The gripping history of electricity and how the fateful collision of Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse left the world utterly transformed. In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science, invention, intrigue, money, death, and hard-eyed Wall Street millionaires. At the heart of the story are Thomas Alva Edison, the nation’s most famous and folksy inventor, creator of the incandescent light bulb and mastermind of the world’s first direct current electrical light networks; the Serbian wizard of invention Nikola Tesla, elegant, highly eccentric, a dreamer who revolutionized the generation and delivery of electricity; and the charismatic George Westinghouse, Pittsburgh inventor and tough corporate entrepreneur, an industrial idealist who in the era of gaslight imagined a world powered by cheap and plentiful electricity and worked heart and soul to create it. Edison struggled to introduce his radical new direct current (DC) technology into the hurly-burly of New York City as Tesla and Westinghouse challenged his dominance with their alternating current (AC), thus setting the stage for one of the eeriest feuds in American corporate history, the War of the Electric Currents. The battlegrounds: Wall Street, the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, Niagara Falls, and, finally, the death chamber—Jonnes takes us on the tense walk down a prison hallway and into the sunlit room where William Kemmler, convicted ax murderer, became the first man to die in the electric chair.

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Winner of the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science "A valuable perspective on the most important problem of our time." —Adam Becker, NPR Light of the Stars tells the story of humanity’s coming of age as we realize we might not be alone in this universe. Astrophysicist Adam Frank traces the question of alien life from the ancient Greeks to modern thinkers, and he demonstrates that recognizing the possibility of its existence might be the key to save us from climate change. With clarity and conviction, Light of the Stars asks the consequential question: What can the likely presence of life on other planets tell us about our own fate?

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The ultimate adventure awaits you in these pages. Go on a magical journey and learn the mysteries of meditation as you join me as a young woman in the search for the spiritual Path. The experiences that occurred during my early twenties changed my life. I've written this account for you and for me, so the teachings would not be forgotten. Based on real events, the basics of the Path and everything you need to begin your own journey to Enlightenment are tucked within this story. Discover for yourself the power and light available right now. Life is magic. I always suspected this, but never really dared to fully believe it. My cynical nature had been well nurtured by the drunken ramblings of barstool philosophers at the local pool hall. In a word, I was a skeptic. While in college, I thought the transmission of light written about by every Buddhist sect was just a metaphor. Then Rama showed me the Truth. " "Everyone has a story, but does it entail an Enlightened teacher? 'Worlds of Power, Worlds of Light' opens you up to that dimensional plane. It shares personal accounts of the energy, magic, and occult power of an unseen world that exists beyond our illusion of reality. If anyone feels drawn to mysticism, Buddhism, and self-development then this is a Must Read!" Hui Tai " COVER PHOTO BY SHUMON SAITO Jenna Sundell is a Buddhist monk who has taught meditation since 1994. She currently teaches Practical American Buddhism at Dharma Center in San Diego (www.DharmaCenter.com), as well in other cities across the country. You can learn more at: www.jennasundell.com or find her on Facebook.com/JennaSundell and Twitter @jennasundell

What happens when you return to the real world after being in a fantastical one like Narnia? This YA debut by Laura E. Weymouth is perfect for fans of Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood and Lev Grossman’s The Magicians. Six years ago, sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell were swept away to a strange and beautiful kingdom called the Woodlands, where they lived for years. But ever since they returned to their lives in post-WWII England, they have struggled to adjust. Ev desperately wants to return to the Woodlands, and Philippa just wants to move on. When Ev goes missing, Philippa must confront the depth of her sister’s despair and the painful truths they’ve been running from. As the weeks unfold, Philippa wonders if Ev truly did find a way home, or if the weight of their worlds pulled her under. Walking the line between where fantasy and reality meet, this lyrical and magical novel is, above all else, an exploration of loss and healing, and what it means to find where you belong.