David Pepin has loved his wife since the moment they met, and after thirteen years of marriage he still can’t imagine living without her -- yet he obsessively contemplates her demise. Soon she is dead, and he's both deeply distraught and the prime suspect in her possible murder.The officers investigating her death are intimately familiar with conjugal enigmas. Detective Ward Hastroll was happily married until his wife became inexplicably and militantly bedridden. And Detective Sam ...

David Pepin has loved his wife since the moment they met, and after thirteen years of marriage he still can’t imagine living without her -- yet he obsessively contemplates her demise. Soon she is dead, and he's both deeply distraught and the prime suspect in her possible murder.The officers investigating her death are intimately familiar with conjugal enigmas. Detective Ward Hastroll was happily married until his wife became inexplicably and militantly bedridden. And Detective Sam ...

**WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PRIZE • A big and big-hearted novel—one enthralling, transformative year in the life of a child actor coming of age in a bygone Manhattan, from the critically acclaimed author of Mr. PeanutNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, TOWN & COUNTRY, AND PEOPLE • GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • MULANEY READS BOOK CLUB PICK"A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . ....

Ladies and Gentlemen -- the eagerly awaited collection of short stories by Adam Ross, whose stunning debut novel, Mr. Peanut, received wide international acclaim. In a New York Times Book Review cover story, Scott Turow called Ross an “author of prodigious talent,” while New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani dubbed him “a literary gymnast . . . [and] a sorcerer with words” with “David Foster Wallace–like descriptive powers.” Set in New York, Virginia an...

Ladies and Gentlemen -- the eagerly awaited collection of short stories by Adam Ross, whose stunning debut novel, Mr. Peanut, received wide international acclaim. In a New York Times Book Review cover story, Scott Turow called Ross an “author of prodigious talent,” while New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani dubbed him “a literary gymnast . . . [and] a sorcerer with words” with “David Foster Wallace–like descriptive powers.” Set in New York, Virginia an...

This repeated sentence book aids the reader in developing vocabulary for emotional expression, and introduces them to one of the many creatures they'll meet in this Fantasy genre. The back of the book contains "Spell Scrolls," a section to provide spelling practice and application of the new vocabulary.

Maggie and Ilsa are back with yet another communication mishap. When Ilsa is having a hard day, Maggie doesn't know what to do. Is she mad? Is she sad? It can be so hard to tell when someone doesn't even know how to describe what they're feeling. Not every problem can be fixed with a magical spell. Join Maggie and Ilsa for another heartfelt day together in "Fae"miliars: A Difficult Day!

When Mrs. Willowbrook notices bullying amongst her students, she decides to do a class project to help teach that differences aren't something to tease over. She hopes to teach the students that those differences are what make the class unique and beautiful. Follow along with Mrs. Willowbrook, then use the Party Quest in the back for your own group project!

Featuring: LUCY CALDWELL, JULIAN GOUGH, M.J. HYLAND, KRYS LEE, DEBORAH LEVY, MIROSLAV PENKOV (WINNER), HENRIETTA ROSE-INNES (RUNNER UP), ADAM ROSS, CARRIE TIFFANY, CHRIS WOMERSLEY"I’m sorry I wrote you such a long letter," quipped Blaise Pascal famously, "I didn’t have time to write you a short one."Brevity may be the soul of wit, but as Clive Anderson argues in his introduction to this collection, it is also, very often, the hard-won soul of great literatu...

This work investigates the theoretical and cosmological implications of modifying Einstein's theory of general relativity. It explores two classes of modifications to gravity: those in which the graviton is given a small mass, and those in which Lorentz invariance is spontaneously broken. It elucidates the nature of cosmological perturbations in theories of massive bimetric gravity, including a potentially deadly instability. Theories of gravity beyond general relativity could explain why ...

Take your Early English Readers through the common color names in this whimsical repeated sentence book! Each page focuses on a new magical brew, allowing the reader to associate the changing colors of the potion and ingredients with the changing vocabulary, while giving them ample opportunities to repeat the tricky "-tion" phoneme combination. We assure you that all animals in the art were not harmed in the making of the potions. Like all First Fantasy Books, the Spell Scroll section in t...

In this repeated sentence book, Tish (they/them) uses their impressive sword collection to help teach the reader some basic, descriptive vocabulary. With a focus on using multiple approaches to processing language, The Explorer's Guide to Swords will help the reader build strong connections to the vocabulary and increasing reader retention.