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From 2000 to 2010, River Selby was a wildland firefighter whose given name was Anastasia. This is a memoir of that time in their life—of Ana, the struggles she encountered, and the contours of what it meant to be female-bodied in a male-dominated profession. Hotshot is a work of intimacy and authority, nimbly merging a personal journey of reinvention and self-acceptance with expert insight into the textured history of ecological systems and Indigenous land tending.

Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant—and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend their days selling drugs and dreaming of escape. When their heroin supply dries up, all three descend into an abyss of dependence and despair, their lives, like Sara’s, doomed by the destructive power of drugs.

Writing in cascading vignettes, Selby Wynn Schwartz spins an invigorating tale of women whose narratives converge and splinter as they forge queer identities and claim the right to their own lives. A luminous meditation on creativity, education, and identity, After Sappho announces a writer as ingenious as the trailblazers of our past.

The first novel to articulate the rage and pain of life in "the other America," Hubert Selby Jr.'s Last Exit to Brooklyn is a classic of postwar American writing. Selby's searing portrait of the powerless, the homeless, the dispossessed, is as fiercely and frighteningly apposite today as it was when it was first published more than fifty years ago. This explosive, transgressive best-seller created shock waves upon its release in 1964 with its raw, vibrant language and startling revelations of New York City's underbelly.

Bettina Selby, traveller and explorer decided to spend a long summer idyll re-visiting the far flung islands of the Outer Hebrides. With an 'all-terrain' bicycle and a small tent she sets out on a leisurely tour following forgotten tracks and byways into deserted corners. She finds that neither wild weather, nor midges, nor even a sprained ankle can dampen her enthusiasm for this fascinating threatened habitat. Her interest in the people of the islands, their history and traditions is equally strong and the pages are filled with a range of characters from those whose families have crofted ...

At the age of 47, Bettina Selby, mother of three grown-up children decided to cycle alone from Karachi to Kathmandu. Her account of this often hair-raising epic journey provides an unusual view of Pakistan and India, and records some vivid memorable encounters with people met on the road. Although she enjoyed much kindness and hospitality, the reaction of some local men to an unaccompanied Western woman was, to say the least, unpredictable and sometimes ecalated close to dangerous violence. The heavy physical stress of keeping going in broiling heat on dust-blown and treacherous roads full ...

One wet and windy day in the British Museum, Bettina Selby decided almost on an impulse to travel the length of the Nile Valley from the Mediterranean Sea to the mysterious Mountains of the Moon and the great lakes of Central Africa. She designed a special bright-red 'all terrain' bicycle for the journey; and suitably equipped with insect repellants, sun hat, an invaluable filter pump for purifying the waters of the Nile, a Swiss army penknife, and an imppracticable spray for keeping rabid dogs at bay she set off on her 4500 mile adventure .

People have made their way to Jerusalem throughout the ages in many ways.Some have ridden in triumphantly as conquerors, others have come humbly on foot as pilgrims. Today many arrive coccooned in package holiday coaches. Bettina Selby did it the hard way - on a bicycle called Evans. Following the routes of the Crusaders and the early pilgrims across Europe, through Turkey, Syria and Jordan meant a long very tough mountainous journey, but one of great natural beauty and with endless opportunities to meet the people of those countries. It was a route that led past many of the most fabulous ...

In December 1994, at a time of intense political initiative for peace in the Middle East, Bettina Selby set off on a journey from Cyprus to the Holy Land. Riding her bicycle wherever possible, she travelled through Lebanon, Syria and Jordan to Jerusalem. Her final destination was a city she knew and loved; so much so that the political turmoil of recent times had made her unwilling to return. Now spurred on by the Jordan/Israel peace treaty, and an audience with King HUssein, Bettina felt that perhaps at last a new perspective on Israel could be achieved. Over the next two months she ...

Since the Tenth Century pilgrims have travelled the ancient roads through France and Spain that lead to the fabled rown of Santiago de Compostella, the legendary shrine of St James the apostle. Travelling in groups for safety, they braved marauding Moorish armies, raging torrents and fearsome mountain passes, trusting in the protection afforded to them by the emblem of St James, a scallop shell. A thousamd years later, Bettina Selby tackled the pilgrim's trail alone on a bicycle, finding the scallop shell still a powerful talisman, opening doors and providing shelter. This is the story of ...

Bettina Selby decided in the summer of 1988 to explore a country that was, on the face of it, far removed from the exotic lands of her foreign travels.She wanted to see for herself what, if anything remained of the England she remembered, and discovered a country as beautiful and unexpected as anything she had come across in remoter parts of the world. Riding her trusty eighteen-geared bicycle, Evans, its panniers bulging with tent, sleeping-bag and all that she needed for the outdoor life, she left London in search of the continuing England that lies beyond the motorways, the suburbs and ...

Beyond Ararat is a journey to the cradle of civilization, where the Tigris and the Euphrates rise. Along the corridor of ancient invasion fought over by Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Turks, Arabs, Mongols, Kurds and Armenians, Bettina Selby follows by bicycle, travelling among today's survivors living uneasily together under Turkish rule. Travelling alone and by bicycle offers unique relatoionships with both land and people. Bettina Selby interweaves her account with insights into the problems of an area re-establishing its position as the bridge between East and West. She brings ...

Follow Myron, Mila and Charlie on an adventure tour around Lapland to find Santa.

The brutally powerful story of a daring warrior traveling a path that might bring salvation to her people. . .or lead her to ruin. For fans of Mark Lawrence, Andrzej Sapkowski, and Joe Abercrombie. The Circle -- a thousand miles of perilous forests and warring clans. No one has ever tamed such...

For two cats who trace their ancestry back to ancient Egypt and who believe that they have a sacred duty to the humamn race, two house moves prove one too many Deciding that 'owners' who drag them away from their home yet again are no longer worthy of them, they escape from the removal vehicle and find themselves adrift somewhere in Middle England with no clear plan of what to do next. Life is suddenly and frighteningly, all tooth and claw, survival of the fittest. Fortunately for the highly articulate but unworldly young cats, they encounter a varied cast of animals who subtly change their...

In one of her most exotic and physically challenging journeys, Bettina Selby set out to explore the land of ancient African empires along the southern fringes of the Sahara Desert. Following the strange course of the River Niger - from time immemorial an uncharted royal road barred to white men - Bettina reaches the fabled city of Timbuktu and travels on to Djenne and Segou, revealing a lost world of cites founded centuries ago on the rich profits from trade in gold, spices, salt and slaves. For all its fascination it was a desperately hard land to travel through and even an all-terrain ...

An epic fantasy like no other, Adrian Selby's debut takes an unblinking look at the price we pay for our pasts, the art of war and the people who make it their business. Enter a violent world of revenge and bloody combat with characters you'll never forget. They called them Kailen's Twenty, a...

Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood presents a look back at four decades of the successful, spooky soap opera that made sympathetic vampire Barnabas Collins a pop-culture phenomenon and prompted the big-budget big-screen Warner Bros. revival starring longtime fan Johnny Depp, directed by Tim Burton, that premiered May 11, 2012. With the ongoing fascination for all things vampiric, this audiobook about the making of the new film and the history of the original series will be an enticing volume for new and old fans alike.

A step-by-step guide for using cannabis to deepen relationships emotionally, sexually, and spiritually Explains the difference between getting high alone and as a couple and explores what happens from a psychological and neurological perspective Offers techniques to maximize the effects...

Selby's unique 'short-form' meditation process combines methods from the great masters, plus insights from cognitive science to create an easy-to-use, yet deep, lifelong meditation practice.