At two in the morning, a father holds his three-week-old daughter and scrolls with his free hand. The feed slides across her sleeping face in shades of blue and white. She is the most unmemed human on the planet. By the time she is sixteen, she will have been measured a thousand times by a mirror that is always measuring back.For ten thousand years, the bargain of human culture was simple: making a thing cost a life, and looking at it was nearly free. A story had to be remembered. ...

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, 2019Finalist for the Publishing Triangle Award, 2019A New Yorker Book of the Year, 2018A Huffington Post Book of the Year, 2018A Buzzfeed Book of the Year, 2018'Quite simply extraordinary... Imagine if Maggie Nelson, Daphne du Maurier and Daniel Defoe collaborated.' Sarah Perry, author of Th...

In this nostalgic account, the Faldérault family sets out for a final summer vacation together before an impending marital separation disrupts the family dynamics for good. Along the way, heading south to France from Brussels, Pierre, Maddie, and their children revel in impromptu skinny-dips, family sing-alongs, and camping in the wild, ultimately finding a renewed zest for life—and vacation!"Zidrou has again spun an engrossing and emotional tale from the threads of everyday life Laf...

Culpa, venganza y suspense en una Venecia convertida en trampa y escenario del crimen.Peggy se ha suicidado en Mallorca, donde vivía con su marido una vida de bohemia dorada. ¿Por qué lo ha hecho? Más aún: ¿se ha suicidado realmente?Estas preguntas son el punto de partida de una intriga, psicológica y policíaca. El padre de Peggy, Coleman, célebre pintor norteamericano y hombre de fogoso temperamento, culpa a su yerno, Ray Garret, de la muerte de su hija y,...

The Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer universe is given a closer look, with two complete series drawn by Tyler Crook and Gabriel Hernández Walta!In Colonel Weird: Cosmagog, sanity-challenged space adventurer Colonel Weird embarks on a strange journey through space and time for something that he's long forgotten with his sanity and life at stake!In Barbalien: Red Planet, the shape-shifting superhero Barbalien struggles to find his ...

Even rich families have their issues—perhaps especially rich families. When billionaire Eric Ryan learns that his daughter will be born with partial forearms, he can’t bear the thought of having an imperfect child. He devises a scheme to have the baby aborted without his wife knowing, which drives Julie Ryan to despair.But no; injustice is not unique to the wealthy. Hundreds of miles away, Mara Brenner grows up in the care of her mother and stepfather—if it can be called “care.” He...

Forget everything you already knew about the Fabulous Killjoys!Writers Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, along with Illustrator Leonardo Romero (Hawkeye), colorist Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), and letterer Nate Piekos (The Umbrella Academy) team up to present an all-new modern day Killjoys series as Way and Simon take it all the way back to the original story that inspired My Chemical Romance's concept album Danger Days and its dystopia...

From world-famous cartoonist Jordi Lafebre, creator of the Eisner Award-nominated graphic novel Always Never, comes a murder mystery unlike any other.Eva is a brilliant Psychiatrist, but this is no simple story of a clever shrink helping a patient dissect their problems. No, this story is about Eva in the throes of a bipolar episode, navigating her own spiraling mental health as she is pulled down a scandalous rabbit hole when one of her first patients and...

The first collection of its kind, Transgender Marxism is a provocative and groundbreaking union of transgender studies and Marxist theory.Exploring trans lives and movements, the authors delve into the experience of surviving as transgender under capitalism. They explore the pressures, oppression and state persecution faced by trans people living in capitalist societies, their tenuous positions in the workplace and the home, and give a powerful response to right-wing scare...

Winner - Best of 2019 Kids Books - Most Inspiring CategoryThe story of Anne Frank and her diary is one of the world's most important and well-known, but less is known about the woman who sheltered Anne and her family for years and, ultimately, rescued Anne's diary from Nazi clutches. Miep Gies was a woman who rose to bravery when humanity needed it and risked everything for her neighbors. It is because of Miep we know Anne Frank—and now, this is Miep's story.

This contributed volume presents recent advances as well as new directions in number theory and its applications. Algebraic and analytic number theory are the main focus with chapters showing how these areas are rapidly evolving. By gathering authors from over seven countries, readers will gain an international perspective on the current state of research as well as potential avenues to explore. Specific topics covered include:Algebraic Number TheoryElliptic curves ...

City of professions The professional fact today directly affects more than two million professional members in Spain, more than three hundred and fifty million in the world. They represent 4.3% of the total Spanish population and 25% of its active population, much more in the big cities. If we add those professionals who are not members of a professional association to those who are not, the figures double. And if, in addition to them, we also consider those working in so many trades that ...