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A Sweet Diwali (Step into Reading)
by Harshita JerathJoin a young girl and her dog in this Step 2 reader as they joyfully prepare to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights! Perfect for readers ages 4-6.Raina is excited to celebrate Diwali, a Hindu holiday that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Along with her family and her best friend, Lion (a little dog with a big sweet tooth!), Raina helps prepare for the celebration. She decorates the house with clay lamps called diyas, makes beautiful rangoli designs with sand, watches colorful fireworks, and shares sweet treats with Lion. It&’s a Diwali to remember!Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.
Tamales For Christmas
by Stephen BriseñoBefore the first Christmas light is strung, Grandma is hard at work, making thousands of tamales to sell so she can buy gifts for her family! This heartwarming tale, based on a true story, explores a grandmother's boundless generosity, and the irresistible magic of tamales.When the weather changes, but way before the Christmas tree is decorated, Grandma begins her preparations. With so many children and grandchildren in her family, she finds a way to put gifts under the tree-- she sells as many tamales as she can! Masa in one hand, corn husks in the other, Grandma&’s just getting started. 15 dozen tamales. As Halloween passes, and Thanksgiving, Grandma is still toiling away in the kitchen: 150 dozen tamales, 700 dozen tamales, 850 dozen tamales. When it&’s time to string the lights for Christmas, she&’s inching closer to 1000 dozen tamales! Enough to give some to those in need and enough to sell to earn money for Christmas gifts.Based on the author&’s own grandmother, who was the heart of the familia, here is a warm story about Christmas, generosity, and, yes, tamales.
Katie the Catsitter 4: (A Graphic Novel) (Katie the Catsitter #4)
by Colleen AF VenableKatie the Catsitter is back with her next adventure, and this time she may need the help of an . . . elephant? This irresistibly fun, bestselling, girl—and cat—power graphic novel series is perfect for fans of Sweet Valley Twins and the Babysitters Club!"A little evil and a whole lotta fun." --Kirkus ReviewsWANTED: TOP SECRET PLANKatie is rocking 7th grade and being a superhero sidekick, so when a new threat puts the whole city in danger she's ready to spring into action! She'll just need one super secret plan, a little help from her friends (okay a lot of help!), an invitation to the city's fanciest party, 217 slightly unusual cats, and . . . maybe a new superhero outfit. Can Katie pull off the plan of the century?! Get ready for more drama, more disguises, more fun, more friends, more secrets and more surprises than ever before! (Plus cats, definitely more cats!)Bonus: Don't miss the Which Cat Are You Quiz inside!
MeatEater's Wild + Whole: Seasonal Recipes for the Conscious Cook: A Wild Game Cookbook
by Danielle PrewettOver 80 seasonal recipes for cooking with wild game and eating consciously, from one of MeatEater&’s leading culinary voices.&“This is food that makes you feel good, both physically and emotionally. It&’s food that&’ll make you proud to sit down at your own table.&”—Steve Rinella, author of The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook and The MeatEater Outdoor CookbookWild + Whole founder Danielle Prewett believes that every meal should tell a story, and that sustainable eating starts by reawakening our connection to food and relying on the seasons and the inherent rhythms of nature to guide our choices. In her debut cookbook, Wild + Whole, she shares the personal journey that taught her to love hunting, fishing, foraging, and gardening, as well as her philosophy for cooking seasonally, eating consciously, and approaching food with curiosity, thoughtfulness, and intention. As a leading voice in the wild food community and a trusted resource on processing and cooking wild game, Prewett creates meals that celebrate the diversity of food. Wild + Whole contains more than 80 recipes, organized by season, including: SPRING: Cheesy Fried Morels with Rustic Tomato Sauce, Perfect Pan-Roasted Turkey Breast with White Wine and Tarragon Sauce SUMMER: Black Bean, Corn, and Tongue Empanadas with Cilantro-Lime Crema, Broiled Salmon with Miso-Peach Jam and Crispy Fried Rice FALL: Mushroom-Rubbed Roast Venison au Jus, Chocolate-Porcini Pots de Creme with Hazelnut Whipped Cream WINTER: Popovers with Roasted Bone Marrow and Celery Leaf Gremolata, BBQ Confit Goose with Grilled Cabbage Wedges
A Curse of Crows: The internationally acclaimed romantasy with a female villain origin story
by Lauren DedroogDiana speaks. Gods answer.Aedlynn strikes. Enemies fall.In the realm where gods dance with mortals, Diana's prayers wield unimaginable power. But when a deadly sickness threatens to consume her, she strikes a desperate bargain with an unlikely ally, invoking a journey of vengeance and deceit.Aedlynn is a lethal weapon forged in darkness. She feels no pity, no guilt . . . no love. So when a beautiful spy finds a hidden way into Aedlynn's heart, even the gods won't stand in her way.As Fate weaves its intricate tapestry, betrayal and revelation collide, plunging them all into a maelstrom of passion and peril, and a battle for power will threaten to consume them all.Because there's a fine line between love and hate . . .And a woman's heart is a dangerous thing.
