The Asylum Dance

“An intriguing mix of everyday activities and the otherworldly, The Fires Beneath the Sea pulls readers in. Cara is a likable character who has been put in the uncomfortable position of trying to save her family and help her mother with a mission way beyond the ability of most tweens. Her bravery and fierce love will cause readers to long for her to succeed. A well-done beginning, with some riveting moments and frightening escapes, to what should prove to be a popular series.”—School Library Journal“A thoughtful and thought-provoking beginning to a new fantasy series. The Cape Cod woods, wildlife, and beaches are depicted with loving detail, and the dark forces arrayed against the young protagonists are at once tantalizingly mystifying and alarmingly timely.”—Patricia McKillip“Lydia Millet knows the sea like a selkie. The Fires Beneath the Sea smells of salt and tastes of mist, and that beauty speaks as strongly as its story of peril and hope for the future of our fragile world.”—Kathe Koja, author of Talk

The Fires Beneath the Sea

Die augusteische Germanienpolitik zwischen 12 und 7 v. Chr

Angriffskrieg oder Vorfeldsicherung?

Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-economy

“A short story, a longer one, and a novel continue the exploration of the world of Faerie begun in Greer Gilman’s lavishly praised 1991 first novel Moonwise. Wind and weather influence the doings of besotted humans and even stranger life forms, in domestic dramas that accelerate subtly into near-Shakespearean conflicts and quests, all expressed in a rich poetic prose laden with fetching archaisms that’s unlike anything else being written today. Brilliant and truly innovative fiction, not to be missed.”—Bruce Allen, The Washington Times“A work that reads like language stripped bare, myth tracked to its origins. Seasons, weather, lust, pain, sacrifice … the stuff of old ballads becomes intensely real, with the natural contradictions of a cold wind that both chafes and dances…. And the payoff is immense. I finished Cloud & Ashes almost tempted to write a thesis that compares it favorably to what James Joyce did in Ulysses and tried in Finnegan’s Wake, yet feeling like I’d lived through it all.”—Locus“Every so often, and it’s a rare event, you read a book and you know, because of its depth and excellence, that you will return to it in the years to come. For me, this is one of those books. It’s a tale, or tales, not just for reading, but for pondering and rereading. It’s a book to pluck off the shelf of a winter’s night, just for the sake of wandering again within its pages; for the sake of finding unnoticed connections, for savouring language, and for pondering the nature of stories, souls, and the stars.”—Matthew David Surridge, Black Gate“Cloud & Ashes is not a book for every reader; but it is a book for every human. (It’s also a book for every library that desires to be worthy of that appellation.) There might seem to be a contradiction in those words, and there might well be, were every human to read. But to my, mind reading is an effort that exists outside its own exercise; that is when we read, it may feel like an internal, unshared, indeed unsharable experience. But that is not, I think the case. When we read, we go to the place where writing comes from, and in so doing, I think we leave something of ourselves behind as readers. Greer Gilman found whatever it is that is left behind, she has captured it in her net of words and managed to write it down and get it published. That is a herculean feat. It may only happen once in her lifetime or in ours. But it’s happened here and now. What you do with it is up to you. For eternity, as it happens.”—Rick Kleffel“A book whose hold on your mind, on your memory, is assured. It is a story about story, and stories are what we are all made of. Abandon hope all ye who enter here.”—Paul Kincaid, SF Site“Gilman’s ‘A Crowd of Bone’ . . . is dense, jammed with archaic words and neologisms . . . but the story—complex, tangled in narrative as well as syntax, and very dark—rewards the most careful of readings.”—The Washington Post Book World“‘Green quince and bletted medlar, quiddany and musk’: Greer Gilman fills your mouth with wincing tastes, your ears with crowcalls, knockings and old, old rhythms, your eyes with beautiful and battered creatures, sly-eyed, luminous or cackling as they twine and involute their stories. Gilman writes like no one else. To read her is to travel back, well back, in time; to wander in thrall through mist on moor and fell; to sink up to the nostrils in a glorious bog of legend and language, riddled with bones and iron, sodden with witches’ blood.”—Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels“Greer Gilman is a master of myth and language with few equals in this world. Cloud and Ashes is a triumphant, heart-rending triptych, a mosaic of folklore, intellectual pyrotechnics, and marvelous, motley characters that takes the breath and makes the blood beat faster.”—Catherynne M. Valente, author of In the Night Garden“No one else writes like Greer Gilman. She is one of our most innovative and important writers, in fantasy or out of it. If you want to see what language can do, the heart-stopping beauty it can achieve, read Cloud & Ashes.”—Theodora Goss, author of In the Forest of Forgetting

