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Falconry
Illustrated with 300 photographs, Falconry provides a photographic introduction to the sport of hawking and falconry today, with details of all the tools and techniques required.The bond between birds of prey and humans is a primal relationship that has existed for many thousands of years. Working with hunting birds is still integral to many cultures, and falconry is again popular today as humans seek a more meaningful relationship with nature.The foundations of falconry lie within the bond between falconer and bird, which is rooted in the bird’s natural survival instincts and its feeling safe in that relationship.Falconry offers the novice falconer...
Fallen Glory
An inviting, fascinating compendium of twenty-one of history's most famous lost places, from the Tower of Babel to the Twin TowersBuildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents―gods, kings and emperors, governments, visionaries and madmen―as well as friends and enemies. They have duties and responsibilities. They can endure crises of faith and purpose. They can succeed or fail. They can live. And, sooner or later, they die.In Fallen Glory, James Crawford uncovers the biographies of some of the world’s most fascinating lost and ruined bui...
Falling Upwards
“With inspiring openness and vulnerability, Jeremy shares his hard-earned wisdom of how to combat the established rules of masculinity, channel our anxiety into bold, new ideas, and grow as flawed, yet hopeful human beings. Falling Upwards is for any creative ready to heal.”—Yung Pueblo, poet and #1 New York Times bestselling author of LighterAcclaimed entrepreneur Jeremy Fall shares how to turn fresh ideas into an authentic career, challenge the old standards of masculinity, and address mental health without shameJeremy Fall grew up blocks away from LA's infamous Skid Row with a single mom who managed a restaurant to make ends meet. At night, he’d ...
False Accusations
Dr. Phillip Madison's privileged life is turned upside down when he is charged with double homicide in a brutal hit-and-run that takes the lives of a young couple, a crime that is linked to him by forensic evidence and eyewitness testimony and for which he has no alibi. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
Farming While Black
Recipient of the 28th Heinz Awards for the Economy: Leah PennimanJames Beard Foundation Leadership Award 2019: Leah PennimanChoice Reviews, Outstanding Academic Title“An extraordinary book…part agricultural guide, part revolutionary manifesto.”—VOGUENamed a “Best Book on Sustainable Living and Sustainability” by Book RiotIn 1920, 14 percent of all land-owning US farmers were black. Today less than 2 percent of farms are controlled by black people—a loss of over 14 million acres and the result of discrimination and dispossession. While farm management is among the whitest of professions, farm labor is predominantly brown and exploited, and people of ...
Fate of the Fallen
Fate of the Fallen is the sequel to the exhilarating treasure-hunting adventure, Legacy of the Lost.Some myths hold a seed of truth. She must uncover the truth behind the myth of Hades, god of the underworld...before it destroys her.Using wit and gumption—along with a hearty dose of her newfound psychic gifts—Cora Blackthorn has narrowly escaped the clutches of the Custodes Veritatis. With the help of her closest friend and strongest ally, Raiden Cross, as well as her mental hitchhiker, Persephone, Cora must outrun the sinister secret order long enough to uncover the mysteries left behind by Hades, the last of the Olympians.But when an ancient treas...
Fate of the Sun King
The highly anticipated third installment of the steamy Artefacts of Ouranos series journeys deeper into the glittering fae world as Lor puts both her life and her heart on the line in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance. With the Heart Crown now in her possession, Lor must navigate the dangers of being an heir on the run, knowing more than one power-hungry ruler is after her blood. When she returns to Aphelion to unlock her magic and recover her family's legacy, it becomes clearer than ever that all that’s gold doesn’t sparkle. No stranger to battles, she continues to fight her attraction to the Aurora Prince, understanding this might be the one ...
Feathered & Fabulous
This laugh-out-loud funny book features our fancy feathered friends living the life of the rich and famous.These fabulous birds have had enough and are ready to start living life—not just the way they want, but the way they deserve! Featuring various birds in their own Real Housewives scenarios, Feathered & Fabulous is the perfect blend of snark, sass, and medication.Adelaide is going to buy that exquisite fur coat, Faye is going to drop that idiot husband of hers, and Patrice is going to show off those legs because she's not afraid to flaunt it. Stunning, funny, and sarcastic, Feathered & Fabulous is sure to make everyone laugh.• UNIQUE, GL...