The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: How to Build a Disability-Inclusive World
by Tiffany YuIn The Anti-Ableist Manifesto, founder of Diversability and creator of the viral TikTok Anti-Ableism series Tiffany Yu takes readers on a revelatory examination of disability. Yu celebrates the power of stories and lived experiences to foster the proximity, intimacy, and humanity of disability identities that have too often been 'othered' and rendered invisible, and demonstrates how to: - Encourage conversation and identify microaggressions- Remove ableist language from our daily vocabulary- Create inclusive environments and promote wellbeing- Understand what is lost when disabled employees and consumers are excludedWith contributions from disability advocates, activists, entrepreneurs and more, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto is an essential book for going beyond mere awareness and becoming an active anti-ableist, working to create an equitable society for all.
The Wedding Witch: The new bewitching rom-com from the author of the TikTok hit, THE EX HEX! (Graves Glen)
by Erin SterlingFall under the spell of Erin Sterling's witchy romances! The New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Hex and The Kiss Curse brightens up the Winter Solstice with another delightfully spooky novel following Bowen Penhallow and the girl he feels strangely drawn to - especially when she becomes his only hope of salvation after a strong spell sends them to a Yuletide celebration . . . more than 50 years in the past.Bowen Penhallow has always been a loner, studying dark and ancient magic on a mountaintop in Wales. He prefers it that way, but when his friend Colin - who happens to be a ghost - asks him to attend a Yuletide wedding at a grand estate deep in the Welsh countryside, Bowen reluctantly agrees. As a procurer and seller of magical items, Tamsyn Bligh's business is not always above board, but she's been trying to fix that (mostly.) Bowen is an occasional customer - as well as the star of several of Tamsyn's dirtiest dreams - but she's been around enough witches to know that, as a human, getting involved with one is not the smartest idea. She's finagled an invite to the Witchy Wedding of the Century in the hopes of finally making a score big enough to retire. Just one priceless magical artefact from Tywyll House would set her up for life.But Tamsyn isn't the only one sneaking about in Tywyll House, and the mix of a very strong spell combined with a wedding mishap transports Bowen and Tamsyn into Tywyll House's past, to the Yuletide Celebration of 1958. As Bowen and Tamsyn work together to get back to the present, they must also face off with the origins of Tywyll House's haunting, the suspicions of their fellow witches . . . oh, and the fact that somewhere between the mistletoe and the bonfire, they might be falling in love.Praise for The Ex Hex, an unmissable treat!'A spooky romantic comedy treat that had me sighing at one page, laughing out loud at the next' TESSA BAILEY 'Sterling casts a spell on her readers with this romantic comedy' USA Today'Filled with delightful witchiness and humor' Publishers Weekly'A fun, sexy romantic comedy' Library Journal'A pitch-perfect paranormal romantic comedy' Shelf Awareness'A wickedly funny rom-com about the power of second chances, family, and love' Kirkus'A delightful and witty take on witchy mayhem' Popsugar'Diverting, magic-infused romance' Booklist'Hocus Pocus vibes, but with a lot more heat' Bookriot'Humorous, magical, and sexy' Girly Book Club'This festive rom-com has it all!' Woman's World'It's cozy and cute and Halloween appropriate, and Rhys is extremely attractive. The Ex Hex was, in short, a blast' Jezebel
80/20 Daily: Your Day-by-Day Guide to Happier, Healthier, Wealthier, and More Successful Living Using the 8020 Principle
by Richard KochFrom the bestselling author of THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE, a book of daily advice to help you live better for less effortTHE UNIVERSE IS WONKY! Out of 300 movies released over 18 months, just 4 of them took 80% of box office receipts. Daily life is full of relationships like this. When you discover asymmetries in your own life, you can find ways to multiply results with much less effort, stress, time or money.80/20 DAILY is million-copy bestselling author Richard Koch's most accessible exploration to date of the potential of 80/20 to transform your life. It features a year's worth of powerful daily insights to inspire you identify the 20% in your life that works so brilliantly you should be doing more of it - and far less of the 80% that is taking you nowhere.80/20 IS LIFE-ENHANCING The essence of 80/20 is identifying activities that have a high ratio of results to effort. In this day-by-day guide you'll discover how:--A small proportion of your time generates most of your results.--Fewer than 10 decisions in life are truly important.--Four factors influence your happiness more than anything else. 80/20 is an invitation to share in delights without downsides; success as you define it, with as little or as much effort as you want to put in. Discover the magical power of intelligent laziness one day at a time with 80/20 DAILY.