Three Winters Tales

Cloud & Ashes

"The classic Japanese children’s song 'Tako no uta' (or 'Song of Kites') is a cheerful ode to flying. It is also one of many Japanese cultural references embedded in Sora and the Cloud, Felicia Hoshino’s rich, clever and appealing book. Offering both English and Japanese text, it is itself a lovely tribute to the joys of soaring high.... It is tempting to label 'Miyazaki-like' anything appealing to children and Japanese in origin. But in this instance the analogy fits. The nameless cloud is a benign yet mysterious and uncontrollable presence as it lifts Sora, Totoro style, into the sky. There he views a skyscraper mid-construction, an amusement park, a festival of kites and other boyish marvels. Hoshino’s intricate and delicate drawings deliver this parade of sightseeing pleasures in a way that is at once dreamlike and visceral." - The New York Times"Sora and the Cloud soars in more ways than one, and is a perfect story to share with very young ones who are starting to look at the world with wonder and amazement." - Paper Tigers"I loved the illustrations, the writing, and the translation. But the genius in this book is the way it portrays the passage of time... This is the perfect book for a Japanese-English bilingual family, anyone interested in introducing other cultures to their kids, and both Japanese and English monolingual families. I hope this will become a classic, it has all the hallmarks of an award winner.” – Perogies and Gyoza

Sora and the Cloud

Atemberaubende Tagfalterfotos des Fotografen Steffen Schellhorn

TANZ DER SCHMETTERLINGE (Tischkalender 2026 DIN A5 quer), CALVENDO Monatskalender

Its entertaining artwork and feel-good family vibes will surprise and delight audiences as baby saltasaurus makes himself at home in the suburbs.

Adoptar un dinosaurio

Aphorismen und andere Sudeleien

Wenn ein Buch und ein Kopf zusammenstoßen

"Set in Portland Oregon after a massive drought has crippled American society west of the Mississippi, Sherwood Nation is a different kind of dystopian novel. No magic. No zombies. No tyrannical overlords ruling with iron fists and tournaments. It brings a fascinating realism to the genre, creating a uniquely human and tangible version of the apocalypse story. Sherwood Nation is about real people grappling with an all too real catastrophe in ways that reveal aspects of our culture today, while exploring the best, worst, and, most importantly, the vague middle between the two ideals, of what we could be."&#151; Josh Cook, Porter Square Books"Parzybok&#8217;s achievements are manifold here. First, he tells a gripping story whose lineaments are never predictable. There are great suspenseful set pieces, like the theft of a water truck and a shootout in Sherwood. The entire action is compressed into about two weeks or so, but feels like a whole saga: birth, maturity, and death of a kingdom."&#151; Locus"A group of idealists, led by a charismatic young woman, struggle to remake society in postapocalyptic Portland, Ore."&#151; Shelf Awareness"Sherwood Nation has left me with memorable images that will, no doubt, be triggered over time. There&#8217;s something heavy real in its imaginings&#151;something that almost compels me to pray for rain."&#151; NW Book Lovers"With climate change and ever-increasing consumption, running out of water is a danger we don&#8217;t readily acknowledge, yet Benjamin Parzybok&#8217;s Sherwood Nation makes that danger vividly real. . . . Here we see how people behave in crisis&#151;some better and some worse&#151;and how idealism, self-concerned realism, and the personal hang in a balance; friends, alliances, and enemies are made, and, most effectively, Renee&#8217;s boyfriend, Zach, and Renee herself grow (and glow) as things get tough. Ben, who&#8217;s Portland-based, is the creator or co-creator of numerous projects, including Gumball Poetry and the Black Magic Insurance Agency, a city-wide, one night alternate reality game, so he knows about building community. He&#8217;s done a great job here, but let&#8217;s hope the richly detailed &#147;Sherwood Nation&#8221; never really has to come to be."&#151; Library Journal"Parzybok is riffing on the Robin Hood story, to be sure, but he also layers on some astute social and political commentary, and he&#8217;s built a fully functioning and believable future world. Give this one to fans of Adam Sternbergh&#8217;s Shovel Ready (2014)."&#151;Booklist"Benjamin Parzybok is one of our most imaginative literary inventors. In Sherwood Nation he gives us a vision of Portland&#8217;s rebellious indie spirit that goes deeper than the usual caricatures, revealing a city alive with conflict and possibility. This is playful, serious, and profoundly humanizing art." &#151; Ryan Boudinot (Blueprints of the Afterlife)"Portland is a rare outpost, with a semi-functional municipality, but the burdens of relentless rationing and an increasingly apparent division between those who go thirsty and those who do not, make for prime tinder. It takes just one minor act of symbolic monkey wrenching to set this tale ablaze.&#147;Couch has remained in my consciousness because it goes &#147;out there&#8221; to find its core (think Douglas Adams, Tom Robbins, Gabriel Garcia Marquez). What makes Sherwood so compelling and, frankly, often terrifying, is how close to home it lives."This Portland is totally familiar, invoking the attitudes and spirit of today&#8217;s residents and details from the recent political landscape. It feels like the place we know &#151; until a nightly power blackout or parade of National Guard water distribution tankers jars us with a reminder that this is, thankfully, a work of very good fiction."&#151; Register Guard"Benjamin Parzybok has reached into the post-collapse era for a story vital to our here and now. Sherwood Nation is part political thriller, part social fable, and part manifesto, its every page brimming with gonzo exuberance."&#151;Jedediah Berry (The Manual of Detection)

