**Winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual FictionLonglisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut NovelSly, surprising, and razor-sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite, beauty-obsessed world where perfection comes at a staggering cost.**Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at the Conservatory can. She employs a technique she learned from her parents—also talented musicians—who fled China in the wake of the ...

Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, Severance."A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring." **—**Michael Schaub, NPR.org“A satirical spin on the end times-- kind of like The Office meets...

The tragic and resonant story of the disappearance of eight men--the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur--from Toronto's queer community.Shortlisted for the 2021 Toronto Book AwardsIn 2013, the Toronto Police Service announced that the disappearances of three men--Skandaraj Navaratnam, Abdulbasir Faizi, and Majeed Kayhan--from Toronto's gay village were, perhaps, linked. When the leads ran dry, the investigation was shut down, on paper ...

While the Church of England provides practical resources for clergy as they make changes in their ‘careers’, very little theological reflection has been done around this subject. Not all change is welcome and driving factors differ from those in secular employment. This important volume explores key questions to consider at points of transition.

**“A superb work of fiction.”—New York Times Book ReviewWhat if you could enter the mind of the person you love the most?**Enka meets Mathilde in art school and is instantly drawn to her. Mathilde makes art that feels truly original, and Enka—trying hard to prove herself in this fiercely competitive world—pours everything into their friendship. But when Mathilde’s fame and success cause her to begin drifting away, Enka becomes desperate to keep her close.En...

From the award-winning author of Natural Beauty comes a fierce, beautiful novel of survival, faith, and love—following a young boy raised in an isolated matriarchal societyBodie is a shy, sweet, curious boy who grows up in the Veil, cared for by his many mothers and devoted to his female God. He spends his days playing in the forest and fulfilling his various responsibilities, which include educating the younger children on the history of their world. Incr...

A rousing science fiction romp in outer space! Adventure and fun abound as Liam and Erin navigate their way across the Milky Way. Astro, a little green Anurin, lands in the siblings’ back yard one summer morning. He takes them to Anura, his planet, to help save its citizens from the Plutons and their dastardly leader, Lord Diamond. As the Last Hopes, Liam and Erin must leave everything they know and love to navigate an alien world. Danger lurks in every corner as they dodge dungeons, lumoc...

Developing Faithful Ministers aims to support the work of all those involved in supervision and training relationships within the Church. The Church recognising its call to serve God and the nation seeks to equip and develop its ministers to face the challenge of ministry in a society at the threshold of Christendom that is in a mission context. It is a context where both the general public and the institutional church have significant expectations of those in ministry. Indeed, there is no...

Nikki is your typical bored office girl, but when she finds a mysterious package waiting on her doorstep, her humdrum life transforms into an afternoon of sexual ecstasy. Let the poetic prose of Clyde Ling satisfy your deepest desires in this hot tale of desire and magic. Adult 18+

"Shuixin, what do you think are my strong points?" "Too fierce!" "What about the flaws?" "Too fierce!" "Tell me why you sneaked away." "You are too fierce!" After finishing her sentence, she was pressed down heavily by him. Then, he saw a woman lying on the ground with a sore back for three days.He was a cold-blooded and arrogant devil in the eyes of others, but he only doted on her. From then on, she led a fierce and blissful life that he doted upon to the point o...

"Creepy yet fascinating . . . Of interest to anyone seeking more insight into the everyday life of one of history's monsters" ( Library Journal).Heinz Linge worked with Adolf Hitler for a ten-year period from 1935 until the führer's death in the Berlin bunker in May 1945. He was one of the last to leave the bunker and was responsible for guarding the door while Hitler killed himself. During his years of service, Linge was responsible for all aspects of Hit...

Want marketing that works? Stop selling and start connecting.Forget the buzzwords and the hot new tactics. Good marketing is choosing the message and channel that actually land with audiences. So what do you say, and how do you know it will work? The marketing that wins is rooted in simple principles: Be authentic, speak to a real audience, and make it resonate. The challenge is turning those principles into a narrative strategy that performs in the real world. Bec...