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&ldquo;If the details of the Son of Sam case have always left you wondering if there was more to it, then Terry&rsquo;s in-depth book will satisfy your curiosity. The Ultimate Evil is a true-crime classic that details one of the most notorious serial killings of all time, connecting the dots to a larger conspiracy.&rdquo;&mdash;Geeks of Doom&ldquo;This book isn&rsquo;t just about Son of Sam...It&rsquo;s about an author who drove himself into the ground trying to make sense of some of the most brutal crimes in American history. Is what he found true? That&rsquo;s for you to ponder. But I will tell you, I wasn&rsquo;t able to put this book down&mdash;and neither will you.&rdquo;&mdash;Billy Jensen, author of Chase Darkness with Me

The Search for the Sons of Sam

The Ultimate Evil

History of Beer and Brewing

Containing a Compilation of Facts, Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Anecdotes, Etc. Connected with the History of

The Chronicles of Middletown

&ldquo;A delightful divertissement. . . .plenty of . . . local color, comic dalliances  and a feastful of entertainment.&rdquo; &mdash;The Seattle Times &ldquo;Happily snide (and knowledgeable).  . . . Wicked turns of phrase . . . . Quite agreeable, with an insouciant nose . .  . perfect for summer reading.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Sun-Times&ldquo;Mayle makes Provence sound like  the most enticing place this side of paradise. Reservations, anyone?&rdquo; &mdash;People&ldquo;Bubbly,  light-hearted, good-natured. . . .  [Mayle&rsquo;s] descriptions of food and country ambience.  . . live up to his reputation.&rdquo; &mdash;The Baltimore Sun&ldquo;Fast-moving and fun. . . .  a deliciously light-hearted tale. . . . The Provencal life never tasted so good.&rdquo; &mdash;Rocky Mountain News

A Good Year

For the Sake of Magic.Poemtry Is Life!

Amish Bride, An

Social Structure, Value Orientations and Party Choice in Western Europe

Up The Ladder

Bound to Rise

"The Mindful Family Guidebook provides compassionate instruction for strengthening what may be our most important and intimate (and sometimes most challenging) relationships."&mdash;Lion's Roar&ldquo;This groundbreaking new book skillfully weaves together Indigenous and mindfulness practices in the service of building self-awareness and connection within our families. I am grateful for and delighted by this addition to the mindfulness field.&rdquo;&mdash;Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of The Mindful Child &ldquo;Renda Dionne Madrigal&rsquo;s new book is profoundly significant. It offers teachings from her unique perspective as an American Indian, mother, psychologist, and longtime mindfulness practitioner. There is truly nothing else out there that combines American Indian wisdom and practices with mindfulness teachings. Her compassionate and wise voice creates a beautiful synthesis for families to share together and return to over the years.&rdquo;&mdash;Diana Winston, director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) and author of The Little Book of Being

The Mindful Family Guidebook: Reconnect with Spirit, Nature, and the People You Love

Livres D'Activités Enfants | Tome. 2 | Compter L'Argent Et Dire L'Heure

Jeux Silencieux

Praise for Survival Instincts"Tense, tightly plotted and gorgeously written."&mdash;Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Survive the Night"A beautifully written, masterfully paced thriller with kick-ass female characters who have to face insidious, and sadly plausible, abuse. Every woman with a mother or a daughter will recognize something of themselves in this book."&mdash;Melanie Golding, author of Little Darlings&ldquo;Survival Instincts is a shocking, layered thriller about the unthinkable acts women will commit to protect their own. With breathless pacing and twists that never stop coming, this book is the definition of unputdownable. Jen Waite has fast become one of my favorite writers.&rdquo;&mdash;Robyn Harding, Internationally Bestselling Author of The Swap&ldquo;Tense and quickly plotted. . . . Waite keeps readers invested in each woman . . . an intense story of women doing what it takes to survive.&rdquo;&mdash;Shelf Awareness&ldquo;What a fun ride! . . . If you enjoy psychological thrillers, then I would definitely recommend you pick up this book.&rdquo; &mdash;San Francisco Book Review &ldquo;[An] affecting look at familial and maternal bonds. . . . Give this to fans of psychological thrillers and of strong female characters.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist

A Novel

Survival Instincts

Everything Begins in Mind

Psychogenesis

Praise for Heidegger&#8217;s Glasses"A tour de force whose imagery haunts the reader long after the final page is turned." &#151;Jim Moret, author of The Last Day of My Life&#147;This is stunning work, full of mystery and strange tenderness. Thaisa Frank has written one of the most compelling stories of the Nazi regime since D. M. Thomas&#8217;s Pictures at an Exhibition. It is a book that will haunt you.&#8221; &#151;Dan Chaon, author of Await Your Reply&#147;Frank&#8217;s vision of the Holocaust is original and startling, with compelling characters and a narrative that&#8217;s both explosive and ponderous.&#8221;&#151;Publisher&#8217;s Weekly (starred review)&#147;A spellbinding, innovative, intellectually compelling tour-de-force. Thaisa Frank&#8217;s imagination is boundless: she enchants and horrifies and moves us, often on the same page.&#8221; &#151;Michelle Huneven, author of Blame

Heidegger's Glasses

Pioneers and Critical Thinkers

The Handbook of Southeast Asian Studies

Tropic of Cancer & Capricorn and Global Seasons | Grade 5 Social Studies | Children's Geography Books

The Reason for Seasons!

A true story of an unlikely friendship between two people who had NDEs

Two Near-Death Experiences (Third Edition)

Acaba con el auto sabotaje y recupera tu vida

Stop Doing That Sh*t \ Deja de hacer p*ndejadas (Spanish edition)

Zum Kultus der Reformatoren

A Field Guide for Parents

Treading Boldly through a Pornographic World

How Empathy Promotes Reflection and Strengthens Democracy

Empathy and Political Reasoning

Praise for Marry or Burn"Marry or Burn is a large-hearted, utterly human collection of life-experienced narratives so full that it is difficult to read more than one consecutively." &#151;Irish Times"Marry or Burn resolutely probes the idea and range of marriage, letting us gaze at a variety of couplings from differing angles, forming a dangerous, sharp-edged mosaic." &#151;The Seattle Times

Stories

Marry or Burn

Praise for Tomb of the Unknown Racist
Finalist for the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

"Blanche McCrary Boyd is a literary treasure, and her new novel, Tomb of the Unknown Racist, is a monumental achievement. Gripping and powerful, it illuminates the intricacies of love and betrayal and the pernicious disease of racism—and, in the process, plumbs the depths of the American soul." —David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon"Irreverent and honest." —Vanity Fair"The conclusion to a literary trilogy that began more than twenty years ago, Boyd's latest finds her heroine Ellen searching for a long-lost brother and spewing insults and wisdom in equal measure." —Out"In this suspenseful novel . . . Boyd gives a chilling portrait of the white terrorist network in the US during the time of Timothy McVeigh, convicted of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing." —BBC Culture"Examines the convoluted workings of racism and white supremacy that is no longer under the radar. . . . Boyd masterfully breaks down the drive and historical connections that make racism's continued existence painfully real. And no, you don't have to be Southern (or a lesbian) to enjoy her work. Just human. Definitely worth a read." —The Advocate"McCrary's protagonist allows the novel to showcase a true understanding of the current American political landscape, without being academic, inaccessible, or polemic. What results is a novel that is riveting from start to finish." —Lambda Literary  "A wildly ambitious page-turner that defies easy categorization . . . A family drama with all the flourishes of a thriller. Discombobulating—in a good way." —Kirkus Reviews "This bold, funny, and political novel—Boyd's first in 20 years—returns readers to the singular voice of Ellen Burns. . . . With the trappings of a thriller, Boyd's meditation on family bonds and white guilt is a curious but rewarding departure for the loudmouthed and hilarious Ellen, and a satisfyingly strange conclusion to the arc of her wild life." —Publishers Weekly "Ellen's chosen form of activism . . . is endlessly discussable, and the tortured history of Charleston makes for a compelling setting." —Booklist "This is a fast-paced and gutsy novel that examines tough issues and dares readers to know more about extreme activism and underground terrorism. Ellen, a recovering alcoholic barely hanging onto sobriety, is a superbly drawn protagonist." —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Boyd does a masterful job." —Signature "Personal, political and original . . . Many of your favorite mystery/thriller novelists could write a strong plot starring a version of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber. Few can write as well as they plot. Boyd does . . . She can leap nimbly from fear to scorn to grief to comedy, doesn't shrink from politics and racism, and still can include a love story that's not a digression. This is the kind of novel in which the author has everyone's number, starting with her own." —Head Butler "In The Revolution of Little Girls and Terminal Velocity, wild child Ellen Burns breaks and rebuilds herself over and over while questioning the world with her razor-sharp, Southern wit. Now author Blanche McCrary Boyd gives us Ellen's thrilling final chapter. Part detective story, part spiritual quest, Tomb of the Unknown Racist explores the intricate world of the white supremacy movement, and the treacherous ways that racism shatters families and spreads its dark roots across America. Former addict, fugitive, and radical outlaw Ellen Burns pieces together the mystery of her right-wing brother's death and the tragic kidnapping of his grandchildren, while trying to stay sober and falling in and out of bed with the men and women who cross her path. A character both innocent and wise, searching and grounded, she sees the worst in the good, and the good in the worst. We need more 'old outlaws' like Ellen Burns, who try to right the wrongs of the world, even when they're impossible to change." —Hannah Tinti, author of The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

