Stories included:The Day They Razed Our TownOna MOVEIt Was MeJesus' TeethSophia Sara BednarczykSmiling, USATaking Short or, I Love You, Chelsea ManningBedford & FirstEvelineCity PropertyThwackJesus used to watch me.Handjob at the BeachChristmas Needs To Come Early This YearHouse On Fire

One week in New York City, in 2006. A small group of broke hayseeds and undocumented immigrants work doggie-daycare, some of them living atop the Greenpoint Oil Spill, ExxonMobil's second largest oil spill which occurred in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in the 1950s. They pursue a New York dream, being chased by the industrial history of Brooklyn, and the post 9/11 world.

This book offers and interesting, comprehensive, and comprehensible introduction to a complex topic: atoms and molecules. Through straightforward and non-intimidating language, readers learn about the fundamentals of atomic and molecular structure as well as the more involved details.

One of the most hands-on and exciting hobbies and extracurricular activities for students interested in STEM is participating in robotics competitions. This book, newly updated to reflect the latest advances in amateur and professional robotics, including the exploding popularity of the Maker movement, gives readers all they need to enter this competitive and dynamic field. More importantly, readers learn the basics of how to build prize-winning robots, and how to find and enter contests, ...

Robotics competitions are among the most competitive school extracurricular activities around, and the loyal and enthusiastic hobbyists take each competition to a new level of excitement. This book explains how to build a competitive robot and it encourages readers to take a try at this thrilling pastime.

Pearl Singleton, a forest ranger at the Pemberton Wildlife Preserve, is going to show eighteen year old Shawn Mariano her Osborne Smoke Finder, all six varieties of New England ferns, a beaver dam, and something he never bargained for.A straight-laced ex-nun must decide what to do with a stolen Sony Trinitron TV. The arrival of a Russian Jew in the apartment complex where she lives resolves the issue.A young boy spends a magical weekend with his sister, a former collegiate ...

A crime drama based on the 'tradition' of honour killings.Two men drive out of the city and out onto an isolated country road with someone in the trunk of their car. They thought they had everything under control, but no one had planned on what would happen next.

This is a story about a little girl by the name of Lunye' Williams. Lunye' suffered physical, mental and sexual abuse by the hands of her own mother and other family members from the time she was a child until she became a teenager. Read how long you will survive the blistering whelps and the blood-filled bruises received from her mother at the age of five till 13 in her seven chapter book from her seven book series as it unfolds. Each book will allow her readers to chime in on how she end...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Propulsive and powerful. . . A gripping roller coaster ride of escalating danger.” ***—***New York Times Book Review“Pick up the novel everyone will be talking about.” —The Atlantic“Dark, riveting, and accomplished.” —Washington PostAward-winning, New York Times

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTIONFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITIC CIRCLES AWARD FOR FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZENamed one of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the YearOne of Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of the Year...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A memoir in essays about so many things—growing up in an abusive cult, coming of age as a lesbian in the military, forced out by homophobia, living on the margins as a working class woman and what it’s like to grow into the person you are meant to be. Hough’s writing will break your heart." —Roxane Gay, author of Bad FeministSearing and extremely personal essays, shot through with the darkest elements America...

"As our vision becomes more global, our storytelling is stretching in many ways. Stories increasingly change point of view, switch location, and sometimes pack as much material as a short novel might," writes guest editor Elizabeth Strout. "It's the variety of voices that most indicates the increasing confluence of cultures involved in making us who we are." The Best American Short Stories 2013 presents an impressive diversity of writers who dexterously lead us into their corners ...