"A beautiful, courageous book." Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese Monstrous is poignant young adult graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl who uses fandom and art-making to overcome racist bullying. Perfect for fans of Almost American Girl! Sarah has always struggled to fit in. Born in South Korea and adopted at birth by a white couple, she grows up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors. People whisper in the supermarket. Classmates bully her. She has trouble containing her anger in these moments--but through it all, she has her art. She's always been a compulsive drawer, and when she discovers anime, her hobby becomes an obsession. Though drawing and cosplay offer her an escape, she still struggles to connect with others. And in high school, the bullies are louder and meaner. Sarah's bubbling rage is threatening to burst.

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America, perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and The Best We Could Do! Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as Thien's mom and dad look for work. Potato chips are an indulgence that bring Thien so much joy that they become a necessity. Behind every cut of steak and inside every croissant lies a story. And for Thien Pham, that story is about a search-- for belonging, for happiness, for the American dream.

We use water, electricity, and the internet every day--but how do they actually work? And what's the plan to keep them running for years to come? This nonfiction science graphic novel takes readers on a journey from how the most essential systems were developed to how they are implemented in our world today and how they will be used in the future. What was the first message sent over the internet? How much water does a single person use every day? How was the electric light invented? For every utility we use each day, there's a hidden history--a story of intrigue, drama, humor, and inequity. This graphic novel provides a guided tour through the science of the past--and reveals how the decisions people made while inventing and constructing early technology still affect the way people use it today. Full of art, maps, and diagrams, Hidden Systems is a thoughtful, humorous exploration of the history of science and what needs to be done now to change the future.

The go-to guide to growing up, rooted in radical self-love and body empowerment, by the NYT bestselling author of The Body Is Not an Apology. The Book of Radical Answers is a ground breaking work of non-fiction by author and activist Sonya Renee Taylor that gives honest, empowering and age appropriate answers to real questions from young readers about health, sex, gender, race and justice. Steeped in joy and possibility, Taylor's writing assures kids that, as they mature, life will be fun, complicated, strange and wonderful, and most importantly, that they are amazing and have the ability to thrive with the inherent knowledge of their self-worth.

Cash is Queen breaks down the basics of how young women of today can learn to understand and manage money--an empowering skill that will last them a lifetime. The world's first money book written exclusively for girls, Cash is Queen is designed to deliver the sophistication, practicality, and fun guaranteed to appeal to today's young woman. Study after study shows that women are far happier discussing virtually anything else but bank balances, and this lack of confidence in openly discussing money matters is crippling the female population financially. Women negotiate less in salary discussions, are excessively cautious and risk averse when it comes to investing, and lack the general awareness around how to optimize retirement savings to guarantee a comfortable retirement. With clear explanations and empowering text by experienced financial expert Davinia Tomlinson, you'll learn that establishing a positive relationship with money as an adult must be cultivated in childhood. Cash is Queen explains in a tone that's relatable, fresh, and fun, everything a young girl needs to know about saving, spending, and stashing her cash, helping girls everywhere establish positive financial habits that will last a lifetime. Non-patronizing or preachy, this book is essential reading for young girls everywhere as they enter adulthood and begin the journey of discovery in identifying the mark they would like to leave in the world.

Thousands of years ago, humans believed that Earth was the center of the universe, that the world they lived on was all there was. Truthfully, the solar system extends almost halfway to the nearest star. And it is composed of not only planets, asteroids, and comets, but also powerful forces and vast fields of energy. This is our solar system's big backyard. The cold, dark world that lies at the farthest reaches of our solar system holds a vast collection of secrets, and for most of human history, we had no idea anything was out there. But, driven by curiosity and equipped with new technology, astronomers have determined that beyond the orbit of Neptune are countless icy comets, strange particles that dance under the influence of the sun, and signs of undiscovered planets. To learn more about these far-flung objects, scientists have finally begun to explore the distant solar system, finding answers to age-old questions at the same time that they encounter new mysteries. With Ron Miller's incredible illustrations and photographs from NASA probes and telescopes, The Big Backyard takes us on a tour through the solar system's most obscure neighborhoods and into its darkest corners, to places beyond the limits of the human eye. Miller expertly describes the formation of the solar system and the history of the exploration of the outer solar system before delving into the latest discoveries and missions. Read on to learn what sorts of objects orbit at such extreme distances, what happens at the boundary between the sun's influence and interstellar space, whether there is such a thing as the mysterious Planet X, and how life on Earth could not exist without the happenings at the edge of the solar system.