Tomb of the Unknown Racist

Lettres Inedites Sur La Tolerance (1863)

History of the World War; an Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War

Summer Nights and Meteorites

&ldquo;Adults wanting to introduce younger audiences to concepts of consent and boundaries will find this a useful place to start.&rdquo; &ndash;The Bulletin "Valentine shares the importance of establishing and communicating physical boundaries in this picture book following Daisy, a yellow chick whose fluffiness is all anyone notices about her." &ndash;Publishers Weekly

More Than Fluff

Praise for Joy  A The Millions Most Anticipated Book of the MonthA Big Other Most Anticipated Small Press Book of the Year
"Prolific novelist and short story writer Erin McGraw proves her mastery of short-form craft in this collection of 53 very short stories, each no more than a few pages. They provide a diverse array of slice-of-life vignettes about characters with vastly different lives, who are strung together by the universal messiness of their humanity." —Sarah Neilson, The Brooklyn Rail"The perfect title to pick up this year . . . The stories in this collection are both profound and mundane . . . Leav[ing] you wondering how McGraw packs so much punch in such limited space." —Wendy J. Fox, Self“In these quick, delightful reads, the Sewanee, Tennessee–based writer Erin McGraw imagines the lives of such characters as mothers, siblings, the drummer of a fading band, and the personal assistant to Patsy Cline. At turns poignant and hilarious, you might just read it all in one sitting.” —CJ Lotz, Garden & Gun, A Book to Read This Month  "There’s something immensely satisfying about a very short story (particularly one that bills itself as a 'very short story' rather than 'flash fiction'), and I’m looking forward to a whole collection of them . . . Based on the other stories I’ve read of McGraw’s, I have high hopes for both humor and devastation." —Emily Temple, Literary Hub, One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year “Erin McGraw pulls no punches in her new collection of microstories . . . By turns angry, disturbing, darkly funny, poignant, or tragic, each narrator claims the spotlight momentarily to tell a powerful story . . . The amount of emotional weight she is able to pack into such brief encounters leaves no doubt that Joy is a virtuoso performance.” —Tina Chambers, Chapter 16"Across fifty-three very short stories, McGraw deftly navigates the abbreviated form. Even those readers skeptical of flash fiction will find themselves enthralled by McGraw’s work on the page: elegant, complex development of characters whose short narratives carry real emotional heft . . . McGraw’s primary gifts, however, are depicting average people drawn into extraordinary circumstances and highlighting the extraordinary nature of otherwise average circumstances." —Annie Adams, The Sewanee Review "Full of compulsively readable little stories that each feel developed beyond their few pages. Some are ironic or clever; others are poignant and wrenching; all of them are driven by McGraw’s strong, confident sense of voice for her characters . . . The beauty of this book is in how McGraw makes us love them for all their human flaws and fragile hopes." —Chauna Craig, New York Journal of Books "In McGraw’s latest short story collection, a mother mourns the tragic loss of her child, a college student mocks the absurdity of a team-building exercise, and a man reckons with the truth about himself after taking a young boy’s life. Each of the Sewanee-based author’s 53 stories is only a few pages long but provides a searing look inside the story’s narrator, striking an often darkly funny tone." —Kate Parrish, Nashville Lifestyles "McGraw’s fourth collection proves she’s a master of the form . . . It is astonishing what she is able to conjure up in the span of a few pages . . . McGraw is wise and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, with a seventh sense for the perfect turn of phrase . . . This quintessential collection of stories serves as an homage to the form while showcasing McGraw’s stunning talent and deep empathy for the idiosyncrasies, small joys, and despairs of human nature." —Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review)  "How can stories this brief be so satisfying? . . . [McGraw] deals with the profound, the dire, the mundane, and the ridiculous, paying particular attention to relationships between parents and children, siblings, spouses, criminals and their victims. While some stories are meant purely to amuse, many are intense and beautiful . . . Fifty-three gems that demonstrate all the things a short story can do. Wow." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)  "In this poignant and sweeping collection of short stories, McGraw paints a beautiful and multifaceted portrait of domestic life in modern America . . . The stories find humanity in every situation, no matter how unsympathetic. Readers will find themselves understanding adulterers and murderers, not for their destructive choices but for the greater sum of their lives—an impressive feat, considering the brevity of the format." —Booklist "[A] collection of very short stories for reading on the train, in line at the supermarket, while walking down the street, at the dentist, or anywhere else you can jam a few paragraphs in. And just think: you’ll be able to add 'read a short story' (or ten) to your list of completed tasks for the day. Fun!" —Emily Temple, Literary Hub Praise for Better Food For A Better World  "With soaring grace and sizzling humor, Erin McGraw fuses the piercing irony of Jane Austen with the subversive, satiric charm of Miguel de Cervantes. Here is a writer who loves her people enough to expose their outrageous flaws and celebrate their wild failings. Here is a visionary who offers delight as the first gift and hilarity as a path to transcendence." —Melanie Rae Thon, author of The Good Samaritan Speaks "Erin McGraw's latest book is a treasure. With her trademark élan and seamless storytelling, she manages to get to the very heart of the blessing and disaster that friendship, good intentions, and love can all be. Better Food for a Better World is a beautiful, funny, and haunting tale of who and where we are right now." —Bret Lott, author of Jewel and Dead Low Tide "With each new book, Erin McGraw does something with her narratives I previously thought impossible. In Better Food for a Better World, she writes with great generosity about the struggle to be a good person; but, more importantly, she reveals how chaotic and hilarious the process can actually be. This is an expansive, beautiful novel that will rattle around in your heart and make it a better place." —Kevin Wilson, author of The Family Fang “McGraw’s novel is a funny, memorable, sharp portrait of flawed and shifting love.” —Nicole Sheets, Rock and Sling “McGraw has a light hand with serious themes involving relationships and livelihood. She is deft with humor; her satire of green, aware living is funny without being snarky and is tempered by a generosity toward human foibles. Her characters are memorable, recognizable, quirky; the overweight contortionist Teeny Marteeny is a gem. McGraw is fresh and funny.” —Publishers Weekly “The latest offering from accomplished author McGraw depicts the delicate dance between business partners, longtime friends, and new lovers. Even the peripheral characters are uniquely memorable, and longtime readers will recognize McGraw’s ability to offer intimate portraits of some remarkable relationships. Deeply insightful and heartfelt, Better Food for a Better World will appeal to fans of Anita Shreve, Karen White, and anyone interested in the quirks, shared loyalties, and not-so-hidden desires of three modern marriages.” —Booklist Praise for The Seamstress Of Hollywood Boulevard "Beautifully written . . . [McGraw] crafts masterful sentences.” —Los Angeles Times “McGraw excels in her handling of ideas about American reinvention and European-flavored notions of class in Los Angeles, where a self-invented character understands that no one else can really be trusted. Her dialogue, especially between Nell and other tough women characters, is superb—surprising and essential.” —Seattle Times “Seamstress succeeds because McGraw never criticizes or romanticizes [the] story or ties it into too neat of a bow. She reconstructs it—and yes, embellishes it—winningly, knots and all.” —USA Today "The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard is rich and vibrant with historical accuracy and female fortitude." —San Francisco Chronicle “McGraw . . . grounds the story in just enough historical detail to keep it from floating away, and she brings to life a newborn California where every flapper drinking gin in a speak-easy hides a previous life in Wichita, Abilene or Dodge City.” —Columbus Dispatch “McGraw breaks the mold for the