The true adventures of David Fairchild, a turn-of-the-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes—and thousands more—to the American plate.*“Fascinating.”—The New York Times Book Review •“Fast-paced adventure writing.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Richly descriptive.”—Kirkus • “A must-read for foodies.”*—HelloGigglesIn the nineteenth century, Ame...

From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into the story of the world’s most famous shipwreck, the RMS TitanicOn a frigid April night in 1912, the world’s largest—and soon most famous—ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world’s fixation with her every tragic detail. Plans...

The book is an edgy romantic thriller that tells the story of Joan, a character inspired by a few of the amazing matriarchal figures I have known. Joan's life is a succession of disasters involving bereavement, illness and abuse. The little comfort she eventually finds is whilst reading the Rush Hour Crush segment in the daily newspaper, a concept thought up by an old school friend. Despite being desperately unlucky in love and life, Joan never gives up until her shocking relationship lead...

An estimated sixty-seven million Americans are estranged from a family member, yet this silent epidemic remains one of society's most profound taboos. The self-help industry promotes a seductive myth: the 'clean break,' promising that cutting ties with a 'toxic' person leads to immediate peace. But for millions, the reality is a lingering psychological haunting, a 'phantom limb' of family that continues to ache long after the separation. In this groundbreaking investigation, author Daniel ...

For over a century, parents have been told a convenient lie: that teenage rebellion is a biological inevitability. This foundational myth, born from G. Stanley Hall's 1904 concept of "storm and stress," has provided the ultimate alibi for generations, framing adolescence as a natural disaster to be endured, not a relationship to be nurtured. This book dismantles that fallacy piece by piece. It travels from Hall's academic pronouncements to anthropologist Margaret Mead's groundbreaking disc...

In this collection of short stories, diverse characters, including an obese baker, an eczema sufferer, and a vegetable vendor, each find themselves mired in the quagmire of life. They endure mockery, illness, and expulsion, crushed by the weight of work and debt."Water droplets rolled down the curled veins of the leaves, pooling into tiny puddles at the bottom of the plastic basket. Among the wilted leaves, a few yellowed ones hung listlessly, like elderly soul...

Daniel L Stone's new novel is a powerful mix of suspense and paranormal mystery based on the connection between two love stories that take place 100 years apart. Both stories take place at the same manor on a beautiful island that legend said was the angels' playground on earth. The manor was built on a plateau between two tall mountains where the legend also said the angels ascended and descended from Heaven to their playground. This land was sacred and hallowed ground-not to be violated!...

There are some nightmares from which you can never wake.Dread: A Head Full of Bad Dreams, from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated editoral team of Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson, is Volume One in the Best of Grey Matter Press series. Selected by readers and horror fans, the twenty short stories contained within the pages of Dread include some of the darkest hallucinatory revelations from the minds of the most accomplished award-winning authors of our time.T...

Many people grapple with destructive thought processes or a "critical inner voice" that directs their behavior and, to varying degrees, limits their lives. Using deeply personal and very human stories based on his own clinical practice, noted psychologist Robert W. Firestone illustrates the struggles of his clients to give words to this "enemy within," and in the process overcome its damaging influence. These revealing and captivating stories offer glimpses into the uniquely human relation...

In this book, authors who are experts in their fields describe current advances on commercial crops and key enabling technologies that will underpin future advances in biotechnology. They discuss state of the art discoveries as well as future challenges. Tremendous progress has been made in introducing novel genes and traits into plant genomes since the first creation of transgenic plants thirty years ago, and the first commercialization of genetically modified maize in 1996. Consequently,...

A late-night phone call shatters a quiet retirement, drafting millions of older adults into a second round of parenting they never expected. This is the hidden reality for over 2.5 million American grandparents who are now the primary caregivers for their grandchildren, a silent army holding families together in the face of systemic crisis. But who supports them? What happens when the golden years are replaced by court dates, school meetings, and the profound grief for a life that has been...

**Narrated by the author**In the 1890s, George Washington’s diary and other irreplaceable historical documents were stolen from the Library of Congress, launching an interstate chase by the Secret Service and a sensational trial, and changing the trajectory of America’s national library.It is 1896, and the Congressional Library in the Capitol is bursting at the seams with books and documents. Ainsworth Spofford, the longtime Librarian of Co...