a novel

Sherwood Nation

“Let us all now append one more syllable to the list of the most acrobatic imaginations in contemporary American fiction: Saunders, Bender, Link, and Luce! This book in an incantation, and I adore it.” —Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Battleborn
“These stories unsettle as much as they entertain.” —Jim Shepard, author of You Think That’s Bad
“In Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail, Kelly Luce manages the impossible: each story delicate and enormous, intricate, glitteringly beautiful, never less than strange, never less than profound, ten spiderwebs astonishingly spun. Readers: here is your new favorite short story writer.” —Elizabeth McCracken, author of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
“Kelly Luce writes stories whose charm is a lasting effect. Her work is witty, unpredictable, and freshly written. There’s a genuine imagination at work here that is a delight to spend time with.” —Stuart Dybek, author of The Coast of Chicago
“Perhaps the greatest magic of all is Luce’s gift for exploring the pains people take to love and be loved. Luce excels at making the fantastical familiar and the familiar fantastic. Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail is a triumph!” —Amber Dermont, author of The Starboard Sea
“Kelly Luce writes rings around most writers, and this is only her first book. Hana Sasaki is bold, strange, funny, and tender. These stories are just such a pleasure to read—so forget this blurb and get to the damn book.” —Victor LaValle, author of The Devil in Silver

Three Scenarios In Which Hana Sasaki Grows A Tail

Selected Essays of Edwards A. Park

“[The Octonauts & the Frown Fish] not only is filled with illustrations of cute stylized sea creatures, but the story itself is very appealing to young readers...For designers, illustrators and those in the media industry, this is a keepsake with its lovely illustration for reference and also educational purpose. Every page is filled with endearing soft sweet colors and there is not a single space that has no colors. For parents, this is suitable for young kids to get started on adventure and exciting stories, building up curiosity about science, biology and not to forget that inquisitive mind of a young reader for detective-styled storyline. You'll be surprised if you discover a little Sherlock Holmes in the making. All in all, the storyline is simply done, the illustrations are just marvelous and the characters are just adorable and innocent. Would be a good gift for this coming Christmas.” – All About Kawaii"Although the book appeals to young children, it has a wry sense of humour which will also appeal to adult readers... All in all, the book engages the readers through its visual appeal! ... Recommended.” - CM magazine“Octonauts by Meomi; a picture book for the cool kids.” – IlikeCharacters.com
“The characters are so cute I want to eat them up.” – MisoChang.com“Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy have created a fascinating world full of mystery and unbelievable cuteness...” - Locus of Control

The Octonauts and the Frown Fish

Revival of Those Left Behind

`This book is unique in providing a comprehensive and readable account of the state of knowledge......This book is particularly strong in the uniformly high quality of the contributions' Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Molecular, Cellular, and Behavioural Aspects

Nicotine Psychopharmacology

"The repetition of the phrases that contain the words grasshoppers, ants, and worms make this an attention-grabbing read-aloud, as do the stained glass looking illustrations... The Story of Paper encourages the reader to be inventive, yet practical, when solving a problem. Recommended."- CM magazine"What attracted me first was the illustrations: they have a stark, stained-glass-style feel, with bright colors and dark lines, making it hard to believe that it was all cut-paper collage work... All in all, a delightful, entertaining, and fairly instructive set of books with beautiful illustrations." - Saffron Tree"Each book features the Kang family: Mama, Papa, and three boys, Ting, Pan, and Kùai. Kids will love seeing how the antics of the three boys fits with these inventions."  - The Logonauts

Amazing Chinese Inventions

The Story of Paper

"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English."

Ivanov

Memoir of the Life and Services of Colonel John Nixon

with the list of officers and members

Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of the Harvard Club of New York City

