Where We Begin AgainA Novel by Adela TobinSome memories fade. Others refuse to let go.When Lola meets Sheena, she thinks it's fate—a chance encounter that will finally help her uncover the truth about her fiancé's past. But the more she digs, the more she unearths something far more unsettling: a connection she can't explain.Because Sheena knows things about Lola's life that she shouldn't. And when fragments of forgotten memories begin to su...

This book traces the history of the idea that the king and later the messiah is Son of God, from its origins in ancient Near Eastern royal ideology to its Christian appropriation in the New Testament.Both highly regarded scholars, Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins argue that Jesus was called "the Son of God" precisely because he was believed to be the messianic king. This belief and tradition, they contend, led to the identification of Jesus as preexistent, personified Wisdom...

In "Stories About Famous Precious Stones," Adela E. Orpen embarks on an enchanting journey through the world of gemstones, weaving together a tapestry of legends, histories, and cultural significances attached to these precious items. The book is distinguished by its lyrical prose and rich narrative style, which not only informs but also captivates the reader. Orpen deftly balances factual information with storytelling, presenting valuable insights into how various cultures throughout hist...

Fairy tales told around the fire on Christmas Eve—including "The Light Princess," "The Shadows," "The Golden Key," and "The Giant's Heart."Reminiscent of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, MacDonald's attempt to package a collection of short stories in the guise of a novel is built around a group of snowbound travelers attempting to pass the time in a country house by sharing stories in hopes of distracting young Adela Cathcart from her illness. Early in his care...

Could a scholarly bluestocking ever win the heart of a duke?Ambrose Thorne, Duke of Huntsford, is intrigued when Miss Adela Swift, bluestocking and amateur archeologist, barrels over him while chasing the thief who stole her research papers. What starts out as a harmless diversion to assist her in reclaiming her stolen papers manages to embroil them in scandal, and Ambrose realizes he must do the honorable thing and marry Adela. But she's stubborn and not so quick ...

The 18th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following peer review, 1463 papers and 360 posters (as short research papers) are included in the volumes of t...

Observed in Mexico and parts of the United States, El Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebratory holiday. Los Muertos is the first anthology of fiction relating to or inspired by this bicultural tradition. Each of the two dozen Mexican and Mexican American writers featured here has a unique affinity for the myriad ideas connected closely to the El Día de Muertos—some in less obvious ways. The stories connect to the metaphors and connotations related to m...

In a time of kingdoms and crusades, one man's heart is the battlefield.Cerdic, a Saxon knight, serves Count Stephen-Henry of Blois with unwavering loyalty-yet his soul remains divided. Haunted by memories of England, the land of his childhood, and bound by duty to King William, the conqueror who once showed him mercy, Cerdic walks a dangerous line between past and present, longing and loyalty.At the center of his turmoil stands Adela-daughter of a king, wif...

WINNER, JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL PRIZE, MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATIONWe tend to feel that works of fiction give us special access to lived experience. But how do novels cultivate that feeling? Where exactly does experience reside?The Location of Experience argues that, paradoxically, novels create experience for us not by bringing reality up close, but by engineering environments in which we feel constrained from acting. By excavating the history of the ...

Me list not of the chaf ne of the stre Maken so long a tale as of the corn. CHAUCER.—Man of Lawes Tale. Chapter I. Christmas Eve. It was the afternoon of Christmas Eve, sinking towards the night. All day long the wintry light had been diluted with fog, and now the vanguard of the darkness coming to aid the mist, the dying day was well nigh smothered between them. When I looked through the window, it was into a vague and dim solidification of space, a mysterious region in which awful things...

Soloists dives into the fierce, high-stakes world of professional dance, where the line between ambition and obsession blurs and passion fuels every step. Maggie is a dancer with something to prove—to herself and to the world. When she makes the cut for an elite dance company in Warsaw, it feels like a dream come true. But intense training, competition, and relentless pressure are only the beginning. She soon meets Gabriel, a talented but complicated dancer whose confidence and al...

This nine-volume set LNCS 15473-15482 constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2023, in Washington, DC, USA, in June/July 2024.For the HCCII 2024 proceedings, a total of 1271 papers and 309 posters was carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions. Additionally, 222 papers and 104 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as “Late Breaking Work”.These papers were organized in the f...