A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Redux is a necessary and galvanizing read.  What are the stories we tell ourselves about America?  How do they shape our sense of history,  cloud our perceptions,  inspire us?  America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we've been telling ourselves for centuries. With iconic American catchphrases as chapter titles, these twenty-one visual stories illuminate the astonishing, unexpected, sometimes darker sides of history that reverberate in our society to this very day--from the role of celebrity in immigration policy to the influence of one small group of white women on education to the effects of "progress" on housing and the environment, to the inspiring force of collective action and mutual aid across decades and among diverse groups.  Fully illustrated with collaged archival photographs, maps, documents, graphic elements, and handwritten text, this book is a dazzling, immersive experience that jumps around in time and will make you view history in a whole different light. 

"Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America's increasingly dominant private prison industry. It's the return of the gladiators and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom. In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death-matches for packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwar and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, she considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games, but CAPE's corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect their status quo and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar's path have devastating consequences"

The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, BookPage "Dazzling" -Walter Mosley, The New York Times Book Review. It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It's strictly the straight-and-narrow for him -- until he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter May and he decides to hit up his old police contact Munson, fixer extraordinaire.  But Munson has his own favors to ask of Carney and staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated - and deadly. 1973. The counter-culture has created a new generation, the old ways are being overthrown, but there is one constant, Pepper, Carney's endearingly violent partner in crime.  It's getting harder to put together a reliable crew for hijackings, heists, and assorted felonies, so Pepper takes on a side gig doing security on a Blaxploitation shoot in Harlem.  He finds himself in a freaky world of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming comedians, and celebrity drug dealers, in addition to the usual cast of hustlers, mobsters, and hit men. These adversaries underestimate the seasoned crook - to their regret. 1976.  Harlem is burning, block by block, while the whole country is gearing up for Bicentennial celebrations.  Carney is trying to come up with a July 4th ad he can live with. ("Two Hundred Years of Getting Away with It!"), while his wife Elizabeth is campaigning for her childhood friend, the former assistant D.A and rising politician Alexander Oakes.  When a fire severely injures one of Carney's tenants, he enlists Pepper to look into who may be behind it. Our crooked duo have to battle their way through a crumbling metropolis run by the shady, the violent, and the utterly corrupted. CROOK MANIFESTO is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning of family.  Colson Whitehead's kaleidoscopic portrait of Harlem is sure to stand as one of the all-time great evocations of a place and a time.

In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.

Η αφηγήτρια της ιστορίας, μια χήρα που εργάζεται σε έναν οίκο ευγηρίας στη Νότια Κορέα, αναγκάζεται να μοιραστεί το μικρό της σπίτι με την τριαντάχρονη κόρη της και την κοπέλα της, τη σχέση των οποίων δεν αποδέχεται. Η μητέρα, ανέτοιμη να τις δεχτεί, βρίσκεται μετέωρη ανάμεσα στο πρότυπο της παραδοσιακής οικογένειας -στην οποία αφιέρωσε ολόκληρη την ύπαρξή της- και στα ιδανικά για τα οποία αγωνίζεται η κόρη της. Σύντομα, τα σχόλια και οι προκαταλήψεις της μητέρας φέρνουν στο φως παλιές και νέες συγκρούσεις ανάμεσα στις τρεις γυναίκες, κάνοντας τη συνύπαρξή τους όλο και πιο δύσκολη. Μια κατάσταση που επιδεινώνεται παράλληλα με την επισφαλή εργασιακή κατάσταση της αφηγήτριας, η οποία αρχίζει να αμφισβητεί την απάνθρωπη μεταχείριση που λαμβάνουν οι ηλικιωμένες γυναίκες στο γηροκομείο όπου εργάζεται. Η Kim Hye-Jin γράφει ένα διαπεραστικά συγκινητικό μυθιστόρημα για την ένταση που δημιουργείται όταν οι συγγενείς αναγκάζονται να συγκατοικήσουν. Μέσα από τα μάτια μιας μητέρας που προσπαθεί να κατανοήσει αυτό που βιώνει, διερευνά τη σχέση μεταξύ γονέων, την ομοφοβία, την αποξένωση, τη μοναξιά αλλά και την έννοια της φροντίδας· συγχρόνως προσφέρει ως αντίδοτο στον αναγνώστη τη δύναμη της αγάπης σε όλες τις μορφές και αποχρώσεις της

