YOUR BODY IS A DEVER DREAM is A cosmic body horror anthology from trans and GNC voices, a companion volume to YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY, and a charity drive all rolled into one. Over thirty Trans and Gender Nonconforming writers and artists come together in this energetic, fierce, and richly illustrated volume. Great unknowable forces, big concepts, space, dimensions, existential drama, good ol' body horror, cosmic dread, genre blending, weird formats, and creativity abound. Currently aim...

Long before debates over educational equity dominated the national conversation, Black communities across the American South were quietly and subversively building their own institutions. In A Born Teacher: The Making of a Black Community School in Texas, Avis A. Mullen and acclaimed writer Kirsten Mullen unearth the deeply personal and profoundly consequential story of an educator who defied the odds to create a sanctuary of learning.Set against the complex backdrop of Te...

Housewife and mother of two, Mitzy Barlow is tired of the stifling monotony of her everyday life. With a husband who brushes off all affection and a routine that leaves her bored out of her mind, playing pretend is no longer enough.To help make ends meet, she hosts Tupperware parties, selling plastic promises of the perfect home. But her true escape has always come when scribbling fantasies in her journal each night to soothe the ache of a loveless marriage.Soon she begins ...

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Chaim Frydman survived the Holocaust. He was the only Frydman who did. In Sole Survivor, architect and academic Avi Friedman travels to Europe to trace his father’s journey through the Holocaust and find his family’s genesis. He visits the homes, factories, and synagogues in which the Frydmans made their lives and the ghettos and camps in which they were imprisoned and killed. Avi finds powerful stories in interviews, archives, and the built environment itself, illustrating the ways that b...

Insurance is not a product.It is not a policy number, a deductible, or a stack of paperwork waiting to be approved.Insurance is a promise.In The Promise We Make Each Other, Avi Kahan takes readers on a journey through the history, philosophy, economics, and human reality of insurance and healthcare in America. Blending practical industry knowledge with powerful storytelling, Kahan explains how risk-sharing became one of humanity's most important social inve...

In Germany, Hans Weingart was more interested in philosophy and sports than politics. But when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rose to power, everything changed. His Jewish friends, their community, and the woman he loved were stripped of their rights, arrested, and forced to flee. As the Third Reich tightened its grip across Nazi Germany and demanded loyalty, Hans made a choice he believed would keep him alive. It was a decision that would change him forever.At Auschwitz, where he serv...

In order to take her future into her own hands, Princess Fia makes a decision she never thought she'd have to: she chooses a husband.A marriage of convenience forces her to leave everything she's ever known behind and live in a kingdom with its own customs and secrets. As she struggles to adapt to this new life, Fia quickly realizes just how complicated chasing her dreams really is.The more she searches for hidden power, the more she uncovers about her history, her husband,...

In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel.'Remarkable.' Max Hastings, THE SUNDAY TIMESToday the once flourishing Jewish community of Iraq, at one time numbering over 130,000 and tracing its history back 2,600 years, has all but vanished.Why so? One explanation speaks of the timeless clash between Arab and Jewish civilisations and a heroi...

The book addresses current housing affordability challenges and presents innovative planning and design strategies for contemporary communities and homes that are both livable and affordable. Written by a team of a planner and an architect, each of the book’s chapters stands for a subject in the design process moving from urban scale to that of a home and includes richly illustrated case studies that inspire and inform the design. By exploring the role of livability in the design process, ...

'LOEB IS AN ASTRONOMICAL SHERLOCK HOLMES**'** Washington Post'A JOY IN CONJECTURE AND AN OMNIVOROUS SPIRIT OF INQUIRY. . . CARL SAGAN WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS BOOK' The TimesIn 2017, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, went public with a theory that shook the scientific community - our solar system has been visited by advanced alien technology. His provocative and persuasive argument (and internationally bestsel...