**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: An “exquisitely wrought memoir” about how “love can flourish even in the harshest climates”—for readers of The Liar’s Club and Running with Scissors (People).“One of the best memoirs in years” (Anne Lamott): A poignant account of two siblings—one white, one Black—growing up in the Christian fundamentalist communities of Indiana and the Dominican Republic.**Julia and her adopted brother, David, are 16 years old...

*Winner of the 2023 Northern California Book Award*The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you’ve never heard ofAt thirty-five, Elsie Robinson feared she’d lost it all. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. She dreamed of becoming a writer and was willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even swinging a pickax in a gold mine to pay the bills.

In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jonesopened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. He was a charismatic preacher with idealistic beliefs, and he quickly filled his pews with an audience eager to hear his sermons on social justice. As Jones’s behavior became erratic and his message more ominous, his followers leaned on each other to recapture the sense of equality that had drawn them to his church. But even as the congregation thrived, Jones made it ...

The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you’ve never heard ofAt thirty-five, Elsie Robinson feared she’d lost it all. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. She dreamed of becoming a writer and was willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even swinging a pickax in a gold mine to pay the bills.When the mine shut down, she moved to the San Franci...

These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl. Sprawl is not only an ongoing focus of specialized magazines like Dwell; indeed, Time magazine has cited “recycling the suburbs” as the second of “Ten Ideas Changing the World Right Now.” While most conversations on sprawl tend to focus on its restriction, this book presents an overview of current thinking on ways to fix, repair, and retrofit exi...

Drei stolze Wüstenritter kämpfen um den Thron von Azmahar. Doch dabei drohen sie das Wichtigste aus den Augen zu verlieren – die Liebe …Miniserie von OLIVIA GATESHEISSER ALS DIE WÜSTENSONNEVor acht Jahren hat Roxanne Prinz Haidar verlassen, obwohl es ihr das Herz zerriss. Nun steht sie ihm erneut gegenüber, und Haidar weckt ein unstillbares Verlangen in ihr. Doch kann sie seinen Liebesschwüren diesmal glauben – oder braucht er sie nur, um den Thron ...

Jedes Kind kann mit Yoga Spaß haben, egal ob es bewegungsfreudig oder eher ruhig ist. Denn die wohltuende Mischung aus Koordination, Konzentration und Achtsamkeit entspricht dem natürlichen kindlichen Bedürfnis nach Bewegung und Entspannung. In 30 Positionen und Übungsfolgen werden die Körper-und Sinneswahrnehmungen verstärkt und die Muskulatur gedehnt und gekräftigt. Julia von Tettenborn ist Schauspielerin und Yogalehrerin und leitet die Übungen genau an. Jede mit Musik untermalte Übungsf...