Rehumanizing Supervision and Evaluation recognizes a simple but urgent truth: in a profession built on relationships, educational supervision has too often become transactional, compliance-driven, and disconnected from the human elements of teaching and learning.Through a storied and research-driven approach, this book proposes the foundation of educator love languages as a basis for evaluation, helping school leaders identify and speak each educator’s professional love la...

Infused with sapphic desire, A Dove Under My Hand: Sapphic Writings by Marina Tsvetaeva presents three works: Story of Sonechka, " Girlfriend Poems," and " Letter to an Amazon," all newly translated by Sonja Franeta. Story of Sonechka, a novella, is composed of fragments, conversations, and verse exploring Tsvetaeva' s romance with Russian actress, Sonya Holliday. The " Girlfriend Poems" are Tsvetaeva' s love lyrics to Russian poet Sofia Parnok. Seven additional ...

From the author of Echo Loba, Loba Echo comes another thought-provoking blend of memoir, science, and cultural history.Dive into a mesmerizing exploration of the ocean's depths and the intricate web of life it sustains. Red Sky in the Morning is more than just a book; it's a journey into the heart of our planet's most vital ecosystem. With lyrical prose and keen insight, the author blends personal stories, scientific research, and Indigenous wisdo...

He promised her his whole life. Then he died with his mistress. But his lies stayed alive.Anna and James. Their first meeting seemed fortuitous. On the tail end of a bad date, Anna fell for the handsome bartender in the tiny town tucked amid New York’s Finger Lakes. And James fell for her.But only days into their romance, Anna found James entangled with another woman. One he is tied to indelibly. Still, he promised Anna his faithfulness. He promised her the...

A revelatory trip through the vibrant world of bats—and their unexpected yet essential lessons for the future of our species.Bats have a branding problem. These extraordinary animals are also some of Earth’s most misunderstood. Now, bat scientist Sonja Vernes uncovers the many reasons they should be our new best friends.The Bat's Echo is the first book to reveal the intricate links between bats and humans. Bats are vital to the health of our planet...

Love. Magic. Danger.Could these three words articulate distinct spiritual essences to fuse together?Bookstore owner, Opaline Lunn, facilitates a Speed Dating Event, in hopes of finding her soulmate. She meets attendee Detective Eamon Dayan, who wasn’t looking for love, but sparks fly at their first kiss.Together they unearth Opaline’s powers which lead to the discovery that she has two sisters, and someone called The Ancient One who wants to kill them.Unrave...

She just wanted to put her life back together. Stranded in the most remote place in the world. They'll look to her to save them.Leslie never imagined that she'd be stranded in the jungle by an Inca god, hunted by a band of mercenaries, and wanted dead by a whole village.And she never expected to lead a bunch of helpless tourists in the most hostile environment known to man.It's up to former adventurer Leslie Kicklighter to get them out alive. But su...

Chen refused to spend her life as a maid. So she became a pirate instead.Now captain of her own ship, Chen has her sights set on the greatest treasure of her career—but she'll have to go undercover as a mere cook to claim it. Aboard a rival vessel, she discovers she's not the only one hiding in plain sight. Andy, a young sailor with secrets of her own, has lived her entire life disguised as a boy—a deception born from her father's shame and society's cruelty toward...

Ella has always believed she knows who she is.But when she learns she was adopted, a desperate search for answers leads her to a forgotten photograph, a troubled past, and a stranger she never expected to trust.Journalist Chase Walker has spent years chasing missing-person cases, haunted by a tragedy he couldn't prevent. When Ella's search for her biological family crosses paths with an unsolved child abduction that has haunted him for decades, he becomes convinced the two ...

Ten interviews of Siberian gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people, based on videotape transcripts of 1990s interviews, first published in the original Russian. The book is named after the Siberian queer film festival that took place in Tomsk in in 1996. Sonja Franeta, the interviewer, writer and translator, traveled extensively throughout Russia, from Khabarovsk to Moscow along the Trans-Siberian Railway, stopping in several Siberian cities to meet LGBTQ people and talk to them ab...

Two hearts. One ship. A love worth risking everything for.When third-class passenger Clara Whitmore meets naval officer Nathaniel Avery aboard the Titanic, neither expects a forbidden romance to spark between them. But as tragedy strikes and the ship begins to sink, their love faces the ultimate test. Will fate tear them apart—or will love find a way to survive?A sweeping tale of passion, courage, and hope in the face of disaster.

Horses. Rodeos. Barrel racing. Money. Marriage.Rosalind Dunne, a twenty-five year old barrel racer, is in need of a husband, to gain her inheritance in full, to open a horse sanctuary. While in Las Vegas at a competition, she plots a way to outsmart the old fashion marriage stipulation put on her trust by her grandfather.In Vegas to attend a friend’s wedding, confirmed bachelor, Allan Smith, owner of a New York brokerage firm, wakes up in the morning to find a wedding band ...