The INSTANT New York Times BestsellerWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyWinner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld AwardWinner of the Chautauqua PrizeFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book AwardFinalist for the Plutarch AwardA New York Times Notable Book of 2021A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA New York Time...

Working in senior care isn't for everyone. It isn't even for most. But for those rare few who find their passion in this multifaceted industry, the sense of job and life satisfaction are limitless. So too, however, can be the pervasive sense of loss and hopelessness. After graduating from university in Vancouver, Canada, Kevin Donner followed his high school sweetheart to Australia and the United States as she pursued her dream of medical school. Over the years that follow, each move force...

This is the extraordinary account of Donner-Grau's experiences with doña Mercedes, an aged healer in a remote Venezuelan town known for its spiritualists, sorcerers, and mediums.

Geneticists Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast are on the verge of a revolutionary breakthrough when they are forced underground by a closed-minded world, fearful of tampering in God's domain. There in the shadows they create Dren, a hybrid born of beast and man whose potential exceeds their wildest dreams...but Dren becomes their worst nightmare when she grows too strong to contain, too smart to control, and too seductive to resist.From the subversive imagination of Vincenzo Natali, SPLIC...

Are you still waiting for someone else to tell you that you are enough?Does Any of This Sound Familiar?• You change your opinions depending on who is in the room• You apologize before you even know what you did wrong• You replay conversations for hours, wondering if you said the wrong thing• You feel relief when someone approves of you, and dread when they don't• You have lost track of what you actually want because you have spen...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Are you tired of feeling like the difficult one just for asking to be treated with basic respect?Does any of this sound familiar?• You walk on eggshells around your parents, even as an adult.• You second-guess your memories because no one else saw what you saw.• You apologize for things you didn’t do just to keep the peace.• You feel guilty for wanting distance.• You replay conversations...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Are you still waiting for someone else to tell you that you are enough?Does Any of This Sound Familiar?You change your opinions depending on who is in the roomYou apologize before you even know what you did wrongYou replay conversations for hours, wondering if you said the wrong thingYou feel relief when someone approves of you, and dread when they don'tYou h...

Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents.The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate tells the story of the infamous Donner Party.

Do your parents still make you feel like a child, no matter how old you are?Does Any of This Sound Familiar?Your chest tightens every time their name lights up your screen.You give endlessly, say yes when you mean no, and still feel empty.You've spent years wondering whether what happened was really that bad.You can't trust people who are kind, because kindness always had a price.You already know something ...

"The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate" by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton provides a harrowing account of one of the most infamous events in American history. The book chronicles the ill-fated journey of the Donner Party, a group of pioneers who set out for California but became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a brutal winter. Houghton, a member of the party, offers a personal perspective on the struggles, hardships, and the dire choices faced by the group as the...

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate is a powerful first-person account of one of the most infamous tragedies in American pioneer history, written by Eliza P. Donner Houghton, who was just a young child during the ordeal. The Donner Party set out in 1846 to reach California, lured by promises of a better life and misled by poor guidance. After taking an untested shortcut known as the Hastings Cutoff, they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains by early and...

The origins of Islam have been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. The traditional view, which presents Islam as a self-consciously distinct religion tied to the life and revelations of the prophet Muhammad in western Arabia, has since the 1970s been challenged by historians engaged in critical study of the Muslim sources.In Muhammad and the Believers, the eminent historian Fred Donner offers a lucid and original vision of how Islam first evolved. He arg...