For fans of Ashley Poston and The Love of My Afterlife comes a clever and swoony novel about an aspiring New York lifestyle influencer who gets trapped in her own "day in the life" video, with only a mysterious stranger to help her break out.Get ready with me… to break out of the algorithmLaia Grace is the New York City lifestyle influencer… or at least, she's determined to be. After leaving her past behind to pursue her dreams, f...

Guiding scholars to think about international education as a field of research as opposed to practice, this book addresses the rapidly evolving yet increasingly distinct fields of international schooling and the International Baccalaureate (IB), ultimately introducing reflexive practice as an essential framework for research in both areas.Critically examining how the IB has come to dominate the field and overshadow other models of international education, the book draws on narrativ...

Stars—they're just like us! Except much, much worse.Rose Aslani is mid-bikini wax when her phone lights up with a notification: Famed scam artist Poppy Hastings will be released from prison today.It's been two years since Rose—a first-generation Middle Eastern American, functional trainwreck, and reporter for online journal The Shred—wrote the investigative article that exposed Poppy as a socialite grifter. Normally, one of her articles going vira...

From one of the preeminent poets of the Arabic-speaking world, a brilliant work of creative nonfiction retracing the mysterious life and erasure of Egyptian literature's tragic heroine."A subtle and universal exploration of identity."—Aida Alami, The New York TimesCairo, 1963: four years before her lone novel is finally published, the writer Enayat al-Zayyat takes her own life at age 27. For the next three decades, it's as if Enaya...

Why is content writing essential? Simple—content is everywhere.Content writing is one of the most powerful skills in today’s digital age. It's how businesses communicate, how people learn new things, and how messages are shared across the internet. Whether you're crafting a blog, writing for social media, or working on professional copy, mastering content writing can significantly boost your career or personal brand.If you can master content writing, you're opening doors to endless ...

"NOW THERE ARE FIELDS WHERE TROY ONCE STOOD" —OVIDDuring the great migrations of the second millennium BC, peoples from Western Europe-known as Achaeans or Sea Peoples-arrived in the Mediterranean region, either to settle there peacefully or to plunder and raze the land. They brought about the downfall of numerous civilizations, particularly the palace cultures of Greece. Herodotus recounts that, long before his time, the Pelasgians (another name for the Sea People...

Critical conversations and reflections about lessons learned at the intersection of social movements and artist production.Diversity of Aesthetics collects powerful and timely conversations among leading cultural critics, artists, and organizers to connect the threads between some of the most pressing social struggles and conflicts of our time: policing, war, borders and migration, economic crisis.Across three themes—infrastructure, migration, and ...

Can freedom survive in a world designed to forget it? In a future where society lives under enormous domes, children are born into a system that codes their mind and erases personal memory—ensuring order, stability, and obedience. But beneath this synthetic peace lies a system of deep control… One gifted student has a mind unlike others: too sharp to be subdued. When he begins questioning the cracks in his world, he stumbles upon a series of hidden messages and forbidden truths. He winds u...

Continuing her investigation into the archive, Iman Mersal sifts through representations of one of history’s most elusive figures—the hidden mother.No one excluded my mother from our joint portrait. It is before me now and I can see for myself that I was with her, but she is a ghost. The picture is a burden: an assault on, and fabrication of, what I remember. It doesn’t make my mother present; it sharpens my desire to resist, to transcend her ghostliness, to re...

Initially written to break the bondage of smoking, How to Quit Smoking, or Anything Else, Guaranteed teaches how to use “auto-behavior modification,” a guaranteed pathway to eliminate smoking and any other self-imposed and undesired behaviors. Eight amusing, entertaining, fun-to-read but authentic vignette narratives throughout the work illustrate key points in designing and implementing your personalized plan to make quitting any behavior easily achievable.Forget everything social...

This eBook is a practical guide to establishing a powerful hygiene routine, both for your body and your surroundings. Learn the critical techniques for personal cleanliness—from proper handwashing and oral care to dealing with germs in public spaces. Discover easy, effective strategies for cleaning and disinfecting your home to prevent illness and create a safer environment for your family. "Keep Yourself Clean" provides the knowledge you need to fight infections, boost co...