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Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke   Read Now Download A fascinating journey into the scientific and cultural history of the female butt, for fans of Mary Roach and Leslie Jamison.Whether we love them or hate them, think they?re sexy, think they?re strange, consider them too big, too small, or anywhere in between, humans have a complicated relationship with butts. It is a body part unique to humans, critical to our evolution and survival, and yet it has come to signify so much more: sex, desire, comedy, shame. A woman?s butt, in particular, is forever being assessed, criticized, and objectified, from anxious self-examinations trying on jeans in department store dressing rooms to enduring crass remarks while walking down a street or high school hallways. But why? In Butts: A Backstory, reporter, essayist, and RadioLab contributing editor Heather Radke is determined to find out. Spanning nearly two centuries, this vivid cultural history takes us from the performance halls of 19th-...

Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier   Read Now Download Lyla has always believed that life is a game she is destined to win, but her husband, Graham, takes the game to dangerous levels. The wealthy couple invites self-made success stories to live in their guesthouse and then conspires to ruin their lives. After all, there is nothing worse than a bootstrapper. Demi has always felt like the odds were stacked against her. At the end of her rope, she seizes a risky opportunity to take over another person?s life and unwittingly becomes the subject of the upstairs couple?s wicked entertainment. But Demi has been struggling all her life, and she?s not about to go down without a fight. In a twist that neither woman sees coming, the game quickly devolves into chaos and rockets toward an explosive conclusion. Because every good rich person knows: in money and in life, it?s winner take all. Even if you have to leave a few bodies behind. Read Now Download   Download ebooks Good Ric...

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley   Read Now Download From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide?Jess needs a fresh start. She?s broke and alone, and she?s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn?t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn?t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up ? to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? ? he?s not there.The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother?s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben?s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it?s starting to look like it?s Ben?s future that?s in question.The socialite ? The nice guy ? The alcoholic ? The girl on the verg...

Horse by Geraldine Brooks   Read Now Download A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-...

The Dream Runners by Shveta Thakrar   Read Now Download A lush tapestry of dreams, myth, and magic--perfect for fans of Holly Black, Roshani Chokshi, and Margaret Rogerson.Seven years ago, Tanvi was spirited away to the subterranean realm of Nagalok, where she joined the ranks of the dream runners: human children freed of all memory and emotion, who collect mortal dreams for the entertainment of the serpentine, immortal naga court.But when one of Tanvi's dream harvests goes awry, she begins to remember her life on earth. Panicked and confused, she turns to the one mortal in Nagalok who might be able to help: Venkat, the dreamsmith responsible for collecting the dream runners' wares and shaping them into the kingdom's most tantalizing commodity. And as they search for answers, a terrifying truth begins to take shape--one that could turn the nagas' realm of dreams into a land of waking nightmare.From the author of the Indie Next selection and Andre Norton Award finalist ...

Something Fabulous (Something Fabulous, #1) by Alexis Hall   Read Now Download From the acclaimed author of Boyfriend Material comes a delightfully witty romance featuring a reserved duke who?s betrothed to one twin and hopelessly enamoured of the other.Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally.It was always his father?s hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up?romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine?s proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again.Arabella?s twin brother, Mr. Bonaventure ?Bonny? Tarleton, has also grown up?romantic. And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella and prove to her that he?s not the cold-hearted cad he seems to be.Despite copious misgivings, Valentine finds himself on a pell-mell chase to Dover with Bonny by his side. Bonny is unreasonable, ...