This knife-edge psychological thriller set in the entertainment hotbed of Atlanta delivers a gripping, twisty tale of one psychologist and six talented but dangerously toxic clients who push her to her own vulnerable limits—and maybe beyond—with cruel and unexpected consequences.Dr. Victoria Benning knows it’s unethical to discuss the therapy sessions of her clients, but the drama of their unpredictable lives tests her professional role like never before.First, she counsels...

When I envisioned the life that I wanted for myself, I pictured myself sitting in a rocking chair in the nursery me and my husband had spent months designing. I pictured looking down at a baby that resembled the both of us, and thanking God that he chose me to be their mother.My reality was that I was staring down at another negative pregnancy test and realizing the possibility that I had failed another cycle of IVF, alone.There was no husband here to comfort me, or a nurse...

When four college friends formed the Brown Sugarettes Mastermind Group, they had very different goals—but matched each other in ambition. Yet ten years later they can’t help wondering what happened to thehopeful, confident, driven women they used to be—and how to get them back …Radio personality Raina, known as “the black Delilah,” hates the wholesome persona that’s made her a success.Doling out syrupy versions of her grandma’s wisdom feels worlds away from the...

The American musical is a paradox. On stage or screen, musicals at once hold a dominant and a contested place in the worlds of entertainment, art, and scholarship. Born from a mélange of performance forms that included opera and operetta, vaudeville and burlesque, minstrelsy and jazz, musicals have always sought to amuse more than instruct, and to make money more than make political change. In spite of their unapologetic commercialism, though, musicals have achieved supreme artistry and ha...

Teachers Sweet and Sour is a children’s picture book that addresses Hungry Huey’s wish to have another teacher because he does not get what he wants. Ms. Sweet is his wonderfully sweet teacher who makes learning fun and tasty for the entire class. She is beautiful, kind, smart, and very, very sweet. Ms. Sweet smells pretty and she even makes the classroom smell pretty too. Each morning, Hungry Huey, Dancing Drew, Lil Mya, Too Tall Tonya, and Big Bobby enter their classroom to find a tasty,...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.Independent businesses in the United States have been under attack in recent decades. Large chains, or "big-box" stores, have dominated the market for nearly every product, in the process homogenizing our once unique Main Streets. Now local communities across the country are fighting back, and Stacy Mitchell is helping to shape the too...

National bestselling author Kiki Swinson never lets up with relentless characters, unpredictable twists, and a merciless depiction of Southern striving, scheming—and dying. Now she takes you to the explosive beginnings of wild-card lawyerYoshi Lomax, who discovers that even a life of privilege isn’t bullet proof …The perfect storm …Young, irreverent, and reckless, Yoshi is struggling to make good at her prestigious college and keep her demanding mother off her back, w...

I wasn't supposed to take on any new clients.All my current couples were already a handful.A marriage therapist with a failing marriage.If only they knew.That is until Kami Lynn walked into my office without her husband.I only treated couples.I was supposed to help save her marriage; instead, I was the main reason for its destruction.I did everything the way I was supposed to.I graduated college.Went straight into my career.

The Compton Crook Award-winning author weaves her trademark blend of science fiction and dark humor in this dazzling story that continues the imaginative saga begun in Escaping Exodus, in which a society lives in the belly of a beast—and an entire civilization's survival depends on a pair of uneasy allies who must come together for one epic battle.Nearly a thousand years removed from Earth, the remnants of humanity cling to existence inside giant, space fa...

If she wants a happy ending she’ll have to write her own storyWorking as Hollywood heartthrob Axel Harrington’s personal assistant isn’t exactly a fairy tale come true for Maddie Henry. Despite crushing on his Prince Charming looks, Maddie has had enough of Axel not recognizing her value. Well, this Cinderella is shattering the glass slipper to pursue her dream career! The"Sexiest Man Alive" has two weeks to find a new assistant. And to realize that Maddie is the key to his ...

Newly revised and updated, this landmark anthology offers gripping portraits of American life as seen through the eyes of young women of colorIt has been decades since women of color first turned feminism upside down, exposing the feminist movement as exclusive, white, and unaware of the concerns and issues of women of color from around the globe. Since then, key social movements have risen, including Black Lives Matter, transgender rights, and the activism of youn...

The brand new anthology from multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan, featuring stories set in futures wracked by the deluge, from some the best writers in SF, including Kim Stanley Robinson, Ken Liu, Paul McAuley, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Charlie Jane Anders, Lavie Tidhar, Jeffrey Ford, and James Morrow. We stand at the beginning of one of the greatest ecological disasters in the time of Man. The world is warming and seas are rising. We may deny it, but we can't hide when the water comes....