Bloomsbury presents The Great Passion by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens. A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A masterpiece' SCOTSMAN 'A wise, refreshing novel, and a touching human story ... Runcie has an expert imagination' HILARY MANTEL Love and Death. Grief and Joy. Music that lasts forever. Leipzig, 1726. Eleven-year-old Stefan Silbermann, a humble organ-maker's son, has just lost his mother. Sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir, he struggles to stay afloat in a school where the teachers are as casually cruel as the students. Stefan's talent draws the attention of the Cantor – Johann Sebastian Bach. Eccentric, obsessive and kind, he rescues Stefan from the miseries of school by bringing him into his home as an apprentice. Soon Stefan feels that this ferociously clever, chaotic family is his own. But when tragedy strikes, Stefan's period of sanctuary in their household comes to a close. Something is happening, though. In the depths of his loss, the Cantor is writing a new work: the Saint Matthew Passion, to be performed for the first time on Good Friday. As Stefan watches the work rehearsed, he realises he is witness to the creation of one of the most extraordinary pieces of music that has ever been written. 'Brilliant ... Readers will be enriched by this novel and its glimpse at genius' The Times, Historical Fiction of the Month 'Warmly, reverently, Runcie brings alive what it is like to take part, for the very first time, in one of the most extraordinary pieces of music ever written' Daily Telegraph

Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood is a compelling dive into the Gothic horror genre, encapsulating the rich tapestry of emotional intensity, supernatural phenomena, and social anxieties of its time. This collection deftly maneuvers through diverse literary styles that range from melodramatic romance to thrilling suspense, all while maintaining an eerie atmosphere that is both unsettling and fascinating. Integral to the anthology are standout sequences that delve deep into the human psyche through the misadventures of the enigmatic vampire, Varney, inviting readers to ponder their own fears within the context of 19th-century gothic traditions. The anthology brings together the talents of Thomas Peckett Prest and James Malcolm Rymer, whose collective genius contributes significantly to the Gothic literary canon. Both authors excel in exploring themes of mortality, class struggle, and the grotesque, enriched by their experience during the Victorian era's serial publication system. This convergence of voices showcases the cultural zeitgeist, a time when the macabre intermingled with societal transformations, offering readers insight into the anxieties and curiosities of a bygone age. Engaging with Varney the Vampire provides an unparalleled opportunity to experience a time capsule of Gothic storytelling, where literary imagination meets cultural commentary. Readers are urged to embrace the collection not only for its thrilling narrative but also for its profound capability to evoke reflection on human nature's darker corridors. Through exploring this anthology, one is invited to appreciate the intricate dialogues between its narratives, each piece weaving together an essential component of the Gothic tradition. This collection is invaluable for those seeking an educational adventure into the depths of horror and the human condition.

For more than a dozen years, a soft spoken, unassuming woman dominated design at The Walt Disney Studios with a joyful creativity and exuberant color palette that stamped the look of many classic Disney animated features, including Cinderella and PeterPan. Favorite theme park attractions, most notably the It's A Small World boat ride, originally created for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, were also among her designs. Now the story behind one of Walt's favorite artists is celebrated in this delightful volume of whimsical art and insightful commentary. In her prime, Mary Blair was an amazingly prolific American artist who enlivened and influenced the not-so-small worlds of film, print, theme parks, architectural decor, and advertising. Her art represented and communicated pure pleasure to the viewer. Mary Blair's personal flair was at one with the imagery that flowed effortlessly and continually from her brush for more than half a century. Walt Disney loved her art and championed it at the Studio. The two shared many sensibilities, including a childlike fondness for playfulness in imagery. Searching for that perfect gift for the animation fan in your life? Explore more behind-the-scenes stories from Disney Editions: The Art of Mulan: A Disney Editions Classic Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks One Day at Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot to Remember From All of Us to All of You: The Disney Christmas Card Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney's Animation Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons, Revised Special Edition Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil - The Creation, The Inspiration, The Fascination Illusion of Life: Disney Animation (By Disney Legends Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston)

For more than a dozen years, a soft spoken, unassuming woman dominated design at The Walt Disney Studios with a joyful creativity and exuberant color palette that stamped the look of many classic Disney animated features, including Cinderella and PeterPan. Favorite theme park attractions, most notably the It's A Small World boat ride, originally created for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, were also among her designs. Now the story behind one of Walt's favorite artists is celebrated in this delightful volume of whimsical art and insightful commentary. In her prime, Mary Blair was an amazingly prolific American artist who enlivened and influenced the not-so-small worlds of film, print, theme parks, architectural decor, and advertising. Her art represented and communicated pure pleasure to the viewer. Mary Blair's personal flair was at one with the imagery that flowed effortlessly and continually from her brush for more than half a century. Walt Disney loved her art and championed it at the Studio. The two shared many sensibilities, including a childlike fondness for playfulness in imagery. Searching for that perfect gift for the animation fan in your life? Explore more behind-the-scenes stories from Disney Editions: The Art of Mulan: A Disney Editions Classic Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks One Day at Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot to Remember From All of Us to All of You: The Disney Christmas Card Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney's Animation Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons, Revised Special Edition Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil - The Creation, The Inspiration, The Fascination Illusion of Life: Disney Animation (By Disney Legends Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston)

