A dazzling collection of stories about how the familiar can suddenly turn strange.A guidebook introduces foreign visitors to a recognizable but dreamlike America, where mirrors are haunted and the Statue of Liberty wears a bowler hat. A department-store supervisor must discipline employees who don't smile enough at customers, but finds himself unexpectedly drawn to the saddest of them all. A woman reluctantly agrees to buy her daughter a robot pet, then is horrifie...

"Absorbing…Mitchell's novel [is] the real thing." — Boston GlobeIn the summer of 1918, with the Germans threatening Paris, Edward Steichen arrives in France to photograph the war for the American army. There, he finds a country filled with poignant memories for him: early artistic success, marriage, the birth of two daughters, and a love affair that divided his family. Told with elegance and transporting historical sensitivity, Emily Mitchell's first novel...

Tabitha Ruth lives on a vegetable farm with her mom, dad, and pesky little brother. More than anything, Tabitha dreams of having a pony to ride and care for.When her family keeps saying "no" to pets, Tabitha takes matters into her own hands. She prepares the barn, buys all the supplies, and eagerly awaits the arrival of her dream pony. But when she opens the barn door the next morning, she doesn't find a pony... she finds a moose!Get ready to fall i...

In 1986 the Compact of Free Association marked the formal end of U.S. colonialism in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, while simultaneously re-entrenching imperial power dynamics between the two countries. The U.S.-RMI Compact at once enshrined exclusive U.S. military access to the islands and established the right of “visa-free” migration to the United States for Marshallese citizens, leading to a Marshallese diaspora whose largest population resettled in the seemingly unlikely destin...

A Love AnthemLet me stroke you like the morning breezeOn a warm summer dayUnderneath the treeLet that be our hideawayWe can talk about the moonWe can talk about the starsWe can talk about our pastAnd how weve become who we areI wanna rock your mindAnd make love to your soul all night longI wanna cuddle with your intellectAnd Ill return the warmth with my intelligenceLets explode with hon...

Emily Clionsky, MD, and Mitchell Clionsky, PhD, are a physician andneuropsychologist couple who have cared for their own parents withdementia, created a test used by doctors to measure cognitive function,and treated more than 25,000 patients with cognitive impairment. InDementia Prevention, they combine the most current scientific findingsabout Alzheimer disease and other dementias with their experience topresent a practical guide that empowers you to improve your brain’s future.Th...

Worried about memory loss and dementia risk? This new book will show you easy-to-follow steps to keep your brain healthy.Emily Clionsky, MD, and Mitchell Clionsky, PhD, are a physician and neuropsychologist couple who have cared for their own parents with dementia, created a test used by doctors to measure cognitive function, and treated more than 25,000 patients with cognitive impairment. In Dementia Prevention, they combine the most current scientific fi...

Collecting Qualitative Data: A Field Manual for Applied Research provides a very practical, step-by-step guide to collecting and managing qualitative data. The data collection chapters focus on the three most often used forms of qualitative data collection: Participant observation, in-depth interviews, and focus groups. The book also contains chapters on other practical aspects of qualitative field research often neglected in textbooks, including sampling,...

"Mental Health & Well-being Guide: Nurturing Your Mind and Body" offers a comprehensive and practical approach to maintaining a balanced and healthy mind and body. This guide is designed to help individuals understand the critical connection between mental and physical health, providing actionable steps to promote emotional resilience, reduce stress, and cultivate overall well-being.Through insightful chapters, readers will learn about the power of self-awareness, mindfulness, and ...

This collection of essays presents a socio-legal history of epidemics from the medieval period to the present day.Building on previous studies of infectious diseases undertaken by social historians of medicine, this collection explores the histories of epidemics and disease by looking at the legal measures deployed against them.Whilst previous works have considered the mechanisms by which legal change occurs, the social and political assumptions on which ne...

LGBTQ+ advocacy and support continues to be a priority in the U.S. higher education, and recent research shows this as a critical population who continues to be marginalized and mistreated on college and university campuses. Over the last few decades there has been significant research describing how LGBTQ students experience higher education and highlighting that these students are not graduating or succeeding at the same rates as the general population. However, few if any research studi...

Olivia Sharp, cousin to super sleuth Nate the Great, is a detective too! Rather than solve mysteries like Nate, Olivia helps friends with their problems by detecting what's wrong beneath the surface. You'll be won over by Olivia's spunk, eccentricities, and can-do spirit.Sometimes it takes a sleuth to catch a sleuth!Olivia Sharp, agent for secrets, always comes through to help those in need--especially her friends. But this time Olivia is the one with a pro...