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A soul-searching LGBTQ memoir about one woman’s attempt to plan her way to happily ever after—only to realize that healing, self-discovery, and love happen in their own time.Days after Corey’s breakup, a photo of her ex wrapped in the arms of another woman goes viral on Facebook. Confronted with this gleeful boast about “happily ever after,” Corey, a forty-something lesbian, decides that she can’t live in a state of perpetual loneliness, plagued with the burden of her own failure in finding happiness and love. Armed with her meticulously crafted checklist, Corey embarks on a mission to heal, move on, and find “the one.” But no matter how many items she checks off her list or how faithfully she follows the sage wisdom of psychics, her breakup coach, and the legendary rapper Eminem, her hope in finding her one true love begins to fade away—until she’s suddenly torn between two. Now, with her heart unexpectedly on the line, Corey must find out what she really wants—and where her true happiness lies. Autorid: Corey Seemiller

In his twenties, broke, brokenhearted, and fearful about the future, Jeremy Lloyd stumbled into a job that would change his life. More than two decades later, still an educator at Tremont in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Lloyd recounts his journey as a teacher and student of the great outdoors in Forest Time: Footnotes to an Outdoor Education. Blending natural history, daringand sometimes foolishadventure, and spiritual balm for a world suffering from widespread disconnection from nature, Forest Time is equal parts personal, educational, and existential. Lloyd's stories about his work as an educator at an overnight nature center are filled with humility and conviction, examining his relationships to the forests, mountains, and rivers he calls home.Wrestling with the intersections between the wild natural landscape, high-volume tourism, and the national park system, Lloyd's explorations are born from his extensive experience and personal relationship with the park. His voice and candor are as refreshing and distinctive as the natural environment he writes about, reminding readers that the mountains are not only national treasures but also a remedy for modernity's errors and a cultural malaise fixated on material gain and ultimate safety and comfort. Vulnerable, hilarious, and widely accessible, Forest Time fits appropriately on shelves beside the works of Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, and Kevin Fedarko. Autorid: Jeremy Lloyd

Display all your favorite Smoko friends on any magnetic surface with this adorable miniature magnet set.Specifications: Includes 26 full-color rubber magnets featuring Tayto Potato, Pearl Boba Tea, Lil B Dumpling, Kai Mushroom, and more, as well as a 2-sided illustrated backdrop to build your favorite scenes Illustrated Sticker Book: Includes a 16-page mini sticker book featuring all your favorite Smoko characters Perfect Palm-Sized Gift: A must-have gift item for Smoko fans and the perfect size for stocking stuffers Officially Licensed: Authentic Smoko product Autorid: Running Press

Embrace the spirit of beekeeping and build your very own miniature beehive right at your desk.Specifications: Includes 15 pieces of pre-cut wood to assemble into a 4-inch-tall beehive with a hinged lid, complete with removeable acrylic stickers of simulated honey and bees. Also includes 2 faux jars of honey Illustrated Mini Book: Includes a 48-page mini book with essential information about how to raise your own honeybees and other beehive basics A Unique Gift: The perfect gift item for beekeepers, bee lovers, and sustainable living enthusiasts Autorid: Jessie Oleson Moore, Zoe Ingram

In this lyrical and artfully woven memoir, a short road trip to California’s Central Coast becomes an epic journey through family history, loss, and connection.When three generations of women—a Gen X narrator, her seventy-seven-year-old mother, and her twenty-two-year-old Gen Z daughter—set out for a quick trip to California's Central Coast, what begins as a road trip soon transforms into something far richer: a modern-day Odyssey. Over the course of three days, the three women brave a severe winter storm, encounter ravenous ostriches, walk through an enchanted light exhibit, binge-watch White Lotus, hunt for coffee with plant-based milk, bicker, reconcile, and share stories. Troika braids the narrative of a three-day road trip with the longer strands of migration, memory, and motherhood, creating a layered meditation on distance traveled—geographic, generational, and emotional. The result is a kaleidoscopic journey that traverses the landscapes of identity and family history and stretches from the horrors of the second world war and an escape from Soviet Russia to adolescence and motherhood in the suburbs of Silicon Valley. As the narrative swerves from heartbreak to hilarity, from Homeric detours and Russian proverbs to internet memes, it weaves together an intimate, poignant, and darkly funny meditation on how we get from where we were to where we are—and what we carry with us along the way. Autorid: Irena Smith