obstinate turn-of-the-century female protagonist, but Nell has to compete with McGraw's meticulously researched surroundings for pride of place. Nell's Los Angeles is a frontier town crossed with Tolstoy's Russia . . . The sedulous craftsmanship of McGraw's writing, like the neat stitches of her protagonist, makes each development fall out naturally in service to the story.” —A.V. Club “Yes, McGraw reminds her readers why we read novels. She is a fearless guide with a clear-eyed awareness that not only is storytelling a kind of piecing of fabric together, but that life itself unfolds as story and is interpreted in storytelling..” —Raleigh (NC) News & Observer “Inspired by her grandmother's story, McGraw captures the lonely rigor of life on the plains and the invigorating lure of reinvention.” —Publishers Weekly “A meticulous evocation of a time, a place, and an absolutely unforgettable woman. I loved every word.” —Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves “At the heart of this beautifully written, brilliantly plotted novel is McGraw’s heroine—the talented, spirited, adventurous Nell. From the opening sentence I would have followed her anywhere. The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard is an irresistible and deeply compelling portrait of a young woman sewing her way to a new life.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Hidden Machinery Praise for The Good Life: Stories “Most stories about aging hippies play them for laughs, but McGraw finds the feelings of sadness and loss in a man who sees principle in a ponytail. McGraw draws her small portraits with little of the studied, artists’-colony smugness that taints many literary writers’ descriptions of the lives of ordinary people. In its place there is humor and compassion, and an understanding that diminished expectations might be better than shattered dreams.” —John Schwartz, The New York Times “McGraw refreshingly avoids the predictable, contemporary stance of moral ambiguity without sinking into an earlier era's condescension. People are vain and envious and greedy, and so are the people who judge them. McGraw finds some rich material in that modern-day version of the revival meeting the reality television makeover show.” —San Francisco Chronicle “McGraw infiltrates the inner lives of characters just when they’re realizing—sometimes with a startling jolt, other times with hapless resignation—that the things they had once dreamed of for themselves have either failed to pass or failed to manifest in quite the way they feel they ought to have . . . these stories show a true gift for creating resonance from seemingly insignificant moments, and that’s no small thing.” —Seattle Weekly “Almost giddyingly entertaining, McGraw’s stories slip in their graver implications under cover of dazzling dialogue and plump metaphors.” —Columbus Dispatch"In McGraw we have a writer confident enough in her gifts to let the characters behave as they will without authorial interference. McGraw loves their warts as much as their virtues, carrying forth a tradition of storytelling set in motion by Carver and Flannery O’Connor before him. If they could speak now they would undoubtedly shout McGraw’s praises from the rooftops. The Good Life is a bold, unerringly satisfying collection.” —The (Charlotte, NC) News & Observer “McGraw's pitch-perfect dialogue and artful closeups on the telling, trying details of ordinary lives deliver stories that are easy to read but hard to forget.” —Publishers Weekly “At once laugh-out-loud funny and utterly serious, these stories explore life’s profundity through its quotidian details. A marvelous, and memorable, collection.” —Claire Messud, author of New York Times bestselling The Burning Girl “Erin McGraw has a consistently winning stance in her wide-ranging stories—she is insightful, funny, deeply humane. I love the way her mind works.” —Amy Hempel, author of The Dog of the Marriage “I love these stories about nice normal people trying—and failing—to cling to their fondest delusions. Erin McGraw brings her wonderful characters from dark into light with deftness, humor, and incredible kindness.” —Molly Giles, author of All the Wrong Places Praise for The Baby Tree “McGraw’s stunning clarity resonates long after the last page is turned.” —Ploughshares “I have long been a fan of Erin McGraw’s fine fiction, and her splendid new novel has only deepened my devotion. With seemingly effortless skill, The Baby Tree brings together complex issues of faith and morality in a plot that is by turns funny and serious, romantic and menacing, but always suspenseful. I only wish her feisty heroine, Pastor Kate, lived next door.