December, 2009. A reduction in force leaves Abigail's boyfriend, Garrett, out of work and both of them without housing. Armed with no other choice, they are forced to move from Chicago to south-central Illinois, where a local medical practitioner left the building to Abigail in a trust. Used to moving around after a childhood spent in the foster system, Abigail considers this a pit stop, a place she refuses to see as a new home.As Garrett convinces her to stay so they can save some...

New 4th Edition, revised and updated! This substantially revised and expanded edition benefits from an additional decade of observation of puppy behavior by its authors and includes effective, up-to-date methods for educating puppies to become good canine citizens. Covers planning for the new puppy, selecting a breeder, house training, where to sleep at night, bonding with your new puppy, socialization, discipline, simple commands and leash training. Learn the stages of development and wha...

Three female led books on the femdom wife and the methods they use to condition their men into sexual and domestic obedience - as well as the female friends and lovers who help them to achieve their ends.ADULT MATERIAL

Food & Wine Best Cookbooks of 2024 • New York Times Best Cookbooks of 2024 • 2025 James Beard Award Nominee for Baking and Desserts • 2025 IACP Julia Child First Book Award Nominee“Breaking Bao is the rare cookbook that stops you in your tracks. Visually arresting, thoughtfully researched, and both whimsical and grounded in serious baking expertise.”

Now in paperback, a romantic love story by the great Brazilian writerLóri, a primary school teacher, is isolated and nervous, comfortable with children but unable to connect to adults. When she meets Ulisses, a professor of philosophy, an opportunity opens: a chance to escape the shipwreck of introspection and embrace the love, including the sexual love, of a man. Her attempt, as Sheila Heti writes in her afterword, is not only “to love and to be loved,” but also “...

Open Land, Open Heart: 33 Classic Ranching Storybooks to Love gathers ranching tales in which labor, landscape, animal companionship, and frontier adventure become vehicles for moral and imaginative discovery. Its range extends from brisk juvenile adventures and episodic series fiction to regional realism, romance, humor, and wilderness narrative. Cattle drives, homesteads, riding schools, ranch families, and encounters with the open range furnish memorable set pieces while revealing how p...

"A Tenderfoot Bride: Tales from an Old Ranch" by Clarice E. Richards is a captivating narrative that transports readers to the rugged landscapes of the American West. The story follows a young bride who navigates the challenges of ranch life, blending romance and adventure. Through vivid descriptions and relatable characters, Richards paints a picture of resilience and love in a time when the frontier was both a harsh and beautiful place. The protagonist's journey of self-discovery and ada...

In My Grandmother's Embroidery, Clarice Campos transforms threads, stitches, and fabrics into memory, affection, and ancestry. While embroidering, the narrator's grandmother also weaves stories, teachings, and memories that travel across generations. Through colorful threads, delicate words, and poetic imagery, the book gently explores belonging, Black identity, freedom, and cultural heritage in a warm and sensitive way. Each page reveals how the act of embroidery can connect past...

For twelve years she has been the perfect wife.Respectable. Controlled. Careful not to draw attention to the body her husband insists she should hide.Short, voluptuous, and unapologetically curvy, she learned long ago that the world can be unkind to women who take up space. Her husband reminds her of that often—masking criticism as honesty while quietly claiming ownership over the very curves he pretends to despise.But the day she shows a luxury home to a confident ...

'"What can I do?" It is a question millions are asking at this unprecedented time in history. What can I do to fight oppression and injustice? How do we get a better world, one that doesn't prioritize money or power, but puts the prosperity of all life first? Oppression is everywhere, but (r)evolution is rearing it's head, found in the minds of those who march, those who resist and rise and within us all. With this book, I invite you to find the way to a new world together.' – From: Claric...

Nobody cheats on my girlfriend, Gilda. Or at least, I don't. Gilda, my golden one, with her long curly blond locks. She looked like an intellectual with her square round glasses. “What do you think of this young lady Caribe, or Mousqueton, or whatever she's called?”....

An anthology of books dealing with the subject of marriages turned upside down.With the husband at the very bottom of the pile!This volume contains:"WIFELY CONTROL" by Clarice Darling; "CAGING ANDREW" from Charlotte Glendinning; and Rafael Menton's "THE EMPOWERED WIFE"Female-Led fiction for the reader fascinated by the female of power.