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Since Coffee House originally published Indiana, Indiana in 2003, Laird has published a number of critically and commercially successful books, including Zorrie, which was a finalist for 2021's National Book Award for Fiction. Indiana, Indiana takes place in the same world as Zorrie, with overlapping characters and interlocking plot elements. The paperback edition of Zorrie will be published by Bloomsbury in May 2022.

The story offers a rumination on the role of technology, and Google in particular.It will resonate with people concerned about how the internet, and social media, impact our daily lives.This is a novel of ideas tackling the more philosophical points about human (and robot) consciousness.For readers of LOGIC Magazine, Tim Maughan's Infinite Detail, Dave Eggers's The Every, Sherry Turkle's The Empathy Diaries, and Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad Tru...

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Herostories reveals tales untold by most history books: the harrowing journeys and vital triumphs of 19th and 20th century midwifery in the vast landscape of Iceland. Composed from the memoirs and biographies of 100 Icelandic midwives, poet-historian Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir's found poems illuminate the dangers and valor of birthwork. Forgoing traditional sagas of androcentric conquest, these poems center the adventures of ljósmæður, "mothers...

A remarkable novel about value and powerFeatures lived experiences of trans and LGBTQ+ community membersAuthor and translator are both located in Texas, with active connections to literary communitiesPersistent attention to the overlooked and undervalued lives of women in the difficult environs of violence and hyper-capitalism in MexicoFrom the translator, JD Pluecker: "It is urgent to have stories about the border written by people who intima...

A rumination on authority and its limitations, about what we think we know - and the spaces in between. In Confessions of Narcissus, Scully suggests that our demand for narrative coherence is one of the things that makes our lives so difficult to bear, that when William Hazlitt declared, "It is we who are Hamlet", he was telling us something about Shakespeare's universality that is worth considering: Hamlet does not just give voice to our own ...

As if Borges wrote The Decameron During an atomic alarm in Barcelona in the year 2025, the thirty-year old hero takes refuge in a luxurious mansion in the mountains where he is put up, along with other guests, awaiting the outcome of the conflict. For the following seven days the residents of the mansion spend their spare time reading and taking walks , and, above all, telling stories to each other. The narrators (most of whom belong to the g...

From the author of Twitter's Medieval Death Bot comes Murdered by Clerks, an illuminating collection of in-depth looks at the most interesting cases from medieval coroners' rolls Thomas, son of Henry Robekyn, died 1286 after cutting off his left foot and then his left hand in a frenzy Henry Debordesle, died 1343. Long sick with diseases, smote himself in the belly with a knife worth one penny A romp through the death records of medieval Englan...

•CULT FAVORITE: Neuman has a solid following thanks to the success of his early works, which were published by FSG and shortlisted for many awards. •FIRST NOVEL: Bariloche is Neuman's first book, but has never before been translated.

Benny Basilworth makes connections. A rare intellect, he sees things that others don't see and draws conclusions that others completely fail to grasp. He has the kind of mind that can make a person a national sensation on the television gameshow "The Connection Game"¿ and the kind of mind that can be the target of predators.Despite his brilliance, Benny and his family find themselves destitute, living in a basement apartment with one tiny wind...

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Inspire and empower young storytellers with a blank canvas! With carefully crafted templates, a range of layouts, and professional drawing tips, this blank comic book is the perfect gift for kids eager to explore the exciting world of visual storytelling. Ideal for pen, pencil or water-based markers, this Blank Comic Book offers everything a manga artist or imaginative young creator needs: 84 pages of blank templates featuring 21 different lay...

The world and its economic foundations are shifting beneath our feet.We are at the threshold of the new roaring twenties-a resurgent era of technology-driven advancement with greater financial equality and economic expansion. Not unlike the famed decade of the previous century, our next ten years will be filled with striking cultural shifts, new challenges, and, ultimately, abundant financial opportunities. Paul Zane Pilzer, the economist/entr...

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Winner of the 2022 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award * Winner of the 2022 Science in Society Journalism Award (Books) * Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize"Thoughtful, insightful, and wise, Wild Souls is a landmark work."--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World"Fascinating . . . hands-on philosophy, put to test in the real world . . . Marris believes that our idea of wildness--our obsession with purity--is misguided. No animal remain...

Created in close collaboration with CD Projekt Red, this graphic novel collecting the second comic series based on the hit video game takes you deeper into the ruthless underbelly of Night City and the moral code of the streets.A family is torn apart following an assignment from one of Night City's largest gangs.A new urban development proposal is being pushed through city council--a flagrant infraction on those safeguarded by the Valentinos g...

A collection of hilarious essays about how food became one man's obsession and coping mechanism, and how it came to rule-and sometimes ruin-his relationships, from the Cobra Kai actor, stand-up comic, and host of Food Network's Raid the Fridge"When most people say they have an unhealthy relationship with food, they mean they either eat too much of it or too little. When I say I have an unhealthy relationship with food, I mean it's what gives m...

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