This book presents a global perspective on the topics of resilience and well-being as it relates to children and youths in different settings (such as schools, communities and families), underscoring the cardinal importance of culture, and designing resilience interventions in different contexts and countries around the world. The philosophy adopted by the editor is a multisystemic, cross-cultural and transdisciplinary approach in understanding the protective factors, and risk factors as well as the processes and mechanisms of resilience and well-being of all children in especially vulnerable populations. This book includes chapters from Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, showcasing the empirical studies of eminent researchers and practitioners to promote the scholarship and practice of interventions focused on resilience - more specifically, research in countries such as Greece, Portugal, Latvia, US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, India and Australia are presented. An interesting aspect of this book is the diverse approach in research methodology and theories about resilience and well-being. A significant concept of this book is its emphasis on a critical thinking mindset in processing all relevant literature on resilience and well-being, as well as in understanding which factors, mediating variables or mechanisms, may lead to successful resilience and well-being focused interventions with children and youth, as well with people who care about them (e.g. educators, parents). To conclude, this book offers a cutting-edge collection of scholarly writings focused on interventions in applied settings (e.g. schools, community centers families). A well-designed intervention is the bridge between theory and practice (praxis). In this book, new models (R2 model, BRiTE) and new prevention programs (e.g. RESCUR, Indian Resilience Intervention Program) are presented. With these new insights, the reader will be enriched in conceptualizing resilience and well-being from a global perspective. Autorid: Anastassios Matsopoulos

If you’re not lazy and just need someone to tell you exactly what to do, this is the proven, step-by-step system that makes it impossible to fail.Smart people struggle to launch because they overthink everything. They see all the risks, all the ways things could go wrong, and they freeze. They stall out before they even start. Impossible to Fail is the answer for driven entrepreneurs stuck at the starting line. If you’ve got the work ethic but you’re spinning your wheels—if you’re craving clarity and momentum—this book gives you the blueprint. Inside, you’ll get a proven, repeatable process created by someone who has launched multiple businesses, each to the top of their industries, using this exact formula. You'll learn how to overcome fear, build real traction, and create sustainable success in your business. No hype. No fluff. Just the mindset shift and the practical, tactical steps you need to finally get moving and win. Whether you’re launching something brand new or trying to level up what you’ve already started, this is the manual for taking action and making it work. You don’t need more ideas. You need a strategy you can trust—and someone who’s done it before to show you how. Autorid: Rob Stein

Create 3 purr-fect 2-inch miniature cross-stitch masterpieces of oh-so-cute cat butts with this adorable kit:Book Included: a 32-page full-color book featuring cross-stitching instructions and 4 patterns Material Specifications: 3 pieces of 4x4-inch cotton Aida cloth, 3-inch embroidery hoop, 2 tapestry needles, 8 skeins of embroidery thread, full-color double-sided poster of designs Unique Patterns: Kit includes 4 funny, furry patterns featuring cat butts (orange tabby, poofy gray, slender Siamese, and small floof) Perfect Gift: The cat theme makes this the perfect gift for cat lovers Autorid: Sosae Caetano, Dennis Caetano

Through 60 oracle deck cards and their accompanying guidebook, Caitlin McCarthy transports you into an elegant and macabre world of self-love and self-discovery.These beautiful, carefully crafted illustrations feature goddesses from around the world who have been misunderstood across time: those relegated to the stereotype of evil witches and dangerous women to be feared and ostracized. Revisited through Caitlin’s astute gaze they are symbols of power and freedom, and readers will reconnect with those very parts of themselves.Each card is accompanied in the guidebook by a myth, which explores the origins of the goddess in her respective culture, and a meaning—such as independence, courage or healing—that readers can apply to their own day to day. Delve into the worlds of Kali, Lilith, Athena or even Isis, and let them guide you to the true meaning to your life. Autorid: Caitlin McCarthy