A First Book of Fairy Tales
by DKUncover tales of gods and monsters, travel to kingdoms in the sky and below the sea, and meet a cast of magical animals in this lyrical retelling of some of the oldest and most famous stories from around the world.A First Book of Myths is a collection of fourteen well-known myths accompanied by delightful illustrations. From the story of Icarus—the boy who flew too close to the sun—to the tale of why dogs dislike cats, this enthralling collection is the perfect introduction to stories that continue to stand the test of time.Written by award-winning, best-selling children's writer Mary Hoffman, these poetic retellings are given a new life, and are perfect for reading alone or aloud. They're presented alongside beautiful and world-building illustrations, giving full immersion into the world of myths and legends.
Love Can't Feed You: A Novel
by Cherry Lou SyA beautiful, tender yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own burning desires Love Can't Feed You is a stunning, heartbreaking, and compressed look at coming of age, shifting notions of home, and the disintegration of the American dream. It asks us: What does it mean to be of multiple cultures without a road map for how to belong? After a harrowing flight, Queenie, her younger brother, and their elderly Chinese father arrive in the United States from the Philippines. They&’re here to finally reunite with Queenie&’s Filipina mother, who has been working as a nurse in Brooklyn for the past few years—building a life that everyone hopes will set them up for better prospects. But her mother is not the same woman she was in the Philippines: Something in her face is different, almost hardened, and she seems so American already. Queenie, on the cusp of adulthood, has big dreams of attending college, of spending her days immersed in the pages of books. But there is not enough money for her and her brother to both be in school, so first she must work. Queenie rotates through jobs and settles, tentatively, into her new life, but her brother begins to withdraw and act out, and her father&’s anger swells. As the pressures of assimilation compound, and the fissures within her family deepen into fractures, Queenie is left suspended between two countries, two identities, and two parents.
A Reign of Rose (The Sacred Stones #3)
by Kate GoldenFrom Kate Golden, author of viral phenomenon A Dawn of Onyx, comes the unforgettable, epic conclusion to her pulse-pounding Sacred Stones trilogy. They must save the world—but can they also save each other? Kane Ravenwood, King of Onyx Kingdom, would go to the ends of the continent for Arwen Valondale, but what if she&’s beyond even that? Broken in ways he never imagined he could be, Kane must survive to fulfill the prophecy and kill his father, Fae King Lazarus. After what he's endured, Kane is willing to save all of Evendell by whatever means necessary—even if that spells his own death. Little does Kane know, he's not the only one desperate for revenge. Arwen is no longer afraid to fight—no sacrifice is too great, no enemy too daunting. Now, nothing will stop her from destroying Lazarus. She&’s all too aware that if she fails, both realms will be doomed forever. With the help of new allies and old friends, Kane and Arwen will see this battle through to the end.
A Merry Little Murder Plot (A Library Lover's Mystery #15)
by Jenn McKinlay&‘Tis the season in Briar Creek, and this year festivities become fatalities in the newest Library Lover&’s Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Fatal First Edition.During the most wonderful time of the year, famous author Helen Monroe arrives in Briar Creek to be the writer in residence, but her &“bah humbug&” attitude excludes her from the many holiday celebrations the town residents enjoy. To try to spread some Christmas cheer, library director Lindsey Norris invites the new writer in town to join her crafternoon club. Helen politely refuses and when an altercation happens between Helen and another patron, Lindsey begins to suspect the author has been keeping to herself for a reason.Another newcomer, Jackie Lewis, reveals she&’s visiting Briar Creek to be near Helen because she believes they are destined to meet. Having dealt with a stalker in the past, Lindsey feels compelled to tell Helen about Jackie, as she suspects that Helen is unaware her &“number one&” fan is in town.When Jackie&’s body is later discovered in the town park beneath the holiday-light display with a copy of Helen&’s latest manuscript in her hand, the reclusive novelist becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her self-proclaimed mega-fan. Helen&’s frosty demeanor melts when Lindsey offers her help, and now the librarian and her crafternoon pals must prove the author innocent before "The End" becomes Helen's final sentence.
