Hysterical Water is a collection of fierce, funny, feminist poems, prose poems, and essays with poems woven through them, all connected by threads associated with female “hysteria” and motherhood. Hannah Baker Saltmarsh troubles the historic pseudodiagnostic term hysteria as both a constraining mode used to contain and silence women and as a mode that oddly freed women to behave outside the bounds of social norms.The poems in this collection question the way mater...

A thoughtful exploration of male poets' contributions to the literature of motherhoodIn the late 1950s the notion of a "mother poem" emerged during a confessional literary movement that freed poets to use personal, psychosexual material about intimate topics such as parents, childhood, failed marriages, children, infidelity, and mental illness. In Male Poets and the Agon of the Mother, Hannah Baker Saltmarsh argues that male poets have contributed to what ...

A feel-good dog story."Countless deadly mines lay in wait under the smoldering Afghan desert. In Kandahar, every car could be a bomb; every man, woman and child could be your killer. There, the only one standing between you and your death is me, Corporal K-9 Butter. Day after scorching day, my K-9 friends and I scour the desert to uncover your killer. But it only takes one mistake. And one bullet…""Jones'… K-9 Heroes series… is a lovely tribute to the brave canine o...

A feel-good dog story."I tried to be good, but I got bored.""So, what if I grew up behind bars? It's not about where you start; it's all about the journey. Mine took me to Kandahar, where a sea of mines lies in wait under the hot Afghan desert. There, every car could be a bomb; every human your killer. The only thing standing between you and death is me, K-9 Lovely, scouring the desert to detect whatever hungers to kill you. I have the best nose in the business and the guts...

Listen to this sweet heartwarming true story about a runaway dog who arrived late one stormy night at my home nestled in the forest on a hilltop on the island of Maui. He had a frayed yellow nylon cord rope wrapped tightly around his neck, and his fur was filled with mud. Most likely he had fled from an abusive environment. He found refuge at my home. He stepped into my life and opened my heart, becoming my companion and best friend. This was a true Godsend. Sparkey's sweet spirit has touc...

"Until you hoomans learn to sniff each other's butts so you can read each other's thoughts, you'll need us, dogs, to guide you, love you and set you straight." Corporal K-9 GuinnessKirkus Review: Excitement, tears, and many chuckles in a winning story about a courageous K-9."Guinness is an irresistible lead character—smart and steadfast but also soulful and delightfully snarky. While the narrative offers adventure and some tragedy throughou...

On the advice of a five-dollar psychic, Tina Martin, a zany, overworked mother of two, quits her high-powered job and moves her family to Shanghai. Tina yearns for this new setting to bring her the zen-like inner peace she’s always heard about on infomercials. Instead, she becomes a totally exasperated fish out of water, doing wacky things like stealing the shoes of a shifty delivery man, spraying local women with a bidet hose, and contemplating the murder of her new pet cricket.It...

Baking is the most difficult aspect of the gluten-free diet to overcome, but using clever substitutes and ingenious baking methods, experienced baker Hannah Miles has created a delicious selection of gluten-free versions of everyone's favourites. Cookies, Brownies & Bars include Ginger Cookies, Caramel Shortbreads and White Chocolate and Walnut Brownies. A chapter devoted to Cakes provides inspiration for birthdays and other special occasions - try Apple and Pecan Cake; Caramelized Lemon P...

The Daily Joy devotional inspires women to engage with God's word every day, allowing the truth of the gospel to transform their lives throughout the year. Featuring content from the ESV Women's Devotional Bible, Scripture meditations and articles are written by more than 50 Christian writers and pastors including Joni Eareckson Tada, Lydia Brownback, Dane C. Ortlund, Jen Wilkin, Sam Storms, and Nancy Guthrie. Focused on biblical teaching and God's transforming grace, the...

Lissabon, Mixed Zone im Schatten des Krieges, Tummelplatz der Exilanten und AgentenIm Frühsommer 1940 trieb die Wehrmacht Flüchtlinge durch Westeuropa. Wer es nicht per Schiff nach England schaffte, suchte Zuflucht in Lissabon: Tausende warteten im neutralen Portugal auf ein Schiff. Britische Spione und deutsche Agenten belauerten sich, Rohstoffeinkäufer suchten große Mengen an Sardinen für Hitlers Heer zu kaufen und wichtiger noch: das seltene und nicht zu ersetze...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

**2022 Christianity Today Award of Merit, Missions & Global Church"A powerful and moving collection of sermonic letters"** --Tim Challies"If we want revival in our communities, then let us learn from those being revived." For many Western Christians, the experience of suffering and persecution is remote. For Chinese Christians, on the other hand, persecution is a regular aspect of the Christian life. If a Christian from the West is transported to a Chinese house church, the...