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To honor the legacy of Clifton Chenier on what would have been his 100th birthday, we've gathered an all-star cast of Louisiana musicians as well as artists from around the country to honor Clifton's influence and his uncanny ability to unite traditionalists, rock 'n' rollers and Louisiana with the rest of the world. We hope you enjoy our tribute to the undisputed King of Zydeco, recorded in Lafayette, Louisiana where even the "crawfish got soul!"
A Study of Losses is the seventh studio album by American folk band Beirut, released on April 18, 2025, by Pompeii Records. Featuring eighteen songs including two singles, "Caspian Tiger" and "Guericke's Unicorn", the album received positive critical reception from multiple publications, including Uncut Magazine.
Arirang is the sixth Korean-language and tenth overall studio album by South Korean boy band BTS. It was released on March 20, 2026, by BigHit Music. The album is the group's first release after their hiatus for each member to complete their military service.
The fourth Japanese and eighth overall studio album by South Korean boy band BTS. The release served as the band's next Japanese offering after Face Yourself, the album was released on July 14, 2020.
Three years after its last LP, the Del McCoury Band returns to take on the challenge with Songs of Love and Life. A glorious 13-song collection, the album follows 2021’s celebrated, Grammy-nominated release, Almost Proud, and once again features Del touching down on a diverse set of tracks- vintage and contemporary- as he and his crackerjack Band nod to icons.
The Love Club EP is the debut extended play by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde. At the age of 12, she was discovered by Universal Music Group scout Scott MacLachlan, and began writing songs.
After Laughter is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Paramore. It was released on May 12, 2017, through Fueled by Ramen, as a follow-up to their 2013 self-titled album. After Laughter was produced by guitarist Taylor York alongside previous collaborator Justin Meldal-Johnsen.
Ambiguous Desire is the third studio album by the English singer-songwriter Arlo Parks. It was released on 3 April 2026 through Transgressive Records.
The first recorded collection of songs from celebrated Arkansas songwriter Nick Shoulders and the Okay Crawdad band.
Highway Prayers is the fourth studio album by American musician Billy Strings. It was released on September 27, 2024 via Reprise Records. Produced by Strings himself together with Jon Brion, the album peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200, and at number 1 on the Top Album Sales chart, as well as number 1 on the Bluegrass Albums chart.
Strawberry Hotel is the eleventh studio album by British electronic group Underworld, released on 25 October 2024 through Virgin Music.
In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a bad fish meal. Now, it is up to him to land the airplane safely, before the poisoning starts causing casualties. But Ted Striker's aversion to piloting is a serious psychosis, which breaks open and needs to be cured--right now.
A group of old friends reunite at a secluded mansion, but their weekend getaway goes sideways when someone is not what they seem.
Dead Man's Wire is the fascinating true story of the 1977 kidnapping that turned aspiring Indianapolis entrepreneur Tony Kiritsis into an eccentric outlaw folk hero, directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Gus Van Sant.
IGNITING THE SPARK explores the origins and legacy of the world's first collectible card game, Magic: the Gathering. How did a game created by Ph.D. students turn into a multi-billion-dollar pastime and pop-culture juggernaut for Hasbro? Why have millions of players passionately embraced it, achieving more than a billion dollars in sales? With interviews, archival '90s VHS video, and deep dives into hidden vaults of long-lost treasures, IGNITING THE SPARK finds out what makes Magic so... magic!
Jefferson Reed, a mild-mannered Washington, D.C. teacher who, after being struck by a glowing green meteor, suddenly gains incredible powers from flight to super strength to reading books by simply touching them. Armed with these unlikely abilities, he sets out to clean up his neighborhood and face off against local gangs with both heart and hilarious flair.
A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both in an increasingly complex web. As lines blur and their lives intertwine, professor and protegee must confront their darkest selves while straining to preserve their individual sense of purpose and the things they hold most dear.
The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mina Nair's Mississippi Masala, a luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury) spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner (Denzel Washington), their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both their families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities. Tackling thorny issues of racism, colorism, culture clash, and displacement with bighearted humor and keen insight, Nair serves up a sweet, sexy, and deeply satisfying celebration of love's power.
From shady aquariums and elite cheer squads to creepy dolls and deadly island getaways, sharp-witted investigator Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless) tackles her most perplexing and personal case yet as old foes resurface and new secrets threaten those she loves.
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Suspended Time is a 2024 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas. The film premiered on 17 February 2024 at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear.[2][3] It has also been selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024, where it was screened together with It's Not Me by Leos Carax.