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I -- L’architectonique et la faculté de juger / Pierobon, Frank -- Genèse de la Troisième Critique: le rôle de l’esthétique dans l’achèvement du système critique / Dumouchel, Daniel -- L’architectonique de la Critique de la faculté de juger / Philonenko, Alexis -- Der Geschmack als teleologisches Urteil bei Kant / Model, Anselm -- Le jugement esthétique, raison d’être de la Troisième (et dernière?) Critique / Marty, François -- The Importance of Freedom in the Architectonic of the Critique of Judgment / Raymaekers, Bart -- II -- Système et jugement chez Kant / Costa, Filippo -- Judgement, Self-Consciousness, and Imagination: Kant’s Transcendental Deduction and Beyond / Crowther, Paul -- Die Beweisstruktur der Kritik der Urteilskraft / Vos, Ludovicus De -- Kants Geschmackskritik zwischen Transzendentalphilosophie und Psychologie / Baumeister, Thomas -- III -- The Technic of Nature: What is Involved in Judging? / Hughes, Fiona -- Heautonomy: Kant on Reflective Judgment and Systematicity / Floyd, Juliet -- Reflection and Fiction in Kant’s Aesthetics / Marques, Antonio -- IV -- Zur Logik des ästhetischen Urteils / Brandt, Reinhard -- Erhabene Schönheit / Simon, Josef -- Le sensus aestheticus est-il ‹quasi-transcendantal›? (Remarques sur une apologie et un double visage) / Foisy, Suzanne -- Transcendentality, in Play / Gasché, Rodolphe -- Une faculté à acquérir: sens et non-sens dans la Troisième Critique / Garroni, Emilio -- L’expérience esthétique chez Kant comme éducation sentimentale / Molder, Maria Filomena -- V -- The Symbols of Freedom in Kant’s Aesthetics / Guyer, Paul -- The Practical Postulates of Freedom and Beauty as a Symbol of Morality / Kemal, Salim -- Du Beau comme Symbole du Bien / Roviello, Anne-Marie -- Das Schöne als Symbol der Freiheit / Recki, Birgit -- Beauty, Autonomy and Respect for Nature / Kneller, Jane -- VI -- The Singularity of Pure Judgments of Taste / Meerbote, Ralf -- New Views on Kant’s Judgment of Taste / Ameriks, Karl -- Kant on the Subjectivity of Taste / Ginsborg, Hannah -- Pleasure and Harmony in Kant’s Theory of Taste: A Critique of the Causal Reading -- Über (Selbst-)Affektion, (Un)Form und (Un)Lust / Moors, Martin -- Das Geschmacksurteil über das faszinierend Häßliche / Lohmar, Dieter -- VII -- Les Idées esthétiques / Proust, Françoise -- Forme et signe dans l’esthétique de Kant / La Rocca, Claudio -- Le timbre de l’affect et les tonalités affectives / Parket, Herman -- Relation du sensus communis du jugement esthétique avec le contrat originaire de l’humanité / De Ternay, Henri -- Génie et goût: complicité ou conflit? Autour du Par. 50 de la Troisième Critique / Lories, Danielle -- Kant and the Terror of Genius: Between Enlightenment and Romanticism / Desmond, William -- On Sublimity, Genius and the Explication of Aesthetic Ideas / Makkreel, Rudolf A. -- Overwhelming Forces and a Whispering Vastness: Kantian Fictions of a Negative Sublime / McCormick, Peter -- A la limite de l’Ungeheuer sublime et ‹monstrueux› dans la Troisième Critique -- VIII -- Esthétique ou philosophie de l’art? / Trottein, Serge -- Kants Theorie der schönen Kunst / Fricke, Christel -- Le fondement philosophique de l’art non-figuratif par Kant / Biemel, Walter -- IX -- Kant et le nom de l’Esthétique / Amoroso, Leonardo -- Kant et la mise en cause de l’esthétique / Saint Girons, Baldine -- Der intuitive Verstand, ein Prinzip der ästhetisch reflektierenden Urteilskraft? / Bradl, Beate -- Politiques du jugement. La Troisième Critique, de Schiller à Adorno / Prado, Plinio Walder -- X -- Cultures de langues philosophiques: les traductions françaises de la Troisième Critique de Kant / Kloepfer, Rolf -- General Bibliography -- Personenregister/Index of names/Index des noms -- Sachenregister/Index of subjects/Index des sujets -- Referenzregister/Index of references/Index des références -- Backmatter

