For those who love their short stories spicy, we're delighted to bring you Duck Prints Press's debut explicit anthology Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica. In this collection of brand-new stories, we celebrate many flavors of polyamory. Orgy? Yes please! Ménage à trois? C'est magnifique! Foursomes and moresomes? Delighted to attend! We asked our contributors to blow our minds with their fun combinations, unusual settings, favorite trope usage, and (of course) super sexy smut—a...

There is always something interesting going on with Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and their kids, Daniel and Grace. Today’s adventure begins on a beautiful, summer-like Saturday in a park near the Chapmans’ house.While playing kickball with friends in the park, Grace notices a disturbance nearby. Grace’s intolerance for bullying and her compassionate heart move her into action.Follow this colorfully illustrated story of bravery and compassion as Grace, with the support of Daniel and...

There is always something interesting going on with Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and their kids, Daniel and Grace. Today’s adventure takes place at bedtime as Mr. and Mrs. Chapman tuck the children into bed. Daniel always has great questions, especially at this time of night. Even though he has said his bedtime prayers for as long as he remembers, questions start to rise up in his head. Follow the story and colorful illustrations as Mr. and Mrs. Chapman use common sense and scripture to satisfy th...

There is always something interesting going on with Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and their kids, Daniel and Grace. Today’s adventure takes place on a beautiful, brisk, fall Saturday in their own backyard.Grace and Daniel’s curiosity leads them to an unexpected find and into a situation that will cause them to make choices that will affect something other than themselves.Follow the story and colorful illustrations as Mr. and Mrs. Chapman lead by example and teach Daniel and Grace ho...

This compilation of research and stories from the field about multilingual family-school partnerships explores where systemic inequities exist at the school, district, or community level, and consider strategies that disrupt normative ways in which multilingual families are included in educational decisions. The authors present family-school partnerships in educational and non-educational settings across the United States, and identify frameworks, models, and practices for engaging multili...

Conservatives have disagreed about many things, but they have long been united by the belief that the mainstream—or “liberal”—media is biased against them. Why did conflict with the press become so central to conservative identity, and how has antipathy toward the media shaped the modern conservative movement? A. J. Bauer traces how decades of right-wing criticism of the “liberal media” reshaped US news culture and came to define conservative politics.In the 1940s, progressives saw...

From the National Review to Breitbart, from Fox News to Rush Limbaugh, conservative news is an inescapable feature of modern politics. Since the early days of mass communication, right-wing media producers have blended reporting with commentary, narrating the news of the day from a perspective informed by conservative worldviews and partisanship. News on the Right seeks to initiate a new interdisciplinary field of scholarly research focused on the study of right-wing medi...

If you don't stand up to your fears,they will destroy you.When five kids are invited to a cemetery at midnight, they think it's just a prank. When they find a gravestone that instructs them to dig up a grave, they think it's just a joke.It's no joke.An evil force is unleashed - a force that takes the shape of their worst fears.A shark in the water.A ghost in the walls.A nightmare of being buried alive.A snake about to strike.A sinister clown waiting in the woods.Once these fears are releas...

This volume is a festschrift for Katherine Nelson, an NYU professor who was a pioneer in infant perception and memory. The "mediated mind" is a term coined by Dr. Nelson and it refers to how cognitive development is mediated by the sociocultural context, including language and social interaction. The impact of Nelson's views on the sociocultural basis of cognition and her functionalist perspective on cognitive development are evident in the collection of chapters in this book. The contribu...

Game meat is consumed world-wide. In most regions, it contributes only a small part to the overall meat and food supply, but for reasons of animal welfare and sustainability it is sometimes considered an alternative to meat from farmed animals. Despite differences in game species, ante mortem conditions (free-range or fenced; wild or semi-domesticated), hunting or harvesting procedures and further handling of the carcass, there are common requirements as regards meat safety and quality. Wh...

18 festive stories of murder and mystery in the grand tradition of Christmas crime fiction, from the masters of the genre.Including the New York Times bestselling JT Ellison, USA Today bestseller Sam Carrington, Sunday Times bestseller C.L. Taylor, and many more...The award-winning Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane invite you to a festive gathering of bestselling, critically acclaimed and award-winning writers in tribute to classic crime stories....

They thought the fears were gone.They thought the nightmares would stop haunting them.But the five of them were wrong.They're older now. They're friends. But that friendship can be shattered so easily when life turns scary again.It was bad enough when it was just clowns and sharks and snakes. Back then, they had to conquer their own fear.Now . . . they have to conquer everyone else's.