Feed Your Chakras
Learn to identify your imbalances and revitalize yourself with over 50 recipes designed to improve how you feel and how you think.We are all composed of energies that are continuously flowing and changing, and the seven centers to which these energies run within our bodies are called chakras. Our chakras regulate our passions, pleasures, emotions, senses, and more, so keeping them in balance is incredibly important. Along with exercise, mindfulness, and meditation, food plays a critical role in reaching and maintaining this balance.In Feed Your Chakras, discover how to refuel your energy centers with food alongside the practice of yoga to unravel bl...
Feminist Felties
Create edgy home and fashion accessories with 20 fabulous feminist-themed projects. Sew badges honoring women's suffrage icons, express your outrage by fashioning a "Stick It to the Man" pincushion, and show your solidarity with a Rosie the Riveter–inspired coin purse. Feminist craftivists will embrace these easy-to-make and empowering projects, accompanied by cheeky descriptions and fun facts. Absolute beginners will find all the sewing skills they need in the illustrated Tools & Techniques section, so they can enjoy a perfect afternoon celebrating their favorite female trailblazers, past and present feminist movements, and subversive crafting.
Feng Shui Chic
Change Your Look, Change Your LifeFeng shui master Carole Swann Meltzer and David Andrusia present feng shui in a new way: Instead of feng shui-ing the space around you, you feng shui your body. Learn how to use color, cut, fabric, and style -- even your accessories and hair color -- to: * jump-start your career * inspire your creativity * ensure your health You'll also learn effective meditation techniques to gain focus in all that you do, plus easy exercises for greater energy than ever before. Feng Shui Chic will help you achieve your greatest goals...and prosper in every part of your life -- today, tomorrow, and in the time to come.
Feral Self-Care
“Mandi Em offers new ideas of how to ‘liberate your unique, authentic, untamed self,’... readers will love this guide to living your life in a more feral manner.” —Book RiotDitch the green smoothies and reconnect with your authentic self using this wellness guide that taps into nature and helps you live your wildest, freest life.It’s time for a new type of self-care. No bubble baths. No yoga. Just some truly wild—truly effective—ideas and activities that are good for you and your overall wellness. It’s time to get feral!Feral Self-Care is loaded with self-care ideas that will actually help nourish your soul and make you feel good. Each entry covers ...
Fertility Rules
The ultimate science-backed approach to understanding fertility.Bringing a baby into the world isn’t always easy, and the challenge often starts with the decision to conceive. Leslie Schrock’s Fertility Rules is your practical guide through that process, drawing on cutting-edge science to provide advice every step along the way, from the complexities of pre-conception planning to the nuances of conception itself and what to do if you run into challenges. Fertility Rules is the first preconception guide for both male and female fertility, and includes advice tailored to help protect the mental health of prospective parents from the stress, anxiety, a...
Fiasco
Equal parts steamy interstellar romance and sci-fi adventure, Constance Fay's FIASCO is a perfect wild romp amidst the stars.Cynbelline Khaw is a woman of many names. She’s Generosity, a cultist who never quite fit in. She’s Bella, the daughter who failed to save her cousin’s life. And then there’s Cyn, the notorious bounty hunter who spaced a ship of slavers.She’s exhausted, lonely, and on her very last legs―but then a new client offers her a job she can’t refuse: a bounty on the kidnapper who killed her cousin. All Cyn has to do is partner with the crew of the Calamity, a scouting vessel she encountered when she was living under a previous alias. ...
Fight Like Hell
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and EsquireThis revelatory and inclusive book “unearths the stories of the people—farm laborers, domestic workers, factory employees—behind some of the labor movement’s biggest successes” (The New York Times) from independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly.Freed Black women organizing for protection in the Reconstruction-era South. Jewish immigrant garment workers braving deadly conditions for a sliver of independence. Asian American fieldworkers rejecting government-sanctioned indentured servitude across the Pacific. Incarcerated workers advocating for basic human rights and fair ...
Filthy Rich Fae
Order now and receive the stunning DELUXE FIRST PRINT RUN while supplies last―featuring gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork and special cover design features. This breathtaking collectible is only available as part of a LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN in the US and Canada only, a must-have for any book lover.“You made a bargain...Your soul for his―and now, you are mine.”Cate Holloway knows the unspoken rule of New Orleans: avoid the powerful Gage crime family at all costs. Of course, that was before her brother got caught in their chaos. Now Cate has no choice but to confront the dark and forbidding prince of New Orleans himself and beg for her br...
Filthy Rich Fae: Fallen Court
Welcome back to New York Times bestselling author Geneva Lee’s dark and sexy empire of the Filthy Rich Fae.
Final Heir
The stakes couldn’t be higher in the newest novel in the New York Times bestselling, pulse-pounding Jane Yellowrock series.Jane Yellowrock is the queen of the vampires, and that makes her a target as she fights to maintain control and keep peace in the city of New Orleans. She has enemies at every turn, because vampires live forever, and they keep their grudges alive with them. That includes the Heir, the vampire sire of the Pellissier bloodline, which gave rise to Leo Pellissier himself—Jane’s old boss and the former master of the city.With the Heir and all the forces of darkness he can muster arrayed against her, Jane will need all the help she ca...
Find Good Habits
Reach your full potential, step by step, with this beautifully designed, interactive workbook. Throughout the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it can become very easy to get stuck in lifestyle patterns and habits that we know are unhealthy, and it can become just as difficult for us to let go of them. With encouraging guidance and well-organized exercises from psychologist Dr. Jaime Zuckerman, this workbook offers ways to establish new, healthier patterns and habits that allow us to live according to our values and be our best selves. Inside, you’ll find a comprehensive guide to changing old habits and maintaining new ones: Identify existing beh...
Find Your Calm
This sensitive, empathetic activity book is perfectly designed to help children discuss and process their feelings.Developed in consultation with professional child psychologist Dr. Katherine O'Connell, this selection of 30+ drawing, coloring and puzzle-solving activities offer a chance for all children to explore and express emotions in a safe way.Accompanied by wonderful full-color illustrations by Mel Howells, these activities include:• Making a list of the sounds you hear in nature• Drawing around your hand, and writing 5 things that make you calm on the fingers• Writing calming phrases on slips of paper and putting them in a jar to pull out whe...
Find Your Path through Depression
Navigate the murky waters of depression in this gentle and insightful guide by psychotherapist, Richard Gilpin.Depression often feels like a heavy fog, obscuring the brightness of life and leaving one feeling isolated and disconnected. Find Your Path through Depression, explores the multifaceted nature of depression, acknowledging its complexity and the unique ways it affects individuals. Through a combination of mindfulness practices, reflective exercises, and compassionate guidance, Gilpin will help you to understand the underlying causes of their depression and provide tools to manage and alleviate its impact, such as: * Mindfulness techniques t...
Find Your Path through Imposter Syndrome
Recognise and overcome feelings of inadequacy in psychotherapist Jess Henley's comprehensive guide, Find Your Path through Imposter Syndrome.Imposter syndrome is the silent saboteur of self-confidence, whispering doubts and convincing individuals that their successes are mere flukes. This book delves into the psychology of imposter syndrome, offering insights into its origins and manifestations. Through a blend of therapeutic techniques, including part work, tapping, and meditation, Henley guides you to dismantle the beliefs that fuel self-doubt, including: * Exercises to identify and reframe limiting beliefs. * Techniques to build self-esteem an...
Finder 1: Target in the View Finder
While on assignment trying to document the illegal activities of the Japanese underworld, photographer Takaba crosses paths with the dark and mysterious leader Asami. Asami takes Takaba captive, in an attempt to subjugate and possess him. But when the son of the Chinese mafia enters demanding evidence that Takaba may have, will Takaba be able to survive being caught in the crosshairs of a deadly underworld feud?
Finder 2: Cage in the View Finder
Takara Akihito thought he left the cutthroat dangers of the Underworld behind after barely escaping his last adventure alive. However, he soon finds himself reunited with the mysterious and powerful crime lord Asami, and he is once again thrust into an unseemly world of decadence and bloodshed. Will Takara be lucky enough to escape a deadly fate twice in a row, or are Asami's plans for him of a more amorous nature?