Who Is Shaun White? (Who Was?)
by Shawn Pryor Who HQRead about American snowboarder Shaun White and his epic career in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series.Shaun White, known as &“The Flying Tomato" because of his bright red hair, received his first snowboarding sponsorship by age seven. This was just the first of a lifetime of athletic achievements. He has won a medal every year since 2002 at the Winter X games and won gold at the 2006, 2010, and 2018 Olympics. White has been dazzling audiences for years. Learn all about this snowboarding legend&’s life from his childhood skateboarding days to his illustrious Olympic career, and the creation of his own brand of snowboarding gear.
Solis
by Paola Mendoza Abby SherFrom the authors of Sanctuary comes a haunting near-future companion tale about undocumented immigrants subjected to deadly experiments in a government labor camp and the four courageous rebels who set into place a daring plan to liberate them.The year is 2033, and in this near-future America where undocumented people are forced into labor camps, life is bleak. Especially so for seventeen-year-old Rania, a Lebanese teenager from Chicago. When she and her mother were rounded up by the Deportation Force, they were given the brutal job of digging in the labor camp&’s mine in search of the destructive and toxic—but potentially world-changing—mineral aqualinium. With this mineral, the corrupt and xenophobic government of the New American Republic could actually control the weather—ending devastating droughts sweeping the planet due to climate change. If the government succeeds, other countries would be at their mercy. Solidifying this power comes at the expense of the undocumented immigrants forced to endure horrendous conditions to mine the mineral or used in cruel experiments to test it, leaving their bodies wracked in extreme pain to the point of death. As the experiments ramp up, things only get worse. Rania and her fellow prisoners decide to start a revolution; if they don&’t, they know they will die.Told by four narrators—Rania, Jess (a former teenage Deportation Force officer), Vali, and Vali&’s mother, Liliana—Solis is about the courage and sacrifice it takes to stand and fight for freedom.
Where to Hide a Star
by Oliver JeffersWorld-renowned artist and picture book creator Oliver Jeffers brings to life an endearing story about the magic of friendship—and sharing what brings us joy.Celebrate twenty years of The Boy in this highly anticipated new adventure from the internationally bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers!Once there was a boy who would often play hide-and-seek with his friends the star and the penguin. The star was always easy to find, but one day it went missing. So, the boy radioed the Martian for help, and soon found himself on an exciting spaceship rescue mission to the North Pole! But there, he discovered that he wasn&’t the only one who had always dreamed of having a star as a friend . . .The out-of-this-world, long-awaited sequel to the much-loved Boy stories, loved all around the world—now introducing a brand-new character!
This Cursed House
by Del SandeenIn this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth: They&’re under a curse, and they think she can break it.In the fall of 1962, twenty-seven-year-old Jemma Barker is desperate to escape her life in Chicago—and the spirits she has always been able to see. When she receives an unexpected job offer from the Duchon family in New Orleans, she accepts, thinking it is her chance to start over. But Jemma discovers that the Duchon family isn&’t what it seems. Light enough to pass as white, the Black family members look down on brown-skinned Jemma. Their tenuous hold on reality extends to all the members of their eccentric clan, from haughty grandmother Honorine to beautiful yet inscrutable cousin Fosette. And soon the shocking truth comes out: The Duchons are under a curse. And they think Jemma has the power to break it.As Jemma wrestles with the gift she&’s run from all her life, she unravels deeper and more disturbing secrets about the mysterious Duchons. Secrets that stretch back over a century. Secrets that bind her to their fate if she fails.
