Filipina-American Emilyn Padilla has a secret. While her parents believe their daughter is following her older sister Aprilette's path toward medical school, Emilyn is actually preparing for a photography competition that could win her a scholarship to art school. Science makes Aprilette shine; through a camera lens, Emilyn finally sees herself clearly.Every week, she slips away to develop her portfolio and rehearse her presentation with Jase, a guitarist whose calloused fingertips...

IN THIS CRUEL UNIVERSE, PERCEPTION IS REALITY . . . AND REALITY IS PAIN! You've just landed on a barren, alien world . . . Cold, remote, and devoid of any signs of life . . . except for the ominous, throbbing hum from the planetary core that drills a message straight into the synapses of your human nervous system: THE NEW COLLECTION OF CRUEL UNIVERSE IS HERE! SURRENDER YOURSELF! OR BE ATOMIZED! In this galaxy or the next, you’d be a fool to miss EC Comics’ Eisner and Ringo Award–nominated ...

**PRE-ORDER THE HARDBACK FOR AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITION WITH SPRAYED EDGES AND A SPECIAL FOIL ON BOARD DESIGN. AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST**When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will carve another path: defy the dusk.From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom comes the first book in The Sundering duet - a gritty post-apo...

When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will carve another path: defy the dusk.From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom comes the first book in The Sundering duet - a gritty post-apocalyptic fantasy duology.In the Sundered world, there are two options: ride the dawn, or face what rises in the night.Twenty years ag...

Two children. One promise. A forest that tests them both.After losing their home, Soren and Elia set out through the woods in search of a place spoken of only in whispers—a refuge for children with nowhere else to go.Guided by their mother's lantern, they follow winding paths deeper into the forest, where hunger, fear, and strange wonders wait beneath the trees. But not every light can be trusted, and not every shelter is safe.A mythic fair...

Urgent crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and global pandemics demand new ways of communicating knowledge.This book reimagines science communication, not just as a way to communicate about sustainability, but as a sustainable practice. Challenging traditional communication models rooted in neutrality and control, it explores a transformative approach that is participatory, performative, and ethically engaged. Through arts-based methods, the chapters cultivate a minds...

Thirty-eight marriages. One disastrous mistake. And two people who couldn't be more wrong for each other.Delia Prentiss has officiated more than four hundred weddings, and she's very good at her job. She can rescue a ceremony from a wardrobe malfunction, calm a panicking bride, and pronounce a couple married in ninety seconds flat.What she can't do is explain how her officiant credential expired eight months ago without anyone telling her.Now thirty...

Andre—leader of the Lupins—is recovering from his loss against the Elder and his Pack. The Dark Wolf—Andre's Wolf Spirit—suggests employing the aid of an ancient Colossus Wolf who has been harboring a grudge against the Elder for almost a century—the fearsome and infamous Juggernaut. With a powerful Ittaries at their head the Lupins would become unstoppable in ushering in the New Order.Meanwhile, Christopher Blythe—who carries the Elder's Spirit—is facing challenges aside from prot...

Suki and Loretta meet in the desolate landscape of the Tule Lake Relocation Camp in 1942, and their friendship blossoms into a forbidden romantic love.Amid increasing racial violence and uprisings in the camp, the U.S. army implements martial law, and a large, looming fence is erected between the administration and the rest of the camp.Loretta is on the Caucasian side of the fence where her parents work for the administration. Suki is on the Japanese side as an inmate. Sepa...

DISCOVER THE SPELLBINDING DARK FANTASY TIKTOK SENSATION'Do not walk to pick up this book. Run' JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT, bestselling author of FROM BLOOD AND ASH'You will devour it! Badass females, slow burn romance, enemies to lovers . . . Do I even need to say more?' 5***** READER REVIEW'Enemies to Lovers and full of Angst . . . Loved the book so much I can't put it into words' 5***** READE...

In Echoes of Trauma, medical anthropologist Gwenn Jensen traces the longitudinal ramifications of racism, the chronic stress of imprisonment in concentration camps, and widespread healthcare inadequacies on the well-being of Japanese American Nisei during WWII and beyond.Based on ninety oral history interviews conducted between 1995 and 2005, Jensen’s work uncovers long-term health impacts on former incarcerees, relating personal stories of Japanese Americans with archival...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.Jenna Woodward needs a job.At thirty-six, with a fifteen-year-old daughter to support and very little money in the bank, she doesn't have the luxury of waiting for the perfect opportunity. So when she walks into Rusack's Home & Hardware knowing absolutely nothing about hardware, she tells the truth and hopes for the best.Matt Rusack owns the store.He knows everything about hardware. He knows exactly where every fitting, ...