This book explores and reflects on peacebuilding, which emerges from the experiences and realities of women’s lives in East Africa, specifically, in Uganda. The author argues that often these community based peacebuilding efforts are responses to women's struggles for survival — both individually and for their families and communities. Carefully analyzing education, women's roles, human rights, conflicts, disability and immigration, this book helps to understand African women's roles in de...

Climate change and an evolving non-renewable energy sector threaten the future viability and sustainability of communities across the country. While rural communities have a special place in the national fabric, they often lack the resources to tackle these important and evolving threats.Planning for Rural Resilience: Coping with Climate Change and Energy Futures makes clear that communities and municipalities have opportunities to make informed and constructive decisions ...

The third volume of the Booker-shortlisted masterpiece about a woman lost in time.WINNER OF THE NORDIC COUNCIL PRIZE'Absolutely, absolutely incredible.' Karl Ove Knausgård'A total explosion.' Nicole Krauss'Extraordinary.' Daisy Johnson'Unforgettable.' Hernan Díaz'Breathtaking.' Chetna Maroo'Absolutely marvellous.'

It feels as though we have each been walking along our own path in the same forest. And now, we have found our way to a clearing and suddenly we see that we share not only the clearing but the forest too. You think it begins when you meet, but in fact, our stories were already entwined.'Our century's answer to Proust' New York Times'Astonishing' London Review of Books'Unforgettable' Hernan ...

This book is a collection of ten stories and one illustration by authors and artists from Canada and across the world, in response to the phrase ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’. The pieces were commissioned and presented at the 42nd edition of the Toronto International Festival of Authors (October 21-31, 2021).

From the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series, comes our new Victorian Romance collection: THE QUEEN'S BALL.With three brand new Victorian Romance novellas by Anthea Lawson, Rebecca Connolly, and Jennifer Moore.Books in the Timeless Victorian Collections:SUMMER HOLIDAYA GRAND TOURTHE ORIENT EXPRESSTHE QUEEN'S BALL

Learn to How to Doodle Like a Pro!Discover the art, satisfaction and enjoyment of drawing in one, two, three or more colors of ballpoint pen.Practice skills with abstract doodles to make beautiful artworkLearn how to shade, sketch and bring color to your workExplore mixed media and collage techniques for next-level masterpiecesPacked with drills, prompts, galleries, and techniques, Me and My Ballpoint Pen of...

The much anticipated fifth installment of Solvej Balle’s “speculative masterwork” (New York Magazine) On the Calculation of Volume, a literary classic in the makingIt’s been a while since Tara Selter was all alone in her repeating November day. It’s been even longer since she was one half of a unit called T&T Selter, an antiquarian book dealership she ran with her beloved husband Thomas. Her hazy days of confusion are behind her, and so are her de...

Tara Selter's world is expanding.'A literary phenomenon nearly 40 years in the making.' The Cut'A classic in the making.' Chetna Maroo'Startling.' New Yorker'Absolutely wonderful.' Lauren Groff

** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW **Tara Selter has become someone new.It becomes clear just how ridiculous it is: life in progressive time. Or was. Before we came to a halt. How foolishly one can spend a life in a time that moves forward. The nonsense of the ceaseless grind.Tara has returned to Thomas, but she is no longer the person he remembers. She has now spent twelve years in the eighteenth of November, while Thomas has ...

Winner of the Jules and Frances Landry AwardMardi Gras festivities don’t end after the parades roll through the streets; rather, a large part of the celebration continues unseen by the general public. Retreating to theaters, convention centers, and banquet halls, krewes spend the post-parade evening at lavish balls, where members cultivate a sense of fraternity and reinforce the organization’s shared values through pageantry and dance. In New Orleans Carnival B...

Communicating Mental Health: History, Contexts, and Perspectives explores mental health through the lens of the communication discipline. In the first section, contributors describe the major contributions of the communication discipline as it pertains to a broader perspective and stigma of mental health. In the second section, contributors investigate mental health through various narrative perspectives. In the third and fourth sections, contributors consider many applied contexts such as...