Ένας νεκρός που εξαναγκάζεται σε ανάσταση για να θεραπεύσει την απελπισία του αδελφού του, ένας μεταλλωρύχος που επιχειρεί να κρύψει τη μοναξιά του μέσα στο σκοτάδι των στοών, ένας ταριχευτής που μεταποιώντας σώματα νεκρών ζώων προσπαθεί να συνθέσει το χιμαιρικό σώμα της αγάπης, ο αρχηγός ενός θιάσου τεράτων που αναζητά την ευλογία ξεχασμένων θεών, ένας Μακεδόνας στρατιώτης που διαπιστώνει πως ο δρόμος του νόστου περνάει πάντοτε μέσα από τον Άδη. Οι ήρωες της "Μεταποίησης" είναι οι ίδιοι αφηγητές της ιστορίας τους. Δεν εξομολογούνται, γιατί δεν ζητούν συγχώρεση. Ο λόγος τους άμεσος και αποκαλυπτικά ειλικρινής δεν απευθύνεται σε άλλον, παρά σε εκείνον τον οικείο ξένο, τον ίδιο τους τον εαυτό. Είναι ένας λόγος που σαν μαγική επωδός επιδιώκει να μεταποιήσει την πραγματικότητα, να ακυρώσει τις αποστάσεις του χρόνου, να συμφιλιώσει την αίσθηση της αμετάκλητης απώλειας με την ανάγκη για ζωή σε ένα ασφυκτικό παρόν. Ακόμα κι όταν αποτυγχάνει, η μετουσιωτική του δύναμη δεν φθίνει. Γιατί πίσω από τις διαφορετικές του τονικότητες, αναδύεται κάθε φορά η πραγματική του φύση: μια επίμονη επίκληση της αγάπης