“Offers a fresh perspective on evaluating the complexhistory of Zimbabwe, from Cecil Rhodes’s colonial aspirations to the fullestablishment of British colonial administration in Southern Rhodesia in 1923,and up to the attainment of Zimbabwe’s Black majority rule in 1980....Thompson’s valuable intervention is that his work helps readers make sense ofthe current quagmire bedeviling Zimbabwe.” —Lawrence Chamunorwa, AfricanStudies Review"Gardner Thompson has stepped forward with a nuanced history of colonial Southern Rhodesia that culminates in a judicious conclusion. His thoughtful and thought-provoking book shows the way forward." —Nigel Biggar, author of Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning"A valuable read on an almost forgotten moment in late empire . Thompson captures well the dilemma that faced Rhodesia’s white settlers, who missed a real chance for something better than the bush war and Mugabe."—Matthew Parris, Times (London) columnist and former UK member of Parliament"Wrestles with the complexities of the politics of race and racial domination in Rhodesia.... A provocative take on Rhodesian history."—Munya Munochiveyi, College of the Holy CrossGardner Thompson offers a fresh history of British rule in Southern Rhodesia, from the first colonial settlements in Mashonaland in the 1890s to the establishment of the country's sovereignty as Zimbabwe. After tracing developments in the early decades, Thompson turns to the post–World War II debate about the colony's future direction—which pitted progressive settlers against the increasingly racialist conservative core—the impact of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965, and the many damaging consequences of the choices that were made. Not least, he assesses the legacy of Rhodesian colonialism in postcolonial Zimbabwe.CONTENTS:Why a New History of Southern Rhodesia?The Founding of Southern Rhodesia.The Settler Colony.Winds of Change.Liberal Dawn?Turn to the Right.Cul-de-Sac.Legacy: Zimbabwe.Judging Empire. Autorid: Gardner Thompson

Speak plain and to the purpose with this 3" tall cheeky miniature talking bust of The Bard! Specifications: 3 1/2-inch talking bust of William Shakespeare that speaks eight phrases from his most famous works, such as “If music be the food of love, play on!” and “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”Illustrated miniature book included: A 32-page, 2-1/2 x 3-inch guide to all things Shakespeare, complete with a list of the works from which the quotes are featured. The perfect gift for theatre and lit lovers alike: Whether you're a Shakespeare enthusiast, a lover of classic literature, or simply seeking a distinctive conversation piece, this bust serves as a tribute to the man whose words have shaped the world. Includes button cell batteries. Autorid: Meel Tamphanon

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 24, Publishers: Creative Company, Author: MATTERN JOANNE, ISBN-13: 9798892009287, Date of issue: 2026

Create cozy Christmas memories with these festive crochet afghans! This pattern collection offers a delightful array of four unique afghan designs, perfect for adding a touch of handmade warmth to your holiday home or gifting to loved ones. Each afghan features striking Christmas motifs, from classic plaid and charming Christmas trees to intricate snowflakes and vibrant poinsettias. Crochet enthusiasts will enjoy exploring a variety of techniques, including tapestry crochet and raised post stitches, to create eye-catching textures and designs. These patterns are ideal for intermediate crocheters looking to create treasured heirlooms that capture the spirit of the season. Get ready to snuggle up in style and stitch your way to a festive Christmas! Autorid: Annie's Publishing

READY TO SPRING INTO ACTION!Royal Academy is off to a late start this spring—thanks to the Dark One’s surprise attack on the Spring Ball—and Melody Wave could not be more elated. After all, it’s her chance to meet her comrades-in-domestic-arms! Melody is itching to get to work and show everyone what she’s got, despite Luciana’s reluctance to let her use her maidly magic. But alas, life doesn’t always go as planned, and although Melody finds herself assisting Lect and making new friends…is it really okay for a maid to have this much free time ! And when mud is slung at her lady, Melody finds herself powerless to help, making her wonder if she really has what it takes to be a maid. As self-doubt and frustration sink in, can Melody find her way back on the path to becoming the world’s best all-works maid ever? Autorid: Atekichi, Yukiko

An Honest Christian Poet is a reflection of my journey through this life. In it, you will find my thoughts, fears, views, passions, struggles, and faith. With the reading of this book comes an understanding of all that I am. It is honest, open, and leaves nothing hidden. My journey has been unique and indeed, in the dead of winter, I have seen a wondrous thing.

