Navigate The Digital World with ConfidenceParenting in the Digital Age is the ultimate guide for navigating the challenges and opportunities of raising children in a world dominated by technology. With the rapid growth of digital devices and the internet, it's more important than ever for parents to understand the impact of technology on their children's development and wellbeing.This comprehensive e-book covers all the impo...

The Thrills of the Mundane: An AI-Generated Rollercoaster with Paul Lloyd Hemphill as Your Fearless Co-Pilot!Welcome to a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and even the simplest tasks transform into epic adventures—thanks to our robot overlords!That's right, folks; this collection of hilariously absurd tales was primarily crafted by AI, with Paul Lloyd Hemphill swooping in like a word-wrangling superhero to tweak a few phrases.Think of...

Winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Poetry.Collected here are poems from Ai's previous five books—Cruelty, Killing Floor, Sin, Fate, and Greed—along with seventeen new poems. Employing her trademark ferocity, these new dramatic monologues continue to mine this award-winning poet's "often brilliant" (Chicago Tribune) vision.

“Ai is a truthteller picking her way through the burning rocks of racial and sexual lies.”—Joy HarjoBefore her untimely death in 2010, Ai, known for her searing dramatic monologues, was hailed as “one of the most singular voices of her generation” (New York Times Book Review). Now for the first time, all eight books by this essential and uniquely American poet have been gathered in one volume.*from “The Cockfighter’s Daughter”I found my fat...

"Smart, funny, angry, political, and utterly poetic . . . both haunting and humorous." —The Rumpus

A searing collection of poems about America's loss of innocence from the National Book Award-winning author of Vice.In poems that travel from the horrific flight of a World War II pilot to the World Trade Center attack, from the death of JFK Jr. to the poet's own bastard birth, Ai conjures purity as a distant memory and the knowledge of evil as an "infinite dark night." "An undoubtedly powerful personae."—Publishers Weekly "Ai's cleansing soliloqu...

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 ...

Wildly-popular artist Ai Yazawa’s beloved fashion-centric manga, Paradise Kiss, is back in a glamorous omnibus edition to celebrate 20 years since the manga began serialization.Follow Yukari’s through-the-looking-glass journey as she is drawn into the world of fashion by a group of passionate, young aesthetes who are determined to make their couture label a success, with Yukari as their muse...

"Moving, brilliant, and certified 100% human."–Samit Basu, author of Turbulence★ Finalist – Hugo Award for Best Novelette★ Finalist – Nebula Award for Novelette – Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association★ Finalist – Locus Award for NoveletteIf you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations. . . would you?Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an...

Anxious to get into a Tokyo groove, both women are on the prowl for a funky and cheap place to live. But inexpensive apartments in Japan's capital city are hard to find. Thank goodness each Nana has a clique of cool friends willing to help out. Too bad these friends are a little wiggy!

Things are slowly coming together for Nana Osaki. The guitarist and drummer from her old band have joined her in Tokyo and she's finally found a ripping new bass player to replace Ren Honjo. The Black Stones are back and they're ready to kick some ass.Nana Komatsu, however, can't shake her old nemesis, the Demon Lord. She's stuck in a dead-end job and there's trouble brewing with her boyfriend, Shoji. He's been working late and hasn't exactly been the most attentive lover. Poor Nan...

As Blast gears up for their major label debut, their fan club starts mobilizing. Led by the chic Shion, these ladies are serious fans who won't let anyone mess with their band. But the fan club has it out for Misato, a maverick fan who has gotten too close to Nana. What will they say when they find out Misato is applying for a job with Blast?!