This bold new translation by two brilliant poets offers a contemporary perspective on a timeless masterpiece of Daoist scripture, introducing Dao De Jing to a new audience while retaining the majesty of the Chinese original. Composed of eighty-one short poems written by the sage Laozi in 400 BC, Dao De Jing is one of the pillars of Chinese thought. Acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee and poet and scholar Yun Wang illuminate Dao De Jing as a unified work of art. This revelatory and faithful translation--presented alongside the original Chinese text--reveals its enduring teachings in their profound simplicity, subtlety, and balance.

Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick. But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and - inconveniently - in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him. But Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she's going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together. That's if they can agree on anything. Will they triumph or kill each other trying?

From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines - one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker - featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters. From master storyteller Stephen King comes a thrilling new novel with intertwining storylines - one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker - featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters.When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to 'kill thirteen innocents and one guilty' in 'an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man', Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realises that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women's rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate's message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate's bodyguard - a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and unhinged righteousness.Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion - a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off.Thrilling, wildly fun and outrageously engrossing, Never Flinch is one of King's richest and most propulsive novels.

Poor Folk, Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s remarkable debut, is a poignant epistolary novel that explores the quiet despair and fragile dignity of the impoverished in 19th-century St. Petersburg. Through the tender exchange of letters between Makar Devushkin, a humble government copy clerk, and Varvara Dobroselova, a young seamstress, Dostoyevsky paints a deeply human portrait of loneliness, love, and sacrifice. Their correspondence reveals not only the emotional solace they find in each other, but also the crushing weight of poverty that shapes their choices and dreams. With subtle irony and profound empathy, Poor Folk offers an intimate glimpse into the inner lives of the forgotten and the powerless. As much a social critique as it is a study of emotional resilience, the novella marks the emergence of Dostoyevsky’s unique literary voice which would later redefine the landscape of Russian fiction.

The Alpenrose is a mountain resort nestled in Austria's scenic landscape among historic churches and castles. It is a vacation idyll that attracts tourists from all over Europe. It is also a mass burial site. Amid the snow-topped peaks and panoramic vistas, ghosts haunt the forest: Edgar Gstranz, a young skier who died in a car crash; Gudrun Bichler, a philosophy student who committed suicide in her bathtub; and Karin Frenzel, a widow who (perhaps) died in a bus accident. As the three slip in and out of the hotel, engaging unsuspecting tourists and seeking a way to return to life, the soil begins to crack under their feet as the dead of the Holocaust awaken: zombies determined to exact their revenge.--Publisher description.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short stories reveal his unparalleled insight into the human psyche, blending dark satire, spiritual yearning, and philosophical depth. In "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man", he crafts a profound allegory of redemption and lost innocence, as a man on the brink of suicide journeys through a dream that transforms his understanding of existence. "The Crocodile" and "Bobok", on the other hand, showcase Dostoyevsky's biting wit and surreal imagination-satirizing bureaucratic absurdities and exploring life beyond the grave in unsettling, comical ways. These and other stories in this volume are rich with existential inquiry and moral paradoxes. They reflect Dostoyevsky's fascination with the grotesque and the divine, the absurd and the sublime. Through eccentric characters and improbable events, he compels readers to confront the deeper truths of conscience, vanity, and the soul's search for meaning. This collection is an essential portal into the mind of a literary visionary at his most daring.

Velchaninov, a proud and self-assured bachelor, unexpectedly runs into Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky, a peculiar man who deeply unsettles him. He soon recognizes him to be the husbandof Natalia, a woman with whom Velchaninov once had a passionate affair. Natalia is now dead.One day, Trusotsky pays Velchaninov a surprise visit. Then he visits him again and again. These visits further unsettle Velchaninov. Soon, he begins to realize that Trusotsky’s return to his life is no coincidence and it may be ill-omened.

Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. Younger, bolder sister Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann lives a quiet and content life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. When World War II strikes and Antoine is sent off to fight, Viann and Isabelle's father sends Isabelle to help her older sister cope. As the war progresses, it's not only the sisters' relationship that is tested, but also their strength and their individual senses of right and wrong. With life as they know it changing in unbelievably horrific ways, Viann and Isabelle will find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions. Vivid and exquiste in its illumination of a time and place that was filled with great monstrosities, but also great humanity and strength, Kristin Hannah's novel will provoke thought and discussion that will have readers talking long after they turn the last page