These fifteen original stories, donated by authors to help keep local theater alive, are fun, quirky, imaginative, and bold - the perfect way to tide over audiences until local stage curtains can once again rise! Each tale turns the spotlight on some unusual snapshot of life or imagination. Sales from this book, along with generous donations from others in the community, will help local theaters survive and eventually thrive despite this most unfortunate "intermission." With new shows - an...

Sex for Total Beginners is the warm, funny, and reassuring guide you wish you had when curiosity first kicked in. Forget the awkward myths, unrealistic movie scenes, and silent guesswork—this book walks you through everything from nerves and consent to foreplay, lubrication, and that all-important “what goes where,” with honesty and kindness at its core.Written with compassion, clarity, and a dash of humor, Amanda Wolfe shows that sex isn’t about performance or per...

The increasing global prevalence of obesity and nutrition-based non-communicable disease has many causes, including food availability; social norms as evidenced in local foodways; genetic predisposition; economic circumstance; cultural variation in norms surrounding body composition; and policies affecting production, distribution, and consumption of food locally and globally. The Applied Anthropology of Obesity:Prevention, Intervention, and Identity advances understanding of the many cult...

It was just supposed to be one night. Just a good puck to forget all about the stress of her upcoming hockey game…Charlie Lajoie is no stranger to hard work. One of the best players in the PWHL for the Toronto Succubi and the daughter of one of the best hockey players in the world, there’s a lot of pressure for her to succeed on Team Canada in the Milan Winter Games.When Olive Miller is unceremoniously dumped by her girlfriend before their big Italy vacation, she decides to...