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I -- L’architectonique et la faculté de juger / Pierobon, Frank -- Genèse de la Troisième Critique: le rôle de l’esthétique dans l’achèvement du système critique / Dumouchel, Daniel -- L’architectonique de la Critique de la faculté de juger / Philonenko, Alexis -- Der Geschmack als teleologisches Urteil bei Kant / Model, Anselm -- Le jugement esthétique, raison d’être de la Troisième (et dernière?) Critique / Marty, François -- The Importance of Freedom in the Architectonic of the Critique of Judgment / Raymaekers, Bart -- II -- Système et jugement chez Kant / Costa, Filippo -- Judgement, Self-Consciousness, and Imagination: Kant’s Transcendental Deduction and Beyond / Crowther, Paul -- Die Beweisstruktur der Kritik der Urteilskraft / Vos, Ludovicus De -- Kants Geschmackskritik zwischen Transzendentalphilosophie und Psychologie / Baumeister, Thomas -- III -- The Technic of Nature: What is Involved in Judging? / Hughes, Fiona -- Heautonomy: Kant on Reflective Judgment and Systematicity / Floyd, Juliet -- Reflection and Fiction in Kant’s Aesthetics / Marques, Antonio -- IV -- Zur Logik des ästhetischen Urteils / Brandt, Reinhard -- Erhabene Schönheit / Simon, Josef -- Le sensus aestheticus est-il ‹quasi-transcendantal›? (Remarques sur une apologie et un double visage) / Foisy, Suzanne -- Transcendentality, in Play / Gasché, Rodolphe -- Une faculté à acquérir: sens et non-sens dans la Troisième Critique / Garroni, Emilio -- L’expérience esthétique chez Kant comme éducation sentimentale / Molder, Maria Filomena -- V -- The Symbols of Freedom in Kant’s Aesthetics / Guyer, Paul -- The Practical Postulates of Freedom and Beauty as a Symbol of Morality / Kemal, Salim -- Du Beau comme Symbole du Bien / Roviello, Anne-Marie -- Das Schöne als Symbol der Freiheit / Recki, Birgit -- Beauty, Autonomy and Respect for Nature / Kneller, Jane -- VI -- The Singularity of Pure Judgments of Taste / Meerbote, Ralf -- New Views on Kant’s Judgment of Taste / Ameriks, Karl -- Kant on the Subjectivity of Taste / Ginsborg, Hannah -- Pleasure and Harmony in Kant’s Theory of Taste: A Critique of the Causal Reading -- Über (Selbst-)Affektion, (Un)Form und (Un)Lust / Moors, Martin -- Das Geschmacksurteil über das faszinierend Häßliche / Lohmar, Dieter -- VII -- Les Idées esthétiques / Proust, Françoise -- Forme et signe dans l’esthétique de Kant / La Rocca, Claudio -- Le timbre de l’affect et les tonalités affectives / Parket, Herman -- Relation du sensus communis du jugement esthétique avec le contrat originaire de l’humanité / De Ternay, Henri -- Génie et goût: complicité ou conflit? Autour du Par. 50 de la Troisième Critique / Lories, Danielle -- Kant and the Terror of Genius: Between Enlightenment and Romanticism / Desmond, William -- On Sublimity, Genius and the Explication of Aesthetic Ideas / Makkreel, Rudolf A. -- Overwhelming Forces and a Whispering Vastness: Kantian Fictions of a Negative Sublime / McCormick, Peter -- A la limite de l’Ungeheuer sublime et ‹monstrueux› dans la Troisième Critique -- VIII -- Esthétique ou philosophie de l’art? / Trottein, Serge -- Kants Theorie der schönen Kunst / Fricke, Christel -- Le fondement philosophique de l’art non-figuratif par Kant / Biemel, Walter -- IX -- Kant et le nom de l’Esthétique / Amoroso, Leonardo -- Kant et la mise en cause de l’esthétique / Saint Girons, Baldine -- Der intuitive Verstand, ein Prinzip der ästhetisch reflektierenden Urteilskraft? / Bradl, Beate -- Politiques du jugement. La Troisième Critique, de Schiller à Adorno / Prado, Plinio Walder -- X -- Cultures de langues philosophiques: les traductions françaises de la Troisième Critique de Kant / Kloepfer, Rolf -- General Bibliography -- Personenregister/Index of names/Index des noms -- Sachenregister/Index of subjects/Index des sujets -- Referenzregister/Index of references/Index des références -- Backmatter

IACP Award Winner * Named one of “The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks From the Last 100 Years” by T: The New York Times Style Magazine 2024 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of The French Laundry Cookbook, and the thirtieth anniversary of the acclaimed French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley—“the most exciting place to eat in the United States” ( The New York Times). The most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor Thomas Keller himself. Keller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a French Laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused courses. Most dazzling is how simple Keller&#39,s methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully, poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape, the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch, using vinegar as a flavor enhancer, the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes. From innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts, from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, The French Laundry Cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of America&#39,s great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both unique. One hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the French Laundry kitchen—no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchens. If you can&#39,t get to the French Laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience Wine Spectator described as “as close to dining perfection as it gets.”

