A moving and compulsively readable novel about two very different women and the unlikely bond they forge in the wreckage of one man’s betrayal.Maggie feels behind for thirty-five—still unsure about her career path, still living with roommates and struggling through a never-ending PhD—but at least she’s certain about her relationship with her boyfriend, Karl. That is until she hears the voicemail on Karl's phone from some woman named Eve, who’s using words Maggie ca...

Leah and Finley are starting high school in the fall so it's their last chance to totally goof off as kids. They make a list of ten things they've always wanted to do and secretly try to complete them all, from building a throne and driving a car to finding buried treasure and attempting a world record.They're set to have an amazing time but mental health struggles, growing responsibilities, and self-esteem issues aren't as easy to ignore now that they're teenagers. This summer the...

**"Propulsive and affecting.... This is worthy of a standing ovation." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Set against the sparkling backdrop of the theater world, this propulsive debut follows the relationship between an actress who refuses to abandon her career and the daughter she chooses to abandon instead.**Sadie Jones, a larger-than-life actress and controversial feminist, never wanted to be a mother. No one feels this more deeply than Jude, the daughter Sadie...

Brock Hedding, the respected pastor of Heaven’s Gateway Church, the largest congregation in the city, has passed away. His wife, May Hedding, feels like rejoicing but she can’t let that show. The abuse she has endured by her husband’s hand has brought great trauma and pain to her soul. She longs to be made whole but isn’t sure that will ever happen. Although her husband is gone, her son Ben, the new pastor, is just as dominating and cruel as his father was.Years earlier, Heaven sen...

Sarah is dealt a bitter blow as a young child. Her younger brother has died and her mother seems to have forgotten that she has another child. Sarah is left to deal with her grief alone. In the years that follow, one hurtful thing after another creeps up to add to her pain. The lack of love from her mother creates deep roots of rejection in her soul.But Heaven is very involved in Sarah’s life. When life is nearly unbearable, her guardian angels are always at her side, providing pro...

This edited collection provides deep insights and varied perspectives of innovative and courageous efforts to reconcile the conflicts that have characterized the history of Indigenous people, settlers, and their descendants in Canada. From the opening chapter, the volume contextualizes why Canada is on a reconciliation journey, and how that journey is far from over. It is a multi-disciplinary treatise on decolonization, peacebuilding, and conflict transformation that is a must-read for tho...

Explore the rich world of traditional Amish canning with this complete recipe. It will help you learn how to can food properly.This book, which has more than 300 waterbath canning recipes, shows how the Amish live a healthy life. It starts with a detailed look at the background and traditions of Amish canning. Next, it gives useful information on tools, ingredients, and kitchen preps that both new and experienced canners will need.There are many parts full ...

This comprehensive collection offers legal professionals the essential tools to understand, navigate, and transform conflict in all its forms. Blending theory with real-world application, each chapter addresses the specific challenges lawyers face—whether in client relationships, team dynamics, or complex, cross-border disputes. Readers will gain a practical foundation in conflict analysis and a wide range of resolution strategies that extend well beyond litigation.Of particular ap...

A moving and compulsively readable novel about two very different women and the unlikely bond they forge in the wreckage of one man’s betrayal.Maggie feels behind for thirty-five—still unsure about her career path, still living with roommates and struggling through a never-ending PhD—but at least she’s certain about her relationship with her boyfriend, Karl. That is until she hears the voicemail on Karl's phone from some woman named Eve, who’s using words Maggie ca...

On a morning in early June 1885, a gunshot rolled across a small peninsula jutting into Kootenay Lake, a large but remote body of water isolated by towering mountains in southeastern British Columbia. A young Cornish miner named Thomas Hammill lay dying and his alleged attacker, Robert Sproule, had fled, only to be tracked down and arrested. No one could have known at the time, but this was the beginning of a legal saga that would play out over the next year and a half, from an initial hea...

This book is a compendium of emergent global Human Rights Scholarship offering current ruminations on justice, indigeneity, gender, security, and human rights. This edited collection examines Access to Justice, Allyship and Equality, Human Rights and Social Justice, the Rights of Indigenous People, Indigenous Rights and the University, Transgender Healthcare, Femicide, Women Workers, Extremism and Misogyny, Human Rights and Aging, cyberwarfare, climate change.

From the blinding glow of nightclub lights to the shadows of personaldespair, DJ Reimer’s debut memoir, Go-Go Boy: Memoirs from the Kitchen Floor to theDance Floor, offers a raw, electrifying, and surprisingly tender account of a highlymisunderstood profession: go-go dancing.Taking place over a period of prolonged unemployment and self-isolation upon completinggraduate school, Go-Go Boy traces Reimer’s unexpected detour from the ivory tower to the