While a zombie-virus breaks out in South Korea, a couple of passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Two men, Roman and Dennis, meet and form an unlikely bond in a twin support group as they search for solace and identity without their other halves. But when Roman meets Dennis's ebullient colleague, Marcie, things begin to fall apart as each man harbors secrets that could unravel everything.
You, Me & Tuscany is a 2026 American romantic comedy film directed by Kat Coiro, written by Ryan Engle, and starring Halle Bailey, Regé-Jean Page, and Lorenzo de Moor. The film takes place in Italy and tells the story of a young cook who squats in an unoccupied Tuscan villa owned by a man she barely knows and what happens after she meets the owner's brother.
A not-so-evil villain strikes a deal with a not-quite-perfect hero to fake a feud, boost their reputations . . . and try not to fall in love in the process—in this hilarious, tender, sexy, and outrageously fun romp that blends the humor of Assistant to the Villain with the unforgettable romance of Heated Rivalry and the cozy fantasy vibes of Legends & Lattes.
Fight back against censorship and empower your community with this close look at the book banning movement. ...Danny Caine...author of How to resist Amazon and why and How to protect bookstores and why offers a ..confrontation of far-right, Christian nationalist attempts to reshape American culture through ban campaigns targeting schools, libraries, bookstores, and prisons with a silencing campaign against marginalized identities in life and in literature.
Bringing together Custer, Sherman, Grant, and other fascinating military and political figures, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo, this “sweeping work of narrative history” (San Francisco Chronicle) is the fullest account to date of how the West was won—and lost.
From Indigenous chef Nephi Craig, a searing personal and cultural reckoning that demonstrates the power of food to heal intergenerational wounds.
The comprehensive Pulitzer Prize finalist biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry.
From the celebrated author of Bitter Orange and Swimming Lessons comes an eerie and captivating new novel of complicated friendship and the desperate, sometimes disastrous need to belong.
Spanning twenty years and one life-altering summer in Croatia, Slanting Towards the Sea is at once an unforgettable love story and a powerful exploration of what it means to come of age in a country younger than oneself.
Andrew Peardew collects things dropped or left behind by others and writing stories about them. He does this as a tribute to the fiancée who died the day he lost one of her keepsakes. When a dying Andrew bequeaths his estate to his assistant, Laura, she begins to bond with new neighbors while attempting to reunite the objects with their owners.
For readers of Shark Heart, Remarkably Bright Creatures and Hollow Kingdom, a funny, magical, and tender novel following a lonely, conflict-averse man whose sudden ability to understand animals sends him on a wild romp around NYC, and ultimately helps him discover his own voice.
From the author of Wild Things comes a heartwarming and relatable queer coming of age story about an isolated young woman whose artistic celebration of her pet chinchilla suddenly launches her into the professional art world, reality TV fame, and first love.
Morsel is a delicious folk horror debut about learning to bite back when the world is determined to eat you alive.
How a force that’s hard to name, but which we all feel, is reshaping what it means to be human.
Two women are cursed to be mortal enemies, despite their love for each other, in this queer, fantastical novel by Annie Mare.
A 2007 nonfiction book by geologist Keith Heyer Meldahl that explains how ancient earth science shaped the 1849 California Gold Rush.
"In Ray Nayler's speculative novel of the recent past, four teens caught between Nazis and the Red Army survive winter with the help of a flock of highly intelligent crows with a magnificent secret of their own to protect.
The thrilling true story of one man who risked his life to infiltrate the most dangerous neo-Nazi group in the United States, an “urgent and exciting look into the life of an FBI undercover agent” (Joseph D. Pistone, New York Times bestselling author) by “one of the top undercover agents in the Bureau” (Joaquin “Jack” Garcia, retired FBI agent and New York Times bestselling author).
From the author of the runaway hit, Hidden Pictures, comes a stunning new work of domestic suspense.
From backyard to Sonoran desert, Every Sound is Not a Wolf explores the tender connection between people, place, and the natural world.
In 1978, two tenements on Livonia Avenue in Brownsville burn to the ground, killing one resident and displacing dozens of others. Who set the building ablaze remains unclear, but the survivors are convinced the culp rit is Mr. Wong. Who exactly is Mr. Wong, and what allegedly drove him to this extraordinary act of violence? The novel explores four generations of Wong family history, joining the present and the past.
Octavia E. Butler meets Marvel’s Black Panther in The Deep, a story rich with Afrofuturism, folklore, and the power of memory, inspired by the Hugo Award–nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed Diggs’s rap group Clipping.
From the former secretary general of NATO, an honest and candid account of a dramatic decade as the leader of the world’s most important military alliance.
A nearly divorced trophy wife enrolls in culinary school to win back her husband, only to find a fresh start in the unlikeliest of places in this new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.