New Orleans Pralines: Plantation Sugar, Louisiana Pecans, and the Marketing of Southern Nostalgia
by Anthony J. StanonisThe Creole praline arrived in New Orleans with the migration of formerly enslaved people fleeing Louisiana plantations after the Civil War. Black women street vendors made a livelihood by selling a range of homemade foods, including pralines, to Black dockworkers and passersby. The praline offered a path to financial independence, and even its ingredients spoke of a history of Black ingenuity: an enslaved horticulturist played a key role in domesticating the pecan and creating the grafted tree that would form the basis of Louisiana’s pecan orchards.By the 1880s, however, white New Orleans writers such as Grace King and Henry Castellanos had begun to recast the history of the praline in a nostalgic mode that harkened back to the prewar South. In their telling, the praline was brought to New Orleans by an aristocratic refugee of the French Revolution. Black street vendors were depicted not as innovative entrepreneurs but as loyal servants still faithful to their former enslavers. The rise of cultivated, shelled, and cheaply bought pecans—as opposed to the foraged pecans that early praline sellers had depended on—allowed better-resourced white women to move into the praline-selling market, especially as tourism emerged as a key New Orleans industry after the 1910s.Indeed, the praline became central to the marketing of New Orleans. Conventions often hired Black women to play the “praline mammy” role for out-of-towners, while stores sold pralines with mammy imagery, in boxes designed to look like cotton bales. After World War II, pralines went national with items like praline-flavored ice cream (1950s) and praline liqueur (1980s). Yet as the civil rights struggle persisted, the imagery of the praline mammy was recognized as an offensive caricature.As it uncovers the history of a sweet dessert made of sugar and pecans, New Orleans Pralines tells a fascinating story of Black entrepreneurship, toxic white nostalgia, and the rise of tourism in the Crescent City.
What I Mean to Say: Remaking Conversation in Our Time (The CBC Massey Lectures)
by Ian WilliamsEnough small talk. Let’s get right to it: Why can’t we talk to each other anymore? What makes good communication? And how do we restore the lost art of conversation? In contemporary society, much of our communication exists in a new dimension, the online space, and it’s changing how we regard each other and how we converse. In the digital realm, we can be anonymous, we can make false and hurtful comments yet evade consequences in a hurried scroll of clicks and swipes. But a good conversation takes time and patience, courage, even. We need to realize that one-half of our conversations is, in fact, listening. And aren't the best conversationalists—like the best musicians—good listeners? With What I Mean to Say, award-winning novelist and poet Ian Williams seeks to ignite a conversation about conversation, to confront the deterioration of civic and civil discourse, and to reconsider the act of conversing as the sincere, open exchange of thoughts and feelings. Alternately serious and playful, Williams nimbly leaps between topics of discussion and, along the way, is discursive, digressive, and endlessly generous—like any great conversationalist.
Who Will Bury You?: And Other Stories
by Chido MuchemwaIntimate stories about Zimbabweans in moments of transition that force them to decide who they really are and choose the people they call their own. Set in Toronto and Zimbabwe, the twelve elegant stories in Who Will Bury You? touch on themes of loss, identity, and inequality as they follow the lives of Zimbabweans who often feel like they are on the outside looking in. A mother and daughter navigate new relationship dynamics when the daughter comes out as a lesbian. Two sisters wonder what will hold them together after their grandmother’s death. A daughter tries to tell her father she loves him as she prepares to leave home for the first time. A journalist takes her grieving mother on a trip to report on girls who are allegedly being abducted by mermaids. A girl born to be the river god’s wife becomes a hero when chaos breaks out in the mighty Zambezi. A group of mothers discover just how far they are willing to go to protect their children during wartime. Ephemeral yet beautifully satisfying, the stories in Chido Muchemwa's debut collection ask what makes people leave home, what makes them come back, and what keeps them there.
101 Fascinating Canadian Film and TV Facts (101 Fascinating Facts #3)
by Thom Ernst101 lesser-known stories to delight Canadian cinema and television fans. Do you know who was in the first on-screen nude scene in a Canadian feature film? Or which David Cronenberg film was raided for obscenity? Why was Oliver Reed arrested while shooting The Brood ? Which iconic Canadian television series was syndicated in over fifty different countries? Which Canadian film critic wrote a full-page retraction after reconsidering a positive review he gave a film? And what role did Canada play in the creation of Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider? With an eye for the unique and the absurd, 101 Fascinating Canadian Film & TV Facts, from one of Canada’s leading film critics, is a lively and humorous look at the best and the worst, the firsts and the lasts, and the groundbreaking truths behind Canada’s film and television industry.