«... Η δίκη Σουάρεφ έχει µία καρναβαλική µεγαλοπρέπεια. Φωτίζει το καρναβαλικό και το µεγαλειώδες της ανθρώπινης κατάστασης...» Δηµοσθένης Καραµπαλίκης. Ο εµβληµατικότερος εν ζωή ποινικολόγος, πρωταγωνιστής στις πιο πολύκροτες δίκες του τελευταίου µισού αιώνα. Σεραφείµ-Μάκης Σακκάς. Ο διευθυντής του γραφείου «Καραµπαλίκης και Συνεργάτες». Ευφυής, εργατικός, λεβέντης. Με ένα, όµως, σωµατικό ελάττωµα που —κι ας το κρύβει όσο µπορεί— τον περιορίζει, του πικραίνει τη ζωή. Ο κόσµος της µαχόµενης δικηγορίας. Ο κύριος Φωτιάδης, εκκεντρική διάνοια. Ο Χάρης Τσετίνης, λαγωνικό των δικαστηρίων. Η Κωνσταντίνα Γιάννου, πανέµορφη, κόρη χρεοκοπηµένου βιοµήχανου. Ο Σόλων Λούσκος, µε το απωθηµένο ακαδηµαϊκής καριέρας και τις ανοµολόγητες πολιτικές φιλοδοξίες. Ο Ευθύµης Βογιατζής, σκοτεινός τύπος, ύαινα σωστή. Η Παναγιώτα Αϊβάλη, «κυρία του κυρίου» και κληρονόµος του γραφείου. Ένα απόγευµα εµφανίζεται στο γραφείο ο Εδµόνδος Σουάρεφ. Ζητάει ακρόαση από τον Καραµπαλίκη. Μιλάει µε τον Μάκη Σακκά. Μεγαλέµπορος ο Σουάρεφ µουσικών οργάνων. Αποκαλύπτει ότι το 1983 δολοφόνησε έναν άνθρωπο. Ζητάει να παραδοθεί στη δικαιοσύνη. «Αδύνατον να δικασθείτε» απαντάει ο Μάκης. «Όλα τα εγκλήµατα στην Ελλάδα παραγράφονται µε την παρέλευση είκοσι ετών...» «Θα δικαστώ. Θα µε δικάσετε εσείς!» «Ίσως η δίκη να είναι για τον Σουάρεφ καθαρτήριο». «Καθαρτήριο;» «Πουργκατόριουµ στα λατινικά. Εκεί όπου οι ψυχές εξαγνίζονται. Ο προθάλαµος του Παράδεισου. Ή —εάν δεν αποδειχθείς άξιος— της Κόλασης…» Ίσως η Δίκη Σουάρεφ να γίνει καθαρτήριο για όλους.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD The highly original, blistering, and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer, which has now sold over one million copies worldwide With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life. He expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colonization, and ideas about Vietnam and America, writing with his trademark sardonic wit and incisive analysis, as well as a deep emotional openness about his life as a father and a son. At the age of four, Nguyen and his family are forced to flee his hometown of Ban Mê Thuột and come to the USA as refugees. After being removed from his brother and parents and homed with a family on his own, Nguyen is later allowed to resettle into his own family in suburban San José. But there is violence hidden behind the sunny façade of what he calls AMERICATM. One Christmas Eve, when Nguyen is nine, while watching cartoons at home, he learns that his parents have been shot while working at their grocery store, the SàiGòn Mới, a place where he sometimes helps price tins of fruit with a sticker gun. Years later, as a teenager, the blood-stirring drama of the films of the Vietnam War such as Apocalypse Now throw Nguyen into an existential crisis: how can he be both American and Vietnamese, both the killer and the person being killed? When he learns about an adopted sister who has stayed back in Vietnam, and ultimately visits her, he grows to understand just how much his parents have left behind. And as his parents age, he worries increasingly about their comfort and care, and realizes that some of their older wounds are reopening. Profound in its emotions and brilliant in its thinking about cultural power, A Man of Two Faces explores the necessity of both forgetting and of memory, the promises America so readily makes and breaks, and the exceptional life story of one of the most original and important writers working today.

In May 2016, Fort McMurray, Alberta, the hub of Canada's oil industry, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster turned entire neighbourhoods into firebombs and drove 90,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the story of this apocalyptic conflagration, John Vaillant explores the past and the future of our ever-hotter, more flammable world. For hundreds of millennia, fire has been a partner in our evolution, shaping culture and civilization. Yet in our age of intensifying climate change, we are seeing its destructive power unleashed in ways never before witnessed by human beings. With masterly prose and cinematic style, Vaillant delves into the intertwined histories of the oil industry and climate science, the unprecedented devastation wrought by modern wildfires, and the lives forever changed by these disasters. Fire Weather is urgent reading for our new century of fire

A groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United States and how they connect, conflict, and compete with one another--from the acclaimed author of Generation Me and iGen. The United States is currently home to six generations of people: -the Silents, born 1925-1945 -Baby Boomers, born 1946-1964 -Gen X, born 1965-1979 -Millennials, born 1980-1994 -Gen Z, born 1995-2012 -and the still-to-be-named cohorts born after 2012. They have had vastly different life experiences and thus, one assumes, they must have vastly diverging beliefs and behaviors. But what are those differences, what causes them, and how deep do they actually run? Professor of psychology and "reigning expert on generational change" (Lisa Wade, PhD, author of American Hookup), Jean Twenge does a deep dive into a treasure trove of long-running, government-funded surveys and databases to answer these questions. Are we truly defined by major historical events, such as the Great Depression for the Silents and September 11 for Millennials? Or, as Twenge argues, is it the rapid evolution of technology that differentiates the generations? With her clear-eyed and insightful voice, Twenge explores what the Silents and Boomers want out of the rest of their lives; how Gen X-ers are facing middle age; the ideals of Millennials as parents and in the workplace; and how Gen Z has been changed by COVID, among other fascinating topics. Surprising, engaging, and informative, Generations will forever change the way you view your parents, peers, coworkers, and children, no matter which generation you call your own.

