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*The Essential NSYNC is a comprehensive 2-disc compilation album released by RCA Records on July 29, 2014. It features 34 tracks, including all their major radio singles, B-sides, soundtrack features, and rare recordings from their peak years.
Defiant Life is an ambient, avant-garde jazz album by pianist Vijay Iyer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith. Released on ECM Records, it serves as a meditation on human struggle, resilience, and resistance against oppression.
Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band return with their first new album in a decade — and their first ever recorded inside a professional studio. Produced by Tommy Brenneck (known for his work with Amy Winehouse, Charles Bradley, Sharon Jones, Beyoncé, Mark Ronson, and The Budos Band) at Diamond West, the album captures the band with a depth and clarity never heard before — without sacrificing the ecstatic propulsion that defines them. The group does not simply perform songs; they create momentum.
Los Retros's Early Days (2016-2019) is a new compilation of unreleased music from Mauri Tapia's teen years, streaming everywhere today. Consisting of 15 unearthed songs, Early Days was recorded from Mauri's parents' living room using nothing more than an old four-track recorder.
American Jackpot / American Girls is a 2020 double album by the Americana and Red Dirt country band Reckless Kelly. The twin records offer 20 tracks total, exploring life in America from two distinct angles: slice-of-life storytelling and the complexities of human connection.
Formula, Vol. 3 is the fifth studio album by American singer Romeo Santos, released on September 1, 2022, by Sony Music Latin. It is the third installment of Santos' Formula trilogy following Formula, Vol. 1. and Formula, Vol. 2.
Something Is Working Up Above My Head is the sixth studio album by the husband-and-wife folk-rock duo Shovels & Rope. Released in 2024, the record blends raw garage-rock energy, country storytelling, and acoustic harmonies. The album features 10 tracks, including their hit duet "Love Song from a Dog" with Gregory Alan Isakov.
Remind Me Tomorrow is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten, released on January 18, 2019, by Jagjaguwar.
Colorado is the forty-first studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young, released on October 25, 2019, by Reprise Records. The album was preceded by the singles "Milky Way" and "Rainbow of Colors" and is dedicated to Elliot Roberts, Young's manager since 1967, who died aged 76 on June 21, 2019.
The California Angels are a struggling baseball team praying to win a pennant. Their luck changes as their biggest fan, 11-year-old Roger, begins giving the coach tips from a real live angel. The team not only climbs back into the pennant race, but learns to believe in themselves.
ATL refers to the airport designation for Atlanta. That's where orphaned 17-year-old Rashad lives with his younger brother Anton and uncle George. They're poor like most Southside families, but they're making ends meet, caring for each other and forging life-long friendships with guys like the smart, ambitious Esquire, transplanted New Yorker Brooklyn, and likable homeboy Teddy. On Sunday nights they hang at the Cascade roller rink where the guys try to impress the girls with their latest moves. As these four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives.
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man faces his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque journey back home.
A shark-obsessed serial killer holds Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, captive on his boat. Racing against time, she must figure out a way to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
An extraordinary live performance of Hans Zimmer's most beloved and renowned movie soundtracks, including music from Dune, Gladiator, Interstellar, and The Lion King. Featuring conversations with creative collaborators Billie Eilish, Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, Finneas, Jerry Bruckheimer, Pharrell Williams, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and more.
Intense shark attacks including some bloody images, language, brief partial nudity/sexual references and drug use.
Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters--which they are continuously unsuccessful at keeping. One Minion named Kevin, however, has a plan, and he and two of his Minions cohorts venture out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow.
Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic "super pig" created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong's trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja's beating heart is the connection between a girl and her super pig, made all the more poignant by the brilliant special effects that bring the animal star to unforgettable life.
While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he's real, and second, because she's a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she's beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
Faustian bargain meets space opera in this genre-bending novel of three vastly different women. Bombarded by catastrophe, misunderstanding, and fate, each has come to San Gabriel Valley, just outside of Los Angeles, to escape their fates, find their voices, and save the universe.
Where the Earth Meets the Sky is a chronicle of Louise's time working in the most isolated place in the world. With just one other human being and two thousand penguins for company, this remote Antarctic laboratory allowed her not only to advance the study of seabirds, but also to discover important truths about grief, loss, and the capacity of the natural world to help us heal.