James Hillman, who died in 2011 at the age of eighty-five, has been described by poet Robert Bly as "the most lively and original psychologist" of the twentieth century. Based on author Dick Russell's interviews with Hillman and dozens of people who knew him, Volume Two of The Life and Ideas of James Hillman takes up Hillman's mid-life when he set about returning psychology to its Soul-rich roots in Greek mythology and Renaissance esotericism. From his base teaching at Zurich's Jung Institute, we follow Hillman's growing international prominence as a maverick in the field, coinciding with his relationship and eventual marriage to Patricia Berry. They would be instrumental in formulating Archetypal Psychology, along with a group of young compatriots in what became known as Spring House. The new ideas taking shape moved psychology away from the dominant scientific/medical model with its focus on treating the isolated individual, expanding into the fertile realm of culture and the imagination. Amid prodigious writings and lectures, Hillman made mythology and even alchemy relevant to our times. Delivering the prestigious Terry Lectures at Yale and being nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Hillman returned to America after living primarily in Europe for thirty years. To the surprise of many, he settled in Dallas and helped found an Institute of Humanities and Culture while taking up how to re-imagine city planning. Equally surprising was Hillman's subsequent move to rural Connecticut, where he and Pat Berry resided in a nineteenth-century farmhouse. Starting in the mid-'80s, Hillman became a pioneering teacher in the mythopoetic men's movement alongside Robert Bly and Michael Meade-where deep talk about fathers and sons and male-female relationships offered a new kind of group therapy, a cultural therapy. As Thomas Moore said of Hillman, he possessed a "genius for taking any theme and shedding serious fresh light on it." Along the way, Hillman's insights came to encompass all of the arts, a "poetic basis of mind" that connected him to many of the most influential artists and thinkers of the modern era.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals, now a major series on Disney+ 'Infectiously joyful and funny' - The Observer 'If you loved Riders, and binge-watched Ted Lasso , then this is your dream novel . Pitch perfect and utterly swoon-worthy. Jilly is a genius' - Clare Pooley 'Pure escapism - who could ask for more?' - Daily Express Rupert Campbell-Black, all-conquering racehorse owner-trainer and handsomest man in England, is in the darkest of places. His adored wife, Taggie, is about to undergo chemotherapy. His beloved leading stallion has been assassinated. Now his daughter Bianca is badgering him to buy into a failing local football club so he can sign up her superstar striker boyfriend, Feral Jackson. Rupert dislikes football and his first impressions of Searston Rovers are distinctly unfavourable. But as their new and indelibly competitive chairman, he won't stand for anything less than an Everest climb to the top of the Premier League. With the help of the club's ravishing and adorable secretary, and sassy Press Officer, he becomes increasingly fond of his riotous mix of players. But Rupert's explosive arrival at Searston causes outrage, and the fights are as furious off the field as on. With glamorous WAGs looking to stir up trouble, and the rival local football team's duplicitous and corrupt chairman, things aren't going to be easy. Let the scandals, sabotage, and seductions begin... Praise for Tackle! 'A total treat' - Daily Mail 'A giddy, sexy, exuberant romp of a story...a total tonic, offering the sort of glorious escapism we're all desperately in need of' - Daisy Buchanan 'Bursting with fun, puns, and shenanigans' - Jill Mansell 'Won't disappoint her many fans' - Sir Ian Rankin 'With her talent for boisterous plots and dialogue, Cooper delivers feisty fun ... With this novel , Cooper shoots again and scores' - Daily Telegraph 'A fabulous feast of fun, frolics and football' - Jo Thomas

IACP Award Winner * Named one of “The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks From the Last 100 Years” by T: The New York Times Style Magazine 2024 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of The French Laundry Cookbook, and the thirtieth anniversary of the acclaimed French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley—“the most exciting place to eat in the United States” ( The New York Times). The most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor Thomas Keller himself. Keller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a French Laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused courses. Most dazzling is how simple Keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes. From innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, The French Laundry Cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of America's great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both unique. One hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the French Laundry kitchen—no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchens. If you can't get to the French Laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience Wine Spectator described as “as close to dining perfection as it gets.”

IACP Award Winner * Named one of “The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks From the Last 100 Years” by T: The New York Times Style Magazine 2024 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of The French Laundry Cookbook, and the thirtieth anniversary of the acclaimed French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley—“the most exciting place to eat in the United States” ( The New York Times). The most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor Thomas Keller himself. Keller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a French Laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused courses. Most dazzling is how simple Keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes. From innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, The French Laundry Cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of America's great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both unique. One hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the French Laundry kitchen—no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchens. If you can't get to the French Laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience Wine Spectator described as “as close to dining perfection as it gets.”

“The women behind the popular L.A. bakery have mastered delicious GF treats that require fewer than 10 ingredients—none hard to find.” —Bonappetit.com "If you've ever been curious about grain-free, sugar-free baking, let this be your entrée into the delicious world of possibility. After this gorgeous chocolate caramel cake with fudge frosting emerged from our test kitchen, the forks were OUT and grain-free skeptics were quickly converted." —Food52 "A collection of mega-yum recipes for everything from grain-free crackers and Southern-style biscuits to s'mores pie and tres leches cake. The best part? The ingredient lists are shockingly miniscule." — Well + Good “Claire Thomas and Laurel Gallucci infuse their cakes, tarts, and pies with healthy ingredients that satisfy without the sugar rush.” —Shape "This is healthy baking that’s actually GOOD." — Molly Sims, The Strategist “Laurel Gallucci and Claire Thomas make grain- and refined-sugar-free desserts that are anything but a compromise” -Tasting Table "If you're a healthy baker, this is the book for you.” -MindBodyGreen “[Gallucci and Thomas] enhance recipes with high-quality ingredients, hitting the farmers market to hunt down the juiciest, ripest produce.” —Shape.com “If you’re looking to bake grain-free, not just gluten-free, consider Sweet Laurel’s cookbook.” —NYMag.com “[A] gorgeously illustrated book.” —LATimes.com “This book is answered prayers. I don’t regularly eat grains and while my energy has radically improved since this shift, I have truly missed baking at home. Laurel is a genius. I trust her implicitly in the kitchen and even trusted her with my wedding cake! This is a powerful and delicious way to change your life.” —Amanda Bacon, Moon Juice “Sweet Laurel bakery holds secrets every person with a love of baking must know! Laurel figured out a way to add natural sweetness, texture, and flavor and love into every bite of her decadent desserts using only the best ingredients and techniques to share goodies that will fill your hearts and bellies with love.” —Catherine McCord, Weelicious “Sweet Laurel’s magical creations have long been a godsend to Angelenos following grain- and or dairy-free diets. Now Laurel and Claire’s indulgent yet virtuous recipes are available to all. Their debut cookbook is a beautiful resource that offers approachable techniques and ideas perfect for any home baker.” —Candace Nelson, Sprinkles “Laurel is my go-to resource when it comes to paleo baking. The recipes in this beautiful cookbook are easy to follow, completely refined-sugar-free and, most important, delicious beyond reason.” —Shira Lenchewski, MS, RD, dietitian, nutritionist, and author of The Food Therapist “Laurel and I first met over the love of coconut, and since then I have been endlessly inspired by her creations. Even for the most skilled chef or baker, gluten-free baking is intimidating- with long lists of ingredients and flours; one recipe can feel like a science project. Laurel truly has a gift. She has simplified ‘clean’ baking in a way that produces a product that is exquisitely refined, delicious, and beautiful! I am seriously so excited about this book—she'll make a better baker out of all of us! —Meredith Baird, Nucifera, author of Coconut Kitchen “Laurel has redefined the art of home baking. Her desserts are a staple in my home, both for their healthy nature and the creativity she infuses in every treat. Choosing nutritious, wholesome ingredients for myself and my children is important, and Laurel’s baking has allowed us to sub out the unhealthy sweets for desserts that are even more delicious and beautiful than the sugar-heavy goods. Her Chocolate Caramel Cake is our ultimate favorite. Sometimes I even eat leftovers for breakfast! It’s safe to say Laurel’s baking has changed my life in all the best ways.” —Jenni Kayne, designer “For … sumptuous whole ingredient, grain-free sweet treats, this collection is a well-conceived, enticing primer.” — Publishers Weekly "The

“The women behind the popular L.A. bakery have mastered delicious GF treats that require fewer than 10 ingredients—none hard to find.” —Bonappetit.com "If you've ever been curious about grain-free, sugar-free baking, let this be your entrée into the delicious world of possibility. After this gorgeous chocolate caramel cake with fudge frosting emerged from our test kitchen, the forks were OUT and grain-free skeptics were quickly converted." —Food52 "A collection of mega-yum recipes for everything from grain-free crackers and Southern-style biscuits to s'mores pie and tres leches cake. The best part? The ingredient lists are shockingly miniscule." — Well + Good “Claire Thomas and Laurel Gallucci infuse their cakes, tarts, and pies with healthy ingredients that satisfy without the sugar rush.” —Shape "This is healthy baking that’s actually GOOD." — Molly Sims, The Strategist “Laurel Gallucci and Claire Thomas make grain- and refined-sugar-free desserts that are anything but a compromise” -Tasting Table "If you're a healthy baker, this is the book for you.” -MindBodyGreen “[Gallucci and Thomas] enhance recipes with high-quality ingredients, hitting the farmers market to hunt down the juiciest, ripest produce.” —Shape.com “If you’re looking to bake grain-free, not just gluten-free, consider Sweet Laurel’s cookbook.” —NYMag.com “[A] gorgeously illustrated book.” —LATimes.com “This book is answered prayers. I don’t regularly eat grains and while my energy has radically improved since this shift, I have truly missed baking at home. Laurel is a genius. I trust her implicitly in the kitchen and even trusted her with my wedding cake! This is a powerful and delicious way to change your life.” —Amanda Bacon, Moon Juice “Sweet Laurel bakery holds secrets every person with a love of baking must know! Laurel figured out a way to add natural sweetness, texture, and flavor and love into every bite of her decadent desserts using only the best ingredients and techniques to share goodies that will fill your hearts and bellies with love.” —Catherine McCord, Weelicious “Sweet Laurel’s magical creations have long been a godsend to Angelenos following grain- and or dairy-free diets. Now Laurel and Claire’s indulgent yet virtuous recipes are available to all. Their debut cookbook is a beautiful resource that offers approachable techniques and ideas perfect for any home baker.” —Candace Nelson, Sprinkles “Laurel is my go-to resource when it comes to paleo baking. The recipes in this beautiful cookbook are easy to follow, completely refined-sugar-free and, most important, delicious beyond reason.” —Shira Lenchewski, MS, RD, dietitian, nutritionist, and author of The Food Therapist “Laurel and I first met over the love of coconut, and since then I have been endlessly inspired by her creations. Even for the most skilled chef or baker, gluten-free baking is intimidating- with long lists of ingredients and flours; one recipe can feel like a science project. Laurel truly has a gift. She has simplified ‘clean’ baking in a way that produces a product that is exquisitely refined, delicious, and beautiful! I am seriously so excited about this book—she'll make a better baker out of all of us! —Meredith Baird, Nucifera, author of Coconut Kitchen “Laurel has redefined the art of home baking. Her desserts are a staple in my home, both for their healthy nature and the creativity she infuses in every treat. Choosing nutritious, wholesome ingredients for myself and my children is important, and Laurel’s baking has allowed us to sub out the unhealthy sweets for desserts that are even more delicious and beautiful than the sugar-heavy goods. Her Chocolate Caramel Cake is our ultimate favorite. Sometimes I even eat leftovers for breakfast! It’s safe to say Laurel’s baking has changed my life in all the best ways.” —Jenni Kayne, designer “For … sumptuous whole ingredient, grain-free sweet treats, this collection is a well-conceived, enticing primer.” — Publishers Weekly "The

