"An Arrow in a Sunbeam, and Other Tales" is a collection of short stories authored by Sarah Orne Jewett, Frances Lee, and C. S. Sleight. Sarah Orne Jewett was an American novelist and short story writer known for her portrayals of rural life in New England. Frances Lee and C. S. Sleight, both active in the 19th century, are less widely known.In this collection, readers can expect a diverse range of tales, likely reflecting the different writing styles and thematic interests of the three au...

Hello and welcome to the Galactic Peacekeepers Society...*Today is the beginning of your incredible journey to explore, be curious and open with others, and to help spread the mission of Peace with your teammates. Peacekeeping is hard. You will feel angry. Confused. Sad. But it is okay.We will take care of our galactic neighborhood together!*The first book in a irrepressible and breathtaking graphic novel trilogy about a lost human girl, he...

One of The Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books of the YearFeatured on the New York Times' The Daily podcast and CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPSWhat our failures during the pandemic cost us, and why we must do better**The Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization of emergency powers in human history. By early April 2020, half the world’s population—3.9 billion people—were living under quarantine. People were t...

This engaging collection of stories features popular fiction from the late nineteenth century, including stories from Sarah Orne Jewett and Frances Lee. Jewett's tale "Lady Ferry" delves into the uncanny; Lee's contribution to the volume is a charming sketch that details a friendship between a girl and her cat.

Nine-year-old Lily Lo and her best friend Rosana are determined to win the big soccer match. But Lily’s grandpa, Gung Gung, won’t cheer or do “the wave” like the other parents and grandparents. Instead, he clips coupons in the bleachers.Lily’s frustration with the cultural divide leads to problems not just with her family, but with her friends and teammates, too. Strangely, an old family recipe for Wonton dumplings may just be the answer that brings luck and harmony to them all.

The Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization of emergency powers in human history. By early April 2020, half the world's population were living under quarantine. The most devastating pandemic in a century and the policies adopted in response to it upended life as we knew it. In this book, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee examine our pandemic response and pose some provocative questions: Why did we ignore pre-Covid plans for managing a pandemic? Did we adequately consider the c...