"In this ecological fable that takes place 'long ago, in a far-east land,' the forests and rivers are populated with mythological beasts...[The artwork] is charming and vibrant. Created by a veteran animator, it recalls the stylized landscapes and figures in The Secret of Kells." - School Library Journal"In this book, we are reminded, with a light touch, that nature is both miraculous and fragile.  A good part of preserving this beautiful world lies with each of us.  The illustrations themselves seem to move like the wind or a flowing stream and remind us of the natural world around us.  The style of the illustrations well reflect the message of the story." - Thomas E. Richner, Associate Professor of Animation at The Columbus College of Art and Design, and former Layout Artist on The Simpsons

and the Forgotten Beast

The Treehouse Heroes

&#147;Small Beer Press, a small publishing company in Massachusetts, is reprinting &#133; Peter Dickinson&#8217;s books, which is a wonderful, wonderful gift to mystery readers who are yearning for that kind of old-fashioned British mystery where it doesn&#8217;t move quickly, you get engrossed in the time period.&#8221;&#151;Nancy Pearl, NPR"A lovely smooth read." &#151;Washington Post"A witty, affectionately nostalgic masterpiece."&#151;Columbus Dispatch"As absorbingly readable, as well-written as anything Peter Dickinson has written." &#151;Times Literary Supplement"Dickinson (author of engagingly offbeat thrillers and children&#8217;s books) does splendidly here with atmosphere, with the eccentric supporting characters, with the occasionally bizarre comic touches."&#151;Kirkus Reviews

A Summer in the Twenties

The Too-Tall Swiss Guard

The Battles That Changed History

Essays on the Teen Detective Series

Investigating Veronica Mars

Praise for Finding Again the World
“Masterful...Harsh reality, hope, and caricature mingle in this tour de force. As Metcalf says in his previous book, "Writing is very hard work but at the same time it is delightful play." An exceptional collection.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A delight to read...[Metcalf] submerges the reader completely into the universe of his writing...Every character is deeply authentic and each setting is described with striking imagery. Metcalf’s writing is impossible to forget and his stories will feel as if they’ve become a part of you—or rather, as if you have become a part of them...Metcalf is a crucial figure to Canadian writing and the Canadian community as a whole.” —The Charlatan
Praise for John Metcalf
 
“John Metcalf has written some of the very best stories ever published in this country.” —Alice Munro
 
“[Metcalf’s] talent is generous, hectoring, huge, and remarkable.” —The Washington Post
 
“In the past few decades, Canada has won a reputation as a prolific producer of high-quality short stories. Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant and John Metcalf are among those who have proven themselves masters of the difficult form.” —Maclean’s
 
“Hilarious, touching and delightful … brilliant concision and understated humor.” —Los Angeles Times
 
“A master stylist confidently at work in his favoured form.” —The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature: Second Edition

Selected Stories

Finding Again the World

“Advanced mathematical concepts are presented in a logical and clear manner, making the book accessible to graduate students as well as non-mathematicians working on problems in continuum mechanics of solids. … The book is very well organized and well written. The mathematical results are clearly presented.” (Corina- Stefania Drapaca, Mathematical Reviews, November, 2019)

Mathematical Methods in Continuum Mechanics of Solids

"Like the best of Gray's work, Old Men in Love is funny and profane, but with a shuddering anger to the politics."—Jessa Crispin, NPR"Beautiful, inventive, ambitious and nuts."—The London Times"Our nearest contemporary equivalent to Blake, our sweetest-natured screwed-up visionary." --Evening Standard "Gray, it seems, is unwilling to muck about with a good formula... A work of some genius."—Independent on Sunday"The culmination of a lifetime spent honing his unique ideas and approach." —New Statesman"One of Alasdair Gray's best novels.... A fine book by the Dickens of Glasgow."—The Independent"Ingenious, engaging."—Times Literary Supplement

John Tunnock's Posthumous Papers

Old Men in Love

speech, reading, composition

Teaching the Language-Arts

"It's a pleasure to curl up with and be challenged by [Sigo's poetry], driven to push one's living further. In this new century, there is without doubt further territory for poetry to enter into, and Sigo embraces what is currently available and holds out an offering for the future."&shy;&mdash;Patrick Dunagan"The poems of&nbsp;Stranger in Town&nbsp;have an elegant lyric energy that attracts attention. The 'I' is not sentimentally loving its kitten, but clear in city light and night . . . a sort of Isherwood/Wieners, literate and humorous, with a Lunch Poems gaze. And 'The Sun' is one of the clearest statements of a poetics since 'Personism.' One of the now-rare pleasures of poetry is looking forward to more by a writer: I do so for Cedar Sigo."&mdash;Tom Raworth"In Stranger in Town, carefully placed exclamation points reveal the contents of a boyhood closet. A shock of capital letters pay homage to magicians Spicer, Wieners, and Rimbaud. An ambling line conjures Charles Olson done up in a little bit of drag. Themes of love, ecstasy, darkness, and light are wrestled away from sentimental tourists and into the arms of Cedar Sigo, resident genius of this rare, honest romance."&mdash;Lisa Jarnot"A reality made of poetry is all one could ask for, and here it is-created of skillful, elegant, lyric moments and lines. A door opens to a light, fluent room, where narratives of 'urban mysticism' are pursued. An ear moves from 'professional music' to the sound of melting snow. Poems that breathe with a forthright intimacy."&mdash;Joanne Kyger

The Asylum Dance

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