December, 2009. A reduction in force leaves Abigail's boyfriend, Garrett, out of work and both of them without housing. Armed with no other choice, they are forced to move from Chicago to south-central Illinois, where a local medical practitioner left the building to Abigail in a trust. Used to moving around after a childhood spent in the foster system, Abigail considers this a pit stop, a place she refuses to see as a new home.As Garrett convinces her to stay so they can save some...

New 4th Edition, revised and updated! This substantially revised and expanded edition benefits from an additional decade of observation of puppy behavior by its authors and includes effective, up-to-date methods for educating puppies to become good canine citizens. Covers planning for the new puppy, selecting a breeder, house training, where to sleep at night, bonding with your new puppy, socialization, discipline, simple commands and leash training. Learn the stages of development and wha...

3-Works of sexual and domestic domination of the male by the female open with the tale of a wife who subjugates and enslaves her husband... with the help of the boss who is also her lesbian lover.This is followed by the tale of a devious Indian landlady who sees a way of fashioning the older, handsome, and recently divorced Englishman who lodges with her into the manservant and sexual chattel of whom she has long dreamed.And, finally, a female inspector attempts to solve a ...

Food & Wine Best Cookbooks of 2024 • New York Times Best Cookbooks of 2024 • 2025 James Beard Award Nominee for Baking and Desserts • 2025 IACP Julia Child First Book Award Nominee“Breaking Bao is the rare cookbook that stops you in your tracks. Visually arresting, thoughtfully researched, and both whimsical and grounded in serious baking expertise.”

Three female led books on the femdom wife and the methods they use to condition their men into sexual and domestic obedience - as well as the female friends and lovers who help them to achieve their ends.ADULT MATERIAL

A new edition of Clarice Lispector’s final masterpiece, now with a vivid introduction by Colm Tóibín.Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life's unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Colas, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly, underfed, sickly and unloved. Rodrigo recoils from her wretch...

Lispector’s most shocking novel.The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector’s mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door —crushing the cockroach —and then watches it die. At the end of the novel, at the height of a spiritual crisis, comes the most famous and most genuinely shocking scene in Brazilian literature…Lispector wrote that...

Now in paperback, a romantic love story by the great Brazilian writerLóri, a primary school teacher, is isolated and nervous, comfortable with children but unable to connect to adults. When she meets Ulisses, a professor of philosophy, an opportunity opens: a chance to escape the shipwreck of introspection and embrace the love, including the sexual love, of a man. Her attempt, as Sheila Heti writes in her afterword, is not only “to love and to be loved,” but also “...

Lispector at her most philosophically radical.A meditation on the nature of life and time, Água Viva (1973) shows Lispector discovering a new means of writing about herself, more deeply transforming her individual experience into a universal poetry. In a body of work as emotionally powerful, formally innovative, and philosophically profound as Clarice Lispector’s, Água Viva stands out as a particular triumph.

"A Tenderfoot Bride: Tales from an Old Ranch" by Clarice E. Richards is a captivating narrative that transports readers to the rugged landscapes of the American West. The story follows a young bride who navigates the challenges of ranch life, blending romance and adventure. Through vivid descriptions and relatable characters, Richards paints a picture of resilience and love in a time when the frontier was both a harsh and beautiful place. The protagonist's journey of self-discovery and ada...

In My Grandmother's Embroidery, Clarice Campos transforms threads, stitches, and fabrics into memory, affection, and ancestry. While embroidering, the narrator's grandmother also weaves stories, teachings, and memories that travel across generations. Through colorful threads, delicate words, and poetic imagery, the book gently explores belonging, Black identity, freedom, and cultural heritage in a warm and sensitive way. Each page reveals how the act of embroidery can connect past...

For twelve years she has been the perfect wife.Respectable. Controlled. Careful not to draw attention to the body her husband insists she should hide.Short, voluptuous, and unapologetically curvy, she learned long ago that the world can be unkind to women who take up space. Her husband reminds her of that often—masking criticism as honesty while quietly claiming ownership over the very curves he pretends to despise.But the day she shows a luxury home to a confident ...