A comprehensive volume on Swiss-American architect Albert Frey, whose "simple but severe" style of Desert Modernism cemented his legacy as one of the most influential architects worldwide.Inventive Modernist tracks the scope and significance of Frey’s career, from his early days in Paris working with Le Corbusier to his rise as the iconic architect of Palm Springs. With full access to Frey’s various archives, the book provides many rare and previously unexhibited architectural models, drawings, films, photographs, and furniture, and offers an exceptional visual guide that goes far beyond the mere documentation of finished buildings. New academic research, in-depth essays, and a thorough, illustrated listing of the architect’s projects between 1925 and 1997 serve to contextualize Frey’s relevance today while securing his importance as a twentieth-century architectural master.

Taking the psychic space of the zoo as its starting point, Animal Stories considers boredom, mortality, alienation, surveillance, and how we regard ourselves among the animals.John Berger looked at our alienation from animals in the history of capitalism. Garry Winogrand looked at the zoo as a theater of humans and animals. Kate Zambreno looks at us looking at them, then looks at themself looking at Kafka. What desires and thoughts do we project in our looking? How is doing so an attempt to describe and reassemble our fragmented selves? Cementing Zambreno’s place as one of the most innovative thinkers of their generation, Animal Stories ranges from the complex psychic space of the zoo to the Paris Jardin des Plantes to the writhing animal paintings of Francis Bacon to Kafka’s travel journals. The result is a study of human attempts to capture and regard movement in the still frame of an enclosure, or a photograph, or an essay.Animal Stories is part of the Undelivered Lectures series from Transit Books.

From "one of our most formally ambitious writers" (Esquire), a moving account of art and caretaking in our precarious present.In The Light Room, Zambreno offers a candid chronicle of life as a parent in a moment of profound uncertainty about public health, climate change, and the future we can expect for our children. Moving through the seasons, returning often to parks and green spaces, Zambreno captures moments of isolation and exhaustion alongside small and transcendent joys. In conversation with writers and artists ranging from Natalia Ginzburg to Joseph Cornell, Yūko Tsushima to Bernadette Mayer, Etel Adnan to David Wojnarowicz, The Light Room represents an impassioned appreciation of community and the commons, and an ecstatic engagement with the living world.How are our memories, and our children's, affected by our profound disconnection? What does it mean to bring new life, and new work, into this world of precarity and crisis? In The Light Room, Zambreno offers a vision of how to live in ways that move away from disenchantment, and toward light and possibility.

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Math + cats = an infinitely more entertaining exploration of the concepts and principles that are the foundation of our understanding of mathematics. In Math Cats, mathematician and professor Daniel Look, along with a clowder of his feline friends, reveals the charming connections between mathematics and cats with 22 fun and fur-filled lessons. We know all cats are cute, but only some are acute. Others are obtuse (no offense) and more are always right (and never let you forget it), as you'll learn by exploring how kitties represent different types of angles. When they curl out for a mid-day catnap, they perfectly represent the concept of a golden spiral. And when they squeeze into too small boxes or balls, they're providing a geometric lesson in topological equivalence. Packed with illustrations, this collection of proofs, theorems, and formulas is equal parts delightful and educational, and perfectly sized for your own cat to knock off our bookshelf.

