Hello and welcome to the Galactic Peacekeepers Society...*Today is the beginning of your incredible journey to explore, be curious and open with others, and to help spread the mission of Peace with your teammates. Peacekeeping is hard. You will feel angry. Confused. Sad. But it is okay.We will take care of our galactic neighborhood together!*The first book in a irrepressible and breathtaking graphic novel trilogy about a lost human girl, he...

One of The Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books of the YearFeatured on the New York Times' The Daily podcast and CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPSWhat our failures during the pandemic cost us, and why we must do better**The Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization of emergency powers in human history. By early April 2020, half the world’s population—3.9 billion people—were living under quarantine. People were t...

"An Arrow in a Sunbeam, and Other Tales" is a collection of short stories authored by Sarah Orne Jewett, Frances Lee, and C. S. Sleight. Sarah Orne Jewett was an American novelist and short story writer known for her portrayals of rural life in New England. Frances Lee and C. S. Sleight, both active in the 19th century, are less widely known.In this collection, readers can expect a diverse range of tales, likely reflecting the different writing styles and thematic interests of the three au...

This engaging collection of stories features popular fiction from the late nineteenth century, including stories from Sarah Orne Jewett and Frances Lee. Jewett's tale "Lady Ferry" delves into the uncanny; Lee's contribution to the volume is a charming sketch that details a friendship between a girl and her cat.

The Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization of emergency powers in human history. By early April 2020, half the world's population were living under quarantine. The most devastating pandemic in a century and the policies adopted in response to it upended life as we knew it. In this book, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee examine our pandemic response and pose some provocative questions: Why did we ignore pre-Covid plans for managing a pandemic? Did we adequately consider the c...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to France.Discover France's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from exploring the lavish cluster of hilltop villages in the Luberon in sun-baked Provence; to snorkelling, kitesurfing and watching the sunset from the beaches in Bonifacio; and cycling through one of the world's most famous vineyards along La Voie des Vignes.

"[A] tour de force. Building upon her argument in Beyond Ideology, she adds an important wrinkle into the current divide between the parties in Congress." — Perspectives on PoliticsAs Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress remains paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have seen some of the least productive Congresses in recent history is usually explained by the growing ideological gulf betwe...

The congressional agenda, Frances Lee contends, includes many issues about which liberals and conservatives generally agree. Even over these matters, though, Democratic and Republican senators tend to fight with each other. What explains this discord? Beyond Ideology argues that many partisan battles are rooted in competition for power rather than disagreement over the rightful role of government.The first book to systematically distinguish Senate disputes centering on ide...

Murder is so sang-froid!When the Reed family—temporarily exiled to France—is once again safe, Ginger decides to turn the event into a much needed holiday. And the absolute cake is Ginger’s reunion with her American friend Haley Higgins, who is working in France on a practicum to become a lady doctor.Ginger celebrates the happy reunion by throwing a party at their villa in Paris, but the joyous activities are halted when a body is discovered. Like o...

To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-distinct political parties do little more than engage in legislative trench warfare. A zero-sum, winner-take-all approach to congressional politics has replaced the bipartisan comity of past eras. If the parties cannot get everything they want in national policymaking, then they prefer gridlock and stalemate to compromise. Or, at least, that is the conventional wisdom.In The Limits of Party

Rekindle your magic. Rewrite the myth.In Coven of the East, twenty-two writers from across the Asian diaspora come together to reclaim, reimagine, and resurrect the magical traditions often erased from mainstream narratives. Through short stories and essays, these contributors explore the intimate ways mysticism, folklore, and ancestral wisdom shape their characters' lives — and their own.Magic isn't just in myths. It lives in the networks of nature and in our hist...

Will transport you to the streets of Paris and have you laughing out loud' - Rebecca Plotnick, founder and creator of Everyday ParisianA gorgeous, heart-warming romance about finding love and yourself, perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Sophie Kinsella - now in a special two-book edition.In Escape to the Paris Cheese Shop, heartbroken Ella, on the cusp of turning 30, packs her bags and goes in sea...