Dell Danvers is barely keeping it together. She's behind on rent for her studio apartment (formerly a walk-in closet), she's being plagued by perpetual stomach pain, and her younger sister, Daisy, is in a coma at a hospital that wants to pull the plug. Freshly unemployed and subsisting on selling plants to trust fund kids, Dell impulsively starts a 24-hour livestream under the username mademoiselle dell to fundraise for private life support for Daisy.
A wannabe witch tries to break a curse on a clueless client in this laugh-out-loud debut, for fans of queer romantic fantasy by T. J. Klune and Tamsyn Muir.
In this new standalone novel, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in the tradition of Calvino, Mieville, and Le Guin.
Something deadly and mysterious stalks the members of an isolated polar expedition in this haunting and spellbinding historical horror novel, perfect for fans of Dan Simmons’s The Terror and Alma Katsu’s The Hunger.
A charming nobleman accidentally joins a pirate ship and falls for its debonair captain in this swashbuckling queer debut that’s perfect for fans of F.T. Lukens and Our Flag Means Death.
When a former friend reenrolls at their Catholic high school a few years after a homophobic bullying incident, Cassie decides to start an underground Gender and Sexuality Alliance, exploring her own sexuality in the process.
Aisling is many things to many people: princess, heir to the throne, teenage daughter of two loving parents... She's also about to learn a lot more about herself: changeling. Fey creature. Hunted. Feared. Loved? Forgive-Me-Not is the name given to the true princess -- the lost teenage biological daughter to the king and queen, who's grown up in the chaotic and untrustworthy realm of Faerie. When Forgive-Me-Not breaks into Aisling's room the night before their 18th birthday looking for revenge, the two embark on a long and arduous journey. And what starts as a confrontational and adversarial pairing grows into a bond of mutual understanding, friendship, and maybe something more...
After learning her new house is supposedly haunted, seventeen-year-old Amity teams up with Theo, the son of a contractor and amateur ghost hunter, for a haunted home renovation project.
Cursed to haunt the river where she drowned, Gisela, a water nymph longing for humanity, strikes a deal with Kazik, a spirit-hunter losing his magic, to help her gain a mortal's kiss, but complications arise when both fall for Aleksey, an enigmatic young man with ties to Gisela's past.
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.
Concrete Rose meets Things We Couldn’t Say in Pritty, a debut novel by Keith F. Miller Jr.—the inspiration behind the forthcoming animated short film of Kickstarter fame—that follows two boys who get caught in the crossfire of a sinister plot that not only threatens everything they love but may cost them their own chance at love.
From the bestselling author of the National Book Award Finalist The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a revenge story told with nuance, heart, and the possibility of healing. An ideal next read for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson.
Whether it's household goods or clothing or their very homes, the people of the Kanda neighborhood in the city of Edo depend on the expertise of local craftsmen. These artisans have years of experience perfecting their craft, but there's always room for them to learn and experiment, developing new techniques that will take their work to even greater heights. Step into the exquisitely illustrated workshops of a cooper, swordsmith, dyer, weaver, and plasterer and witness the traditional techniques on which modern Japan was built.
Hunters dedicate their lives to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and even other people. But such pursuits require a license, and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam. Those who do pass earn the right to call themselves Hunters. When country boy Gon decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legendary Hunter, he embarks across the perilous sea to take the Hunter Exam. After he finally finds the elusive Exam Hall, the other Hunter hopefuls prove deadly serious, and the tests are wild and wicked. Will Gon's plucky spirit and courageous heart be enough to carry him closer to his dream?
Count to 10 in this book that uses rhyme and word play to humorously show hungry animals eating!
Before going to sleep, a curious girl asks her dad why the sea is blue, why the trees lose their leaves in the autumn, why, why ... Her dad, undaunted, will give her the most charming answers and fantastic, populated by space dinosaurs, singing fish and messenger birds ... Finally it is time to sleep and dream of all the fantastic beings of your sweet conversation.
As the moon rises and the stars twinkle, two little owls take flight into moonlit woods. With a joyful 'Whooo? Whooo?' they explore the night, meeting nocturnal friends along the way. From fluttering moths and playful raccoons to creeping black cats and trotting skunks, each page turn introduces readers to a new surprise.
When little Daisy finds herself blooming in a garden she is happy to stretch her petals to the sky. How lovely it feels to be a flower in bloom! Until, Rose tells her that she doesn't belong in the garden. Daisy is a weed, and just gets in the way. Other flowering plants and herbs in the garden agree with Rose, but some of the other garden inhabitants don't. They suggest that Daisy is actually a wildflower, that can grow within or outside of gardens and has a purpose all of her own. Is Daisy a weed or a wildflower? Who decides? This is a story about finding the inner strength to define ourselves on our own terms.
