Mama and her two young daughters, Szerena and Gisella, never thought they would be without Papa for five long years. Ever since he left their small farm in Czechoslovakia for America, they have been waiting for him to send for them. In the meantime, with the help of family and neighbors, Mama and the girls work on the farm. While Szerena wishes for "a papa like everyone else," Gisella can't remember their father, and wishes he had not gone away without them. Finally, the big day arrives, a...

New York Times Bestseller: A "fascinating portrait" of one of the men enslaved by James and Dolley Madison, and his journey toward freedom ( Publishers Weekly).Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once he was finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and impoveri...

When a shared love of Bowie draws Jess to the captivating Astrid, she has no idea that her carefully planned future risks being torn apart…It’s 2007. Bowie is alive, and Jess is at university with her boyfriend, Robert. Their future together is all planned out, and Jess willnever, ever, have to be alone again.At a party, Jess meets Astrid, a fellow Bowie fan whose world brims with adventure and possibility. Amidst clinking glasses and the infectious rhythm of 'Let’...

He’s a man with a secret. She’s honest to a fault—and about to blow his cover.Alice Taylor is ready to leave her small-town life behind and start fresh. When the opportunity to work for billionaire Billy Baxter—who’s launching a professional soccer team—lands in her lap, she jumps at the chance.Adventure, a new city, and a career? Yes, please.Only Alice didn’t plan on Will.Ridiculously sexy, effortlessly charming, and annoyingly professional...

In her remarkable second novel following her Governor General’s Award-winning debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, Jen Ferguson writes about the hurt of a life stuck in past tense, the hum of connections that cannot be severed, and one week in a small, snowy town that changes everything.Overachievement isn’t a bad word—for Berlin, it’s the goal. She’s securing excellent grades, planning her future, and working a part-time job at Pink Mo...

"I'm the last surviving member of my pack, and I'm running for my life.As the future pack leader of the Silver Wolves, my life was carefully planned: stay hidden, and learn to fight. In an instant, everything changes.My pack was slaughtered by an unknown enemy. Alone and unsure who to trust, I search for safety.Now, there's a pack leader who offers me something that no one else can--protection.He’s sexy, an absolute jerk, and my fated mate.The more I try ...

Kan man bygga en politisk filosofi på människors beroenden och sårbarhet istället för på deras självständighet, socialitet eller förnuftskapacitet? I sin analys och omformulering av den politisk-filosofiska frågan om erkännande lyfter Victoria Fareld fram Hegels aktualitet, via en diskussion av främst Charles Taylors bruk av dennes tänkande. Fareld argumenterar för en filosofi som utgår från människors utsatthet – en vidkännandets filosofi. Men Hegel är en obändig bundsförvant. Samtidigt s...

This book sets out to document and analyse the Sámi narrative tradition. It considers the worldviews inherent in the narratives and links them to traditional cosmology and other cultural expressions (such as joik and duodji). The chapters address a variety of issues, including care for children, the perception of nature, disputes over land and natural resources, local justice, the spiritual world of everyday life, and Læstadianism. Sketching Sámi history and the cultural context of storyte...

This book explores the significance of new information technology for socio-cultural change and provides ethnographic insight into the early days of remote working. It draws on long-term anthropological fieldwork among people in rural Denmark working from home via the internet. Going back to the late 1990s and early 2000s, the study demonstrates how remote and flexible working was mostly practiced informally, fostering incremental changes to the cultural domain of ‘work’. It captures the d...

Jen Vincent believes everyone is a writer. This conviction has long been her secret to success in classrooms and workshops where she empowers writers of all ages.In Living the Life of a Writer, Vincent shifts the focus of writing instruction from the writing to the writer—guiding teachers so they can help students boldly face the blank page and move through their writing process with enthusiasm.Through a broad lens view, Vincent explores writing instruction as a cl...

A significant driver of disengagement amongst employees is a lack of psychological safety generated from weak and underdeveloped intra- and interpersonal skills on the part of managers. Addressing the issue head on, this book enables leaders to lead with conscious awareness to build and sustain psychologically safe cultures through which team members may positively engage with work in a far more meaningful and purposeful way.All too often, leadership-follower relationships are pure...

This book takes the reader from the early stages of being a mommy to the end destination of mentoring adult children. As we, parents, grow and become more experienced in life, we have an ongoing responsibility to deposit wisdom, truth, and guidance to them.Reading this book will help you identify what stage you and your child are in, and how to successfully move through each stage. The primary goal is mentorship.You will learn how to:• Punt the responsibility back t...