This collection is just a sample of the “almost” culmination of over 15 years of writing and exploration by five very different but awesome people who met at their children’s school in Allentown, Pennsylvania over twenty years ago and started to write. Writing drew them together, forged their friendships, and kept them whole. And it still does.

"[This] remarkable debut essay collection touches on art and literature and pop culture, but also feels intensely intimate, filled with stunning insights." — VultureOn April 11, 1931, Virginia Woolf ended her entry in A Writer's Diary with the words "too much and not the mood." She was describing how tired she was of correcting her own writing, of the "cramming in and the cutting out" to please other readers, wondering if she had anything at all th...

Watch out, parents!Hilarious jokes are coming your way! This Kid's Joke Book will turn your 10-year-old into a young comedian."Almost all creativity involves purposeful play." – Abraham MaslowThe ***You Laugh You Lose Challeng***e is a book designed for both single-player and to be shared and read by everyone in your household.But why not let everyone play? Gather your family around the fire, call them into the kitc...

Mindful living is happy living. This refreshing book from the creators of Happiness Is . . . illustrates 500 inspiring ways to slow down, unplug, de-stress, connect with others, and relish the simple moments in life: sitting under a ceiling fan on a hot day, taking lunch away from your desk, letting go of negative thoughts, a beach yoga session, and more. Featuring the brand's signature charming illustration style and friendly tone, this book sparks positive reflection and serves ...

Each story in this series offers a poignant glimpse of family life – the ties we cling to; the ties we try to sever; and the ties that make us who we are. Told from a myriad of perspectives, from a dazzling array of some of the finest short story writers of our generation (including Jhumpa Lahiri, George Saunders, Jon McGregor and Elizabeth Gilbert), Family Snapshots gives us a fresh, empathetic and moving insight into the meaning of family. The Lie is taken from T. C. Boyle's beg...

A moving addition to The Cup of Comfort series that celebrates women in love.The bestselling Cup of Comfort series takes the special warmth and inspiration fans have come to expect from the series and couples it with the power of love and romance. It's a power that holds special appeal for women. Devoted fans and new readers alike will delight in this unforgettable collection, savouring such stories as: a woman who hesitated to consult personal ads finds her perfec...

This collection of free verse poetry intimately explores the lasting impact of internalized misogyny on women. Through evocative and challenging verses, the poet delves into a series of significant events that unfolded in her own life. She uncovers the profound moments that left an indelible mark on her psyche, and how they continue to ripple forward in her life. From the battleground of adolescence to the complexities of adulthood, High School Was for Boys explores themes of sexuality, to...

Joyfully melding knowing humour and torqued-up wordplay, Holbrook’s second collection is a comic fusion of the experimental and the experiential, the procedural and the lyric. Punch lines become sucker punches, line breaks slip into breakdowns, the serious plays comical and the comical turns deadly serious. Holbrook's poems don’t use humour as much as they deconstruct the comic impulse, exposing its roots in the political, the psychological and the emotional life of the mind. Many of these...

This is the first book of a two-book series about grace, heartbreak, and breathing freely.I will tell youagain and again:in some small way,everything matters.

This I Believe . . .(I Believe) is a heartfelt series of reflections from a woman born in Middle America in the middle of the 20th century. Robin Munson scavenges the depths and the shallows of her mind to share her perspective on subjects ranging from the ongoing battle between humans and ants to the possibility of redemption to a woman's quest for the perfect bag. It is a hodgepodge of observations and confessions strung together with a light touch and a wry smile.

In this busy world we live in today, all too often we seem to forget the little things that make other people feel great, and it makes their day. Simple things like holding a door open, asking how someone is doing and actually waiting to hear the answer, or helping someone out in an aisle of a grocery store. This book is about different ways we can do just that- make others feel good. And in return, the feeling we get is indescribable.

From Hayley DeRoche, the humorist who first coined the term “Sad Beige Mom,” a tongue-in-cheek illustrated guide to the neutral aesthetic sweeping nurseries everywhere.Welcome to the wonderful world of beige parenting, where newborns are swaddled in soothingly sophisticated taupe muslin blankies and toddlers play only with wooden toys in shades ranging from oatmeal to sand. In Dress Your Baby in Sage and Taupe, Hayley DeRoche, the creator known online as @...