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Do you know who is our greatest king or queen? Measuring Monarchy challenges you to think again...

Combining moment-by-moment drama with an emotional story of friendship and bravery, Escape from Kabul is also a searing insight into the captive fate of women in Afghanistan. In the twenty years since 2001, Afghan women obtained legal degrees, became judges and set out to transform their country - tackling corruption, and reducing horrifying levels of violence against women and children. These educated and powerful women led the mission to build a modern democracy that respected the rule of law and human rights. However, when Western forces withdrew in August 2021, the women judges of Afghanistan faced mortal danger. Escape from Kabul is the extraordinary, never-before-told story of their escape, and the shocking fates of those who were unable to flee. Bestselling, veteran journalist Karen Bartlett has had unique access to many of the women involved, including those in exile and the judges still trapped in Afghanistan, as well as the international network of women judges who were vital to the escape effort.

*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!*A Navajo Ranger's chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and unexplained in NavajolandAs a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent, Stanley Milford Jr. grew up in a world where the supernatural was both expected and taboo, where shapeshifters roamed, witchcraft was a thing to be feared, and children were taught not to whistle at night. In his youth, Milford never went looking for the paranormal, but it always seemed to find him. When he joined the fabled Navajo Rangers-a law enforcement branch of the Navajo Nation who are equal parts police officers, archeological conservationists, and historians-the paranormal became part of his job. Alongside addressing the mundane duties of overseeing the massive 27,000-square-mile reservation, Milford was assigned to utterly bizarre and shockingly frequent cases involving mysterious livestock mutilations, skinwalker and Bigfoot sightings, UFOs, and malicious hauntings. In The Paranormal Ranger, Milford recounts the stories of these cases from the clinical and deductive perspective of a law enforcement officer. Milford's Native American worldview and investigative training collide to provide an eerie account of what logic dictates should not be possible.

Teddy Peacock-Edwards was one of eleven young men from Southern Rhodesia recruited into the RAF in 1938. This book, written by his acclaimed fighter pilot son, Rick Peacock-Edwards, describes his father's formative years and gives his overall impressions of his father as an individual, a father, and fighter pilot.

A classic postpunk memoir by a cult hero of the 80s - Budgie, the drummer in Siouxsie and the Banshees - with a twist

In the style of CRYING IN H MART and MINOR FEELINGS, Jill Damatac blends memoir, food writing, and colonial history as she cooks her way through recipes from her native-born Philippines and shares stories of her undocumented family in America.

Explore the profound impact and artistry of Martin Scorsese, one of America's greatest living directors.

Art Fraud takes readers on a captivating journey into the hidden world of art deception and discovery, uncovering the stories behind some of the most prolific forgers and the crimes that shook the art world. Through profiles of notorious figures like Tom Keating and lesser-known but equally cunning forgers, the book explores the motives behind their deception—profit, revenge, or theft—and the ingenious methods they used to create convincing fakes. With insights into the investigations that exposed these forgeries, this book offers a fascinating look at the intersection of art, crime, and discovery.

The first quarter of the twenty-first century witnessed a dangerous spike in the number of Antisemitic incidents--harassment, vandalism, and violence against Jews in both the United states and around the world. The Anti-Defamation League's global report on extent of world-wide levels of Antisemitism found that while Jews represented only 0.02 percent of the world's population, 26 percent or more than two billion people out of the eight billion people in the the world hold Antisemitic views. The report found that people living in countries with the highest levels of Antisemitic views were countries with the smallest percentage and fewest numbers of Jewish citizens--demonstrating that there is extensive Antisemitism without Jews, highlighting the fact that most contemporary Antisemitism is NOT based on actual encounters with Jewish people but the result of the perpetuation of myths, tropes, and mythology about the Jewish people spread through modern propaganda mainly through the internet.Reacting to this dire situation, Spanish cultural writer and historian, Diego Moldes researched and wrote When Eisenstein Met Kafka, Jewish Contributions to the Modern World both to debunk the old mythological and stereotypical anti-Jewish tropes circulating on the internet and other media and to demonstrate, with extensive evidence, on the enormous scope that Jews have played in shaping our modern world. Writing for the general reader in almost encyclopedic fashion, Moldes profiles thousands of Jews who have made lasting and original contributions to fields as diverse as science, medicine, inventions, pharmaceuticals and drugs, mathematics, artificial intelligence, topology, statistics, literature, culture, philosophy, history, the economy, business, banking, marketing, finance, computing, fashion, textiles, cosmetics, sports, cinema, film, dance, television, radio, music, entertainment, comics, publishing, journalism, photography, media and advertising, the law, justice, and politics, and in art in all its forms and modern architecture. These overwhelming contributions have literally shaped and extensively improved our daily lives in the modern age. This book is an eye-opener for anyone unaware of the depth and breadth of Jewish contributions to modernity.

Our latest instalment in the 'Yorkshire Vet' diaries sees Julian Norton return to 'Herriot Country', and Thirsk in particular, as he sets up a new practice in his home town.

A hybrid text and photobook by internationally-renowned photographer Lina Scheynius, combining diary extracts with essays and black-and-white photographs to explore the break-up of a relationship, alongside reflections about art, photography, motherhood, belonging and creativity.

Rosemary Woodruff Leary has been known only as the wife of Timothy Leary, the Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic high priest, whose jailbreak captivated the counterculture and whose life on the run with Rosemary inflamed the U.S. government. But Rosemary was more than a mere accessory. She was a beatnik, a psychonaut and a true believer who tested the limits of her mind and the expectations for women of her time.Long overlooked by those who have venerated her husband, Rosemary spent her life on the forefront of the counterculture, working with Leary on his books and speeches, sewing his clothing and shaping - for better and for worse - the media's narrative about LSD. Ultimately, Rosemary sacrificed everything for the safety of her fellow psychedelic pioneers and the preservation of her husband's legacy.Drawing from a wealth of interviews, diaries, archives and unpublished sources, Susannah Cahalan writes the definitive portrait of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, reclaiming her narrative and her voice from those who dismissed her. Page-turning, revelatory and utterly compelling, The Acid Queen shines an overdue spotlight on a pioneering psychedelic seeker.