'Poignant, funny, sensitive, but most importantly, heart-stoppingly true. This is an outstanding collection of essays, from some of the finest writers, which gets right to the dark heart of what it really means to be a mother.' - Clover Stroud, author of My Wild and Sleepless Nights-------------------------Motherhood is life-changing. Joyful. Disorientating. Overwhelming. Intense on every level. It's the best, most awful job.

This luxurious volume—the fourth in a series by Louis K. Meisel—is a comprehensive documentation of 21st-century Photorealism, one of the most popular art movements since the late 1960s. Photorealists work painstakingly from photographs to create startlingly realistic paintings, and where they once used film for gathering information, they now rely on digital technology, which has vastly expanded the amount of detail that can be captured. In these visual marvels they bring insights to vern...

A tender and compelling wartime love story set against the backdrop of the Great War. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin! Can love blossom in times of trouble?Life-long friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate are following in the footsteps of their families, working at the Clarks shoe factory.But when Britain declares war on Germany, the Somerset village of Street is shaken to its core. The Clarks factory is at the heart of ...

In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s wife, Queen Marie, who “might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant”; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-c...

LISTINGS: The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde. Mr & Mrs Dove by Katherine Mansfield. Angela by W.S. Gilbert. Perilous Play by Louisa May Alcott. The Singing Lesson by Katherine Mansfield. The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion by Thomas Hardy. Genefer by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Bagman's Story - from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.This wide-ranging collection around the theme of love...

Sometimes the mere thought can set off the feeling. Sadness…..something lost or maybe not attained. Sadness can bring loneliness, a need to be with others. It can be difficult to explain, it takes time to navigate through. It may leave us or it may deepen into something darker, more tenacious.Sadness can be about so many things from places to people, from thoughts to actions.Our classic authors including Arnold Bennett, James Joyce, Willa Cather, Joseph Conrad, Ivan Turgene...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER“When I tell you that I dogeared almost every page in this book, I'm telling God's honest truth. I didn't know how much I needed someone else to validate what I was going through. The sense that I had lost my curiosity, my imagination, my ability to make meaning.” – NPR Morning Edition host Rachel Martin"Such a teacher for every single person who is trying to live closer to who they were born to be and not who ...

**THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Katherine May opens up exactly what I and so many need to hear but haven't known how to name.” —Krista Tippett, On Being“Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself. . . . This is truly a beautiful book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert"Proves that there is grace in letting go, stepping back and giving yourself time to repair in the dark...May is a clear-eyed observer and her language is steady, honest and acc...

**THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Katherine May opens up exactly what I and so many need to hear but haven't known how to name.” —Krista Tippett, On Being“Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself. . . . This is truly a beautiful book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert"Proves that there is grace in letting go, stepping back and giving yourself time to repair in the dark...May is a clear-eyed observer and her language is steady, honest and acc...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER“When I tell you that I dogeared almost every page in this book, I'm telling God's honest truth. I didn't know how much I needed someone else to validate what I was going through. The sense that I had lost my curiosity, my imagination, my ability to make meaning.” – NPR Morning Edition host Rachel Martin"Such a teacher for every single person who is trying to live closer to who they were born to be and not who ...

“A beautiful and honest reflection on caregiving in all its rewards and complexity. Katherine May gives voice to the array of emotions so many caregivers experience but often feel unable to say out loud.” — Emma Heming Willis, New York Times bestselling author of The Unexpected Journey**From the New York Times bestselling author of Wintering and Enchantment, a radical reimagining of care: the work we resist and resent, b...

“A beautiful and honest reflection on caregiving in all its rewards and complexity. Katherine May gives voice to the array of emotions so many caregivers experience but often feel unable to say out loud.” — Emma Heming Willis, New York Times bestselling author of The Unexpected Journey**From the New York Times bestselling author of Wintering and Enchantment, a radical reimagining of care: the work we resist and resent, b...