He came home every night. We shared a home, a future, and a daughter. What I didn't know was that he was already married—and living a whole other life.When Ashley Smith received a phone call asking, “Are you dating my husband?” everything she believed about her relationship began to unravel.The truth became even more unbelievable when she discovered that the man she loved had named his daughter with his wife and their daughter after himself—giving both girls the same first ...

Shirley Jackson Award-winning author J. Ashley-Smith' s first collection, The Measure of Sorrow, draws together ten new and previously acclaimed stories of dark speculative fiction. In these pages a black reef holds the secret to an interminable coastal limbo; a father struggles to relate to his estranged children in a post-bushfire wilderness; an artist records her last days in conversation with her unborn child; a brother and sister are abandoned to the manifestations of their uncle' s i...

In March 2005, Ashley Smith made headlines around the globe when she miraculously talked her way out of the hands of alleged courthouse killer Brian Nichols after he took her hostage for seven hours in her suburban Atlanta apartment. In this moving, inspirational account, the twenty-seven-year-old widowed mother of a six-year-old girl shares for the first time the little-known details of her traumatic ordeal and expands on how her faith and the bestselling book The Purpose-Driven®Life help...

In April 2005, Ashley Smith made headlines around the globe when she miraculously talked her way out of the hands of alleged courthouse killer Brian Nichols after he took her hostage for seven hours in her suburban Atlanta apartment. In this moving, inspirational memoir, the 26-year-old widowed mother of a six-year-old girl shares for the first time the little-known details of her traumatic ordeal, and expands on how her faith and the bestselling book The Purpose-Driven« Life helped her su...

Jude is dragged out of Alt Country obscurity, out of the dismal loop of booze and sadness baths and the boundless, insatiable loneliness, to scrub up and fly to Australia for a last, desperate comeback tour. Hardly worth getting out of bed for—and he wouldn't, if it weren't for Coreen. But Coreen is dead. And, worse than that, she's married. Jude's swan-song tour becomes instead a terminal descent, into the sordid past, into the meaning hidden in forgotten songs, into Coreen's madness diar...

In a small town haunted by whispers of the past, two young women forge a bond that transcends the boundaries of life and death.Sylvie, the ethereal new girl, carries the weight of unseen voices, while George, the town's outcast, yearns for connection. When George defends Sylvie from the school bullies, their friendship blossoms, drawing them into the shadowy world of Sylvie's antique shop, where ghostly echoes linger in every object.As their bond deepens, G...

In March 2005, Ashley Smith made headlines around the globe when she miraculously talked her way out of the hands of alleged courthouse killer Brian Nichols after he took her hostage for seven hours in her suburban Atlanta apartment. In this moving, inspirational account—now a motion picture from Paramount—Ashley shares the details of her traumatic ordeal and expands on how her faith and the bestselling book The Purpose Driven Life helped her survive and bring the killer's murdero...

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As the rivalry between the US and China enters a dangerous new phase, reaffirming the politics of anti-imperialism is a task more important than ever.From trade wars and pandemic politics to rioting workers, intercontinental balloons, and battles over TikTok, the US media tends to present contemporary China—when it’s discussed at all—in sensationalist terms. This portrayal has only intensified as China’s relationship with the United States has grown increasingly hos...

Meet Manus, the Hermit Crab. Come find out about crabs as Opa Evert embarks on an adventure in the Bahamas, meeting a hermit crab, named Manus. Join Opa Evert and Manus, as they share stories about their lives.

Being the daughter of two absent parents, I, Ashley, had to look beyond those who weren't there to appreciate those who were.Mothers by Another Name is an honorable dedication to the women who played major roles in my upbringing.It's so hard to find the right greeting card for special people in my life when their mere titles do not do justice to the connection we share. So, I decided to make my own in a unique way.

'Risk Assessment for Object Conservation' reflects Dr Jonathan Ashley-Smith's personal interests and views in areas including materials science, the ethics of restoration, the costs of conservation and the philosophy of museums. This valuable book explains the mechanisms of deterioration of museum artifacts, quantifying the probability that damage will occur and estimating the rate of progress when it does. The principles outlined and the information provided will form a foundation for cos...