How long do you stay when you never knew what love was supposed to feel like?Ashley was seventeen when she met the man she believed she'd spend the rest of her life with. She spent the next decade learning that love and endurance aren't the same thing.Raised in the deep South, where commitment was expected and endurance admired, she believed trying harder could fix almost anything. Instead, she found herself navigating a marriage marked by constant criticis...

This book presents a social and political history of KwaZulu-an ethnically defined self-governing bantustan for Zulu people under apartheid.Ashley Parcellsinvestigates bantustan state formation through a multi-tiered study of white bureaucrats, African elites, and everyday people caught up in this tumultuous process. She examines how KwaZulu came to include populations and land that had never been part of the pre-conquest Zulu kingdom; how people, especially those ...

October 1884When Kat Holloway is asked to investigate a haunting in a house in Manchester Square, she welcomes the challenge, as she is missing her daughter and wishes to keep as busy as possible. Kat is very certain she’ll find human culprits up to no good and will soon unmask the prankster.Little does she expect that the harmless tricks conceal sinister and disturbing scandals in the seemingly ordinary house. Kat fears that if she and her friends do not discover what is t...

How women and queer gamers express and elicit excitement, creativity, and desire in online gaming communities and beyond.How do cosplayers, modders, fan artists, fanfiction authors, and TikTok content creators build communities for marginalized and underserved fans of games? In Play Like a Fangirl, Kristine Ask, Ashley Guajardo, Tanja Sihvonen, and Jess Tompkins look at the collective efforts of such fans to create meaningful and arousing connections to vi...

Serve main character energy with the sayings in this Gen Z dictionary, curated to help you pass the vibe check and have your conversations hit differentEver feel like your friends are, no cap, speaking in an alien language? Or maybe you've picked up on a couple of popular phrases, but you're worried you're out of the loop and losing aura points on the daily? If you're stressing, say less. When it comes to slaying like a true zoomer, this little guide has got you qu...

Admiral Marcul Emberdeath has a new mission: try out an untested weapon, hijack a ship smuggling parasitic würms, capture one of the crew members to find out where these shipments are coming from, and do it all while Trillia livestreams their exploits on the Netwürk... oh, and figure out a way to keep his flagship's AI from being a jackass to him while the whole 'Verse is watching. What could go wrong?

Cue the spotlight! Sophie is ready to shake things up and steal the show in this laugh-out-loud, utterly original picture book perfect for fans of Eloise and Olivia.Sophie was BORN to be a star. But somehow in the annual production of The Nutcracker, Sophie is never cast as one of the cute, tutu-wearing flowers or peppermint drops. No, Sophie is always a RAT. But if it's her destiny to be a rat, then Sophie is determined to be the RAT KIN...

**When Annie Meyers wakes up in a made-for-TV Christmas movie starring her ex-situationship and a now not-so-dorky childhood neighbor, her plans to swear off love—and Christmas—begin to unravel.Perfect for fans of A Merry Little Meet Cute, this holiday rom-com will enchant readers who have a love-hate relationship with Christmas movies.**Thirtysomething Annie Meyers is having a rough year. Her situationship with the noncommittal Chris fizzled out, and her best frie...

Jean Keller, the daughter of the notorious witch Pamela Keller-Wagner, is being forced to marry a complete stranger. At the age of 17, she dreams of swimming in the sea, or for one more day with her little sister, Kimberly Keller. Excitement, adventure, and danger come in the form of a boy. A dirty, lonely boy with his own secrets.The Boy at Robbins Pond is a tale of forbidden love, tradition, and obligation set in the 1970s.

Therapists are rarely taught how to talk about the darkest moments of their careers-the frightening, overwhelming, and sometimes traumatic experiences that can lead to burnout, self-doubt, and isolation. These moments, known as Adverse Psychological Events (APEs), can profoundly alter a clinician's confidence, worldview, and professional identity. Yet they are often left unspoken.The Resilient Therapist brings those experiences into the light. Drawing on the lived experien...

A pinch of patience. A dash of mercy. And a love that blooms in the rockiest soil.Welcome back to Gracehaven.Marigold Dawn has always had a gift for making everyone around her comfortable and happy. Unfortunately, that gift comes with a terrible habit of saying yes.Yes to another last minute cake order at the Honeybloom Bakeshop. Yes to organizing the summer farmers' market completely by herself.And somehow, yes to ...

Musa and his friends return to share their favorite days of the week and why each one is special to them in this sweet and heartwarming picture book sequel to Our Favorite Day of the Year.Musa is excited to see his classmates at the start of the week, but when he sees Zohra looking sad and asks her why, he discovers Zohra is missing her favorite day of the week! She loves Tuesday, when her neighborhood sanitation workers come around. Musa’s other classmate...