Where can you find a severed hand, a lunatic teddy bear, a bus destined for hell itself, and a mysterious glass cookie with the power to possess your soul? In your nightmares perhaps! But if you're too scared to sleep, you can find these, and more spooky scenarios, in Creepy Shorts, a new collection of short stories for kids who love a good scare.Inspired by classic spooky story collections, Creep Shorts is a great way to get your csare on before bed or on the bus ride to school. T...

Stand on any street in Dublin and one is confronted with history. Behind the façades of the ten buildings featured here is the story of Dublin, bringing to life key events and characters from the past. The buildings include: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin's oldest church; Dublin Castle, the colonisers' castle; Trinity College Dublin, the first seat of learning; the Old Parliament House (Bank of Ireland); City Hall, the centre of civic life; Kilmainham Gaol, where leaders of the rebellions...

This multi-disciplinary collection addresses issues relating to current or former practitioners within the context of higher education. Drawing together a range of voices, the contributors explore contemporary issues organised around three core themes of pracademic identities, professional development, and teaching practice. Underpinned by theoretical frameworks, reporting empirical findings, and adopting a reflective lens, this critical examination draws on a range of experiences to provi...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A “tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War“This important novel should—true biz—change minds and transform the conversation.”—Maile Meloy, The New York Times Book Review (Edit...

**Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize“Delivered with such conviction and grace … fresh … essential.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWhen outsiders on a mission arrive to change a small town’s attitudes, residents and newcomers alike end up transformed.**Big Burr, Kansas is the kind of place where everyone seems to know everyone—or so they think. But when a national nonprofit labels Big Burr “the most homophobic town in the U.S.” and se...

This anthology offers a little something for everyone. You will confront dangerous beasts, demons, dragons, and cold blooded killers. Travel from the Orient to the Grand Canyon and into the universe. Get scared, get amused, and get enchanted. These stories have been crafted by a group of talented and experienced writers from the foothill community of La Verne, California.