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A tale of two girls—one living in a parable, the other in ManhattanAni, journeying across a great distance accompanied by a stolen kitten, meets many people along her way, but her encounters only convince her that she is meant to keep searching. Annamae, journeying from childhood to young adulthood alongside her mother, older brother, and the denizens of her Manhattan neighborhood, never outgrows her yearning for a friend she cannot describe. ...

A tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, peppered with a cast of quirky characters and a unique heroine.Clara is a hairdresser at Cindy Coiffure, a sleepy French salon with an identity crisis. Her relationship is fizzling out. Her tanoholic boss Madame Habib worships Jacques Chirac and talks longingly of her days in Paris. And now Madame Lévy-Leroyer wants to go blonde. Clara can’t help bu...

After losing her job due to the coronavirus pandemic, a vet tech decides to confront the roots of her childhood traumas by hiking the Appalachian Trail.Pack Light follows a woman's journey changing the narrative of Hiking While Black—because the Great Outdoors belongs to everyone.This memoir will trace Shilletha's thru-hike from Georgia to Maine as she decided to confront the roots of her trauma. Growing up, Curtis suffered from a fractured fa...

Selected short stories by one of the most acclaimed voices in post-war US American science fiction.This volume presents a selection of short fiction by Vonda Neel McIntyre (1948–2019), one of the most acclaimed writers of post-war US American science fiction, and the winner of multiple awards for both novels and short fiction.These stories, which span the whole of McIntyre’s career, show the broad range of her interests and her voice, taking u...

A twisty new near-future genre-bending thriller: Knives Out in space with a Parasite twist.A decades-old murder looms over the glamorous clientele of a high-end space hotel . . . while an unforeseen threat percolates in the service corridors. The guests are about to experience the hospitality they deserve.Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged and the perfect location to host reunion...

From the author of Hold On, But Don’t Hold Still, the emotionally charged and eye-opening account of a mother who navigates the cacophony of best practices and urgent advice from parenting authorities in search of a way to support her teen as he maps his own path to mental health.When Kristina Kuzmič started to see signs that her otherwise sunny, resilient teenage son was struggling, she was sure a few simple fixes could right the ship.But ove...

Relatable and nostalgic: Set in the 1970s, this memoir provides a glimpse into a world where children make the rules and narrowly avoid terrible consequences on a day-to-day basis. The town is universally familiar--it could be anywhere in North America. Relevant and timely themes: The Field skewers the nostalgic idea of the past as "a better time" by highlighting a loss of childhood innocence, set against the backdrop of suburban development. ...

Explore a living museum of women from across time. A life app that forces women to comply with beauty standards. A future internment camp with a literal race for survival. A former band of middle-aged Riot Grrrls, taking vengeance with a new power.In the stories of Exile in Guyville, probable futures and alternate realities take aim at unruly women, and show how we refuse to be ruled. With gendered rage, and a  speculative surreal style, Exile...

International Business is a comprehensive and pedagogically rich introduction to the world of doing business and management internationally.

International Business is a comprehensive and pedagogically rich introduction to the world of doing business and management internationally.

An elemental, uncanny collection of poems translated from one of Sweden’s most influential and beloved poets.In Lonespeech, Ann Jäderlund rewires the correspondence between writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan into a series of stark, runic poems about the fraught act of communication and its failures. Forsaking her reputation as a baroque poet, Jäderlund uses simple words and phrases in favor of an almost childlike simplicity, giving her p...

In her fourth collection, Nikki Wallschlaeger further proves herself as a singular poet of astonishing emotional depth and formal range. Hold Your Own is a steadfast search for peace, self acceptance, and pleasure in a world that makes those basic rights an everyday challenge for Black women. Through her signature blend of sharp social critiques and tender lyric supplications, Nikki Wallschlaeger plumbs the depths of emotional experience with ...

Award-winning Guyanese-Canadian chef Devan Rajkumar believes the world needs more love and is here to offer it—through food.Born in Canada into a Guyanese household, Devan Rajkumar – or "Chef Dev" as he is known to his 250, 000+ social media followers – grew up surrounded by the culture of the West Indies and South Asian communities in his home and neighborhood. His relaxed and modern approach to Caribbean-inspired cooking is inflected by the ...

Get the perfect kids’ introduction to mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in Massachusetts. Put nature in the hands of children! Critters of Massachusetts is your wildlife pocket guide that’s informative, concise, and easy to use. Written by wildlife biologist Alex Troutman, this handy book presents 63 critters of the Bay State—if an animal is in this book, it’s found in Massachusetts. Each species is showcased in a professional-quality p...

Get the perfect kids’ introduction to Colorado’s mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Put nature in the hands of children! Critters of Colorado is your wildlife pocket guide that’s informative, concise, and easy to use. Written by wildlife biologist Alex Troutman, this handy book presents 63 critters of the Centennial State—if an animal is in this book, it’s found in Colorado. Each species is showcased in a professional-quality photograph...

Critters of New York is a wildlife pocket guide for kids that's informative, concise, and easy to use. Written by wildlife biologist Alex Troutman, this handy book presents 63 critters of the Empire State-if an animal is in this book, it's found in New York. Each species is showcased in a professional-quality photograph that's paired with such neat-to-know details as habitat, range, and preferred food sources. Illustrations of the critter's tr...

Critters of Wisconsin is your wildlife pocket guide that's informative, concise, and easy to use. Written by wildlife biologist Alex Troutman, this handy book presents 63 critters of the Badger State-if an animal is in this book, it's found in Wisconsin"--

Formative prayers for children, their families, and their communities.Rooted in Christian traditions of daily prayer, this volume is an accessible collection that children can use to pray on their own, with their family, or with their school or church community. Designed to help children enter into a life of faith, this volume includes meaningful prayers that shape belief and practice.With patterns for morning and evening prayer for each seaso...

Ancient and contemporary myths—including both Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby—overlay a coming-of-age story set in remote northern Minnesota.

Listening in Many Publics comprises three long poems on the subject of sound, and of sound’s listening subjects: a crown of sonnets, a serial poem in 40 parts operating through fracture and dissonance, and a narrative journey to an underworld where words decay into aurality. Signifying both sound and air, aurality describes that which we can attune ourselves to hear and the medium through which these vibrations travel: both what and how. Plura...