Twenty-eight entertaining tales from Japanese folklore are featured here, and everything comes with a magical twist. Monkeys, badgers and other meddlesome creatures abound, as well as fortune tellers, malevolent spirits and mysterious paintings.A man who ardently desires eternal life is taught a lesson. A couple fall in love and find each other across the centuries. More unexpected time-slips happen in ‘Urashima Taro’, where a young fisherman ends up married to a p...

Twenty-eight entertaining tales from Japanese folklore are featured here, and everything comes with a magical twist. Monkeys, badgers and other meddlesome creatures abound, as well as fortune tellers, malevolent spirits and mysterious paintings.A man who ardently desires eternal life is taught a lesson. A couple fall in love and find each other across the centuries. More unexpected time-slips happen in ‘Urashima Taro’, where a young fisherman ends up married to a p...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn her enthralling debut, Gilly Macmillan explores a mother’s search for her missing son, weaving a taut psychological thriller as gripping and skillful as The Girl on the Train and The Guilty One.In a heartbeat, everything changes…Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It’s an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason...

“The Nanny kept me in white-knuckled suspense until the very last page. Gilly Macmillan’s breakout thriller is a dark and twisted version of Downton Abbey gone very, very wrong.” — Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling authorThe New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew conjures a dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets that explores the lengths people will go to hurt one another....

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes a terrifying suspense novel about what can happen after all your dreams come true.“A standout psychological thriller…Ms. Macmillan skillfully keeps all her story’s plates spinning in the air until they come crashing down in a smashing finale.” — Wall Street JournalBe careful what you wish for...Childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom are a normal, loving couple—until a massive lottery win c...

A 2026 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL HOT OFF THE PRESS SELECTIONSign along to the activities, traditions, tastes, and scenes of fall with this adorable board book from ASL expert Kathy MacMillan—an engaging tool that helps little ones communicate while celebrating the season.Signing with young children isn’t complete without the seasons! Sign the Seasons: Fall teaches eight essential signs for every child and parent to know during the au...

A landmark work of narrative history, Paris 1919 is the first full-scale treatment of the Peace Conference in more than twenty-five years. It offers a scintillating view of those dramatic and fateful days when much of the modern world was sketched out, when countries were created—Iraq, Yugoslavia, Israel—whose troubles haunt us still.Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize • Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize • Win...

"Glooskap and the First Thanksgiving": Glooskap is a figure from Mi'kmaq mythology, often depicted as a powerful and benevolent deity. In this tale, Glooskap teaches the people about the importance of giving thanks for the bounty of the land."The Boy Who Was Called Thick-Head": This story comes from the Innu people of Labrador. It follows the journey of a young boy who is teased for his lack of intelligence but ultimately proves his worth through his bravery and resourcefulness."The Coming...

Canadian Fairy Tales is a collection of 26 of Native American folk tales gathered from across Canada by Professor Cyrus MacMillan, who did not indicate the origin tribe of each story. The collection was originally published in 1922, and several tales within contain themes of creation. This is MacMillan's second collection of fairy tales. Like the Grimms Brothers did in Europe, MacMillan traveled the country seeking tales from the First Nations people in Canada. HOW GLOOSKAP MADE THE BIRDS ...

This book brings together the latest thinking about poverty dynamics from diverse analytic traditions. While covering a vast body of conceptual and empirical knowledge about economic and social mobility, it takes the reader on compelling journeys of multigenerational accounts of three villages in Kanartaka, India, twelve years in the life of a street child in Burkina Faso, and much more. Leading development practitioners and scholars from the fields of anthropology, economics, political sc...

Thrashing and Cavorting (A Guiding Life) invites readers to join in the quest of a lifetime: catching trophy North Pacific salmon courtesy of a resourceful and world-renowned guide. Fishing at the highest level is first but the adventures also include dangerous encounters with killer whales, treacherous tidal pools and perilous high-sea storms.The chapters range from meeting the genius of salmon smoking, an ever-vigilant lighthouse keeper and a wise herring-monger to music...

Feeling tense, restless, or "always on edge"? You're not broken — your brain is just doing its job.In How To Stop Being Anxious, psychologist Owen MacMillan, PhD, reveals how anxiety is not a personal weakness, but a biological alarm system that's been hijacked by modern life. Drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, this book gives you the practical, science-based tools to calm your mind, break free from overthinking, and take back control of your life.Th...