A 2025 graphic novel by Matthew Dooley about an unlikely friendship between an eccentric, elderly lost property office manager, Mr. Daniels, and a teenage work experience student, Toby, in the fictional northern town of Dobbiston. The book blends humor, slice-of-life, and period drama, exploring themes of loneliness and order through Mr. Daniels' meticulous cataloging of lost items, which he elevates to profound, esoteric studies, contrasting with the mundane reality of lost umbrellas and toys.
Bind Me Tighter Still is a lush, provocative exploration of power, sex, sacrifice, and motherhood—a celebration of female strength in a world determined to tame it.
Perfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal―an ode to the steadfastness of a nation.
The story of how Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare's greatest rival, leveraged his classical education to ignite an explosion of English literature, nourished the literary talent of Shakespeare and challenged societal norms with his transgressive genius.
Drawing on written archives and oral history, the book traces networks of resistance linking runaway communities and uprisings from Haiti, Jamaica, Brazil, and Cuba to Mauritius and the United States. It argues that the struggle for freedom was shaped less by Western Enlightenment ideals than by spiritual, martial, and religious traditions rooted in Africa. Daring to Be Free reshapes our understanding of Atlantic slavery by showing how enslaved lives were defined not by dehumanization, but by resilience, rebellion, and a relentless commitment to emancipation.
A woman must confront the evil that has been terrorizing her street since she was a child in this gripping haunted house novel from the national bestselling author of The House That Horror Built and Good Girls Don’t Die.
For both sides, the challenges were enormous. The Allies confronted a disciplined German army stretched to its limit, which nonetheless caused tactics to be adjusted on the fly. Ultimately ingenuity, determination, and immense materiel strength—delivered with operational brilliance—made the difference. A stirring narrative by a pre-eminent historian, Normandy ‘44 offers important new perspective on one of history’s most dramatic military engagements and is an invaluable addition to the literature of war.
Kausar Khan returns to dispense more vigil-aunty justice in the second installment of the critically acclaimed Detective Aunty series—and this time, the crime Kausar is investigating is dredging up memories she buried long ago . . .
From Joseph Jebelli, PhD, neuroscientist and author of In Pursuit of Memory, a narrative exploration of the science of doing nothing and its benefits for the brain and body.
An almost-mage discovers friendship—and maybe something more—in the unlikeliest of places in this delightfully charming novel from the author of The Teller of Small Fortunes.
Rediscover the lost words of an ancient land in this new and updated edition of an international bestseller.
Two English professors enter a fake marriage in order to secure partner hire, but soon realize their feelings for each other aren't as fake as they'd once thought.
A funny book that takes history seriously, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how the British monarchy came to be—and who is to blame.
The 1950s classic that rewrote the myth of the American West and inspired its subsequent chroniclers from Sam Peckinpah to Marlon Brando to Cormac McCarthy.
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction -- a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.
This is a story of sign language and lip-reading, disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection.
Eisner Award winner Moa Romanova returns with an autobiographical graphic novel about accompanying her rock star bestie on a U.S. tour, fueled only by alcohol, drugs and sex.
Jesus Springs reveals the power and influence of American evangelicalism within the nation’s spiritual economy. Linking the Cold War and the culture wars, William J. Schultz tracks how a deluge of defense spending helped Colorado Springs become the organizational heart of American evangelicalism. This story, taking place as evangelicalism transformed from a primarily religious movement into the social and political force we know today, illuminates the movement’s potential impact as its participants seek ever-greater power.
A satirical guide book that's part history lesson, part sacrilege, and an entirely good time.
Misery meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this genre-bending, claustrophobic hospital gothic from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence.
A new history of the turbulent 1960s told through the life of U Thant, the first UN secretary-general of color, whose decisions once shaped global war and peace.
Before life as we know it, there existed entities that don't obey the laws of our reality—primordial beings known as mushi. In Japan, a man named Ginko wanders the land, investigating incursions by mushi into the human world—and by us into theirs. He is a mushi master…a mushi-shi.
From supply chains to surveillance, how logistics drives modern power—and its consequences.
After their billionaire father is murdered at his annual Prodigy Ball, his five brutally trained adopted children are trapped in their mansion as suspects, forced to confront one another's secrets, traumas, and betrayals.
A YA horror [novel] about a reclusive autistic boy who inherits his murdered guardian's estate, including a sentient, carnivorous garden.
Nonbinary teen Ander is ready to leave their family's taquería and focus on their art, but when Santi, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, begins to work at the restaurant, the two teens spark a romance made complicated by immigration police.
Set in 1884, nineteen-year-old Inez travels to Egypt after the sudden death of her parents to uncover the truth about their deaths, and as she attempts to unravel the mysteries her parents sought, she becomes a pawn in a larger game that threatens to kill her.
Told in multiple voices, four Latine friends in Nuevas Rosas, N.M., come together at a seemingly magical bookstore and form a bookclub as they embark on their first year of high school.
Seventeen-year-old Haitian American zombie Brielle seeks revenge on the wealthy elites responsible for her immigrant family's pain.
Seventeen-year-old Estela grapples with racial tensions after placing second to a non-Latino student in a Latiné poetry contest, all while battling anxiety over her family's looming eviction.
An emotional YA contemporary told in “Before” and “After” chapters featuring friendship, queer identity, and healing after loss.After witnessing the death of her best friend and nearly dying herself, Rory is forced to confront the trauma and grief affecting every aspect of her life, despite the cold façade she uses to pretend everything is fine.
Naomi, a studious scholarship girl at a magical academy, accidentally summons a charming demon fiancé and must team up with him to uncover the source of mysterious magical disruptions in her city.
The New York Times bestselling author Ngozi Ukazu returns with her first original graphic novel, a funny and heart-wrenching young adult story about a Black scholarship student who mysteriously switches bodies with her crush, a popular white jock. FLIP is Freaky Friday meets The Other Black Girl
A sharp and heartfelt picture book about a young soccer-loving girl who's an interpreter for her Spanish-speaking parents.
A curious, optimistic giraffe discovers a bright new world of shapes, patterns, friends and nature.
For fans of the Science Comics series and Elise Gravel, a hilarious graphic novel about discerning fact from fiction - starring a truly unbelievable “expert.”
From the award-winning creators of Baby Goes to Market comes a delicious tale of mischievous toddlers, juicy mangoes, and cunning monkeys—starring the letter M.
Relax, take a breath, and recenter your little one with this serene ASMR board book with calming text, soothing illustrations, and a variety of comforting touch-and-feel textures.
An exciting series of first phrase board books to encourage communication with your toddler—the perfect early learning tool for simple word combinations to help navigate first experiences!
Size isn’t everything. Especially when it comes to Worm, who’s willing to stretch his limits to get the job done!
A generous but increasingly put-upon bear makes batch after batch of doughnuts for her woodland friends without saving any for herself.
A young girl waits with growing anticipation for plantains to ripen so her mother can prepare them for Sunday dinner.
When the Goldilocks family leaves their campsite to go on a hike, Bear comes along and makes a mess of their food and belongings--because that is how bears roll.
On a spring day, cousins Kamali and Josiah walk through their neighborhood, enjoying the different flowers and contemplating how the diversity of flowers--and people--contributes to the world.
When Poppy plays family at school, she wonders why Ava says there has to be a dad, and during a spelling lesson where Mr. Q and Ms. U get married, Poppy finally asks, why can it not be Ms. and Ms.?
Five young narrators take turns celebrating and sharing Gullah Geechee culture through the senses through rich, sensory poems, grounded in a sense of place. Fine art illustration shares montages of the sights, sounds, textures, smells, and tastes of the Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor.
Set in Makoko the Nigerian fishing village, ten-year-old Korobá helps her friend find who stole her wooden piggy bank before the annual harvest festival.
An adorable quokka is not as happy as they look.
It is a perfect day of sun, splashing, and swimming in the sparkling blue pool... until my brother needs a poop. But can we get him to the toilet on time?
Beavers topple trees and build dams, but they also cause floods and disrupt neighborhoods. So what do we do when beavers move in? We call the Tulalip tribe and they send biologists to help relocate our furry friends to somewhere far from people where they can finally be free.
Daddy is everything in my eyes. He's the answer to my hows and whys. Daddy's a tug boat that pulls me along. Daddy's a rock band playing our song." This board book celebrates the love between father and child in simple, rhyming text.
As Septimus and Gully grow from friends into family, they will have to weather the trouble brought by unexpected houseguests and new neighbors.