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From USA Today bestseller and Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun―the hilarious and heart-pounding next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series."Fresh, heartfelt and witty, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun is a twisty page-turner, and its relatable heroine Finlay Donovan is irresistible!" ―Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum seriesDating. Diapers. And dodging bullets. Who said single moms can't have fun?Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she's an author and single mom who’s a pro at getting out bloodstains for rather u...
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!From Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead―the hilarious and heart-pounding follow-up to Finlay Donovan is Killing It."Cosimano skillfully combines suspense and laughs in the manner of Janet Evanovich’s early (and best) novels, finished off with a metafictional twist."―New York Times Book Review"A funny and smart, twisty and surprising series."―Megan MirandaFinlay Donovan is―once again―struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to rely on, and the only dead body she's dealt with l...
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!From New York Times bestseller Elle Cosimano comes Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice―the fiercely anticipated next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series."Finlay Donovan is irresistible!"―Janet EvanovichFinlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They plan a trip to Atlantic City, but odds are―seeing as it’s actually a cover story to negotiate a deal with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero’s childhood crush Javi, and hunt down a stolen car―it won’t be all fun and games. When Finlay’s ex-husband Steven and her mother insist on tagging along too, Finlay and Vero suddenly hav...
Fire and Glass
State Trooper Casey Bombaro works too hard to have time for a love life, never mind a family. But when a missing persons case leads him to three scared kids and eventually their uncle—an old friend from Casey’s college days—all that changes.Bertie Riley hasn’t seen his troubled sister, Jen, or his niece and nephews in years. Now suddenly Jen is gone and Bertie is all the kids have. Worried sick about Jen and overwhelmed by his new responsibilities, Bertie doesn’t know how he’s going to cope. He doesn’t expect Casey to step in and lend a hand, but his attraction to his old friend doesn’t surprise him. Years may have passed, but those feelings have ne...
Fire with Fire
Raised to be fierce dragon slayers, two sisters end up on opposite sides of the impending war when one sister forms an unlikely, magical bond with a dragon in this standalone YA contemporary fantasy that Kirkus calls "an exciting, inclusive fantasy." The perfect read for fans of Slayer and Sorcery of Thorns.Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn't be more different. For Dani, dragon slaying takes a back seat to living a normal high school life in their Tennessee town, while Eden prioritizes training above everything else. Yet they both agree on one thing: it's kill or be killed where dragons are concerned.Until D...
Firebreak
One young woman faces down an all-powerful corporation in this all-too-near future science fiction debut that reads like a refreshing take on Ready Player One, with a heavy dose of Black Mirror.Ready Player One meets Cyberpunk 2077 in this eerily familiar future.“Twenty minutes to power curfew, and my kill counter’s stalled at eight hundred eighty-seven while I’ve been standing here like an idiot. My health bar is flashing ominously, but I’m down to four heal patches, and I have to be smart.”New Liberty City, 2134.Two corporations have replaced the US, splitting the country’s remaining forty-five states (five have been submerged under the ocean) bet...
Firefly - The Big Damn Cookbook
Featuring over 70 recipes inspired by Joss Whedon's cult TV show and illustrated with gorgeous full-color photography, you’ll never have to settle for protein blocks again.Explore new and fan-favorite foods from across the 'Verse, including:- Mudder's milk- Simon's protein birthday cake- Zoe's 'Wife Soup'- Ice planets- Fresh bao- Southdown Abbey couscous- Gunpowder gimlet- Fruity oaty bars- Mama Reynold's shoofly pie...and more.The Big Damn Cookbook will keep you and your fellow Browncoats well fed even on your longest smuggling runs.
Firefly Rain
When Jacob left home for a new life, he pretty much forgot all about Maryfield, North Carolina. But Maryfield never forgot him. Or forgave him.After a failed business venture in Boston, Jacob Logan comes back to the small Southern town of his childhood and takes up residence in the isolated house he grew up in. Here, the air is still. The nights are black. And his parents are buried close by. It should feel like home—but something is terribly wrong.Jacob loses all his belongings in a highway accident. His car is stolen from his driveway, yet he never hears a sound. The townspeople seem guarded and suspicious. And Carl, the property caretaker with so...