Nancy Roberts has often been described to as the "First Lady of American Folklore" and the title is well deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented supernatural experiences and interviewed hundreds of people about their recollections of encounters with the supernatural.This nationally renowned writer began her undertaking in this ghostly realm as a freelance writer for the Charlotte Observer. Encouraged by Carl Sandburg, who enjoyed her stories and ar...

Nancy Roberts has often been described to as the "First Lady of American Folklore" and the title is well deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented supernatural experiences and interviewed hundreds of people about their recollections of encounters with the supernatural.This nationally renowned writer began her undertaking in this ghostly realm as a freelance writer for the Charlotte Observer. Encouraged by Carl Sandburg, who enjoyed her stories and ar...

A new approach to addressing the contemporary world’s most difficult challenges, such as climate change and poverty.Conflicts over “the problem” and “the solution” plague the modern world and land problem solvers in what has been called “wicked problem territory”—a social space with high levels of conflict over problems and solutions. In Design Strategy, Nancy C. Roberts proposes design as a strategy of problem solving to close the gap between an existing ...

WINNER OF THE 2026 NEUSTADT INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE ~ SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION"Nasrallah's intensely eloquent voice gives Western audiences an insight into the lives of the marginalized "—New StatesmanSpanning the collapse of Ottoman rule and the British Mandate in Palestine, this is the story of three generations of a defiant family from the Palestinian village of Hadiya before ...

Ghada Samman’s first full-length novel, originally published in Arabic in 1974, is a creative and daring work prophetically depicting the social and political causes of the Lebanese civil war in 1975. The story opens in a taxi in which we meet the five central characters, each seeking something to give life meaning: security, fame, wealth, dignity, recognition, freedom from fear and from tradition-sanctioned, dehumanizing practices. Once they reach the capital city of Beirut, on which they...

A TOP 100 LITERARY WORK OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (THE ARAB WRITERS UNION)SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAIF GHOBASH-BANIPAL PRIZE FOR LITERARY TRANSLATIONA historical novel of social strife in medieval EgyptEgypt in the ninth century ad: an Arab, Muslim ruling class governs a country of mostly Coptic-speaking Christians. After an exorbitant land tax imposed by the caliph’s governors sparks a peasant revolt, Budayr is dispatched to the marshlan...

Winner of the 2012 Naguib Mahfouz Medal, this novel is set in an idyllic Egyptian village from the time it was discovered by Muhammad Ali's mission in the early nineteenth century to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, movingly intertwining events on the world scene with the life dramas of its protagonists. The story opens with the pivotal character, Mubarka Badr, now a grandmother and matriarch, wanting to dictate a letter to God for her grandson to send to the Almighty by email. We are then us...

'In a voice as dim as a lighthouse on a rainy night, he said, “Beware of loving a woman who loves bridges.”'______________________Once upon a September in Paris…Still heartsick over the break-up of his relationship with the alluring, elusive novelist Hayat, the narrator of The Dust of Promises finds himself adrift in Paris, where he has come to receive a photography award.His photograph of a traumatised war-o...

'Love always sits in a seat other than the one we were expecting it to, right alongside the place where we expected love to be'In the midst of the Algerian civil war, Hayat is a young novelist trapped in a loveless marriage. While her husband, a high-ranking officer, preoccupies himself with politics, Hayat finds freedom from her highly regimented life in the world of her writing. There she weaves a passionate story for her characters.But the line ...

"Louisiana Prehistory" by Nancy W. Hawkins and Robert W. Neuman offers a comprehensive exploration of the ancient cultures that inhabited Louisiana. The authors delve into archaeological findings, providing insights into the lives of Native American tribes and their interactions with the environment. Through meticulous research, the book highlights significant archaeological sites and artifacts, illustrating the rich tapestry of Louisiana's prehistoric past. The narrative is both informati...

Mary Shea and Nancy Roberts walk educators through helping students develop authentic, real-world skills, focusing on Facts, Inferences, Vocabulary, Experiences, Summary, and applying knowledge acquired to write cohesive paragraphs and essays. In this book, the authors explore:• Intervention strategies for various groups• Working with English-language learners• Meeting Common Core State Standards (CCSS)• Discussions that enhance learning and build community...

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 31: March 2018Mike Resnick, EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherStories: Michael Haynes, Robert Jeschonek, Nancy Kress, Matt Dovey, Brennan Harvey, Regina Kanyu Wang, Robert Silverberg, Larry Hodges, George Nikolopoulos, Robert J. Sawyer, Jon Lasser, Steven H Silver, Orson Scott CardSerialization: Daughter of Elysium by Joan SlonczewskiColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregor...