The intimate apparel business is undergoing major technological change. New measurement and design techniques, combined with innovative materials and production methods, are transforming the range, quality and applications of women's lingerie. This important book provides an authoritative review of these developmentsAfter an introductory chapter on the concept of body beauty, a first group of chapters discuss innovations in the manufacture of brassieres, including developments in breast me...

This important book is the first edited collection to provide an up to date and comprehensive overview of the third sector’s role in public service delivery. Exploring areas such as social enterprise, capacity building, volunteering and social value, the authors provide a platform for academic and policy debates on the topic. Drawing on research carried out at the ESRC funded Third Sector Research Centre, the book charts the historical development of the state-third sector relationship, an...

This issue of HyphenPunk brings you 11 new stories from 7 different types of -punk.Raypunk by Artemis, Cameron Craig, J.D. Harlock, and Nicholas StillmanSteampunk by Nicki VardonNanopunk by DW MiltonBiopunk by Rob FrancisMythpunk by Gary Every and Xan van RooyenCyberpunk by Markus WesselHopePunk by Zoe KaplanPunk Poetry with Complacient

In a world filled with hate, trauma, war, and bigotry we sometimes need a little bit of hope to get us by.Punks4Palestine is an anthology of hopeful science fiction that is trying to be a part of that little ray of hope that you need.This anthology contains eleven short stories with happy endings by R.J. Breathnach, Emma Burnett, Eric Farrell, Abigail Guerrero, May Haddad, J.D. Harlock, Toshiya Kamei, Christopher R. Muscato, Marc Ruvolo, Moe Shalabi, and R. L. Summerling.

Since Duck Prints Press was founded in January 2021, we have published over 200 stand-alone short stories by dozens of authors. Most of these short stories are available for purchase individually from our webstore or are only available to people who back our Patreon... until now! With Ducks in a Row: A Curated Collection of Short Stories, we dip into our vault, anthologizing general imprint stories we published from 2021 to 2023 into an all-new collection of 22 stories as diverse and uniqu...

Since Duck Prints Press was founded in January 2021, we have published over 200 stand-alone short stories by dozens of authors. Most of these short stories are available for purchase individually from our webstore or are only available to people who back our Patreon... until now! With Ducks in a Row: A Curated Collection of Short Stories, we dip into our vault, anthologizing general imprint stories we published from 2021 to 2023 into an all-new collection of 22 stories as diverse and uniqu...

With this third installment in our Queer Fanworks Inspired By… anthology series, we set out to explore the truth by which we at Duck Prints Press live: that a classic work without a single canonically queer character must be in want of a very LGBTQIA+ makeover!A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice*"* queers up this classic with 21 short stories and 20 full-page color artworks. 38 creators contributed to thi...

You've heard "All For One!"; now get ready for "One For All!" Duck Prints Press is thrilled to bring a whole new meaning to the Musketeers' famous slogan in one inclusive book with a little bit of something for everyone: Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers." For this collection, we recruited 20 authors and 16 artists who love Athos, Porthos, Aramis, d'Artagnan, Milady, Madame Bonacieux, and the whole gang from Dumas's wonderful historical m...

With this third installment in our Queer Fanworks Inspired By… anthology series, we set out to explore the truth by which we at Duck Prints Press live: that a classic work without a single canonically queer character must be in want of a very LGBTQIA+ makeover!A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" queers up this classic with 21 short stories and 20 full-page color artworks. 38 creators contributed to this project, drawing i...

You've heard "All For One!"; now get ready for "One For All!" Duck Prints Press is thrilled to bring a whole new meaning to the Musketeers' famous slogan in one inclusive book with a little bit of something for everyone: Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers." For this collection, we recruited 20 authors and 16 artists who love Athos, Porthos, Aramis, d'Artagnan, Milady, Madame Bonacieux, and the whole gang from Dumas's wonderful historical m...

This is the third annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to get them to more readersThe Long List Anthology Volume 3 collects 20 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling ov...

The multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year's best science fiction stories.In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas ...