Rated "Most Popular Fiction Magazine 2024" by Chill SubsNamed Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill SubsRated "Top 50 Fiction" by SubstackDelight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contri...

Alone but for her memories, Nancy has returned to Chile to wait for her cancer to take her away. Before her illness, before her husband’s ridiculous death, before she fled home hidden in the back of a truck, she spent her youth at Playa Roja, swimming alongside the creepy old gringos amid rumors of young women gone missing and young men found dead. Nancy’s bitter mother—mi madre mala, Nancy calls her—abandoned the family and her brother disappeared without explanation. Then her fa...

A brilliantly written family epic that won France's Prix Femina and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. "An immaculate novel" ( The Guardian).In a profound and poetic story, internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Nancy Huston traces four generations of a single family from present-day California to WWII-era Germany.Fault Lines begins with Sol, a gifted, terrifying child whose mother believes he is destined for greatness partly ...

Things are finally getting better for Laura Duffy. Kind of.Despite nursing a broken jaw, Laura is finding a good balance between God, friends, school, and family. But something is happening at Panama Beach High School that is going to rattle every part of Laura’s life.A group of new students has arrived whose olive skin and awkward accents draw unwelcome attention from the school’s angriest group of burnouts. No one is sure where the new kids came from, why they don’t seek friends, or why ...

Sol is a gifted, but also terrifying, 6-year-old. His mother believes he is destined for greatness. He has a birthmark, like his dad, his grandmother and great-grandmother. But when they all make an unexpected trip to Germany, terrible secrets emerge about their family's story during World War II. Perhaps birthmarks are not all that has been passed down through this family. With its domestic focus but epic scope, Fault Lines is a compelling, touching and often funny novel about four genera...

Hard truths and surprising insights about our COVID-19 response from America’s former top doctor.When COVID-19 began spreading rapidly, the world was taken by surprise. As the ensuing pandemic raged, we faced one constant—a lack of consistent, scientifically sound, and trusted information about dangers, risks, and mitigation strategies that the average person could understand and put into practice to keep themselves and their families safe.Politicians, opportunists, and age...

Elles sont auteures, thérapeutes, conférencières, femmes d’affaires, coach PNL, enseignantes, yogis, moniale zen. Il est auteur et philosophe. Ils honorent, chacun à leur façon, la Lumière du Temple du Coeur. Dix porteurs du flambeau de l’amour et de la liberté se relient et irradient, inspirés par la voie de Nelson Mandela lorsqu’il nous dit que « notre peur la plus profonde n’est pas d’être inaptes, notre peur la plus profonde est d’avoir un pouvoir extrêmement puissant. C’est notre prop...

What do I do if I see a classmate cheat? How do I get all my homework done? Four diverse peer mentors answer more than 30 common questions about school posed by tween girls, providing sound advice that's not only kid-friendly but also expert approved.

Businesses can do well by doing good -- Kotler, Hessekiel, and Lee show you how!Marketing guru Philip Kotler, cause marketing authority David Hessekiel, and social marketing expert Nancy Lee have teamed up to create a guide rich with actionable advice on integrating marketing and corporate social initiatives into your broader business goals.Businesspeople who mix cause and commerce are often portrayed as either opportunistic corporate "causewashers" cynical...

Businesspeople who mix cause and commerce are often portrayed as sinners or saints: Either they are heartless, opportunistic corporate "causewashers" cynically exploiting nonprofits to make a buck, or they are visionary social entrepreneurs for whom conducting trade is just a necessary evil in their quest to create a better world. Instead of black and white, the intersection of doing well and doing good is painted many shades of gray. Over the past 30 years, corporations have created numer...

I take my college experience as an athlete and use it as a metaphor for becoming or being a stronger Christian. Whether you play football, another sport, or watch sports, all sports have lines that you have to play within. These lines keep us from going out of bounds, being disqualified, or hurting ourselves. The Bible, the word of God, are our guidelines that keeps us in bounds and becoming more like Him. You will come to understand that when you know Jesus, He makes you new. In this book...

Unlock the more straightforward side of Fault Lines with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Fault Lines by Nancy Huston, a fascinating story of childhood in a family spanning four generations, as the reader gradually traces their origins and eventually finds the starting point of the “fault lines” that have torn apart their family and culminate in Sol, their youngest and most violent membe...