Η επιδίωξη της παρούσας παρέμβασης του Νίκου Παναγιωτόπουλου συνίσταται στο να καταστήσει λίγο πιο συνειδητή την αναγκαιότητα του ρόλου του διανοούμενου, εκτός από παραγωγού γνώσης, ως συν-διαμορφωτή των συνθηκών που θα επιτρέπουν να εξάγονται από τις αναλύσεις και πρακτικά συμπεράσματα, συμπεράσματα για "το τι πρέπει να γίνει" και "το πώς πρέπει να γίνει".
Μια παρέμβαση που υπαγορεύεται από την κοινωνιολογική παράδοση, σύμφωνα με την οποία η υποχρέωση της αντικειμενικότητας, στην οποία οδηγεί κάθε επιστήμονα η επιστημονική ηθική, είναι αυτός να αγωνιστεί για να διαχυθεί η επιστημονική αλήθεια του κοινωνικού κόσμου, να κάνει ό,τι μπορεί για να αυξήσει τις πιθανότητες να ακουστεί

Οι σελίδες αυτού του βιβλίου συνιστούν ένα "επιστημονικό ζάπινγκ" στην ιστορία της ιδιωτικής τηλεόρασης. Δελτία ειδήσεων, εκπομπές δημοσιογραφικής έρευνας, ριάλιτι σόου, Κάραλη, Λαζόπουλος, Ράδιο Αρβύλα, Κορομηλά, Μενεγάκη, Στεφανίδου, Μικρούτσικος, Πάνια, Αυθαίρετοι, Απαράδεκτοι, Και οι παντρεμένοι έχουν ψυχή, Παρά πέντε, Ευτυχισμένοι Μαζί, Το Σόι Σου, Χάι Ροκ, Αίθουσα του θρόνου, το 10, το Νησί, Φώσκολος, Δαλιανίδης, Κοκκινόπουλος, Παπακαλιάτης και πολλά ακόμη εμβληματικά πρόσωπα και εκπομπές που σφράγισαν την τηλεοπτική πραγματικότητα των τελευταίων τριών δεκαετιών μπαίνουν για πρώτη φορά σε έναν πολυπρισματικό ερευνητικό φακό. Το συλλογικό αυτό βιβλίο επιχειρεί να ανοίξει το "κουτί", εκείνη την τηλεόραση που, τόσο από την έρευνα όσο και από την κριτική, σχολιάστηκε υποτιμητικά. Τόσο το ενημερωτικό όσο και το ψυχαγωγικό μέρος της ιδιωτικής τηλεόρασης από το 1989 και ύστερα απεικονίζει και διαμορφώνει νοοτροπίες και πρακτικές της ελληνικής κοινωνίας. Άλλοτε εντείνει τις πιο πλουραλιστικές, σύγχρονες και δημοκρατικές τάσεις της, άλλοτε τις πιο συσκοτιστικές, αντιδραστικές και αναχρονιστικές. Πολλές φορές αυτές οι τάσεις συνυπάρχουν στο ίδιο κανάλι, στην ίδια εκπομπή, στο ίδιο πρόσωπο. Το "κουτί" της ιδιωτικής τηλεόρασης ανοίγει, όχι μόνο για να ειπωθεί μια ιστορία του μέσου αλλά και για να αναδειχθεί ο εσωτερικός δυϊσμός της σύγχρονης ελληνικής πραγματικότητας. Για να κοιτάξουμε, κριτικά αλλά όχι αποδοκιμαστικά, τον καθρέφτη της σύγχρονης κοινωνικής μας ιστορίας