As a young girl, Cristien witnessed her mother slip from reality, her suffering shaped by trauma and interpreted as mental illness by a world that mistook pain for pathology-answering distress with institutionalization and heavy medication.Women, Madness, Whiteness is a fiercely intimate and incisive exploration of the cultural, social, political and intergenerational roots of mental illness. As an adult, Cristien became a politicized therapist, movement organizer, and spo...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

Captain Alexandra "Alex" Pierce clawed her way back from the ambush that killed half her unit and shattered her engagement to the man she loved—Special Forces operative Logan Cross, who vanished into black ops and never looked back. Two years later, Alex has rebuilt herself into something unbreakable: a commander known for her steady warmth under fire and fierce loyalty to her soldiers. But when she's assigned to a remote Forward Operating Base in hostile mountain territory, she finds Loga...

No Way OutFour strangers awaken in an empty room with no memory of how they arrived. The only clue is a mysterious note giving them instructions and a warning: escape or face the consequences.Forced to work together despite their differences, they venture through a dangerous and ever-changing environment filled with deadly traps, hidden secrets, and unseen threats. As they search for a way out, they discover that someone is always watching, and every choice...

Crown of Ash and Orishas – Extended Book DescriptionCrown of Ash and Orishas is an epic mythological fantasy set in 1940, blending African mythology, historical fiction, action, mystery, and supernatural adventure into a sweeping tale of destiny, identity, and forgotten history. The novel follows Elijah Freeman, a young African American boy whose life is forever changed when he discovers he is the last known descendant of one of the Orishas, the powerful deities of West African tra...

Echoes of Strength is a deeply personal memoir of healing, remembrance, and self- reclamation.Through lived experience and ancestral reflection, D.Wells traces the invisible threads that bind family, love, and survival across generations.This book is for anyone who has loved deeply, endured quietly, and is now ready to live gently-without abandoning themselves.

My boss wrote the rule: no relationships between executives and staff. Then he asked me to marry him.Damian Durand doesn't ask for things. He acquires them. So when his grandfather's will gives him ninety days to find a wife or lose his company, he slides a contract across my desk like I'm just another deal to close. Twelve months. Separate bedrooms. Every cent of my debt — gone.I negotiated terms with the most ruthless man in the city and thought I'd won.But contra...

Jennifer is a beautiful, blonde nurse who happens to be expecting. Dr. Alan is her boss and the father of her child. He is also black. During a routine checkup with him, Jen discovers that she is one of the rare women who have two wombs. She is also fertile. Will he take her hard and without protection?

Dragons and magic combine in this sapphic retelling of Cinderella.Deyanara is one of the last surviving dragons of House Iron, her lineage hanging by a thread after a tragic accident claimed her family. With her House on the brink of ruin, she's determined to work day and night to ensure its survival.When she's mistaken for a contender in the brutal Ascension Rites--a deadly tournament where dragons battle monsters for the chance at winning divine ...

An eclectic and thought-provoking selection of fiction short stories for your reading pleasure.

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction—Complete 20 Volumes offers a sweeping conspectus of the modern novel and tale, tracing fiction's development from eighteenth-century satire and comic realism to psychological, historical, Gothic, romantic, and social forms. Its range extends from picaresque wit and domestic irony to supernatural terror, moral fable, realist portraiture, and expansive social critique, with landmark works such as novels of manners, historical romances, American sketches,...

A selection of 19 short stories from writers worldwide for you to enjoy.