A wisdom tale about a leaf who must contend with abilities that can have a strong effect on others. It is tale for all ages with rich photography that appeals to all sizes of eyes. The Purple Leaf must learn to let go of things that it believes are the only way forward in life in order to open up to greater things.

If a year of study or work is a competitive marathon, all-nighters are often the sprints in which certain runners break away from the pack. Tap into your genius and achieve greater success by learning to strategically pull an all-nighter.Whether fine-tuning a business plan or trying to come up with the next high-performing app, pulling an all-nighter can be your key to success, if used wisely and managed effectively. In The 24-Hour Genius, all-nighter expe...

Specialness is great until it isn't. A young girl is called holy by a traveler and then the entire village goes a little crazy about it. This tale shows the challenge of bringing together the higher and lower things of our world and how to do so without harm. It shows how being different or unique can be both wonderful and challenging.

Eric Epstein weaves multiple story lines into an experiential, eye-opening guide for leaders, consultants, counselors, natural helpers, spiritual guides, teachers, and mentors. Readers see the living details of how recovery from deep suffering can occur and are stretched to consider new ways of creating contexts where this is possible. Discovering how to see deeply, broadly and in proportion while integrating these insights into practices makes this book both practical and transformative. ...

Cowinner of the MLA Prize for Bibliographical or Archival ScholarshipThe Muriel Rukeyser Era makes available for the first time a range of Muriel Rukeyser's prose, a rich and diverse archive of political, social, and aesthetic writings. Eric Keenaghan and Rowena Kennedy-Epstein assemble a selection of unpublished and out-of-print texts, demonstrating the diversity, brilliance, and possibilities of mid-twentieth-century wom...

A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase.It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is crushed to learn that she's been...

Argentina is still reeling from the worst economic and political crisis to afflict the nation in its modern history. Since December 2001, the country has been through economic depression and bankruptcy, the impoverishment of half the population, a presidency that changed four times in the span of two weeks, and social protests met by state repression that left dozens dead and hundreds injured.What brought on this state of affairs? What are the primary features of this crisis? Who a...

Every four minutes, over 50 children under the age of five die. In the same four minutes, 2 mothers lose their lives in childbirth. Every year, malaria kills nearly 1.2 million people, despite the fact that it can be prevented with a mosquito net and treated for less than $1.50.Sadly, this list goes on and on. Millions are dying from diseases that we can easily and inexpensively prevent, diagnose, and treat. Why? Because even though we know exactly what people need, we just can'Äôt ...

German Scholars in Exiledeals with intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in either the United States or in American Services in Great Britain and post-WWII Germany. The volume focuses on scholars who were outside the commonly known Max Horkheimer-Hannah Arendt circles, who are less well-known but not less important. Their experiences ranged from an outstanding career at an Ivy-League university to a return to the German Democratic Republic and a position as an econo...

Declared dead some twenty-five years ago, the idea of freedom of contract has enjoyed a remarkable intellectual revival. In The Fall and Rise of Freedom of Contract leading scholars in the fields of contract law and law-and-economics analyze the new interest in bargaining freedom.The 1970s was a decade of regulatory triumphalism in North America, marked by a surge in consumer, securities, and environmental regulation. Legal scholars predicted the “death of contract” and its...

Thirteen-year-old Quinn and her friends can't believe their luck when spring break is extended an extra two weeks—even if it's because of some virus.But when the impact of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic becomes apparent, everyone, not just the students, has to learn to adjust to their new reality. Quinn’s father is an ER doctor and has to self-isolate to protect his family from the virus. Isaac’s mother is the chief of police and now has to enforce new physical-di...

“Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer.”—Washington PostUnfolding during an invasion of Gaza, The Lover tells the story of an affair between a young Israeli soldier and a Canadian woman. The emotional realities of ideology and war begin to change the lovers, who undergo a parallel radicalization and deradicalization. This book is for anyone seeking a deeply embodied and empathetic account of the politics of love in Israel-Palestine