Don't run away from buzzing insects-this book will teach you how to be safe, and "bee" a good friend to these important pollinators.
"This illustrated nonfiction picture book explores the meaning and origins of words and how they've evolved over the years. What is a word? Star Sailor uncovers the mystery of words, how they make a language and why humans need them to communicate with the world around them. Become a word detective and examine the meaning, origin and future of words. Humans need words to communicate, whether they are spoken, written, signed or even sung. But what exactly is a word? And why does the way we use words continue to change? The English language has morphed, melted and remade itself since its beginning. From imitating the sounds of the world to squishing two words together to describe something unique, words on their own and strung together are capable of expressing many meanings. Star Sailor, The Story of Words ventures into the history of how language came to be and explores the ways words reveal a whole new impression of the world around us."-- Provided by publisher.
Fourth grader Gracie Wei is determined to win a spelling bee competition.
Build little ones' communication skills by clapping, pointing, waving, and more with this fun-to-read board book created by an early speech expert!
When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity.
A young girl finds her fun-loving Papa's red mustache terribly embarrassing-until they get separated at a soccer game and it becomes the very thing that helps her find him.
We are exploring remote tropical forests in search of a mysterious mushroom called Mycena spinosissima. We are curious to learn more about this rare, spiny wonder. But it won't be easy to find these tiny fungi. We need your help making choices on our expedition. Pick your research assistant. Pick your special gear. Pick your expedition site. Be careful-not every path leads where you expect, but whatever path you pick, you'll see and learn amazing things! Now your adventure begins!
Filo is going to dance at his aunties' Samoan wedding! He's been rehearsing the steps for his first siva fa'ataupati for weeks, but now there are butterflies dancing in his belly. As the day goes on, the butterflies grow bigger and bolder. Will they stop him from performing the siva and having a good time?"--Publisher.
Todos los años, en Nochebuena, Rosi y su mamá, su tía, su hermana y sus primos se reúnen en la cocina de la abuela para preparar tamales y contar historias. Al sumergirse en los ricos recuerdos de la abuela, Rosi no solo aprende cómo hacer un delicioso tamal, sino cómo hacer una vida deliciosa, llena de amor, sabor y familia.
In this hilarious, yet fact-filled book, Elise Gravel uses her kid-friendly wit and quirky illustration style to break down what fake news is, why people spread it, and how to tell what is real and what isn't. And that's the truth!
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
When a green hippo struggles with being different, his friends help him accept his individuality...
You've been transported back in time to an age of formidable fortresses, epic sieges, and deadly diseases! How will you survive?
Middle schooler Natalie's year-long assignment to answer a question using the scientific process leads to truths about her mother's depression and her own cultural identity.
Twelve-year-old Zuzu befriends a guardian robot with a limited battery life that was given to her father as severance after being laid off from the mega corporation that controls everything.
After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves.
From the peerless Jon Klassen comes a board book for young readers who relish things that go bump in the night—while feeling safely tucked into their own house, with plenty of somebodies around.
Butt or face? Volume 5: Rainbow butts continues the entertaining challenge with a new set of stunning animals from all over the world. Examine a close-up photo of a creature and then guess whether you're looking at the top or the...um...bottom. The answer is revealed on the next page with a photo of the complete animal. Readers will discover animals like the tomato frog, rainbow scarab beetle, warty comb jelly, and purple sea urchin! Fun animal facts and information about camouflage and other sneaky animal tricks are included.
Follows a young Filipina on her first day of school as she discovers the true and layered meaning of 'new'
Emilia wishes for new clothes and nicer things, but a layaway purchase at a thrift store helps her see the strength of her mother's love.
After losing her mother to cancer and moving in with unfamiliar relatives for the summer, cautious Birdy struggles to adjust while her younger brother, Mouse, quickly grows attached to their new home, until Birdy's fears lead her to make a mistake that could threaten their future.
During a visit to her great-aunt Portia, Bea learns the power of music to comfort and elevate.
When Joe came to America from Africa, he worked hard in school, made friends, and embraced his new home, but many did not believe he would succeed.
A humorous introduction to the loris.
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
An ordinary boy's unremarkable day takes a surprising turn when an adventure unfolds around him.
Two seventh graders, Drew and Mia, spend their summer in Half Moon Bay, California, training for a half-marathon, and supporting each other as their families struggle with medical and financial problems.
The Lost Library meets Not Quite a Ghost in this middle grade horror novel about a girl uncovering secrets about her new, haunted home.