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A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard. Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook…

The gripping true story of the bold and determined museum curators who saved the priceless treasures of China’s Forbidden City in the years leading up to World War II and beyond. Spring 1933: The silent courtyards and palaces of Peking’s Forbidden City, for centuries the home of Chinese emperors, are tense with fear and expectation.…

Classic nursery rhymes, rewritten to focus on themes on kindness and compassion for young children. Sing a song of kindness, a pocket full of joy. Share a slice of friendship with every girl and boy. Rediscover your favorite nursery rhymes, adapted to celebrate kindness, friendship, and compassion. This beautifully illustrated collection is perfect for sharing…

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Do we need still another Watergate book? The answer turns out to be yes—this one.” —The Washington Post * “Dazzling.” —The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate—“the best and…

Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robotham’s latest page-turning, psychological thriller in this “gripping and eerie” (Karin Slaughter) series, reaffirming why Stephen King has proclaimed this author “an absolute master.” If I could tell you one thing about my brother, it would be this. Two days after his nineteenth birthday, he killed our parents…

Prepare your wings and listen closely: the wild fairies are now in bloom and popping up in a forest near you! Spring is in the air in Sugar Oak! Green buds grow on the trees, the temperature is warm, and all of the fairies’ animal friends have come out to play. But before the fairies…

Prepare your wings and listen closely: the wild fairies are now in bloom and popping up in a forest near you! Lily’s Water Woes follows wild fairy (and mermaid) Lily, who is feeling left out. While her fairy friends get to travel to beautiful beaches and lush forests, Lily is always stuck at home, unable…