How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs to belligerent birds, the stories in this collection enter the rabbit hole to explore its hidden corners and winding ways. Through all the variety, what they have in common is originality, creativ...

An Annual Holiday Celebration!Read a holiday story per day from American Thanksgiving to New Year's Day...or binge the entire collection.This volume contains 39 stories—from mystery to romance to time travel, that range in tone from joyful to strange and even dark. All stories center around the traditional holidays such as Christmas and New Year's but also explore some weird holiday traditions, past, present and future.Featuring works from award-winning and bestsell...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As climate change accelerates, our window for action is closing. To stay within the "Anthropocene" - an epoch in which humankind as the dominant force shaping the planet retains a degree of control over the destructive processes it has unleashed - global warming must be kept below 2° Celsius.This book explores the unprecedented technological and legal changes required to achieve this. Featuring contributions from leading ex...

Fiction, poetry, prose, and illustration by fourteen Tsunami Books clerks and fourteen significant others. A retrospective, a showcase, and a thank you to the people who, for twenty-seven years, have helped build an independent bookstore and community events center in Eugene, Oregon—and now, also, a new press in a new era. After a quarter century of bookselling and hard-won stewardship, our shelves bear fruit.

“I am rather old-fashioned when it comes to discipline. Do you know how punishment was carried out in my day?” He turned around holding a large wooden paddle in his hands. “With one of these, firmly across a bare bottom.”Sean is from a rich and powerful family and this has always gotten him out of trouble--until now! In fact, Dean Maloney has decided that some harsh discipline is long overdue. He’s an older man who believes in a good paddling to correct mi...

What does it mean to shine your light? Thirty transformational leaders share their personal stories and practical advice.You can make a difference in the world, and Shine Your Light: Powerful Practices for an Extraordinary Life will show you how. With wisdom from well-known contributors including New York Times–bestselling authors Janet Bray Attwood, Marci Shimoff, and Chris Attwood, you'll find practical advice and tools for overcoming adversity,...