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Hidden Machinery “The heroine of The Baby Tree is a woman who’s a Methodist minister. She is also smart, funny, sexy, exhausted, vulnerable—and in the worst six months of her marriage to an impossibly good man. And that’s just the beginning of her troubles in this splendid novel. In the skillful hands of Erin McGraw, every character, every moment is alive. This is news from an unexplored part of modern America.” —John Casey, author of Compass Rose Praise for Lies Of The Saints A Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick “For a slim collection, Lies of the Saints feels gratifyingly substantial.” —The New York Times Book Review “McGraw's deceptively simple prose turns each story over to her characters. Her loosely woven narration—light but with great tensile strength—lets their voices come through unimpeded; as in Flannery O'Connor's stories, the only irony is dramatic irony, brought about by the actions of the characters themselves. Sometimes, though, McGraw homes in for a stinging image, or impales one of her characters with a phrase . . . Lies of the Saints takes its title from three linked stories that give us the history of a family—father, mother, five children, a granddaughter—over the course of thirty years. This marvelous loaves-and-fishes achievement is repeated in microcosm on nearly every page of the book. What is unsaid matters no less than what is said. Erin McGraw is a writer who knows how to weave the two together, lightly.” —Ploughshares “McGraw (Bodies at Sea) is a master creator of oddball yet always believable characters. This collection of quirky narratives teems with endearing misfits and the slightly skewed communication with which people slide past each other's meanings.” —Publishers Weekly “McGraw offers nine short stories about relationships between men and women in contemporary suburban America. The characters are misfits, alcoholics, people in unhappy marriages, people with worries about parents and children; the characters and situations are authentic, and the stories are both melancholic and humorous.” —Library Journal “A first collection that displays a sure hand and an even voice busily at work documenting the struggles of regular people trying to lead ordinary lives. At her best, McGraw encourages us to see sainthood in its human context, relevant to the most mundane experiences. Two of these nine stories have appeared in The Atlantic, others in small magazines, and most of them concern the stuff of domestic fiction—divorce, alcoholism, children . . . Without rancor, these poignant moral tales gently go beyond most family fiction; they would merit our attention even if that were their only distinction.” —Kirkus Reviews “Erin McGraw writes with charm and sweet irony about the foibles of misfits and alcoholics and the formerly married—lost children of the middle class who seem baffled by what has befallen them. Lies of the Saints is a joy to read, a shrewd, melancholy, and frequently hilarious collection of short stories.” —Ron Hansen, author of The Kid “Lies of the Saints is a terrific collection—its authenticity and charm kept taking me by surprise. These are wonderful, effortless-seeming stories about men and women in uneasy embrace. We traverse a lot more experience than seems possible in so few pages.” —Rosellen Brown, author of The Lake on Fire Praise for Bodies At Sea “Carefully crafted, finely tuned, the 11 short stories in this collection often examine subtle shifts in family relationships.” —Publishers Weekly “McGraw hold the world in wild and compassionate regard. One of her stories ends with a daughter wishing to say to her mother, ‘You have been dearly loved.’ A reader feels the muscles of that love flexing in her sentence, sees the power of that love burning in her characters. McGraw lifts up before our eyes hopeless cases, the lame of heart and soul, and redeems them all with an eloquent and triumphant gaiety.” —Scott Russell Sanders, author of Divine Animal

And 52 Other Very Short Stories

The Diary of a Boy

Yugoslavia, My Fatherland

Les Derniers Jours D'Un Philosophe (1872)

EFFICIENZA DELLE ATTIVITÀ ECONOMICHE DELL'IMPRESA

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