You picked up this book because you have burned the rice again, because you bought a fourth jar of cumin that was hiding behind three others, and because the kitchen that was supposed to feed your family has become the room that defeats you every single day. You have been told that you just need to try harder, and you have concluded that something is wrong with you. You have watched organizing videos that made you feel worse, and you have bought containers that became one more pile. Whatev...

The ultimate guide to buying, tasting, and pairing the best cheese from around the worldOne of the most ancient of food traditions, cheesemaking is found across the globe and is as reliant on process, ingredients, and terroir as fine wine. Taking you from dairy farm to cheeseboard, as well as exploring the history of cheesemaking around the world, you can learn the key features of popular and less well-known cheeses and where they are made.Cultivate your pa...

Rated "Most Popular Fiction Magazine 2024" by Chill SubsNamed Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill SubsRated "Top 50 Fiction" by SubstackDelight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contri...

A beautiful, lyrical story about loss and growth and how grief can become a comforting friend.After a little girl loses someone she loves, a new friend appears: Grief. At first, Grief is not who the little girl wants as her shadow. But then Grief journeys with her, sailing through stormy seas . . . and lights the way on an unfamiliar shore. Grief encourages her to do what she needs to: cry and shout . . . or sit in silence. Through it all, her new friend stays with...

What will happen to Blue?Blue wobbles when she walks and sometimes stumbles, too. Blue waits...and waits...and waits...for a home because she cannot walk like the other ponies.Then one day a woman asks what Blue CAN do. Read the inspiring true story of Blue the differently abled pony, who has much to give, even though she cannot give rides.Written by award-winning author Jenny Pavlovic, this book is for everyone, and especially for......Those who feel challe...

In her lyrical fifth collection, I Am Trying to Love the Whole World, Jenny Browne fearlessly confronts grief without sentimentality and beauty without denial. For nearly a year, Browne began each poem with the line “I am trying to love the whole world,” letting it guide her through loss, love, and survival. The result is a striking meditation on human fragility and the sustaining power of art, even as life—and the world around us—can be made and unmade in an inst...

A bewitching singer and a haunted adventurer.An abandoned gold mine promising new hope – and death.In a world where the biggest gamble of all is love, can they trust each other enough to outwit a ruthless killer?California, 1869. Graysie Castellanos is ready to take her final bow. When the traveling singer inherits a rundown mine, she thinks it’s her golden opportunity to provide her adopted daughte...

Come see the magic for yourself.Three years ago, Casey declined her boyfriend’s marriage proposal . . . and it went viral. After years of dealing with the backlash online, Casey now leads a quiet life, working as a stock replenisher for a family-owned department store. No risk of public humiliation, no stress, no possibility of love.Until she meets the Spirit of Christmas Present, Margo, who has chosen to sit this holiday out.Margo offers Casey a ba...

NARRATED: A Novel About Love, Complicity, and the Moment You Realize Your Entire Life Has Been Permanently Captured by Someone Else's UnderstandingYou already know this feeling: someone is telling a story about you, and they're getting something true about you that you didn't even know was true about yourself. And the moment you recognize it, you understand something else—you can never untell that story. It exists now. It's public. It belongs to them more than it belongs to you.

FREEHow far will a person go to gain freedom?When Samuel Bellamy, an enigmatic Englishman on the run from the Crown, seeks refuge in Eastham, Massachusetts, the life of Maria Hallett begins to tragically unravel. Stepping outside the boundaries of her pious and unforgiving Puritan community, she faces censure and judgement from her family and church.Eventually Maria is pushed to the limits of her sanity when a trusted, childhood fri...

He's a prince with a problem, she's a commoner with a getaway plan.Modern-day Prince Adrian of Monaforte has a most old-fashioned problem: his demanding mother wants him wed to her best friend's daughter, the hard-partying Serena. When his refusal falls on deaf ears, Adrian decides it's time for him to slip away from his gilded cage and figure out his life, all on his own. As luck would have it, event photographer Emma Davison, weary of a revolving door of lost-cause men a...

A society belle. A tenacious newshound. A scandal to destroy their lives.Sydney, 1868. Poppy Barclay's privileged life shatters when her father's investment firm collapses amid shocking allegations of fraud. Jilted by her fiancé and shunned by the elite, the beautiful heiress finds herself an outcast, her dreams of a perfect marriage in ruins.She’s determined to fight back, bur Poppy's quest for justice pits her against the tenacious journa...