Dreadful winter cold gave way to ominous spring growth, and now the heat threatens to obliterate all: the third volume of the In the City series has arrived, and veteran editors R. B. Wood and Anna Koon have curated another impressive lineup of international talent in Summer in the City .The scorching sun heats concrete, glass, and steel nearly beyond human tolerance.The oppressive heat of Summer sits like a woole...

Fourteen stories. Fourteen terrifying journeys.† A suicidal man waits on a high building for the perfect moment †† A young woman discovers that the past is a different place †† A victim searches for her killer in the most unexpected location †† A serial killer seeks retribution for his press nickname †† A young man explores noir and sex in Paris †† A woman scorned tries to rebuild her life with deadly results †† An abused wife is faced with...

Thomas Piketty’s powerful and bestselling Capital and Ideology is now available in this accessible and richly illustrated full-color graphic novel format.Praised by Piketty himself as a “magnificent adaptation” of his original book, this graphic novel adaptation is perfect for anyone looking to understand the wealth gap and why society is the way it is today.Claire Alet and Benjamin Adam make the original work’s ideas more accessible through the ad...

In "1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading," Benjamin Adams Hathaway provides a comprehensive examination of the intricacies of English orthography and its impact on literacy. The book deftly combines an instructional format with engaging clarity, presenting a multitude of questions that cover aspects of spelling and reading techniques. Hathaway's literary style is pedagogical yet accessible, making complex linguistic concepts digestible for a broad audience. Within the cont...

The all-inclusive guide "Backyard Homesteading Essentials: Your Guide to a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle" is your roadmap to adopting the age-old tradition of homesteading. Regardless of your level of experience, this book provides insightful analysis, helpful tips, and detailed instructions to help you establish a prosperous and sustainable homestead in your own backyard.You will gain a clear understanding of all the necessary information to start your homesteading journey with confid...

Master Cherng's translation of Discourse on Sitting and Forgetting, an 8th century classic text on meditation by Si Ma Cheng Zhen, is accompanied by his extensive explanatory commentary, unique in its ability to make this complex text accessible to the Western reader.In the introduction to the text, Master Cherng explains how to practice the Purification of the Heart method of meditation and photographs clearly illustrate the correct postures. He deciphers the Chinese metaphors and...

Descend to the depths of primal horror with this chilling collection of original stories drawn from H. P. Lovecraft’s shocking, terrifying, and eerily prescient Cthulhu Mythos.In twenty-one dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with tales set in a misbegotten new world that could have been spawned only by the master of the macabre himself, H. P. Lovecraft. Inside you’ll find:“Details” by China Miévill...

“Kyle Adams’ book contains valuable lessons for leaders in all walks of life. There is so much more to be gained from basketball than money, glory, or even scholarships. Discarding the Mask is a blueprint on how to fully realize these benefits and uplift our communities.”Jesse Washington, co-author of I Came as a Shadow, the autobiography of John Thompson.Basketball is more than free throws, three-pointers, early practices, and away games. It’s about authenticity and learni...

This second edition of Making an Entrance is a practical and thought-provoking introduction to teaching dance with disabled and non-disabled students, updated with expanded coverage, new and revised exercises, and chapters that cover post-pandemic and online practice, diversity and inclusivity.With improvisation as his central concern Benjamin covers an extensive range of topics, including new autoethnographic writing, mental health, performance, feedback, and The Dancers’...

Excerpt: "The town of Castle Cumber it is not our intention to describe at more length than simply to say, that it consists of two long streets, intersecting each other, and two or three lanes of cabins—many of them mud ones—that stretch out of it on each side at right angles. This street, and these straggling appendages, together with a Church, a Prison, a Court-house, a Catholic chapel, a few shops, and half a dozen public houses, present to the spectator all the features that are genera...

Excerpt: "One evening in the beginning of the eighteenth century—as nearly as we can conjecture, the year might be that of 1720—some time about the end of April, a young man named Lamh Laudher O'Rorke, or Strong-handed O'Eorke, was proceeding from his father's house, with a stout oaken cudgel in his hand, towards an orchard that stood at the skirt of a country town, in a part of the kingdom which, for the present, shall be nameless. Though known by the epithet of Lamh Laudher, his Christia...