Nine Treasures "Real Dream" from the album "Seeking the Absolute"

Nine Treasures "Real Dream"

Dreams of Being Dust

Oubliette

The Red Chord "Antman (20th Anniversary Remaster)" from the album "Clients (20th Anniversary Remaster)"

The Red Chord "Antman (20th Anniversary Remaster)"

Why globalization failed so many Americans and how it still can be saved despite burgeoning economic nationalism. 

The triumphant globalization that began in the 1990s has given way to a world riven by conflict, populism, and economic nationalism. In The World’s Worst Bet, David J. Lynch offers a trenchant, fast-paced narrative of the rise and fall of the greatest engine of prosperity the world has ever known. Lynch explains what went right, what went wrong, and what needs to change to preserve the benefits of global integration and to build prosperity for all Americans. 
 
Lynch brings a deep understanding of the forces affecting Americans’ lives to his portrayal of a fascinating cast of characters: presidents and policymakers; factory workers whose anger over lost jobs reshaped a nation’s politics; and the anti-globalization warriors of the right and left. Their stories show how the United States made a bad bet on globalization, gambling that it could enjoy its benefits while ignoring its costs: dislocated workers, vulnerable supply chains, and the rise of a powerful rival. With trillions of dollars now at stake, The World’s Worst Bet explains the failings of the past and offers an insightful guide to the opportunities of the future.

The World's Worst Bet By David J Lynch, Read By Todd Menesses

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like real glass on this lavish book’s cover, and explore the dollhouse-like world of a beloved farmhouse where twelve children were born and raised.

Over a hill, at the end of a road, by a glittering stream that twists and turns stands a farmhouse.

Step inside the dollhouse-like interior of Farmhouse and relish in the daily life of the family that lives there, rendered in impeccable, thrilling detail. Based on a real family and an actual farmhouse where Sophie salvaged facts and artifacts for the making of this spectacular work, page after page bursts with luminous detail and joy. Join the award-winning, best-selling Sophie Blackall as she takes readers on an enchanting visit to a farmhouse across time, to a place that echoes with stories.

Farmhouse By Sophie Blackall

Brought to you by Penguin.

A quirky, joyful queer love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love with a statue of Venus

Rika Horauchi’s new part-time job is to converse with a statue of Venus – in Latin – every Monday, when the museum is closed.

Initially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job. Recommended by her old university professor for her exemplary language skills, Rika leads an otherwise unassuming life, working the rest of the week in a frozen-food warehouse.

As Venus comes to life in the quiet of the museum, they talk about everything. Venus opens up new worlds for Rika, both intellectually and emotionally. They soon fall in love. But when the museum’s curator, Hashibami, makes it clear he wants to keep Venus for himself, what will Rika do?

When the Museum is Closed is by turns charming, funny and surprising, a surreal take on our most real emotions and concerns: love, loneliness, freedom, perceptions of beauty and how women are seen in society. A joyful queer love story, this fresh and original new novel confirms Emi Yagi as one of the most exciting Japanese writers published in English today.

Translated by Yuki Tejima

'Filled with movement and passion - a luminous story that reveals a whole world of desire and possibility, right at the heart of loneliness' Rosie Price, author of THE ORANGE ROOM

© Emi Yagi 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

When the Museum is Closed, written by Emi Yagi, Yuki Tejima (translation) and read by Kae Alexander

Take an astonishing, amusing, and charmingly unconventional tour through the curious everyday lives of humans past.
 
No need to spend the day at an archaeological dig when you can simply make a cup of tea, clamber into your comfiest chair, and settle in with The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful, a compilation of 92 funny, strange, and strangely funny tales throughout human history.
 
Milo Rossi, the inquisitive mind behind the popular @miniminuteman on TikTok and YouTube, invites you to consider our own place in the long timeline of human development with this collection of anecdotes that shares the foibles, joys, and heartbreaks of being human (and an odd Neanderthal or two).
 
With chapters organized by the different stages and aspects of life—childhood, food and drink, friendship, play and leisure, rites and rituals, love and sexuality, fashion and beauty, education and work, sickness and health, and, of course, death—dive into a treasure trove of intriguing facts and stories, including:
 
- The Paleolithic cave art of a five-year-old girl

- What you would have eaten in ancient Pompeii

- The surprising and stinky origins of royal Tyrian purple dye

- Ol’ Rip, the immortal (?) horned lizard from Texas

- How to win a round of the Royal Game of Ur, a nearly 5,000-year-old board game

- And much more!

Covering various facets of everyday life, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful is sure to make you laugh, provide some spark to your next conversation, and, maybe, even give you a new perspective on how best to live this thing called life.

The Wonderpedia series offers comprehensive, display-worthy illustrated references on a range of intriguing topics, including archeological discoveries, world mythology, pop culture, global superstitions, and the fascinating stories behind signs and symbols. A cross-cultural exploration of what makes humans tick, this series magnifies the connective threads between us across time and geography and demystifies the surprising, confounding sides of life.

The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful By Milo Rossi

From the bestselling author of Apollo Remastered, a collection of hundreds of newly-restored images and untold stories from the NASA archives that provide a never-before-seen perspective on the critical missions that paved the way for the Moon landing and today's NASA, Boeing, and Space X endeavors.  

Astronauts working on the earliest space missions, from Project Mercury to the Gemini missions of the mid-1960s, answered fundamental questions about the possibilities of long-duration space travel, paving the way for the Apollo missions and, ultimately, the Moon landings. They also took the first, and still some of the finest, photographs of Earth ever captured on film. Now, Andy Saunders has restored images from these first missions to show them in unprecedented detail and tell their full story, filled with dramatic life or death moments, mischievous pranks and astonishing triumphs.

