This endearing story stars an eccentric, exceedingly wealthy Merchant in disguise. He drives a white cube van to a flea market where he proceeds to purchase everything. After lovingly restoring each piece, he sends Michael on assignment to deliver the items as gifts. Seven people are delightfully surprised when they encounter royalty on an ordinary day. Gorgeous, hand-drawn illustrations charm the hearts of young and old in this timeless treasure.A captivated fan of childrens liter...

A unique and revelatory guide to understanding and navigating the unwritten rules of the workplace—the key to achieving success, finding meaning, and staying true to your authentic self in today’s business world—from the organizational expert and celebrated author of The Fix.In her two decades researching organizations, Michelle King has discovered that people who succeed possess a particularly unique skill: They know how workplaces work. More spe...

The first in the Transient Tales series collects 11 short stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror, totalling 20,000 words and ranging from light to dark and all shades in-between.Volume 1 features dysfunctional families--some demonic, some that don’t have that excuse--monstrous assassins, pragmatic cannibals, time-travelling reality TV shows, zombies, witches, phobias made real, law-breaking love and lessons in post-apocalyptic survival.The Fine Art of Fortun...

**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"This delicious book is a must-read for cooks and food lovers." —Lizz Schumer, PeopleA spirited new history of Chinese food told through an account of the remarkable life of Fu Pei-mei, the woman who brought Chinese cooking to the world.**In 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and ...

In the vein of #Girlboss and Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, discover how to thrive at work from the head of the Global Innovation Coalition for Change at UN Women with this “passionate, practical roadmap for addressing inequality and finally making our workplaces work for women” (Arianna Huffington).For years, we’ve been telling women that in order to succeed at work, they have to change themselves first—lean in, negotiate li...

A unique and revelatory guide to understanding and navigating the unwritten rules of the workplace—the key to achieving success, finding meaning, and staying true to your authentic self in today’s business world—from the organizational expert and celebrated author of The Fix.In her two decades researching organizations, Michelle King has discovered that people who succeed possess a particularly unique skill: They know how workplaces work. More spe...

The fourth in the Transient Tales series collects 11 short stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror, totalling 20,000 words and ranging from light to dark and all shades in-between.Volume 4 features a life coach to the Gods, a ghost-disposal expert, a time gambler, a singing slug, a cunningly-disguised space teleport device, a girl who can eat anything, an inter-dimensional auction, a suburban demon infestation, a Garden of Eden where everyone can be God, a long-suffering Mem...

What if your greatest power was the part of you you've spent years hiding?In Made of Magic, Michelle Marie King—founder of Positive Presence and mentor to thousands of teens and young adults—shares her deeply personal journey through perfectionism, people-pleasing, trauma, and transformation. Part memoir, part mirror, this book invites you into the quiet, life-altering moment when you stop performing—and start remembering who you really are.With raw honesty and soulful stor...

Female infanticide is a social practice often closely associated with Chinese culture. Journalists, social scientists, and historians alike emphasize that it is a result of the persistence of son preference, from China's ancient past to its modern present. Yet how is it that the killing of newborn daughters has come to be so intimately associated with Chinese culture?Between Birth and Death locates a significant historical shift in the representation of female infanticide ...

In 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and television cooking instructor. Years later, in America, flipping through her mother's copies of Fu Pei-mei's Chinese cookbooks, historian Michelle T. King discovered more than the recipes to meals of her childhood. She found, in Fu's story and in her food, a portal to another time, when a generation of middle-class, female ho...

What if the very things making you miserable at work aren't your fault — but a warning signal telling you it's time to take back control?You're stressed, stuck, and running on empty. Some mornings, you can't bring yourself to open your laptop. And you find yourself wondering: ‘What is wrong with me?’Nothing. It’s not you. It’s your workplace.In My Workplace Is Killing Me!, organizational psychologist Dr. Michelle Penelope King reveals how m...

In the vein of #Girlboss and Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, discover how to thrive at work from the head of the Global Innovation Coalition for Change at UN Women with this “passionate, practical roadmap for addressing inequality and finally making our workplaces work for women” (Arianna Huffington).For years, we’ve been telling women that in order to succeed at work, they have to change themselves first—lean in, negotiate li...