The definitive leadership and management ideas of the year from Harvard Business Review. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up to date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. Featuring examples from leaders such as Jensen Huang and Jane Fraser, and companies from Hermès to OpenAI, this volume brings a year's worth of management wisdom right to your fingertips. This book will inspire you to: Eliminate dysfunction in your leadership team Apply the right kinds of questions to strategic decisions Bring everyone on board with your AI efforts Design innovative products that grow with your customers Better assess what macroeconomic risk means for your business Build a corporate culture that truly aligns with your values This collection of articles includes: "The Art of Asking Smarter Questions," by Arnaud Chevallier, Frédéric Dalsace, and Jean-Louis Barsoux; "The Uniqueness Trap," by Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier, M.D. Christodoulou, and M. Zottoli; "Why Multibusiness Strategies Fail and How to Make Them Succeed," by Bharat N. Anand and David J. Collis; "One Company A/B Tested Hybrid Work. Here's What It Found," by Nicholas Bloom, James Liang, and Ruobing Han; "Build a Corporate Culture That Works," by Erin Meyer; "Why Leadership Teams Fail," by Thomas Keil and Marianna Zangrillo; "How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk," by Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz; "Five Ways to Ask Your Boss to Advocate for You," by Melody Wilding; "What Comes After DEI," by Lily Zheng; "For Success with AI, Bring Everyone On Board," by David De Cremer, "Design Products That Won't Become Obsolete," by Vijay Govindarajan, Tojin T. Eapen, and Daniel J. Finkenstadt; and "The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift," by Kevin Evers. HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others. This edition features a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.

From Daron Acemoglu, 2024 Nobel laureate in economics and coauthor of Why Nations Fail, an ambitious and expansive inquiry into the biggest story in global politics over the last hundred years: the rise and fall of liberal democracy. "A very important work and a must-read." —Thomas Piketty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century "Daron Acemoglu is one of the most brilliant and insightful thinkers I’ve ever known. His particular genius is being able to look at impossibly complex problems and see right to the heart of what matters. This book is a tour de force that left me feeling more optimistic about the future than I have in a long time." —Steven Levitt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomics The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 raised hopes that we were one step closer to the triumph of liberalism. Soon, many predicted, we would all be living in functional liberal democracies. Sustained economic growth would benefit all segments of society and war would be a relic of the past. A generation later, one can only ask: What happened? Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu argues in this powerful book that liberal democracy flourished when it pursued its core promises of shared prosperity, democratic governance, and the free pursuit of knowledge. But liberalism, a philosophy built to challenge power, never fully adjusted to becoming the establishment. Nor was it able to deal with the economic and social disruptions that digital technologies wrought. Worse, in the postindustrial economy, liberalism turned its back on its core promises. As a segment of college-educated elites became politically dominant and separated from the rest of society, they sowed the seeds of widespread inequality while intensifying efforts to reshape mass culture and values. Acemoglu, using the wide interdisciplinary lens that has won him acclaim, documents the extraordinary, unparalleled progress that liberalism created, and recounts how liberal democratic institutions plunged themselves into crisis over the last several decades. Looking at rapid advances in technology, shifts in regulatory environments, global political history, and economics, Acemoglu lucidly lays out the successes and failures of our most important political system. And he envisions a new way forward, which he calls working-class liberalism: a philosophy that prioritizes shared prosperity, empowers communities, and accommodates a range of values and views.

