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Account of the crypto delusion, and how Sam Bankman-Fried and a cast of fellow nerds and hustlers turned useless virtual coins into trillions of dollars hailed by Ezra Klein.In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it, celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it, and TV ads hailed it as the future of money. Hardly anyone knew how it worked—but why bother with the particulars when everyone was making a fortune from Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, or some other bizarrely named “digital asset”?

Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children’s program Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members have done their best to move on. But just as generations of cultishly devoted fans still cling to the lessons they learned from the show, the cast, known as the Circle of Friends, have spent their lives searching for the happiness they felt while they were on it. The friendship. The feeling of belonging. And the protection of Mister Magic. But with no surviving video of the show, no evidence of who directed or produced it, and no records of who—or what—the beloved host actually was, memories are all the former Circle of Friends has. Then a twist of fate brings the castmates back together at the remote desert filming compound that feels like it’s been waiting for them all this time. Even though they haven’t seen each other for years, they understand one another better than anyone has since. After all, they’re the only ones who hold the secret of that circle, the mystery of the magic man in his infinitely black cape, and, maybe, the answers to what really happened on that deadly last day. But as the Circle of Friends reclaim parts of their past, they begin to wonder: Are they here by choice, or have they been lured into a trap?

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—a daring, moving tale of memory and fate from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier. When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become home to an extraordinary succession of inhabitants . An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins survive war and famine, only to succumb to envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave, but finds the ancient trees refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a conman, a stalking panther, a lusty as each one confronts the mysteries of the north woods, they come to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.

The Luminous Self shares teachings and practices that can help us connect with our true Self and reclaim our inherent power and wisdom—essential for living with purpose and grace in our turbulent world. In this book, Tracee Stanley shares teachings and practices in each chapter—including meditation, yoga nidra, breath work, dreaming rituals, community care practices, journaling, and more—that can help us remember and honor our deepest Self. The book is a journey of inner exploration for anyone who desires to know themselves more deeply. Chapters introduce different paths to personal discernment—including facing obstacles to liberation, forgiveness, the power of memory, transitions as portals to wisdom and devotion, and nature as a teacher—and include stories from Stanley’s life, teachings, and practice.

Jane is unhappy. A struggling midlist writer whose novels barely command four figures, she feels trapped in an underwhelming marriage, just scraping by to pay a crippling Bay Area mortgage for a house—a life—she's never really wanted. There's only ever been one person she cared about, one person who truly understood her: Thalia. Jane's best and only friend nearly a decade ago during their Creative Writing days at Oxford. It was the only good year of Jane’s life—cobblestones and books and damp English air, heady wine and sweet cider and Thalia, endless Thalia. But then one night ruined everything. The blood-soaked night that should have bound Thalia to Jane forever but instead made her lose her completely. Thalia disappeared without a trace, and Jane has been unable to find her since.

Even in the best of times, it’s easy to lose your way. In this vividly illustrated journal, you’ll find support, inspiration, and thought-provoking questions to help you gain clarity and strength in the face of life’s challenges. Popular artist and author Meera Lee Patel brings together powerful quotes and insights that reframe the experience of being different in order to more fully embrace who we are and where we want to go next.

In the far future, humankind’s survivors huddle below Earth’s frozen surface in a pyramidal fortress-city that, for centuries now, has been under siege by loathsome “Ab-humans,” enormous slugs and spiders, and malevolent “Watching Things” from another dimension. When our unnamed protagonist receives a telepathic distress signal from a woman whom (in a previous incarnation) he’d once loved, he sallies forth on an ill-advised rescue mission—into the fiend-haunted Night Land!

Norteamérica, siglo XIX. Vástago de una familia que ha practicado la medicina a lo largo de los años, el doctor Robert Judson Cole abandona su Escocia natal buscando un mejor futuro. Tras trabajar con el eminente cirujano Oliver Wendell Holmes, continuará rumbo al Oeste americano junto a su hijo, Robert Jefferson Cole, con el que comparte la pasión por el arte de sanar. Padre e hijo partirán hasta la frontera de Illinois y de allí a las tierras de Gettysburg, castigadas por la guerra, un territorio que los colonos todavía no han podido arrebatar a los indios sauk. Dispuestos a estudiar las desconcertantes tradiciones curativas de los nativos americanos, aprendiendo de su cultura y sus remedios, padre e hijo parecen haber logrado asentarse. Sin embargo, no han contado con el vórtice sangriento de la Guerra de Secesión, de la que nadie puede escapar...

Amelia Rose, más conocida como Rae Rose por sus fans, está cansada de ser la princesa del pop. Así que, inspirada por su peli favorita de Audrey Hepburn, Vacaciones en Roma, conduce durante horas para llegar a Roma…, la de Kentucky, claro. Cuando Noah Walker se encuentra a la cantante frente a su casa con el coche averiado, le deja claro que no puede ayudarla, porque bastante tiene con sacar adelante la pastelería que le ha dejado su abuela y mantener a raya a los cotillas de sus vecinos. No obstante, en contra de su buen juicio, permite que Rae Rose se quede en la habitación de invitados hasta que pueda largarse. Sin embargo, poco a poco Noah descubre que detrás de la fachada de fama de Rae Rose está Amelia, una mujer irresistible y auténtica por la que no puede evitar sentirse atraído. Amelia no tarda en dejarse seducir por el encanto de Roma y por su huraño anfitrión…, pero, aunque su corazón se siente como en casa por primera vez en mucho tiempo, incluso Audrey tuvo que volver a casa al final de la película. ¿O no?