2023 is the 25th anniversary of the release of “The Truman Show” movie. If you haven’t seen the movie, starring Jim Carrey, go watch it NOW. It just might be the most important movie ever produced.Why? Here’s what Aurora Eliam, for Reedsy Discovery, had to say....Loved it!In the book The Truman Show: It's True, Man!, author Stephen Davis encourages readers to question beliefs and behaviors from an alternate perspective. This is a book for deep thinkers who enjoy exploring alternative avenues of thought abutted by philosophic principles and quantum physics.Throughout the chapters Davis seeks to expand upon the nature of existence, focusing on scientific research. Are we living in a hologram? Are our experiences real, or are they merely an expression of the myriad of possibilities available on this plane of existence?Initially, quantum physics drew me in, and the reference to the 90s film Wunderkid-turned-cultural staple, The Truman Show, solidified the choice. This book explores the movie's themes and the rationality of such a world.I enjoyed the plentiful physics diagrams throughout the book and found them beneficial in making abstract concepts more concrete. The section on the holographic brain model was particularly interesting. Do our brains really know what will happen before conscious thought occurs?I recommend this book to readers with an interest in quantum physics, alternate theories, and philosophy. Also, if you enjoyed the movie The Truman Show and are interested in its broader simulated reality themes, this book provides a judicial exploration of what "reality" really means.Rating: 4 stars* * *And here’s what April Pulliam, Assistant Editor, Literary Titan had to say...The Truman Show: It’s True, Man!, by Stephen Davis, is a thought-provoking journey into the intricacies of our perceived reality, intertwined with the thematic backdrop of The Truman Show movie. This book elegantly melds quantum physics, neuroscience, and philosophy to challenge our conventional understanding of the world and our actions within it.Drawing inspiration from renowned physicists such as David Bohm, Leonard Susskind, Amit Goswami, and Jacob D. Bekenstein, the narrative opens with a profound question: Are we living in a hologram? The author carefully constructs a foundation for this concept, suggesting that our reality is an illusion, much like the constructed world of Truman Burbank. By paralleling these theories with the cult classic film, Davis skillfully encourages readers to rethink their lives within the context of a carefully orchestrated stage.At its core, the book articulates the idea that our perceptions shape our reality, leading to a powerful hypothesis that our brains project the world “out there” for us to experience. The parallels to The Truman Show are striking, and Davis’s work invites readers to scrutinize the authenticity of their daily lives and confront the possibility of there being no “out there” at all. It challenges our perception of reality and the agency we have over our actions, raising intriguing questions about the extent to which external observers may be orchestrating our lives, much like Truman’s creators did in the movie.Overall, The Truman Show: It’s True, Man! is an engaging book in which readers are asked to question some fundamental understandings of the world around us. This book blurs the line between reality and illusion and compels us to revisit our beliefs about the world, the nature of our actions, and the extent to which external influences may shape our lives. I highly recommend The Truman Show: It’s True, Man! for anyone who likes books that feel ‘trippy’ and make you think about the world around you.Rating: 5 Stars~ April Pulliam, Assistant Editor, Literary TitanRead more reviews at thetrumanshowistrue.com

Winged Brothers recounts the service exploits of two brothers over more than forty years of naval aviation history in both peace and war. They were deeply committed to each other and to advancing their chosen profession, but due to the vast difference in their ages and the fourteen years between their respective graduations from the U.S. Naval Academy, they experienced carrier aviation from very different perspectives. The older brother, Ernest, entered naval aviation in an era of open-cockpit biplanes when the Navy's operations from aircraft carriers were still taking form when Fleet Problems were still the primary means of determining aviation's warfighting utility and proving its merits to the fleet. Macon's story guides the reader through the Navy's transition from piston-engine aircraft to jets. For the entirety of their time in uniform, the one constant was a close fraternal bond that saw Ernest as mentor and Macon as devoted admirer and protégé, only to see those roles recede as the younger brother's achievements transcended those of the older brother. Through personal letters, official reports, first-hand accounts, and first-person interviews, their symbiotic relationship is revealed to the reader.

For the first time, the complete history of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks—the landmark cult series that changed the course of television—is told through fascinatingly detailed reporting and exclusive interviews with the show's cast and creators. From its start, when studio executives drafted a plan to recoup costs after what they predicted would be the series' inevitable failure, to the 1992 prequel movie that earned scathing reviews at Cannes, to its unexpected and acclaimed return some twenty-five years later, Twin Peaks garnered millions of devoted fans who refused to let it die. In A Place Both Wonderful and Strange, entertainment reporter Scott Meslow takes readers behind the curtain of Lynch’s and Frost’s dedication to finishing what they started, with both the prequel film and Showtime’s Twin Peaks: The Return, offering dozens of original and revelatory interviews that cast a whole new light on the extraordinary show. Twin Peaks fans will discover how hard the mercurial Lynch and affable Frost fought impatient ABC execs (ultimately losing) to keep Laura Palmer’s murder unsolved, as well as the omerta-like secrecy around the filming of the show. For a series that left as many questions unanswered as answered, Meslow’s deep reporting will give readers a new perspective, detailing scenes left on the cutting–room floor and how Season Two’s finale stunned and infuriated studio execs in what Mark Frost calls “a defiant middle finger to what they [studio executives] thought the show should be.” The influence of Twin Peaks is inescapable. It’s hard to imagine prestige television like True Detective, Severance, and so many other shows in this genre could exist without Lynch and Frost’s visionary brilliance. With David Lynch's passing in 2025, there may never be another return to the quirky, mysterious, and unforgettable town of Twin Peaks, but A Place Both Wonderful and Strange serves as testament to the impact it had on the world.