Explore the profound and imaginative world of Dylan Thomas in this unique collection, bringing together the full spectrum of his literary brilliance. From the mesmerizing verses of his poetry to the enchanting narratives of his prose works, this anthology provides an immersive journey through the creative genius of one of the 20th century's most celebrated poets. This edition includes: Poetry: I see the boys of summer When once the twilight locks no longer Before I knocked My hero bares his nerves Our eunuch dreams When, like a running grave In the beginning I fellowed sleep I dreamed my genesis My world is pyramid I, in my intricate image This bread I break Incarnate devil Today, this insect The seed-at-zero Here in this spring Do you not father me Out of the sighs Was there a time Now Why east wind chills A grief ago Ears in the turrets hear How soon the servant sun Foster the light Should lanterns shine I have longed to move away Find meat on bones Grief thief of time And death shall have no dominion Then was my neophyte Altarwise by owl-light We lying by seasand O make me a mask The spire cranes After the funeral Not from this anger How shall my animal On no work of words A saint about to fall 'If my head hurt a hair's foot' Twenty-four years The conversation of prayers Poem in October This side of the truth To Others than You Love in the Asylum Unluckily for a death Into her lying down head Do not go gentle into that good night Deaths and Entrances A Winter's Tale Plays: Under Milk Wood Prose Works: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog Adventures in the Skin Trade A Child's Christmas in Wales The School for Witches The Burning Baby Quite Early One Morning The Mouse and the Woman A Prospect of the Sea After the Fair The Enemies The Tree The True Story The Dress The Visitor The Vest The Orchards The End of the River The Lemon The Horse's Ha The Holy Six The Map of Love In the Direction of the Beginning Prologue to an Adventure An Adventure from a Work in Progress Holiday Memory Gaspar, Melchior, Balthasar The Followers In the Garden...

The definitive leadership and management ideas of the year from Harvard Business Review. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up to date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. Featuring examples from leaders such as Jensen Huang and Jane Fraser, and companies from Hermès to OpenAI, this volume brings a year's worth of management wisdom right to your fingertips. This book will inspire you to: Eliminate dysfunction in your leadership team Apply the right kinds of questions to strategic decisions Bring everyone on board with your AI efforts Design innovative products that grow with your customers Better assess what macroeconomic risk means for your business Build a corporate culture that truly aligns with your values This collection of articles includes: "The Art of Asking Smarter Questions," by Arnaud Chevallier, Frédéric Dalsace, and Jean-Louis Barsoux; "The Uniqueness Trap," by Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier, M.D. Christodoulou, and M. Zottoli; "Why Multibusiness Strategies Fail and How to Make Them Succeed," by Bharat N. Anand and David J. Collis; "One Company A/B Tested Hybrid Work. Here's What It Found," by Nicholas Bloom, James Liang, and Ruobing Han; "Build a Corporate Culture That Works," by Erin Meyer; "Why Leadership Teams Fail," by Thomas Keil and Marianna Zangrillo; "How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk," by Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz; "Five Ways to Ask Your Boss to Advocate for You," by Melody Wilding; "What Comes After DEI," by Lily Zheng; "For Success with AI, Bring Everyone On Board," by David De Cremer, "Design Products That Won't Become Obsolete," by Vijay Govindarajan, Tojin T. Eapen, and Daniel J. Finkenstadt; and "The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift," by Kevin Evers. HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others. This edition features a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.

"Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.” With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of the nation's greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this endlessly entertaining follow-up to his bestselling social history 740 Park, Gross pulls back the shades of secrecy that have long shrouded the upper class's cultural and philanthropic ambitions and maneuvers. And he paints a revealing portrait of a previously hidden face of American wealth and power. The Metropolitan, Gross writes, "is a huge alchemical experiment, turning the worst of man's attributes—extravagance; lust, gluttony, acquisitiveness, envy, avarice, greed, egotism, and pride—into the very best, transmuting deadly sins into priceless treasure.” The book covers the entire 138-year history of the Met, focusing on the museum's most colorful characters. Opening with the lame-duck director Philippe de Montebello, the museum's longest-serving leader who finally stepped down in 2008, Rogues' Gallery then goes back to the very beginning, highlighting, among many others: the first director, Luigi Palma di Cesnola, an Italian-born epic phony, whose legacy is a trove of plundered ancient relics, some of which remain on display today; John Pierpont Morgan, the greatest capitalist and art collector of his day, who turned the museum from the plaything of a handful of rich amateurs into a professional operation dedicated, sort of, to the public good; John D. Rockefeller Jr., who never served the Met in any official capacity but who, during the Great Depression, proved the only man willing and rich enough to be its benefactor, which made him its behind-the-scenes puppeteer; the controversial Thomas Hoving, whose tenure as director during the sixties and seventies revolutionized museums around the world but left the Met in chaos; and Jane Engelhard and Annette de la Renta, a mother-daughter trustee tag team whose stories will astonish you (think Casablanca rewritten by Edith Wharton). With a supporting cast that includes artists, forgers, and looters, financial geniuses and scoundrels, museum officers (like its chairman Arthur Amory Houghton, head of Corning Glass, who once ripped apart a priceless and ancient Islamic book in order to sell it off piecemeal), trustees (like Jayne Wrightsman, the Hollywood party girl turned society grand dame), curators (like the aging Dietrich von Bothmer, a refugee from Nazi Germany with a Bronze Star for heroism whose greatest acquisitions turned out to be looted), and donors (like Irwin Untermyer, whose collecting obsession drove his wife and children to suicide), and with cameo appearances by everyone from Vogue editors Anna Wintour and Diana Vreeland to Sex Pistols front man Johnny Rotten, Rogues' Gallery is a rich, satisfying, alternately hilarious and horrifying look at America's upper class, and what is perhaps its greatest creation.