This stunning visual odyssey brings to life the pivotal, intimate moments of early space travel, unveiling the raw beauty and profound challenges faced by the pioneering astronauts pushing the boundaries of human achievement. Gemini and Mercury Remastered is a striking tribute to the visionaries who dared to dream beyond our world, and a testament to the enduring power of exploration.

Gemini and Mercury Remastered By Andy Saunders, Read By John Sackville

A beloved picture book from two-time Caldecott Medal award-winner Sophie Blackall that transports readers to the seaside in timeless, nautical splendor! Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and icebergs drift by. Outside, there is water all around. Inside, the daily life of a lighthouse keeper and his family unfolds as the keeper boils water for tea, lights the lamp's wick, and writes every detail in his logbook.

Step back in time and through the door of this iconic lighthouse into a cozy dollhouse-like interior with the extraordinary award-winning artist Sophie Blackall.

Hello Lighthouse (Caldecott Medal Winner) By Sophie Blackall

Theme: 01 Intro Morcillesco

Demo-album: The return of the zombie...

Gang: Mad Morcilla and his Basuko Dealer's Club

Creator: Pablo D.M.F. [Do (C) - Mi (E) - Fa (F)]

Place in this World: Don Torcuato - Buenos Aires - Argentina 2007

Label: El Pato Criollo Records

Copyright: All Rights Reserved

01 Intro Morcillesco

Segun cuenta la leyenda (urbana) que un buen dia...las fuerzas del Universo crearon lo infinito...y con todo aquello...un pibe de barrio con aspiraciones a rocker (pero bastante freak) creo la figura dantesca de "Mad Morcilla"...y como se tenia que acompañar solo...tambien creo la pusilanime y malograda banda "Basuko Dealer's Club" (algo asi como El Club de los Traficantes de Basuko)...grabo a mediados de los años 90's...una cassette...basicamente con un bajo Fender Jazz Bass (con algunos efectos de pedal BOSS) y una caja de ritmos (BOSS Dr. Rhythm DR-550)...habia grabado una version deforme del tema de Led Zepp "Moby Dick" y tambien otra version de "The Model" de Kraftwerk...asi como otras composiciones originales...las cuales las envio por correo certificado desde Don Torcuato (Bs.As. -  Argentina) directamente a la direccion del sello discografico "Touch & Go Records" cito en Chicago - Illinoise - U.S.A.

Pero nunca tuvo respuesta alguna...

Años mas tarde...a su regreso de su periplo español en la ciudad de Cartagena (Murcia) pudo grabar un nuevo demo-album (eso fue en el año 2007) el que subio a la red social MySpace...con un fracaso absoluto de popularidad...con la cual se vio obligado a borrar el perfil y ocultar las nuevas grabaciones (ya que del primer demo-album tan solo habia una copia y esta (supuestamente) estaba en manos de los trabajadores del sello discografico "Touch & Go Records"...

En el ultimo mes del año 2012 (y a pocas semanas del fin del Mundo) subo a SoundCloud este muerto viviente...el retorno del zombie...

Ahora mismo...Mad Morcilla vive sumido en la pobreza (material pero no de alma y espiritu...) hacia el sur de los recuerdos...en un pais...en el que su nombre esta muy ligado a...es dolor (la verdad...siempre duele...)

Si los polvos mágicos nos ayudasen...cegando a los malos espiritus que nos traicionan...y el tiempo no se detiene...aun vivos o muertos...seguiremos por la senda...en la que crecen flores como campanas...y extrañas aves del paraiso...cantan melodias de tiempos preteritos...nos esperan en Titan (luna de Saturno) a orillas de un gran rio de metano...los mas extremos hinduistas reencarnados en grandes piedras de color anaranjado...meditando sobre el hombre y el Universo...
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According to legend (urban) one day ... forces created the infinite universe ... and everything ... a neighborhood kid to aspiring rocker (but pretty freak) I think the figure of Dante "Mad Pudding "... and as I had to accompany one ... I also think the pusillanimous and ill-fated band" Basuko Dealer's Club "(something like the Club Basuko traffickers) ... recorded in the mid 90's a cassette ... basically ... a Fender Jazz bass (with some BOSS stompbox effects) and a drum machine (BOSS Dr. Rhythm DR-550) ... had recorded a deformed version of Led Zepp theme "Moby Dick" and also another version of "The Model" by Kraftwerk ... as well as other original compositions ... which sent them by registered mail from Don Torcuato (Buenos Aires - Argentina) directly to the address of the seal album "Touch & Go Records" quote in Chicago - Illinoise - USA

But never did answer ...

Years later ... when he returned from his tour in the Spanish city of Cartagena (Murcia) could record a new demo-album (that was in 2007) which rose to the MySpace social network with a failure ... popularity absolute ... with which he was forced to delete the profile and hide the new recordings (since the first demo album only had one copy and this (supposedly) was in the hands of workers in the record label "Touch & Go Records "...

In the last month of 2012 (and a few weeks of the end of the world) get on SoundCloud this undead ... the return of the living dead ...

Currently ... Mad Pudding lives in poverty (material but not of soul and spirit ...) south of memories ... in a country ... in which his name is closely linked to .. . is pain (... truth always hurts ...)

If the magic powder would help us ... blinding the evil spirits who betray us ... and the clock is ticking ... even alive or dead ... we will continue on the path ... where flowers such as Bells strange ... and birds of paradise ... sing melodies of bygone days ... we expect in Titan (moon of Saturn) on the banks of a great river of methane ... the most extreme Hindus reincarnated in orange boulders meditating ... about man and the universe ...