Girls, Boys, Robots - Everyone is Welcome here!This stellar collection will appeal to both teens and grown-ups who dream of future worlds. ~Kirkus Starred ReviewWhat’s it like to be a space station detective? To be homesick for Mars? What do you say when your robotgets you in trouble?Join the adventures of a diverse cast of characters in this year’s Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide, featuring award-winning writers alongside great new...

French film noir has long been seen as a phenomenon distinct from its Hollywood counterpart. This book - an innovative departure from conventional noir scholarship - now adopts a biocultural approach to exploring the French genre through the years 1941-1959. Chapters reveal noir as a product of the social and cultural factors at play in occupied, liberated and post-war France: marked by malaise at military defeat, Nazi collaboration and the impact of industrialisation. Furthermore, the boo...

What's it like to live in a world where humor is banned or to work on a deep-space lighthouse?If you're lucky, you might even discover how to escape the Yawning Men!Curl up in your favorite rocket ship and set your coordinates for adventure in Volume Five of the Young Explorer's Adventure Guide!Don't miss this stellar anthology of 24 science fiction short stories for girls, boys and robots of all ages!

Welcome to a universe of wonder!What's it like to have a mad scientist for a father?Or protect your sleeping city from the terrors of the deep, or save your family spaceship?Blast off for new worlds with the Young Explorer's Adventure Guide Volume 6!"This stellar collection will appeal to both teens and grown-ups who dream of future worlds." Kirkus Review of Books, for the 2018 Young Explorer's Explorer's Guide

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, edited by Hugo and Wold Fantasy Award nominated editor Warren Lapine, brings you the very best in science fiction and fantasy. Join us as we explore strange new worlds. This is the ebook edition of the Fantastic Stories webzine containing all content from the October 2014 issue, including: Original Short Story: Rope Burns by Kelly McCullough He had a secret to keep, but then don’t we all? Short Story: Locomotive Joe and the Wreck of Space Train No. 4 b...

Academics have long been calling for better ethics of care and more inclusive working environments, yet situational and structural barriers within academia are complex and often hidden. Advocating the need for diverse voices in discussions on systemic inequality, this edited volume provides a vital platform for sharing lived experiences of intersectional identities navigating systemic barriers alongside academic pressures.These personal essays offer powerful narratives of resistanc...

A Companion for Your Journey from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost"Let no one fear death, for the death of our Savior has set us free."—St. John ChrysostomLent is a pilgrimage of the soul when Christians have always commemorated the death and resurrection of Jesus with a season of reflection. Through poems, essays, and devotional readings, A Radiant Resurrection invites you into the time of reflection from Ash Wednesday through Eastertide. Writt...

This biography explores Alice Walker's life experiences and her lifework in context of her philosophical thought, and celebrates the author's creative genius and heroism.Born in Eatonton, GA, in 1944, a daughter of sharecroppers, Alice Walker has lived a remarkable and courageous life, and she continues to do so as an elder. Taking inspiration from her great-great-great-great grandmother who lived enslaved in the American South and died at age 125, Walker's activis...

One of the New York Times' Most Memorable Literary Moments of the Last 25 Years! • New York Times Bestseller • TIME Magazine’s Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 • New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2018 • NPR’s Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 • Economist Book of the Year • SELF.com’s Best Books of 2018 • Audible’s Best of the Year • BookRiot’s Best Audio Books of 2018 • The Atlantic’s Books Briefing: History, Reconsidered • Atlanta Jou...

Writers from Alice Walker to Michael Ondaatje to Claire Messud share their thoughts on one of the most vital gatherings of writers and readers in the world.The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008 by authors Ahdaf Soueif, Brigid Keenan, Victoria Brittain and Omar Robert Hamilton. Bringing writers to Palestine from all corners of the globe, it aimed to break the cultural siege imposed by the Israeli military occupation, to strengthen artistic lin...

Superfood Smoothies: Superfoods with Smoothies for Weightloss The Superfood Smoothies book features two sections covering two different Smoothie Diet recipe plans. Superfoods are foods that are packed with nutrition like anti oxidants. By consuming these foods we help to build stronger bodies, a strong immune system, a more alert brain, and stronger bones. Our diets can act as both treatments and as preventative for certain health conditions. It makes it easy to be healthy just by watching...

At first glance, contemporary popular culture, filled with bleak images of the future, seems to have given up on the possibility of positive collective change. Below the surface, however, alternative culture is rife with artist-led projects, activist movements, and subcultural communities of interest that seek to spark the collective imagination and to encourage hunger for alternatives. More playfully self-conscious than past utopian movements, today’s are often whimsical or ironic, but ar...