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Through whimsical storytelling, beautiful artwork, and a touching depiction of friendship, these Phoebe and Her Unicorn comics for middle grade readers showcase the magical bond between a captivating unicorn and a curious, kindhearted 10-year-old girl.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORStep into a world where sass meets sparkle in Phoebe and Her Unicorn, the delight...

The Sjögren's Handbook is the practical, evidence-based guide that finally answers the real questions people with Sjögren's syndrome ask every day.Dry eyes that burn and blur. Dry mouth that makes eating, speaking, and sleeping difficult. Crushing fatigue that no amount of rest seems to fix. Joint pain, brain fog, and the constant feeling that something is wrong with your body.If you've been newly diagnosed — or still searching for answers after months or years of unexplain...

Alexa's dreams have come crashing down around her. Now all she has is a nightmare that haunts her and a feeling that someone is waiting for her. Who or what he is she doesn't know but her future is coming for her like it or not. Syn knows it's easier to give up that keep going but a soft voice invades his dream promising him the one thing he has been missing, his mate. As Syn and Alexa come together there is a deadly threat that has been locked up for thousands of years trying to break los...

Ever felt ashamed of an event or life experience and afraid of anyone knowing?Jenelle Simpson isn't holding back in her bravely inspiring new series, part one of her book. An ultimately raw read, Jenelle provides a glimpse of her experience being raised in a West Indian home with all its beliefs and myths, her trauma, insecurities, sexual abuse, being raised with a step-father, domestic violence, and various struggles within the Black community.

Vanellope Von Schweetz and the other racers from Sugar Rush are catapulted out of their arcade game and into the world of a young girl named Molly, in this chapter book series.Molly McGinty is surprised when she comes home from the arcade and Vanellope and her friends are in her tablet! But when she fights with her best friend and needs help with her go-kart she has no one to turn to but the Sugar Rush Racers. Everyone has to work together as a team to accomplish t...

Mohawk Interruptus is a bold challenge to dominant thinking in the fields of Native studies and anthropology. Combining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke, a reserve community in what is now southwestern Quebec, Audra Simpson examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism. The Kahnawà:ke Mohawks are part of the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy. Like many Iroquois peopl...

With whimsical storytelling, beautiful art, and a touching friendship, Phoebe and Her Unicorn captures the magical bond between a dramatic unicorn and a curious, kind-hearted 10-year-old girl.Step into a world where sass meets sparkle in Phoebe and Her Unicorn, the delightfully witty comic strip by Dana Simpson.Follow Phoebe, a clever and quirky 10-year-old, and her best friend Marigold Heavenly Nostrils—a...

Tom was a daydreaming office schlub. What will he be like as a chicken, cow, tiger, tree and Austrian art teacher from 1896?Napoleon was a pig with dreams of revolution. What will he be like as Joseph Stalin?Shirley was a zoo keeper with a big heart and a weakness for helping others. When will she learn?Sal was a cop. Then a cop. Then a cop several times after that. What will he be like as the leader of a coalition sworn to hunt Tom for the rest of his lives?

Hilarious, dark, and thoroughly entertaining, Getting a Life proves Helen Simpson to be one of the finest observers of women on the edge. Set in and around contemporary London, these nine stories explore both the blisses and irritations of domestic life.An ambitious teenager vows never to settle for any of the adult lives she sees around her. Two old friends get tipsy at a small cafe and end up revealing more than they intended. In a boutique so exclusive that entra...

A succinct, approachable guide to the origins, development, key texts, concepts, and practices of yoga.Yoga is practiced by many millions of people worldwide and is celebrated for its mental, physical, and spiritual benefits. And yet, as Daniel Simpson reveals in The Truth of Yoga, much of what is said about yoga is misleading. For example, the word “yoga” does not always mean union. In fact, in perhaps the discipline’s most famous text—the Yoga Sutra of P...

**For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries…From the author of** What the Dead Leave Behind, this suspenseful and richly atmospheric mystery captures both the elegance and sophistication of New York’s Gilded Age—and the secrets and bloody terrors that lurk behind its elegant facades . . .Heiress Prudence MacKenzie is a valuable...

Winner of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award, Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books★“In warm, soothing language, a mother speaks to her infant, poetically describing their ancestral surroundings and reflecting on traditional Cree knowledge…Luxuriantly alive with glowing colors and textured patterns, Dumont’s (Onion Lake Cree Nation) exquisite pointillist illustrations resemble three-dimensional beadwork. This eloquent and insightful picture ...