Technified Muses: Reconfiguring National Bodies in the Mexican Avant-Garde
by Sara A. PotterExamining representations of the female body in postrevolutionary genre literature In this volume, Sara Potter uses the idea of the muse from Greek mythology and the cyborg from posthuman theory to consider the portrayal of female characters and their bodies in Mexican art and literature from the 1920s to the present. Examining genres including science fiction, cyberpunk, and popular fiction, Potter finds that “technified muse” figures often appear in these texts at moments of violence and sociopolitical transformation. Potter begins by looking at two avant-garde movements that emerged in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution: the Estridentistas and the Contemporáneos. Moving to the “Mexican Miracle,” a midcentury period of economic prosperity, she considers the work of surrealists Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo within their cultural and political climates. She then addresses the aftermath of the 1968 student massacre in Tlatelolco as explored in Fernando del Paso’s Palinuro de México and Juan García Ponce’s Crónica de la intervención. Finally, Potter engages with the era that began with the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and Zapatista rebellion, drawing from Bernardo Fernández’s Gel azul, Guadalupe Nettel’s El huésped, and Karen Chacek’s La caída de los pájaros. Technified Muses shows that during these key periods, writers created muse-like characters that interact with the technological discourses of their times. These figures reflect the increasing emphasis on science and progress throughout the twentieth century, embodying the modernization of Mexico while offering parallel narratives that challenge official portrayals of the nation’s history. Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Last Generation of the German Rabbinate: German Refugee Rabbis in the United States, 1933–2010 (The Modern Jewish Experience)
by Cornelia WilhelmAfter the Nazi seizure of power on January 30, 1933, over 250 German rabbis, rabbinical scholars, and students for the rabbinate fled to the United States. The Last Generation of the German Rabbinate follows their lives and careers over decades in America. Although culturally uprooted, the group's professional lives and intellectual leadership, particularly those of the younger members of this group, left a considerable mark intellectually, socially, and theologically on American Judaism and on American Jewish congregational and organizational life in the postwar world.Meticulously researched and representing the only systematic analysis of prosopographical data in a digital humanities database, The Last Generation of the German Rabbinate reveals the trials of those who had lost so much and celebrates the legacy they made for themselves in America.
The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Classand How to Rescue Our Future (The\thom Hartmann Hidden History Ser. #4)
by Thom HartmannAmerica's most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author explores the fall of the American Dream and the steps we can take to bring it back.The widening wealth gap is all too familiar to many Millennials and GenZers, especially when home ownership and the lack of debt seem like faraway fantasies. And it's no surprise when they only hold about 4.6% of the country's wealth while Boomers held 22% at around the same age. So what happened to the promise of the American Dream?In this new, final entry of his celebrated Hidden History Series, Thom Hartmann uncovers the rise of the American middle class through the progressive policies of FDR, through to its downfall with the increasing privatization and economic deregulations of the Reagan era.He also explores potential solutions including:Wealth and inheritance taxes to lessen economic inequalitySupporting unions through increasing labor rightsRenationalizing public spaces and transportationThe American Dream often remains just a dream for many, but this book highlights what needs to be done to take it back and help make it a reality for us all.
Bird Photographer of the Year: Collection 9
by Will Nicholls and Paul SterryA stunningly illustrated celebration of the world&’s best bird photographyThe Bird Photographer of the Year is a competition that celebrates the artistry of bird photography from around the world, and this beautiful, large-format book showcases the best images from the contest—some of the most stunning bird photographs ever taken. A gorgeous record of avian beauty and diversity across the globe, the book demonstrates the dedication and passion of bird photographers and the incredible quality of today&’s digital imaging systems.The book features the best of tens of thousands of images from the ninth year of the competition, including the winning and short-listed pictures. It presents a vast variety of photos by experienced professionals and enthusiastic amateurs, reflecting the huge diversity of bird and nature lovers, which is vital for ensuring the conservation and survival of birds. A portion of the profits from this book goes to Birds on the Brink, a charity that supports bird conservation around the world.Filled with unforgettable images of a kind that simply weren&’t possible before the creation of digital photography, this book will delight anyone who loves birds or great photography.
I Was Working: Poems
by Ariel YelenA remarkable book of poems that mixes humor about the absurdities of office life with moments of Zen-like wisdomSeeking to find a song of the self that can survive or even thrive amid the mundane routines of work, Ariel Yelen&’s lyrics include wry reflections on the absurdities and abjection of being a poet who is also an office worker and commuter in New York. In the poems&’ dialogues between labor and autonomy, the beeping of a microwave in the staff lounge becomes an opportunity for song, the poet writes from a cubicle as it is being sawed in half, and the speaker of the title poem decides &“to quit everything except work,&” sacrificing her life and loved ones to bury herself in her four jobs, striving at any cost to find relief from the attempt to both have a life and be a good worker—&“No one was happy to see me, and so / at last I could work. No one said it&’s okay. It wasn&’t / okay, thus my work flourished.&” Despite such discontents, I Was Working finds humor, play, and even joy in its original and compelling search for the possibility of self-liberation.