What if Jihad means striving to be good? What if Islam means that you cannot cause suffering to another life? What if Islam means that you cannot judge the lives of others? What if Islam and world peace mean the same thing?In Islam and World Peace, the message is that oneness is the most important aspect of Islam: Protecting our neighbors from danger is primary, and then embracing them— thatis Islam. Sufi teacher M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen—revered by thousands from a...

A princess floats in a bramble of hardware and preservatives. Geppetto is going to freeze to death if he does not find more wood to burn. Red's gram cutting quite the figure at the all night speakeasies. And you're never going to believe what a redneck girl in Oklahoma is doing with those ruby slippers she inherited.Eleven stories with characters you'll recognize, but won't turn out like your mother told you.She Is Not Dead, Only Sleeping by Austin HackneyCh...

Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up "a tasty treat for fantasy fans" ( Booklist).There are some "genuine gems" in this "enticing collection" of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring "diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world," most involving a teen's coming-of-age. Delia Sherman "takes readers into New York City's Central Park, wh...

From Colin Meloy, lead singer of the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, acclaimed illustrator of The Mysterious Benedict Society, comes the stunning third book in the New York Times bestselling fantasy-adventure series the Wildwood Chronicles.A young girl's midnight séance awakens a long-slumbering malevolent spirit.... A band of runaway orphans allies with an underground collective of saboteurs and plans a daring rescue of their friends, imprisoned in the belly of an industrial waste...

For more than 80 years H. P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of horror and supernatural fiction with his dark vision of humankind's insignificant place in a vast, uncaring cosmos. At the time of his death in 1937, Lovecraft was virtually unknown, but from early cult status his readership expanded exponentially; his nightmarish visions laying down roots in the collective imagination of his readers. Now this master of the macabre is accepted as part of the literary mainstream, as an American ...

The first volume in the ground-breaking, genre-bending, boundary-pushing Clockwork Phoenix anthology series, at last available in digital format from Mythic Delirium Books."Lush descriptions and exotic imagery startle, engross, chill and electrify the reader, and all 19 stories have a strong and delicious taste of weird." — Publishers WeeklyIncludes critically-acclaimed and award-nominated stories by Catherynne M. Valente, David Sandner, John Grant, Cat Rambo, Leah Bobet, M...

A book of fifty lucid, urgent poems from internationally acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling author Margaret Atwood.In The Door, Margaret Atwood investigates the mysterious writing of poetry itself as well as the passage of time and our shared sense of mortality. The Door ranges in tone from lyric to ironic to meditative to prophetic, and touches on subjects both personal and political. Brave and compassionate, this collection of reflective poet...

This collection includes the full text and drawings from Opposites and More Opposites, plus seven additional poems and drawings about differences. Readers of all ages will delight in this volume of witty wordplay and clever illustrations from two-time Pulitzer Prize recipient and National Book Award winner Richard Wilbur.A perfect introduction to the joy of language, this collection explores:Books About Opposites: Discover the surprising, clever, and ...

Small colonial cemeteries dot the countryside of New England. When I moved to Canton, CT in 2002 I found myself walking my big Black Lab/St. Bernard mix in one of these cemetaries for over a year. The old gravestones inspired writer to do historical research. This quest inspired 40 fictional chapters of which ten (10) are included here. These are Their Stories.

AWESOME RIDDLES FOR AWESOME KIDS is a children’s word game book. It has riddles and tricky questions to entertain and delight kids plus silly and funny cartoon illustrations.Readers ages 8 to 12 and older will enjoy sharing these riddles and their answers. They’ll also learn how to create their own riddles and trick questions!Riddles are a fun way to improve reading, communication and social skills for young readers, new readers, ESL students...

This breathtaking collection of poems by Deborah Digges, published posthumously, brings us rich stories of family life, nature’s bounty, love, and loss—the overflowing of a heart burdened by grief and moved by beauty.When Deborah Digges died in the spring of 2009, at the age of fifty-nine, she left this gathering of poems that returns to and expands the creative terrain we recognize as hers. Here are poems thatbring to life her rural Missouri childhood in a family with ten children...

"Diane Seuss writes with the intensity of a soothsayer." —Laura KasischkeFor, having imagined your body one way I found it to be another way, it was yielding,but only as the Destroying Angel mushroom yields, its softness alliedwith its poison, and your legs were not petals or tendrils as I'd believed,but brazen, the deviant tentacles beneath the underskirt of a secret queen—from "Oh four-legged girl, it's either you or the ossua...