The Witches Are Coming
In the Dream House
For years Carmen Maria Machado has struggled to articulate her experiences in an abusive same sex relationship In this extraordinarily candid and radically inventive memoir, Machado tackles a dark and difficult subject with wit, inventiveness and an inquiring spirit, as she uses a series of
Little Weirds
Hello and welcome to my book Inside you will find The smell of honeysuckle Heartbreak A French kissing rabbit A haunted house Death A vagina singing sad old songs Young geraniums in an ancient castle Birth A dog who appears in dreams as a spiritual guide Divorce Electromagnetic energy
The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
From one of America s most courageous young journalists NPR comes a propulsive narrative history investigating the 50 year old mystery behind a dramatic experiment that changed the course of modern medicine For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness how do you diagnose it,
The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care: From A to Z
Some days you need a pick me up, some days you need a life preserver For most of us, writes Anna Borges, self care is a wide spectrum of decisions and actions that soothe and fortify us against all the shit we deal with You may already practice some form of self care, whether it s taking an
The Crying Book
Award winning poet Heather Christle has just lost a dear friend to suicide and must reckon with her own struggles with depression and the birth of her first child How she faces her joy, grief, anxiety, impending motherhood, and conflicted truce with the world results in a moving meditation on the
White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue ... and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation
Exposes the new generation of whiteness thriving at the expense and borrowed ingenuity of black people and explores how this intensifies racial inequality American culture loves blackness From music and fashion to activism and language, black culture constantly achieves worldwide influence Yet,
Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale
Downsizing Decluttering A parent s death Sooner or later, all of us are faced with things we no longer need or want But when we drop our old clothes and other items off at a local donation center, where do they go Sometimes across the country or even halfway across the world to people and
Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs
Keena Roberts split her adolescence between the wilds of an island camp in Botswana and the even treacherous halls of an elite Philadelphia private school In Africa, she slept in a tent, cooked over a campfire, and lived each day alongside the baboon colony her parents were studying She could
The Book of Queens: Legendary Leaders, Fierce Females, and Wonder Women Who Ruled the World
Empire builders, legendary leaders, revolutionary rebels, powerful pioneers, and discover than 100 wonder women who prove that girls totally rule They re queens wielding scepters and sitting on thrones, they re revolutionaries on the front lines of change, they re presidents and prime
The Book of Kings: Magnificent Monarchs, Notorious Nobles, and Distinguished Dudes Who Ruled the World
Mighty monarchs, powerful presidents, legendary leaders discover than 100 true stories of magnificent men who changed the world They re kings wielding scepters and sitting on thrones, they re revolutionaries on the front lines of change, they re presidents and prime ministers leading their
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
A chilling, globe spanning detective story, tracking an elite group of Russian hackers and the future of global warfare In 2014, the world witnessed the start of an escalating series of cyberattacks Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes became
The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
Finally an introduction that captures the excitement of the early Christians, helping today s readers to think like a first century believer while reading the text responsibly for today The New Testament in Its World is your passageway from the twenty first century to the era of Jesus and the