Despite the mass dislocation and repatriation efforts of the last century, the study of return movements still sits on the periphery of anthropology and migration research. Homecomings explores the forces and motives that drive immigrants, war refugees, political exiles, and their descendants back to places of origin. By including a range of homecoming experiences, Markowitz and Stefansson destabilize the key oppositions and the key terminologies that have vexed migration studies ...

Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs.Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory and offers examples of how we can turn the ideas we discover into path-breaking...

Mama's Last Hug opens with the moving farewell between Mama, a dying chimpanzee matriarch, and her human friend, a professor who inspired the author's work. Their parting, the video of which has been watched by millions online, is not only a window into the deep bonds they shared, but into the remarkable emotional capacities of animals.In this groundbreaking and entertaining book, primatologist Frans de Waal draws on his renowned studies of the social and emotional lives o...

Leah McPhillen is unlucky when it comes to love… every man she has ever cared for left her without explanation…When she finally meets a man who piques her interest, a horrendous crash interrupts their date…When Leah’s father, Officer Liam “Phil” McPhillen, is blamed for the crash since he was in pursuit of the stolen truck, and Leah finds a young cousin of hers whose life is in danger, she finds her world mixed up in danger, intrigue, and chasing love in th...

The May/June 2020 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Arkady Martine, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Emma Törzs, A.T. Greenblatt, Meg Elison, and Suzanne Walker. Reprint fiction by Sonya Taaffe. Essays by Fran Wilde, Kelly Lagor, Khairani Barokka, and Ada Palmer, poetry by Valerie Valdes, Ali Trotta, Roshani Chokshi, and T.K. Lê, interviews with Emma Törzs and Meg Elison by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Julie Dillon, and editorials by Lynne M....

Will its words uncover a dark family secret? Readers love Josephine Cox! ’Loved the story and the characters’ ’Family secrets hidden away for years. I really loved this story’ ’I was hooked from start to finish’ ’This one goes to the top of my list … a five star read’ Another gripping and dramatic family drama from the Sunday Times bestsellerBella can’t wait to be married to her fiancée Sidney, and dreams of the day she will walk up the aisle to be...

Step inside the Archives of the Unexplained—the thrilling middle-grade graphic novel series that uncovers history’s most mysterious, hair-raising events. First up: the secrets of Area 51!Creepy has never been this captivating. In Archives of the Unexplained, we dive into real-life mysteries, unexplained phenomena, and strange historical events, blending fact, folklore, and suspense. Each book focuses on one or two mysteries, presenting a lively, detailed, ...

Twelve-year-old Jess and her friends have been playing hockey with the boys in Fort Desperation, Northwest Territories, since they were six years old. They'd like to start a girls' team in their community, but is tiny Fort Desperation ready for it? Somebody is trying to scare them off through acts of vandalism. Not only do Jess and her friends have to organize a team, find a coach and learn to play together, they have to unmask the Hockey Vandal. Can they do it before the Vandal destroys t...

Summer 2014. Diego Costa has arrived for his first day as a Chelsea player and he has something he wants to say to his new team-mates. He's been practising a single, short sentence. Actually, a mission statement. "I go to war - you come with me." In The Art of War, Fran Guillen retraces every step of Costa's brutal, exhilarating journey: from street footballer in his home city of Lagarto, north-east Brazil, to La Liga winner at Atletico Madrid, through loan spells at Celta Vigo, Albacete, ...

A critical resource for anyone who wants to help women with the pressures, frustrations, and trauma they faceWomen today often have sources of tremendous pain in their lives such as infertility, divorce, domestic violence, eating disorders, and more. Yet, most leaders are not prepared to help women who have real pain from such traumatizing issues. If you want to be better equipped to help women in pain, this book was written for you.Designed to give leaders...

A spellbinding new sci-fi box set from the bestselling author of Not Alone & Last Man Standing — perfect for fans of 'The Twilight Zone' and 'Black Mirror'._____________________________Grab FIFTEEN standalone stories in one great-value anthology!**15 stories, 18 hours, 900+ 5-star Amazon ratings!**Chasing Tomorrows explores classic sci-fi themes through a contemporary lens....

The May/June 2026 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring all-new short fiction by Eugenia Triantafyllou, AnaMaria Curtis, Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga, Hannah Yang, Angela Liu, Lavie Tidhar, and R. S. A. Garcia; essays by Una McCormack, Alex Bledsoe, Alex Jennings, and Nilah Magruder; poetry by Fran Wilde, Prosper Ìféányí, Ceridwen Hall, and S. R. Ekstein; interviews with AnaMaria Curtis and Angela Liu by Caroline M. Yoachim; Julie Dillon’s Ocean Swell as the cover; and...