The four novels in this Library of America collection show Faulkner at the height of his powers and fully demonstrate the range of his genius. They explore the tragic and comic aspects of a South haunted by its past and uncertain of its future. In the intricate, spellbinding masterpiece Absalom, Absalom! (1936), Quentin Compson descends into a vortex of images, voices, passions, and doomed desires as he and his Harvard roommate re-create the story of Thomas Sutpen and the insane ambitions, romantic hopes, and distortions of honor and conscience that trap Sutpen and those around him, until their grief and pride and fate become the inescapable and unbearable legacy of a past that is not dead and not even past. In seven episodes, The Unvanquished (1938) recounts the ordeals and triumphs of the Sartoris family during and after the Civil War as seen through the maturing consciousness of young Bayard Sartoris. The indomitable Granny Millard, the honor-driven patriarch Colonel Sartoris, the quick-witted and inventive Ringo, the ferociously heroic Drusilla, and the scheming, mendacious Ab Snopes embody the inheritance that Bayard must reconcile with a new, but diminished, South. If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem (published in 1939 as The Wild Palms) tells of desperate lovers fleeing convention and of a convict escaping the chaos of passion. In "The Wild Palms," an emotional and geographic odyssey ends in a Mississippi coastal town. In counterpoint, "Old Man" recounts the adventures of an inarticulate "tall convict" swept to freedom by a raging Mississippi flood, but who then fights to return to his simple prison life. In The Hamlet (1940), the first book of the great Snopes family trilogy, the outrageous scheming energy of Flem Snopes and his relatives is vividly and hilariously juxtaposed with the fragile communal customs of Frenchman's Bend. Here are Ike Snopes, in love with a cow, the sexual adventures of Eula Varner Snopes, and the wild saturnalia of the spotted horses auction, a comic masterpiece. The Library of America edition of Faulkner's work publishes for the first time new, corrected texts of The Unvanquished, If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem, and The Hamlet. (The corrected text of Absalom, Absalom! was published by Random House in 1986.) Manuscripts, typescripts, galleys, and published editions have been collated to produce versions that are faithful to Faulkner's intentions and free of the changes introduced by subsequent editors. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

The four novels in this Library of America collection show Faulkner at the height of his powers and fully demonstrate the range of his genius. They explore the tragic and comic aspects of a South haunted by its past and uncertain of its future. In the intricate, spellbinding masterpiece Absalom, Absalom! (1936), Quentin Compson descends into a vortex of images, voices, passions, and doomed desires as he and his Harvard roommate re-create the story of Thomas Sutpen and the insane ambitions, romantic hopes, and distortions of honor and conscience that trap Sutpen and those around him, until their grief and pride and fate become the inescapable and unbearable legacy of a past that is not dead and not even past. In seven episodes, The Unvanquished (1938) recounts the ordeals and triumphs of the Sartoris family during and after the Civil War as seen through the maturing consciousness of young Bayard Sartoris. The indomitable Granny Millard, the honor-driven patriarch Colonel Sartoris, the quick-witted and inventive Ringo, the ferociously heroic Drusilla, and the scheming, mendacious Ab Snopes embody the inheritance that Bayard must reconcile with a new, but diminished, South. If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem (published in 1939 as The Wild Palms) tells of desperate lovers fleeing convention and of a convict escaping the chaos of passion. In "The Wild Palms," an emotional and geographic odyssey ends in a Mississippi coastal town. In counterpoint, "Old Man" recounts the adventures of an inarticulate "tall convict" swept to freedom by a raging Mississippi flood, but who then fights to return to his simple prison life. In The Hamlet (1940), the first book of the great Snopes family trilogy, the outrageous scheming energy of Flem Snopes and his relatives is vividly and hilariously juxtaposed with the fragile communal customs of Frenchman's Bend. Here are Ike Snopes, in love with a cow, the sexual adventures of Eula Varner Snopes, and the wild saturnalia of the spotted horses auction, a comic masterpiece. The Library of America edition of Faulkner's work publishes for the first time new, corrected texts of The Unvanquished, If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem, and The Hamlet. (The corrected text of Absalom, Absalom! was published by Random House in 1986.) Manuscripts, typescripts, galleys, and published editions have been collated to produce versions that are faithful to Faulkner's intentions and free of the changes introduced by subsequent editors. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.