With the dark comedy and sharp observations of Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton, this whip-smart and laugh-out-loud funny debut novel about starting over follows a disgraced, newly divorced journalist demoted to a “clickbait” job at a Manhattan tabloid.The first thing they tell you when you begin your training is never to become the news.Natasha has screwed up royally. Her mistake isn’t just embarrassing, it's a breach of journalistic ethics that m...

"Realistic characters, natural dialogue, well-integrated historical detail and a surprise twist ending mark this as superior mystery fare."— Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewTo think of Chicago in the 1930s is to conjure up pictures of the Chicago Outfit and its earlier crime lords like Capone. Even the storied history of the Cubs or of the city's merchant princes and philanthropists can't quite shake the city's gritty image.It's time for a new look...

HAVE YOU EVER…Obsessed over your body’s ‘problem areas’?Killed an hour on the Sidebar of Shame?Wondered whether to try ‘50 Sex Tips to Please Your Man’?Felt worse after doing any of the above?Holly and Rhiannon grew up reading glossy mags and, like most women, thought of them as just a bit of fun. But over time they started to feel uneasy – not just about magazines, but about music videos, page 3, and women being labelled frigid, pri...

With the dark comedy and sharp observations of Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton, a whip-smart and laugh-out-loud funny debut novel about a disgraced, newly divorced journalist demoted to a “clickbait” job at a Manhattan tabloid.The first thing they tell you when you begin your training is never to become the news.Natasha has screwed up royally. Her mistake isn’t just embarrassing, it's a breach of journalistic ethics that makes headlines and costs ...

In "Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works," Edward Baxter Perry meticulously dissects a variety of significant piano compositions, providing readers with a rich tapestry of musical insights and critical evaluations. Employing a blend of analytical rigor and lyrical prose, Perry explores the intricacies of form, harmony, and thematic development, situating each work within its historical and stylistic context. This scholarly approach not only illuminates the technical aspects of the music but...

Ella Fine has never seen the moon. She has never seen the stars, or the silhouettes of trees at dusk. She, like every other member of Humankind, has been locked inside her home, behind metal shutters and thick walls, to be safe from the NightKind, unimaginable beasts who screech and howl through the streets of Los Angeles as soon as the sun has fallen out of the sky.But that doesn't stop her from dreaming of what it would be like to walk under the stars, to feel the cool blue of ni...

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe moving body—pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events—holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves—as it performs, sweats, runs, and jumps—it sets in motion an intricate web of scientific rationalities, spatial arrangements, corporate imperatives, and identity politics (i.e. politics of gender,...